Staff profile

Dr Jillian Cavanagh

Lecturer

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

La Trobe Business School
Department of Management

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Area of study

Management

Brief Profile

 

Dr. Jillian Cavanagh joined the School of Management in February 2010. Jillian has had extensive experience teaching in the Vocational Education and Training, and Higher Education Sectors. Her experience as a course convenor (subject co-ordinator) and lecturer has been across three Queensland universities – Griffith University, Southern Cross University and Central Queensland University. Subjects teaching areas are predominantly in Management, Human Resources and Education. Jillian was awarded a Faculty Learning and Teaching Citation from Griffith University’s Business School consecutively for 2008 and 2009.  

Jillian’s commitment to research is predominantly in the areas of workplace learning and, student learning (formative assessment) and retention. In the area of workplace learning she seeks to gain a better understanding of workplace issues through socio-cultural perspectives of workplace learning, participation, self identity and agentic action. Research in the area of student learning and retention includes transition to university, managing large classes and teaching staff, and evaluation through formative assessment. These areas of research provide a working knowledge of some of the conditions that have contributed to employee and student issues and assist in developing sustainable practices for future employees and students.  

Prior to working in the education sector Jillian spent many years as a Legal Practice Manager and Legal Practice Consultant. Within these roles she was responsible for Strategic and Business Management, Human Resource Management, Financial Control, Information Technology and General Administration.

Recent Publications

 

Book:

Cavanagh J (2010) Women, work and learning: An investigation within legal workplaces. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag.  

Book Chapters:

Cavanagh J (2008) Women auxiliary workers’ learning and discovering ‘self’ through work In S Billett C Harteis and A Etelapelto (Eds) Emerging Perspectives of Workplace Learning (pp67-78) Rotterdam: Sense Publishers  

Journal Publications:  

Cavanagh, J., McNeil, N., and Bartram, T. (2012) in press - The Australian men's shed movement: Human resource management in a voluntary organisation. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources.

Cavanagh, J., Fisher, R., Francis,M., and Gapp, R., (2012) Linking nurses' attitudes and behaviours to organizational values. Journal of Management and Organization. 18(5) 673-684.

Cavanagh, J., McNeil, N., Bartram, T., and Leggat, S.G. (2012) An exploratory study of the factors that promote Indigenous and non-Indigenous member's participation in Men's Sheds. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. 15(1) 50-64.

Cavanagh, J. (2012) Auxiliary women workers in the legal sector: Traversing subjectivities and 'self' to learn through work. Journal of Vocational Education and Training.  64(3) 245-259.

McNeil, N, Cavanagh, J, Bartram, T and Leggat S (2012) Identifying barriers to building organisational capacity: A study of an Indigenous men's shed. Health Issues. Winter 2012 (109), 17-20.

Cavanagh, J. and Fisher, R. (2011) in press - Women, work and learning: Discord between policies and practice. Journal of Women, Politics and Policy.

Fisher R, Cavanagh J. and Bowles, A. (2011) Assisting transition to university: Using assessment as a formative learning tool. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 36(2) 225-237.

Cavanagh, J. (2010)  Women, subjectivities and learning to be adaptable . Multicultural Education and Technology Journal. 4(3) 140-152.

Cavanagh J. and Fisher R. (2008) Discrimination in legal practice: An examination of policies impacting on educational opportunities for women Multicultural Education and Technology Journal 2(4) 200-214.