Jillian Cavanagh

Dr Jillian Cavanagh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resource Management in the School of Management (SoM).

Jillian's research expertise is in human resource management (HRM), healthcare management and qualitative research methodologies.

She has carried out projects on workers with disability, healthcare management in hospitals and aged care facilities and Men's Sheds and Groups and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's Groups and their health and well-being. Her expertise in qualitative research currently has her working with a research team to examine violence against nurses in Aged Care facilities and in-home care for aged clients. Jillian has also worked with a research team to examine unspent funds in in-home aged care for a funded research project. Jillian has led the qualitative data collection and analysis of data in most projects. She has published in high ranked HRM journals such as Human Resource Management Journal, Personnel Review, International Journal of HUman Resouce Management.

Jillian is an Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources and also onthe Editorial Board of the International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Industry Experience
Dr Cavanagh's industry experience began in the legal sector where she was the Practice Manager and HRM Consultant responsible for financial control, HRM, information technology and general administration. She continues to consult to various legal and medical practices. 

Jillian's research in the disability sector has resulted in organisations requiring workshops with supervisors and managers to better support workers with disability. For example, she and a colleague delivered two full day workshops on equity and diversity, and employment relations and workers with disability.