The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof Michael Gillan

Associate Professor
Management and Organisations

Contact details

Address

Management and Organisations
The University of Western Australia (M261)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 7101

Fax

6488 1004

Email

michael.gillan@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BA PhD Curtin

Biography

Dr Michael Gillan a lecturer in employment relations at the UWA Business School, where he teaches international employment relations and negotiation and dispute resolution. His current research interests include restructuring in the global whitegoods industry, regulation of collective bargaining processes, and the political economy of liberalisation and labour movements in India. He has published in a wide range of national and international journals including Economic Geography, Economic and Political Weekly, Asian Studies Review, South Asia, Contemporary South Asia and the Journal of Industrial Relations.

Publications

Recent Publications

Book (Edited)

Gillan, M.P., Pokrant, B. (2009), Trade, Labour And Transformation Of Community In Asiapalgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, U.K. And New York

Book Chapters (Commercial)

Gillan, M.P., Pokrant, B. (2009), “The Social Impact Of Trade And Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities In Asia In Trade, Labour And Transformation Of Community In Asia”, Palgrave Macmillan , Basingstoke, U.K. And New York

Gillan, M.P., Lambert, R.V. (2009), “Industrial Restructuring, Trade Union Strategy, And Social Transformation In Australia And Asia In Trade, Labour And Transformation Of Community In Asia”, Palgrave Macmillan , Basingstoke, U.K. And New York

Gillan, Michael (2007) “Strange company? Organised labour and the politics of liberalisation in India”, in Andrew Gamble et al. (eds), Labour, the State, Social Movements and the challenge of neo-liberal globalisation, Manchester, Manchester University Press.

Gillan, Michael (2007) “Assessing the ‘National’ Expansion of Hindu Nationalism: The BJP in Southern and Eastern India, 1996-2001”, in J. McGuire and I. Copland (eds), Hindu Nationalism and Governance, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.

Gillan, Michael and Rob Lambert (2006) “Whitegoods” in Peter Waring and Mark Bray (eds) Evolving Employee Relations: Industry Profiles from Australia, North Ryde (N.S.W), McGraw Hill.

Lambert, R., M. Gillan, D. Caspersz, and J. Biyanwila (2006) “Prospects of a Counter-Movement to Radical Market Politics in Australia”, in Julian Teicher, Rob Lambert, Ann O’Rourke (eds) Workchoices: The New Industrial Relations Agenda, Sydney, Pearson Education.

Gillan, M. and S.R. Chatterjee (2004) “Global Integration and Local Divergence: International Business and the Social Implications of ‘Regionalism’ In India” in S. Singh-Sengupta (ed.) Beyond Philanthropy: Business Social Partnerships - The International Perspective, Jaipur, India, Aalekh Publishers.

Journal Articles (Schol Refereed Journal)

Gillan, M.P., Biyanwila, S.J. (2009), “Revitalising Trade Unions as Civil Society Actors in India”, South Asia Journal Of South Asian Studies, 32, 3, Pp. 425-447.

Lambert, R.V., Gillan, M.P. (2007), “Spaces of hope? Fatalism, trade unionism, and the uneven geogrpahy of capital in white goods manufacturing”, Economic Geography, 83, 1, pp. 75-95.

Lambert, R.V., Gillan, M.P., Fitzgerald, S. (2005), “Electrolux in Australia: Deregulation, Industry Restructuring and the Dynamics of Bargaining”, The Journal of Industrial Relations , 47, 3, pp. 261-275.

Lambert, R.V., Gillan, M.P. (2005), “Justice, Rationalism and Factory Closures in Australia”, Labour and Industry, 16, 1, pp. 23-41.

Full Refereed Conference Publications

Michael Gillan and Janaka Biyanwila (2007) “Revitalising trade unions as civil society actors: Trade unions, social movements, and party politics in India”, S. Lakha and P., Taneja (eds) Democracy, Development and Civil Society in India, Conference Proceedings of Democracy, Development and Civil Society, University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Gillan, M. and Caspersz, D. (2005) “The introduction of Good Faith Bargaining in Western Australia: Policy Origins and Implications for Collective Bargaining” Proceedings of the AIRAANZ (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand) Conference 2005: Reworking work, University of Sydney, 9-11 February 2005

Lambert, R. and Gillan, M. (2005) “Spaces Of Hope? Fatalism, Trade Unionism And The Uneven Geography Of Capital In Whitegoods Manufacturing” Proceedings of the AIRAANZ (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand) Conference 2005: Reworking work, University of Sydney, 9-11 February 2005.

Gillan, M. (2004) “The next frontier of liberalisation? The politics of industrial relations reform in India”, Proceedings of the AIRAANZ (Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand) Conference 2004: New economies: New Industrial Relations? Noosa, Queensland, 3-6 February 2004.

Conference Full Written Non Refereed

Gillan, M.P. (2004), “Strange Company? Organised Labour and the politics of liberalisation in India”, Labour Movements in the Twenty First Century, http://www.shef.ac.uk/~perc/labourconf/papers/index.html, 2004, pp. N/A.

Substantial Entry In Encyclopaedia

Gillan, M. (2007) Revision of Chapter “Nepal-History” in Jillian O’Brien (ed.) South Asia 2007, 4th Edition, London, Routledge, Series: “Europa Regional Surveys of the World”.

Gillan, M. (2006) Revision of Chapter “Nepal-History” in Lynn Daniel (ed.) South Asia 2006, 3rd Edition, London, Routledge, Series: “Europa Regional Surveys of the World”.

Gillan, M. (2005) Revision of Chapter “Pakistan-History” in Lynn Daniel (ed.) South Asia 2005, 2nd Edition, London, Routledge, Series: “Europa Regional Surveys of the World”.

Gillan, M. (2005) Revision of Chapter “Nepal-History” in Lynn Daniel (ed.) South Asia 2005, 2nd Edition, London, Routledge, Series: “Europa Regional Surveys of the World”.

Book Reviews

Gillan, M. Review of International and Comparative Employment Relations, Edited by Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury and Nick Wailes, 4th edition. Allen and Unwin, N.S.W., 2004, xxxi + 454 pp., no price stated (paperback), Journal of Industrial Relations, March 2005, Vol. 47, No 1.

Funding received

2005, “Central Trade Union Organisations and The Politics of Economic Liberalisation in India”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $12,400.00.

2004, “Evaluating the Role of Good Faith Bargaining in Bargaining Processes and Outcomes: The West Australian Case Study”. UWA Business School Research Grant Scheme $4,530

Honours and awards

Ahern Early Career Researcher Award, UWA Business School 2008

Research profile

Research profile and publications