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Mr Alick Kay

Position: Program Director Mr Alick Kay
Division/Portfolio: Division of Business
School/Unit: School of Management
Campus: City West Campus
Office: EM4-23
Telephone: +61 8 830 20609
Fax: +61 8 830 20512
Email: Alick_dot_Kay_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Alick.Kay


I am a registered psychologist who has run his own business,and worked for consultancy organisations both here and overseas.

In addition, I have spent some time in the oil industry and been part of an advisory group for the automotive industry.

My current teaching both on-shore and off-shore tends to revolve around management and cross-cultural courses.


Teaching interests

  • Motivation concepts
  • International Management
  • Stress Management
  • Cross-cultural behaviour
  • Creativity in Management

I teach the following courses

BUSS 1054Introduction to Management
BUSS 2046Organisational Behaviour
BUSS 3025International and Comparative Human Resource Management
BUSS 5114People, Organisations and Leadership
LIBR 3003Management and Professional Studies 1
BUSS 3015Cross-Cultural Organisational Behaviour
(This course is not currently being taught)


Professional associations

Registered Psychologist in South Australia

Member of Australian Psychological Society

Member of College of Organisational Psychologists


Qualifications

M.B.A. (University of Adelaide)

B.Sc (Hons.)in Psychology (University of Adelaide)


Research interests

  • Semlerism-revolutionary management concepts presented by Brazilian Ricardo Semler
  • Management across cultures
  • Emotional Labour
  • Stress Management
  • Creativity in Management
  • Management Principles in Tourism and Media

Research publications

Conference papers

Kay, A. 2005 Developing Self-Awareness for Managing Overseas Proceedings of Organisational Behaviour Teaching Conference,University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Kay, A. 2005 Why Should I Cross Abbey Road (Applying expectancy theory to a music-related sacred site). Scripts, Stages and Stories Conference, Sheffield, UK

Kay, A. 2004 Adapting Western Teaching Methods to Asian Conditions. Proceedings of Organisational Behaviour Teaching Conference,University of Redlands,California, USA

Kay, A. 2004 Transitions: From Biggles to Ricardo. Travel, Imagination and Myth conference, Harrogate, UK

Kay, A. 2004 Promoting Tourism through Popular Music.International Tourism and Media Conference, Melbourne, Australia

Kay, A. 2003 Challenge of Teaching OB to Hong Kong Finance students. Proceedings of Organisational Behaviour Teaching Conference, Western New England College, Massachusetts, USA

Kay, A. and Hatzinikolakis, J. 2003 Coping Mechanisms Dealing with Negative Consequences of Emotional Labor in an Australian Hospitality Setting. International Conference on Advances in Management, Seoul, South Korea

Kay, A. 2002 Creating an Impact. Proceedings of Organisational Behaviour Teaching Conference, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

Kay, A. 2001 Collaboration in the Guise of an Evaluation Form, or is it Vice Versa? Proceedings of Organisational Behaviour Teaching Conference, James Madison University, Virginia, USA.

Kay, A. 2001 The Serious Impact of Management Education on Cultural Divergence.International Conference on Advances in Management, Athens, Greece




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