Dr Janet Sawyer

DR JANET K SAWYER BA(ACC) GRADDIPT MEDSTUD PhD FCPA MHFESA CPMgr

Head, Business and Regional Enterprise, Centre for Regional Engagement, Whyalla Campus. Program Director of the business programs available at the Centre for Regional Engagement.

• Financial accounting, company accounting and corporate external reporting.
• Teaching interests include accounting education, accounting for small business and current issues in financial reporting.

Fellow, CPA Australia

Member, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc

Member, Australian Institute of Management, CPMgr

Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide

Master of Educational Studies The Flinders University of SA

Graduate Diploma in Teaching Adelaide College of Advanced Education

Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy SA Instituteof Technology

• Janet's research interests include working as a professional in regional areas and ergonomics and the use of computers.
• Her masters thesis examined the knowledge of and priority given to the use of ergonomics in relation to the use of desktop keyboard-operated computer technology within organisations.
• Janet's PhD studies investigated the links between ergonomic knowledge, workplace culture and personal well-being and health symptoms experienced by computer operators.
• She is also researching in collaboration with others on projects in the areas such as working as a rural academic.

Ellis, B, Watkinson, J & Sawyer, J (2008), Working together to make things happen: new on-campus opportunities in a regional centre. The Australian Educational Researcher, vol. 35, no. 3, pp 71-88.

Sawyer, J., Ellis, B. and Watkinson, J. (2007), UniSA in Mount Gambier: regions connecting to meet community needs. In The 2007 AUCEA Inc National Conference Proceedings The Scholarship of Community Engagement: Australia’s way forward pp 158-164.

Sawyer, J and Penman J (2007), Ergonomics and Computer use within the Nursing Profession. Ergonomics Australia, Vol 21, (3), 4 – 9.

Sawyer, J and Penman J (2007), Nurses, Ergonomics and Computer Use. Collegian, Vol 14, (4) 11-15.

Ellis, B., Sawyer, J., Boxall, D., Macklin, D. and Dollard, M. (2006) Perceptions of Rural Academia. International Journal of Rural Psychology, http://www.ruralpsych.com/abstracts-2006.html.

Sawyer, J. (2005) Non-Compliance with Ergonomic Computer Use - Knowledge or Attitude? Asian Journal of Ergonomics, Vol 6, No. 1, June, pp 9-17 Pan-Pacific Council on Occupational Ergonomics.

Ellis, B., Wilson, D. and Sawyer, J. (2005) Summer School at a regional university campus: just completing a course, or a rich learning experience? In National Rural Education Conference Proceedings, Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia, Darwin, Northern Territory, 5-7 October, pp. 59-70.

Ellis, B., Sawyer, J., Gill, R., and Medlin, M. (2005) Influences of the Learning Environment of a Regional University Campus on its International Graduates. The Australian Educational Researcher, Vol 32 (2) 65-85.

Sawyer, J. (2004), Knowledge of ergonomics and computer use of post-graduate students and academic staff. The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, Vol 20 (2), 139-153.

Sawyer, J. (2004), Compliance with Ergonomic Computer Use. In Ergonomics for a BIZ-e World! Proceedings of the 40th Conference of the HFESA & the 7th Conference of the PPCOE, HFE 2004, Cairns, Queensland. 22-25 August, pp. 36-45.

Sawyer, J K (1994) Knowledge of and Priority given to Ergonomics in relation to the Use of Desktop Keyboard-operated Computer Technology within Organisations. ISBN 0868031003.

Sawyer, J K (1995) Knowledge of and Priority Given to Ergonomics in relation to the use of Desktop Keyboard-operated Computer Technology within Organisations, in Proceedings: "Widening our Horizons", 31st Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, 13-15 December, 1995, Adelaide, SA.

Sawyer, J K (1996) Report on a study of the Knowledge of and Priority given to Ergonomics in relation to the Use of Desktop Computers within Organisations located in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area. ISBN 086803155.

Sawyer, J K (1996) Knowledge of and Priority given to Ergonomics and the Use of Computers, in Proceedings (Edited Abstracts) International Congress on Stress and Health, Sydney, NSW, 5-8 October 1996, 78.

Sawyer, J K (1998) Ergonomics: A Forgotten Factor? Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, 14 (1).

Sawyer, J K and Munn, P D (1996) Working as a Professional - Country Style, Rural Society, 6 (3) 29-33.

Sawyer, J K and Munn, P D (1998) Practising accountancy in the country, Journal of Research into Rural and Social Issues in Australia, 8 (2), 127-131.

Sawyer, J K (1999) The Application of Ergonomics to the Use of Computers: Universities have a Part to Play, New Learning Techologies A Challenge for educators, eds Ling L, Ling P and Neville B, Graduate School of Education, La Trobe University, Victoria.

Ellis, B, Boxall D, Dollard M and Sawyer J (1999) Swings and roundabouts: Working as a rural academic, paper presented at Annual National Research Forum of the Australian Rural Education Research Association In., Melbourne, 3 December, URL http://www.nexus.edu.au/Teachstud/ARERA/conf/conf.htm#Top

Boxall, D., Ellis, B., Dollard, M. & Sawyer, J. 2000, 'Academics in the bush: the Australian experience', presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies 16th Colloquium, Helskinki, Finland, 2-4 July.

Cooper, N., Ellis, B. & Sawyer, J. 2000, 'Expanded future opportunities provided by a bridging course at a regional university campus', paper presented at Higher Education Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 5-7 July. URL: http://www.qut.daa.asdu.fye/FYE and CDRom.

Martin, C, Sawyer, J and Rouse, S. (2001), A Description of the Socio-Economic Basis of Bridging Students at the University of South Australia Whyalla: Problems and Possibilities in Knowledge demands for the new economy (Kanes, D, Beven, F, Roebuck, D eds), Centre for Learning and Work Research, Griffith University, Australian Academic Press, 40-44.

Sawyer, J, Dollard, M and Farrin, J. (2002), Ergonomic awareness, work environment, health and job satisfaction in computer users. The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, Vol 18 (3), 247-257.

Ellis, B. Cooper, N. and Sawyer, J. (2001), Bridging studies: An alternative pathway to university for rural Australians, in SPERA 17th National Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 8-11 July 2001, 89-103.

Ellis, B, Sawyer, J, Gill, R, Wilson, D and Medlin J. (2002), International Graduates of a Regional University, Educational Research Conference, Adelaide, 26 November.

Sawyer, J and Medlin J. (2002), Strategies for improving success in first-year accounting for internal students at a regional university campus. Education in Rural Australia, Vol 12 (1) 16- 23.

Ellis, B, Sawyer, J, Dollard, M and Boxall D. (2002), Working as Rural Academics. Education in Rural Australia, Vol 12 (1) 43.50.

Sawyer, J, Zubrinich, P and Carter, J. (2002), Partners in Education: the Whyalla Model presented at SPERA Conference, Hahndorf, 7- 10 July.

Ellis, B, Sawyer, J, Boxall, D and Dollard M. (2002), Working as Rural Academics presented at SPERA Conference, Hahndorf, 7 – 10 July.

Sawyer, J., Zubrinich, P. and Carter, J. (2003) Partners and Pathways in Education: The Whyalla model. Education in Rural Australia, 13 (2) 63-73.

Sawyer, J. (2003), Ergonomics and computer use: Do not underestimate its importance, in RED Snapshots, Issue 2: PHCRED-SA Conference 2003 Proceedings, 16-17 October 2003, Flinders University, Adelaide, S. A., 97-106.