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Dr Joylene Chia

Position: Program Director Dr Joylene Chia
Division/Portfolio: Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences
School/Unit: School of Communication
Campus: Magill Campus
Office: B2-12
Telephone: +61 8 830 24322
Fax: +61 8 830 24745
Email: Joy_dot_Chia_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Joy.Chia
(Joylene Chia is currently on leave - last day on leave is Thursday, 26 November 2009)


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Communication Information and New Media

Graduate Diploma in Communication(PR)

Masters in Communication Management- Magill Campus

Bachelor of Public Relations


Teaching interests

  • Public Relations
  • Social capital and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Communication Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Issues and crisis management

I teach the following courses

COMM 5004Public Relations 1G
COMM 2068Public Relations Issues and Crisis Management
COMM 5005Public Relations 2G
COMM 5009Public Relations 1 CM
COMM 3050Communication Management and Leadership


Professional associations

ICA: International Communication Association member

Fellow of PRIA: Inducted in October 2004 for outstanding contribution to Australian PR education. Public Relations Institute of Australia

PRIA National Education Committee member, Chair national accreditation

2005-2006 PRIA National President's Award recipient- in recognition of distinguished service to PRIA

Australian Association of Social Workers- 25 Year membership certificate, accredited supervisor of Singapore University, University of South Australia and Flinders Unviersity of South Australia

Marketing Week Committee Committee member 2000-2003


Qualifications

PhD

Master of Arts (Communication)

Graduate Diploma in Communication (PR)

BASocWK

Group Work Certificate


Research interests

  • Relationship Management
  • Changing role of public relations and communication management
  • Social Capital: focus on financial institution employees and their role as social capital investors

Research publications

Book: Chia, J & Synnott, G. 2009. An Introduction to Public Relations. From Theory to Practice, Oxford University Press Melbourne.

Chia, J, 2009. Intercultural interpretations: making public relations education culturally relevant. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. In Press.

Chia, J. 2009. Engaging Communities before an emergency; embedding emergency readiness through social capital investment, Australian Journal of Emergency Management. In Press.

Chia, J. & Peters, M. 2009. Making a Difference. Employees as Social Capital Investors, paper presented at the European Conference on Intellectual Capital, InHolland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands, 28-29, April.

Chia, J. & Peters, M. 2009.Social Capital Initiatives: Employees and Communication Managers Leading the Way. Journal of Promotion Management, In Press.

Book Chapter Chia, J & Xavier, R (2009) Financial public relations, in Public Relations Campaigns: An Australian and New Zealand perspective, Oxford University Press, p.128-146.

Chia, J & Peters, M, (2008) Employee engagement in organisations social capital. Does public relations have a role? Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal,2008, December, In Press. .

Chia, J (2008) The Business of Relationships, Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal, 2008. In Press.

Mirandilla, K, Chia, J & Peters (2008) M. Decision Making in the Crisis Cycle: The need for research and better understanding , ANZCA conference Power and Place, Wellington New Zealand, July 2008

Chia, J (2008) Are public relations practitioners embracing communication complexity as relational opportunity? ICA Conference Montreal, Canada, July 21-26

J.Chia, J (2007), The Changing dynamics of relationship management in contemporary public relations practice, presented at the Global Public Relations; The impact of Globalization on Public Relations, conference, 6-8 July, Lake Bled, Slovenia.

Chia. J (2006), Inter-cultural contexts: A Public Relations Educator's Perspective. Presented at the European Public Relations Research Conference, Carlisle, United Kingdom, September 8, 2006.

Chia, J (2006) Measuring the immeasurable, PRism online journal, Vol. 4 (2). http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/evaluation.html, for PRism Special Edition on Measurement and Evaluation.

Chia, J (2005) Is trust a necessary component of relationship management? Journal of Communication Management, Volume 9, no, 3.

2004. Refereed Journal article

Chia(2004): Do you need more than trust in managing relationships? International Conference on Trust, Communication and Culture, Communication in the Age of Suspicion. Organised by the Centre for Public Communication Research, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom, February 20-21, 2004.

Chia, J (2004) Australian Journalism Review.Website Challenges extending parameters of relationship management. Vol, 26, NO.2. pp.87-98

Chia, J (2003) Title of Presentation: Managing Clients online and through traditional media. 2nd International Conference on Multimedia and ICTs in Education. Advances in Technology-Based Education, toward a Knowledge-Based Society. Conference proceedings. Badajoz, Spain, 3-6, December 2003.

Chia, J (2003) The Widening Gap of Consultant-Client relationships. 2003 ANZCA Conference 9-11 July, Brisbane, Australia

Chia, J (2001-2002) Extreme PR Conference/Whistler/ Canada, 2001 CPRS National Conference - June 23-25, Emails, Educators, Practitioners and changing professional paradigms Published in the Asia Pacific Media Educator, No.12/13 (December 2002).

Chia, J (2000-2001) Conference paper, PRIA National Conference Melbourne, November 14, 2000 Title of Presentation:Online Relationship Management. Is it a reality for Public Relations Practitioners? Published in the Asia Pacific Journal, Vol 3, No. 1 Summer 2001.

Chia, J (1998-1999): Conference paper presented October 1998 at the PRIA Educators Conference, Marriott Hotel, Challenges for Public Relations Educators in a Global Communications Environment. Published in Asia Pacific Journal, Vol 1, No. 2, Winter 1999.


Expertise for Media Contact

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Public Relations

  • Contemporary PR management
  • PR and the Internet

Community Service

Organisation Name:   PRIA
Type of Organisation:   Professional organisation
Organisation URL:   http://www.pria.com.au
Level of involvement:   President (past and deputy president)
Year from:   1999
Year to:   2002
Comments:   Member of council of PRIA SA before taking on role of deputy and president with National PRIA Board membership. Editor of PRIA ethics handbook Managed national PRIA ethics review.


Research Degree Supervisor

I am supervising students' research related to crisis management and decision making, the ethics of government communication, change management and the role of public relations, reporting medical news - journalism and public relations relationships, Vietnamese emerging public relations and new media message management in the corporate sector.




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