Student topics and projects

These are topics we'd like students to research, as well as some topics our students are currently researching.

• Honours topics
• Masters topics
• PhD topics
• Vacation Research Experience Scholarship (VRES) topics

Honours topics

• Individual responses to workplace sexual harassment
• Tactics used in cases of workplace sexual harassment
• Justice denied: Organisational grievance procedures in cases of workplace sexual harassment
• Doors open tomorrow: exploring consumer ritualism in the context of post Christmas sales
• Gaining social credits: Increasing blood donation using games and apps
• Toward a Measurement of Self Gifting Behaviour: Scale Development Validation and Replication
• Impulsive and indulgent self-gifting: effects of negative mood reduction and post-purchase regret
• The demise of the ethical shopper: shifting non-ethical consumption to ethical behaviour
• Only from my backyard: Measuring region-of-origin effects on consumers' product evaluations and purchase intentions of non-branded seafood
• Clinical trials or pharmacist advice: The influence on health consumers' perceptions of trust and decision making

Masters topics

• Charitable testamentary bequests in Queensland
• Taking the "e" out of e-learning
• Blended learning: How, what and why?
• The governance failures inherent in private equity targets
• Fraud, financial misconduct and the quality of corporate governance
• Is there a case for mandating board diversity quotas in Australia?
• Do interlocking directorates affect firms' performances - study on Bangladesh?
• The emergence of giving circles and the influence of building a philanthropic culture
• An investigation into charitable organisation structures that allow effective platforms for successful fundraising results.
• Perceptions of Workplace Learning in the Accountancy Schools of Australian Universities: A Partnership Model
• Bystander responses in workplace sexual harassment
• Disclosure in relation to elimination of Fraud/bribery/corruption: Evidence from Corporations (or from non-profit organizations)
• Individual responses to workplace sexual harassment
• One size fits one: customising work arrangements
• Flexible work policies and the gender contract
• Tactics used in cases of workplace sexual harassment
• Social media, knowledge and learning in organisations
• SMEs, Innovation and the role of Business Advice
• Justice denied: Organisational grievance procedures in cases of workplace sexual harassment
• Doors open tomorrow: exploring consumer ritualism in the context of post Christmas sales
• Balancing study and paid employment: the experiences of high school students
• Toward a Measurement of Self Gifting Behaviour: Scale Development Validation and Replication
• Entrepreneurship in the Australian Mining Industry
• Impulsive and indulgent self-gifting: effects of negative mood reduction and post-purchase regret
• Young people and work: Pathways to employment, family and leisure
• The demise of the ethical shopper: shifting non-ethical consumption to ethical behaviour
• SMEs and innovation: The role of external business advice and government support

PhD topics

• Taking the "e" out of e-learning
• Blended learning: How, what and why?
• Strategic importance of Performance Measurement Systems in the Non-Profit Sector
• Related party transaction: a cross firm analysis in the Asia Pacific region
• Design and criteria of strategic performance management systems in non-profit organisations
• Exploring organisational culture and employee change attitudes in nonprofit human service organisations.
• Financial literacy and superannuation investment decision-making in a choice environment: an exploratory study.
• An investigation of the interplay between directors on board sub-committees and board decision making
• The Role of Social Enterprise in Regional Development: Harnessing Opportunities and Overcoming Constraints in Regional Australia
• Internal Marketing and Service Innovation
• Flexible work policies and the gender contract
• SMEs, Innovation and the role of Business Advice
• Social media, knowledge and learning in organisations
• Measuring the Quality of University Performance: A Domestic and International Comparisons
• Doors open tomorrow: exploring consumer ritualism in the context of post Christmas sales
• Gaining social credits: Increasing blood donation using games and apps
• Entrepreneurship in the Australian Mining Industry
• Impulsive and indulgent self-gifting: effects of negative mood reduction and post-purchase regret
• Young people and work: Pathways to employment, family and leisure
• Customers as a productive resource in the value co-creation process
• The demise of the ethical shopper: shifting non-ethical consumption to ethical behaviour
• SMEs and innovation: The role of external business advice and government support

Vacation Research Experience Scholarships

2012 applications are now closed, however you can still view the topics below.

Vacation Research Experience Scholarship topics

• Should I hire a star?
• Innovations in sports
• Creativity and performance
• Overreaction in option implied volatilities
• Management Forecasts in IPOs
• Fraud - legal sanctions and regulatory priorities
• Dividend drop-off and investor protection
• Clear or hazy: Consumer recall of brands in crisis
• The use of country-by-country reporting to combat tax avoidance
• A longitudinal study of ASX 100 companies with subsidiaries in financial secrecy jurisdictions
• Only from my backyard: Measuring region-of-origin effects on consumers' product evaluations and purchase intentions of non-branded seafood
• Clinical trials or pharmacist advice: The influence on health consumers' perceptions of trust and decision making
• Documenting research design requirements for donor research at the Australian Red Cross Blood Service