FACULTY OF BUSINESS
RESEARCH NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 6 – SEPTEMBER 2014
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Welcome
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Did You Know?
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Current Projects
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Staff Profile:
Euan Lindsay
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RA Symposiums
Page 7 - 8
Congratulations
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Professional
Development
Page 11 – 14
Grant News
WELCOME
Welcome to the September issue of the Faculty of Business Research Newsletter. It is
hard to believe that we are in the last quarter of the year.
This edition features two research projects which demonstrate one of this Faculty’s core
strengths, conducting research that will benefit our regional communities. The first is a
project that I am pleased to be involved in, evaluating an Indigenous Remote Service
Delivery Traineeship Program that has been delivered throughout Australia by BCA
National Training Group. This project will keep me and the other team members - Dr
Felicity Small, Dr Arnela Ceric and Prof. Les Johnson - busy over the next three months,
and aims to deliver demonstrable outcomes for improving the future delivery of programs
to Indigenous trainees. The second is an interesting project by Prof. Kevin Parton who is
examining farmers’ perceptions of weather-related risks. This project will be of benefit to
rural communities as they adapt to challenges facing the agricultural sector.
There is also an article about the introduction of the Research Outputs module in
MyResearch which replaces CRO as the new portal for recording research publications.
This change will impact all researchers at CSU. The article also outlines the resources
available to support you in becoming familiar with the new system.
This edition also features an article on two recent research symposia that were
conducted by the Health Services and Marketing Research Areas. I had the pleasure of
attending and presenting at both symposia. These symposia have had tangible outcomes
with the establishment of a number of collaborative networks that are working towards
research projects.
I also encourage you to check what is coming up in the areas of professional
development and funding opportunities. In addition, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Research), Professor Sue Thomas is hosting a series of information sessions on each
campus about the ERA 2015 process which will be valuable for all researchers to attend.
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Professor Mark Morrison
Sub-Dean Research
Research
Abbreviation List
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Publications
Next Issue: The next issue will be published in December 2014. To contribute or suggest
a story, please email Deborah Munns of the Faculty of Business Research Office at
[email protected]
DID YOU KNOW?
MyResearch Replaces CRO for Submitting Research Publications
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From September 1 2014 the Research Output
module in My Research has become the new interface
for researchers to enter all of
their publications.
The process for submitting
research outputs for reporting
purposes (HERDC and ERA)
has changed from the CRO submission interface to
MyResearch (Research Master). MyResearch will be
the only source of data for the annual HERDC
collection and ERA. This means research outputs must
be submitted via MyResearch in order to be counted
for reporting.
To submit research publications via MyResearch, you
may go to the Research Office website:
http://www.csu.edu.au/research and login to
MyResearch. If you experience difficulties with the
submission process, please follow the online help
guides.
There are support documents and resources available
at the Research Office Website:
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/myresearch/support
**Please note that all outputs previously in CRO have been
migrated to MyResearch and you will not be required to re-enter
existing outputs.
Once outputs are submitted to MyResearch they will
be transferred to CRO (CSU Research Output) –
CSU’s Institutional Repository – for public showcasing
and made open access where copyright permits.
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Information Sessions
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Sue Thomas, will be hosting information
sessions on the 2015 ERA process. Professor Thomas will outline how the CSU submission is
being prepared and how researchers can contribute to the submission. Professor Thomas is also
happy to discuss broader questions related to research and research training at CSU.
Registration is not required, details are:
Wagga Wagga
Friday 12 September, 1-2pm
Room 107, Building 475, James Hagan Court
Dubbo
Monday 15 September, 10:30-11:30am
Room 220, Building 901, Interactive Learning Centre
Orange
Tuesday 30 September, 3:30-4:30pm
Room 249, Building 1001 (Conference Room)
Bathurst
Thursday 2 October, 9:30-10:30am
Room 204, Building 1399, School of Psychology
Albury
Thursday 9 October, 11:30am-12:30pm
Room 204, Building 764
End of an ERA: Outdated ranking system archived
Some researchers
continue to refer to the
2010 ERA journal
rankings although these
rankings were dropped by
the Australian Research
Council in 2011.
ERA journal rankings should not be referred to in any
documents, including track record statements, web
sites and CVs. Given that the list has not been
updated for four years the rankings are not a good
measure of quality or impact.
Other measures such as the Australian Business
Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
(http://www.abdc.edu.au/pages/abdc-journal-qualitylist-2013.html) or journal citation rankings are a good
starting point for determining a publication’s quality
(please refer to Issue 5 – June 2014).
The Library Information Services staff can assist with
locating relevant peer reviewed journals in your subject
area and finding and interpreting journal metrics,
including journal impact factors.
Early Internal Deadline for Category 1 Grant Applications
The CSU Research Office now calls for the submission
of completed Notice to Submit forms and all required
documentation approximately 15 to 20 days prior to
the external submission date for all Category 1 grants.
This internal deadline ensures that each submission is
proofread and checked by the experienced staff in the
Research Office to ensure that all submissions from
CSU are of a high standard.
Information about internal
submission dates for individual
grants will be posted on What’s
New.
The Research Office can be
contacted via
[email protected]
Predatory Publishers
Associate
Professor
Jeffrey Beall of University
of
Colorado,
Denver
publishes
a
list
of
predatory scholarly openaccess publishers which
lists publishers that charge a fee without providing all
the expected publishing services. These publishers are
often low quality outlets without discipline standard
peer review processes. Beall’s list now includes more
than 300 publishers, covering thousands of journals. It
is recommended that Faculty researchers avoid
publishing articles in journals or with publishers listed
on this website.
Beall’s list is not without critics; nevertheless it is a
reminder that researchers should be cautious when
selecting a publisher.
Further reading: Declan Butler, Investigating Journals:
The dark side of publishing, Nature: International
Weekly Journal of Science, Volume 495, Issue 7442,
27 March 2013.
STEAM Education Australia
A new blog
(http://steameducationaustralia.wordpress.com/) has
been created to share ideas about adding Arts to
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
The STEAM movement is gaining traction in the United
States of America, but is relatively new in Australia.
There are a growing number of educators in Australia
using arts-based activities to increase student
engagement in STEM and to teach the creative skills
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that will be required for jobs in the 21 century.
If you would like more information about the STEAM
Education in Australia please contact:
Dr James Crane of CSU’s School of Biomedicine via
[email protected]
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CURRENT PROJECTS
Business Training for Employment Outcomes in an Indigenous Context
Professor Mark Morrison, Dr Arnela Ceric, Dr Felicity
Small and Professor Les Johnson of the School of
Management and Marketing, have begun work on a
research project in conjunction with the BCA National
Training Group. The team will evaluate the
effectiveness of the Indigenous Remote Service
Delivery (IRSD) Traineeship Program that has been
delivered by BCA National over the past three years.
The IRSD Traineeship program is
an employment and training
program for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people working in
aged care and primary health care
services. The program is funded by
the Department of Health and
Ageing. The program was initially
offered for 3 years, and has been
extended for a further 2 years. Over its initial 3 years,
approximately 250 participants have participated in
Business and/or Management training delivered by
BCA.
interviews and surveys. Interviews will be conducted in
remote, regional and city locations in New South
Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western
Australia.
The team are currently preparing research tools, with
face-to face interviews expected to begin in late
September.
Dr Arnela Ceric
Dr Felicity Small
The aim of the research is to investigate the effects of
the program for the host employer, for the participants
and the broader community. The research will involve
qualitative and quantitative research methods, mainly
Cognitive Heuristics in Farmers’ Perceptions of Weather-Related Risks
Professor Kevin Parton has recently been awarded a
grant from the CSU Foundation, Agricultural Education
and Research Grant for a research project.
change. This is important both to efficiently assisting
farmers in climate change adaptation decisions and in
correctly valuing seasonal climate forecasts.
The project aims to assess the types of heuristic rules
that wheat farmers use when making weather-related
decisions. Heuristics are believed to play an important
role in risk perceptions in such a context, but apart
from a single paper published in
1991, there is little empirical
evidence.
The method depends on a comparison between the
different perceptions of two groups of farmers. Both
groups have suffered loss from weather-related
incidents, but members of the first group believe such
incidents are related to climate change and members
of the other group do not.
The intention is to discover
whether
farmers
rely
on
heuristics (such as availability, representativeness,
and biased assimilation) to form assessments of
weather and/or pest risks that are affected by climate
Prof. Kevin Parton
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STAFF PROFILE
Professor Euan Lindsay
Professor Euan Lindsay is the Foundation Professor of
Engineering at CSU. His role is to lead the
establishment of Engineering programs at CSU. At
present Prof. Lindsay is based within the Faculty of
Business on the Bathurst Campus.
Prior to starting at CSU, Euan was the Dean of the
School of Engineering & Technology at Central
Queensland University. He was previously at Curtin
University of Technology in Perth after completing his
PhD at The University of Melbourne.
Euan is a mechatronic engineer, a discipline that
integrates computers, electronics and physical
hardware. His research interests include engineering
education, telecontrol (particularly internet based
telecontrol), artificial neural networks, and rehabilitative
technologies for people with sensing impairments.
When asked why he had chosen to move to CSU,
Euan replied “The chance to start with a blank slate
and produce a truly innovative engineering program
really appealed to me. Online education and the
blended delivery models are the future, and starting a
course from scratch allows you to explore their full
potential. CSU has an enviable track record in online
and distance education, so this is the place to be for
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delivering 21 century education.”
Euan’s particular research specialty is remote
laboratories, where students complete their laboratory
work using the internet to remotely control the
equipment. Over the past decade, remote laboratories
have emerged as valuable educational resources,
providing the potential for improved educational
outcomes, student flexibility, richer laboratory
experiences, and cross-institutional resource sharing.
Euan states “There are some fascinating differences in
the way in which students engage with the learning
experience, and what they get out of that experience,
depending up on the access mode.”
Euan currently has ARC Discovery funding to explore
students’ interactions in remote laboratories. The
project investigates how students interact with
equipment, each other, and with laboratory
demonstrators in order to determine the crucial
components
of
effective
laboratory
learning
experiences. It will identify and characterise the
interactions of students in laboratory classes, and
develop mechanisms to support these interactions
remotely.
Euan has also done some work in Artificial
Intelligence, using computers to read lips, and using
new algorithms to better anticipate and respond to
time-varying signals.
Euan was the 2010 President of the Australasian
Association for Engineering Education. He is a Fellow
of Engineers Australia, and a Fellow of the UK Higher
Education Academy. Euan was the recipient of a 2007
Australian Carrick Institute national Early Career
Teaching Excellence Award. In 2005, he was named
as one of the 30 Most Inspirational Young Engineers in
Australia by Engineering Australia.
Away from CSU, Euan likes to spend time with his
young family; he is currently enjoying exploring the
family friendly places of interest around Bathurst. He is
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also an accomplished swordsman, with a 3 Dan in
the Japanese martial art of Seitei Iaido.
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RESEARCH AREA GATHERINGS
Health Services Symposium
Marketing Research Symposium
The Health Services Research Area hosted a two day
research symposium on Thursday, 24 July and Friday,
25 July on the Bathurst Campus. The focus of the
symposium was on building collaborative research
partnerships.
The Marketing Research Area (RA) hosted a research
th
symposium on the afternoon of Thursday, 7 and the
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morning of Friday, 8 of August on the Bathurst
Campus.
Day one of the symposium focused on building
collaborative research partnerships with presentations
being made by a number of CSU researchers and staff
members from the Business and Science Faculties.
Professor Thomas Kirste from the
University of Rostock in Germany was
the keynote speaker at the symposium.
Thomas holds the Chair for Mobile
Multmedia Information Systems. Prof.
Kirste’s keynote address was on the
topic of ‘Experiences in interdisciplinary projects, with
particular focus on the NASFIT and DZNE/SiNDem
projects’. His address was very well received.
Day two of the symposium focused on collaboration
between researchers and industry. A range of people
from the health services industry attended the
symposium to discuss potential research projects.
Presentations were made by representatives from
Care West, Hobart District Nursing and headspace
Bathurst.
The
researchers
and
industry
representatives also had the opportunity to brain storm
which has led to the development of a number of
potential research projects.
The group also had the opportunity to take a tour of
the Clinical Simulation Centre on the Bathurst campus.
The Centre is utilised by the School of Biomedical
Sciences and School of Nursing to enhance the skills
and work-readiness of CSU’s nursing and paramedic
graduates.
Many of those who attended the symposium
commented that they were particularly appreciative of
the opportunity to develop cross-faculty networks that
have the potential to develop into future working
partnerships. Indeed, a dozen new members joined
the Health Services Research Area after the
Symposium.
For more information about the Health Services
Research Area please contact:
The focus of the symposium was to help develop the
RA’s Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to publish in
good quality journals and move toward grant
applications and successes.
The keynote speaker for the
symposium was Professor
Geoff Soutar who is Head
of Discipline and Winthrop
Professor Marketing at the
University
of
Western
Australia Business School.
W/Prof. Soutar gave two addresses during the
symposium. His first address was titled ‘Publishing in
Marketing and Management Journals for ECRs’ and
his second address was titled ‘Thinking about the
ARC: what works and what doesn’t’. Both of the
addresses drew on W/Prof. Souter’s extensive track
record in the areas of publishing and obtaining
research funding.
Geoff’s second address provided practical tips about
what works and what doesn’t with ARC funded grants.
This address drew on his experience as a member of
the ARC expert panel from 2001 to 2004 and as a
successful ARC funding applicant (on multiple
occasions). One of his key messages was for
academics to develop innovative projects and to spend
some time showing how the project will be significant.
The symposium also gave fifteen researchers the
opportunity to provide a short presentation on their
publications, research interests and future plans.
These presentations have led to several collaborations
between researchers with similar research interests,
some of whom met for the first time at the symposium.
For more information about the Marketing Research
Area please contact:
Professor
Steve
[email protected]
D’Alessandro
via
Dr Oliver Burmeister via [email protected]
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CONGRATULATIONS
Our congratulations go to the following students and their supervisors within the Faculty of Business who have been
advised that their thesis has passed. It is a tremendous achievement to have reached completion.
Name
Adrian Letchford
Marie Sheahan
Degree
Topic
Supervisors
PhD
Quiet: Is Stock Market
Reduction Profitable?
PhD
Inside the Ten with Half a Loaf of
Bread: A Critical Analysis of the
Neoliberalisation
of
Community
Welfare Organisations Engaged in
Welfare to Work.
Noise
Prof Junbin Gao & Dr Lihong Zheng
Dr Helen Masterman-Smith &
Dr Dianne McGrath
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence
Congratulations to Professor Junbin Gao, of the
School of Computing and Mathematics, for receiving
the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence.
The Vice-Chancellor's Awards are a celebration of
outstanding achievements demonstrated by staff
across Charles Sturt University and are a tribute to the
capability of our staff and the standard of
professionalism within our Faculty. The true objective
of the Awards is to encourage staff to improve and
enhance their own performance and the capability of
others to develop to their full potential.
Professor Gao’s research lies in the areas of Statistical
Learning and Machine Learning, with specific interests
in data mining, dimensionality reduction, computer
vision, financial statistics and Bayesian inference.
Professor Gao is one of the leading researchers within
the Faculty. In the last two years, Junbin has won two
Australian Research Council Discovery grants and a
National Natural Science Foundation of China grant.
Since 2011, he has published 20 journal articles in
high quality journals and 41 refereed conference
papers.
Junbin is widely regarded as an effective leader
exemplifying positive leadership behaviours and
successfully inspiring other staff in his School while
making a significant contribution in guiding and
mentoring research activities that should prove to be
highly valuable contributions towards identification of
common quality research projects for research groups
and preparation of applications for competitive grants.
Professor Junbin Gao receiving his award from CSU Vice Chancellor, Andy Vann
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Faculty of Business Research Supervision
Excellence Award
Congratulations to Dr Zahidul Islam for receiving a
Faculty of Business Individual Award for Research
Supervision Excellence.
Dr Md Zahidul Islam is a Senior Lecturer in Computing
within the School of Computing and Mathematics.
Currently, Zahidul is the principal supervisor of three
full-time Ph.D. and two full-time Honours students who
are working in the areas of data mining, clustering,
privacy issues in data mining and privacy of online
social network site users.
Faculty of Business Academic Excellence
Award
Congratulations to Dr Tanveer Zia for receiving a
Faculty of Business Individual Award for Academic
Excellence. Dr Zia will be formally presented with this
Dr Zahidul Islam receiving his award from Acting Faculty of Business
Dean, Prof. Robert Coombes
prestigious award at the presentation ceremony in
Wagga Wagga on Monday, 8 September (The
photograph from the ceremony will be published in the
next issue of the newsletter).
RoboCup – Great Success
Congratulations to all of the CSU staff who helped with
the running of the 2014 RoboCup competition.
RoboCup Junior competitions were held at both the
CSU Bathurst and Wagga Wagga campuses in June
(refer to the article in Issue 4 of the newsletter). Both
days were a resounding success with a large number
of schools participating in the event. RoboCup is a
great example of community and university linkages.
For more information please contact Allen Benter of
the CSU Mining Research Laboratory via
[email protected]
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty of Business lunch time seminar series
The lunch time seminar series are continuing. A range of internal and external guest speakers
are scheduled for 2014, please check the Faculty of Business webpage
http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/business/faculty-research/activities/seminar-series for up-to-date
information.
Business Seminar Series usually run from 1pm – 2pm on a Wednesday in the School
Meeting Rooms on each campus (1411 - 431 in Bathurst, 764-205 in Thurgoona and 28-214 in Wagga). A light
lunch is provided starting at 12:30pm on each campus. The seminars for Session 2 are currently being finalised,
please refer to FoB Research web page for information.
1 Oct 2014
Alain Neher
8 Oct 2014
15 Oct 2014
PhD student
School of M&M
Adam Steen
School of Accounting &
Finance
Danny Murphy
School of Accounting &
Finance
The influence of managerial values on
corporate financial performance of
Swiss SMEs.
Reflecting on theories of
internationalisation and production: a
case study of the independent travel
industry.
SLAPPed: the relationship between
SLAPP suits and increased ESG
reporting.
Enquiries about the Seminar Series should be directed to the convenor: Dr Rod Duncan, on 6338 4982 or
[email protected]
School of Computing and Mathematics Seminars usually run from 12 – 2pm on Wednesdays in the School
Meeting Rooms on each campus (771 in Bathurst, 780 in Albury and 766 in Wagga). A light lunch is served prior to
the seminar. Upcoming seminars include:
1 Oct 2014
October 2014
Dr Zhiqong Wang
CSU
Facial Expression
Dr Wanging Li
Wollongong
University
3D Video Processing
Enquiries about the Computing and Mathematics Seminar Series should be directed to the convenor:
Dr Manoranjan Paul on 6338 4260 or [email protected]
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Faculty of Business Writing Retreat - November
The writing retreat will be held at the St. Clements Retreat and Conference Centre Galong (between Boorowa and
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Harden) between the 3 and the 6 of November.
The retreat offers all those that attend an opportunity to work on academic papers and manuscripts without the
distraction of the office environment.
As well as providing attendees with dedicated writing time, there will be opportunities for
research collaboration and review and feedback from colleagues. Importantly, the retreat is
also a chance to get to know colleagues better through shared
meal times and free time for socialising in the evenings.
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RSVP: 22
of October
For further information regarding this event please contact
Louise Cleary, Research Administrative Officer on 6338 6680
or [email protected]
The Academy of International Business Australia and New Zealand Chapter (AIB-ANZ)
Annual Symposium
The Academy of International Business Australia and New Zealand Chapter (AIB-ANZ)
th
Annual Symposium will be held on Friday, 14 November 2014, at Cliftons Conference
Centre, Sydney. New this year, a paper development workshop (PDW) will be held on the
th
previous day, Thursday, 13 November 2014, from 1pm to 5pm.
This annual event has established itself as a valuable opportunity for obtaining collegial
feedback on ongoing research. It provides a forum for developing future journal articles
and research volume publications, as well as networking with other researchers working
in the area of international business.
The theme of this year’s symposium is ‘Changing and Leading International Business:
A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective’. This year’s symposium will explore the opportunities
and implications of the interdisciplinary nature of international business research. Abstracts on other topics relevant to
the field, as well as topics relating to teaching international business subjects, including international aspects of
Marketing, Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Strategic Management, and Finance, among
others, are also welcome.
For the PDW, we invite submissions of research/conceptual/viewpoint papers on a range of aspects of international
business. Papers accepted for the PDW will be presented and discussed in small-group workshops led by senior
academics, who will provide authors with constructive feedback to help develop the papers for submission to top-tier
journals. We strongly encourage early career academics, including PhD students, to make use of this opportunity.
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Submissions are due by Friday, 3 October 2014. Please email Dr Ramudu Bhanugopan ([email protected]) or
the Faculty of Business Research Office ([email protected]) for further details, or visit the ANZIBA website:
http://www.anziba.org/conferences_events/other_events
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GRANT NEWS
Employment Cost Calculator
The Division of Finance has developed an Employment Cost Calculator that is useful tool for
those researchers building budgets for research projects and grant applications. The
calculator can provide costs for both academic and general staff positions, for various
combinations of length of employment. Costs include oncosts, salary increments and the
appropriate level of superannuation.
Oncosts include payroll tax, workers compensation insurance, superannuation, leave loading
and recreation leave.
http://www.csu.edu.au/division/hr/salary-and-conditions/salary-allowances
ARC Data Management Plans
The new funding rules for ARC Discovery Projects, Laureate Fellowships, Discovery Early
Career Researcher Award and Discovery Indigenous funding programs specify that
researchers should outline plans for the management of data produced as a result of the
proposed research.
The ARC does not expect researchers to include extensive detail of the physical or
technological data management infrastructure. Rather, the ARC expects researchers to write a
few sentences addressing, but not be limited to, storage, access and re-use arrangements.
In the Frequently Asked Questions for Discovery programs section it states that it is not sufficient for researchers to
answer the Management of Data section by noting that they will comply with their institution’s data management rules.
Details of compliance with institutional requirements can be included, provided that they are supported by a
description specific to the data arising from the individual research project.
The rules also encourage researchers to deposit their research data arising from an ARC funding project into an
appropriate publically accessible subject or institutional repository. Justification should be provided where it may not
be appropriate for data to be disseminated or reused.
The Faculty’s Grant Liaison and Development Officer, Deborah Munns, is currently working with Robyn Kirk of
Intersect Australia and Karin Smith, Coordinator Digital Services, to develop a data management check list and a
template that will assist FoB researchers applying for ARC grants. Please contact Deborah Munns via
[email protected] for further information.
Assist DIT with Developing Research Storage Solutions
DIT is in the process of building new data storage services in partnership with Intersect
Australia to support CSU’s researchers in managing all research data. DIT understands that
the storage of data must be well managed, recoverable and safe; therefore they are in the
process of constructing a number of solutions, some of which are available now and others
which will become available over the next few months.
When calling DIT, please state that you require a research storage solution. They will provide
several solutions that may assist, but if these are not suitable to your requirements they will record your details,
research needs, and any other information and log a request for you. This will be escalated to a second response
group who will assist you with your enquiry.
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Research Grant Income Categories
The Commonwealth Government categorises external research income into categories for the annual Higher
Education Research Data Collection (HERDC). This list is a broad guide to help you
determine which category an external grant comes under.
Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants
Category 1 consists only of those research schemes/programs listed on the Australian
Competitive Grants Register (ACGR) for the current year (for example, some grants
from the ARC, OLT, NHMRC, AusAID etc.).
Category 1 grants are exempt from the CSU Competitive Neutrality Levy of 10% as
they are nationally competitive research grants open to all Higher Education Providers
(HEPs).
To determine if a grant is classed as Category 1 please refer to the Commonwealth
Government’s Department of Education website:
http://docs.education.gov.au/documents/2014-australian-competitive-grants-register-0
Category 2: Other Public Sector Research Income
Category 2 comprises funding from other government sources, including:

Australian Government schemes and business enterprises NOT listed on the ACGR

state and local governments and partly-government owned or funded bodies

research income from CRCs in which the University was not a core participant or signatory
Category 3: Industry and Other Research Income
Category 3 includes:

Research grants or contract research with Australian or international industry or non-Australian Government
agencies

Funding through donations, bequests and foundations (both Australian and international).
Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Research Income
Category 4 consists of research income received from a CRC in which they were a core participant (i.e. a signatory to
the CRC's Commonwealth Agreement).
Category 1 Grant Information Sheets
The CSU Research Office is currently developing a series of information sheets for
potential ARC Discovery, Linkage, DECRA and Future Fellowship applicants.
These sheets will be hosted on the Research Office web page.
The first in the series ‘Should I apply for an ARC Discovery Grant?’ contains
information that can help with determining if you are ready to apply for a Discovery
Grant. The sheet also contains a useful timeline which provides some insight into
the time required to plan and complete a high quality application.
The sheets will also be available on the FoB Interact Research Site.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
There are a number of funding opportunities available during October to December that may be of interest to
researchers from the Faculty of Business. The following grants are a sample of scholarships and grants that are
available. For more information about any funding opportunities or to organise a tailored search, please contact the
Faculty’s Grant Liaison and Development Officer – Deborah Munns on [email protected]
Australian Literacy Educators’ Association – Closes 15 October 2014 -The Australian Literacy Educators’
Association invites applications for its research grants. These support research in literacy development and learning
within the school context. Applicants must be members of the association and there must be at least one practising
classroom teacher K-12 with full-time responsibilities. Projects must also have the support of an academic partner.
Grants are worth up to AU$5,000.
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia – Closes 17 October 2014 The Academy of the Social Sciences in
Australia invites proposals for its workshop programme. This promotes research in the social sciences and enables
researchers to convene multidisciplinary, interactive research workshops. The workshops are interdisciplinary
gatherings of 15 to 20 experts who meet for two days to discuss and debate an issue of contemporary importance to
the social sciences or public policy. The academy expects dissemination of the workshop outcomes through
publication. Workshops will be funded to a maximum of AU$9,000, which includes provision for AU$1,500 towards the
cost of a digested analysis paper. Workshops are to be conducted between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016.
Office for Learning and Teaching – Innovation and Development Grants – Close 28
November 2014
http://www.olt.gov.au/grants-and-projects/innovation-and-development
Australian Geographic Society – Closes 30 November 2014 - The Australian Geographic
Society invites applications for its seed grants and project sponsorships. These provide
funding for scientific research, environmental, community and adventure projects that spread
the knowledge of Australia’s environmental and natural heritage.
Scientists, community organisations and individuals, including postgraduate students, developing projects in Australia
and abroad are eligible to apply.
The total budget is worth up to AU$25,000. Seed grants are worth up to AU$3,000, and project sponsorships range
between AU$5,000 and AU$15,000.
Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation – Closes 1 December 2014 -The Roberta Sykes Indigenous
Education Foundation invites applications for the Roberta Sykes scholarship. This provides financial assistance to
Indigenous postgraduate students who wish to undertake studies at recognised overseas universities.
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree with a strong academic record, be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander descent and be accepted into postgraduate coursework or research degree at a recognised overseas
university.
The scholarship is worth up to AU$30,000 for one year.
Perpetual Philanthropic - Information on Perpetual’s 2015 Funding Round will be available in November 2014. As a
guide grants generally range between $10,000 and $100,000.
Past funding has been provided for a wide range of projects at different developmental stages including; pilot and
existing projects, capacity building requests and support for early career researchers.
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CSU Higher Degree by Research Scholarships
The main round for the CSU Higher
Degree
by
Research
(HDR)
Scholarships is now open. There are a
number of HDR scholarship schemes
that provide financial support for HDR
candidates. Many of the scholarships can be applied
for at any stage of a HDR candidature. Potential
applicants are encouraged to check the guidelines for
each scheme to determine if they meet the
requirements of a particular scheme. Applications
close on Friday, 31 October 2014.
For further information please contact the Research
Office on 6933 2578.
Research Doctorate Completion Awards for CSU Staff
Academic staff in the final stages of writing up their
PhD thesis or Research Professional Doctorate
dissertation. The scholarship may only be used for
release from teaching or other academic duties to work
on completing the thesis or dissertation
Closing dates require submission of complete
application and any supporting documentation to
Research Office on:
• 20 October 2014 (for funding to commence from 10
November 2014)
• 2 February 2015 (for funding to commence from 23
February 2015)
For more information please refer to:
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/support/researchers/fu
nding/internal/pca
FACULTY OF BUSINESS HUMAN RESEARCH
ETHICS COMMITTEE (HREC) 2014 MEETINGS
CSU applies a two-tiered system of review to all applications for research involving human participants. Under the
National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research guidelines, the risk level of the research activity
determines which Committee may review the project.
Low risk - This is defined as where the only foreseeable risk is one of discomfort (NS 2.1.6). Under the National
Statement, low risk applications may be considered by the Faculty of Business HREC.
High risk - This is defined as any research that can cause severe harm to a participant psychologically, physically,
socially, economically, cause legal harm or devaluate a person’s self worth (NS 2.1). High Risk applications are
considered by the University level ethics committee.
There are three meetings for Faculty of Business HREC for the remainder of the year:
Submission Deadline
Thursday 25 September
Thursday 30 October
Thursday 27 November
Meeting Date
Thursday, 9 October
Thursday, 13 November
Thursday, 11 December
For queries regarding a submission please contact Wendy Smee or Louise Cleary on either 6338 6680 or email:
[email protected]
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WHY CHOOSE ORCID – IS IT YET ANOTHER
RESEARCHER ID?
Have you ever tried to search for an author, only to
discover that he or she shares a name with
numerous other researchers?
Or realised that Google Scholar stopped tracking
citations of your work after you changed your
surname a few years back?
Or maybe you changed institutions and would like
to still be contacted by potential collaborators?
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) allows
you to establish a profile with a unique identifier linked
to all of your research publications.
ORCID is a recent addition to the suite
of Researcher IDs that have been
emerging over the last few years.
ORCID is rapidly becoming the
industry standard because it is freely
usable and is interoperable with other
ID systems such as the SCOPUS Author ID and
Thomson Reuters Researcher ID. ORCID ensures
your unique identity as an author by assigning you a
16 digit ID number.
It is early days for researcher IDs, but grant funders
and publishers are already starting to use ORCID.
Because ORCID operates within an open environment
it is rapidly becoming the researcher ID of choice for
publishers and funders. You can connect your ORCID
account with other services including Web of Science,
Scopus and ImpactStory.
It is easy to set up an ORCID profile, with publication
details added via Researcher ID and Scopus. An
ORCID profile will provide you with a permanent link to
a list of all your publications.
Contact a Faculty Liaison Librarian for further
information and assistance in establishing an ORCID
profile. They can show you how to upload your
publications.
More information: http://orcid.org/ and
http://blog.impactstory.org/ten-things-you-need-toknow-about-orcid-right-now/
Contributed by Karin Smith, Coordinator Digital Services,
Division of Library Services.
As impact measurement becomes a significant
contributor to research evaluation and promotion it will
become more important to have consistent researcher
naming conventions.
ENDNOTE X7.1 NOW AVAILABLE
The latest version of EndNote is now available for use by CSU staff and students.
EndNote X7 can be installed on CSU staff computers though the install software desktop
icon. Users who wish to install the EndNote on their own computer may either download
the software from the DIT web page:
https://online.csu.edu.au/division/dit/software/core.html
Alternatively, users can borrow an installation CD from the Library. Information and guides to using EndNote X7 can
be found at http://libguides.csu.edu.au/endnote or a library liaison officer can conduct some personalised training on
the new version.
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RESEARCH ABBREVIATION LIST (RAL)
At Charles Sturt University (CSU), and in academia in general, there are many
abbreviations that are particular to academic research. This list is aimed at ensuring all
Faculty staff, but especially those new to research, can understand the ‘jargon’ that is
commonly used whilst referring to the different aspects of research.
ABDC Australian Business Deans Council
ABN
Australian Business Number
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ANZSIC
Australian and New Zealand Standard
Industrial Classification
HDR Higher
Research
Degree
HEP
Higher
Provider
Education
HEW
Higher Education Worker
HREC Human Research Ethics Committee
ANZSRC
Australian and New Zealand Standard
Research Classification
ISSN
ARC
NEAF National Ethics Application Form
Australian Research Council
International Standard Serial Number
ASRC Australian Standard Research Classification
NCGP National Competitive Grants Program
BAF
Budget Approval Form
NHMRC
Council
CI
Chief Investigator
CRO
CSU Research Output
DBA
Doctor of Business Administration
DOI
Digital Object Identifier
National Health and Medical Research
NTS
Notice to Submit
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
OLT
Office for Learning & Teaching
PI
Partner Investigator
RAL
Research Abbreviation List
RMS
Research Management System
RO
Research Office
DVCR Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research)
ECR
Early Career Researcher
EOI
Expression of Interest
ERA
Excellence in Research for Australia
FoB
Faculty of Business
ROPE Research
Evidence
FOR
Field of Research
SEO
Socio-Economic Objective
FRA
Faculty Research Area
SSP
Special Studies Program
FTE
Full Time Equivalent
UA
Universities Australia
VC
Vice Chancellor
HERDC
Collection
Higher
Education
Research
Data
Opportunity
and
Performance
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PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed papers
Al-Saggaf, Y. and Islam, Z. (2014). Data mining and
privacy of social network sites' users: Implications of
the data mining problem. Science and Engineering
Ethics, SpringerLink, 12 June 2014.
Phukan, S and Basu, P K (2014) Ethical Dilemmas
Faced by Multinational Corporations in Culturally
Diverse Markets, Journal of Technologies in Society,
10 (1), 20-41.
Gupta, R., Han, L. and Basu, P. K. (2014) Market
efficiency in emerging economies – case of Vietnam,
International Journal of Business and Globalisation,
13(1), 25 - 40.
Gobet, F., Snyder, A., Bossomaier, T., and Harre, M.
(2014) ‘designing a ‘better’ brain: insights from experts
and savants, Frontiers in Psychology, 5: 470.
Bossomaier, T., Barnett, L., Harré, M., and Jelinek,
H.F. (2014) ‘Dynamic Suppression of Sensory Detail
Saves Energy’, International Journal on Advances in
Intelligent Systems, 7, No 1 & 2.
D’Netto B., Shen, J., Chelliah, J., and Monga, M.
(2014) Human Resource Diversity Management
Practices in the Australian Manufacturing Sector,
International Journal of Human Resource
Management, 25 (9), 1243 -1266.
Jarrett, D., Duncan, R., and Bossomaier, T. (2014)
It’s Not Only What You Know: Using simulation to
explain research networks and innovation in the UK
university sector, Emergence: Complexity and
Organization, 16 (2), 1 – 28.
Hicks, J; Murphy, T; Arthur, L; Basu, P K; Keogh, D
and West, G (2014) Evaluating Major Sporting Events:
Economic Impact versus Cost Benefit—The Case of
Bathurst 1000, The International Journal of Sport and
Society, 3 (4), 209 - 18.
Han, X., Cuevas, Á., Crespi, N., Cuevas, R., and
Huang, X. (2014) On Exploiting Social Relationship
and Personal Background for Content Discovery, P2P
Networks, Future Generation Computer Systems, 40,
17-29.
Rahman, A. and Kuddus, A (2014) ‘Effects of some
sociological factors on the outbreak of chickenpox
disease’, JP Journal of Biostatistics, 11 (1), 37 -53.
Rahman, A. and Sapkota, M. (2014) Knowledge on
vitamin A rich foods among mothers of preschool
children in Nepal: impacts on public health and policy
concerns, Science Journal of Public Health, 2 (4), 316
– 322.
Davaakhuu, O., Sharma, K., and Bandara, Y. (2014),
Foreign Direct Investment in a transition economy:
Lessons from the experience of Mongolia, Global
Business Review, 15 (4).
Steen, A., and MacKenzie, D. (2014) The
Sustainability of the Foyer Model? Parity, 27 (2) 17-18.
Steen, A., and Turpie, K. (2014) Microcap M & A: An
Exploratory Study, Australasian Accounting, Business
and Finance Journal, 8(2), 1 - 24.
Accepted and forthcoming papers
Al-Saggaf, Y. (accepted and forthcoming). The use of
data mining by private health insurance companies
and customers' privacy: an ethical analysis. Cambridge
Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics.
Al-Saggaf, Y. and Simmons, P. (accepted and
forthcoming). Social media in Saudi Arabia: Exploring
its use during two natural disasters. Technological
Forecasting and Social Change.
Hicks, J., Basu, P. K. and Sherley, C. (2014) ‘The
Impact of Employment Specialisation on Regional
Labour Market Outcomes in Australia’, Australian
Bulletin of Labour, (Accepted and being published)
Wu, L., Huang, X., Zhang C., Shepherd, J., and Wang
Y. (accepted and forthcoming) An Efficient Framework
of Bregman Divergence Optimization for Co-Ranking
Images and Tags in a Heterogeneous Network,
Multimedia Tools and Applications.
Jie, F, Chan, C. and Parton, K.A. (accepted and
forthcoming), Australian beef supply chain integration:
case studies of the two largest Australian
supermarkets, International Journal of Supply Chain
and Operations Resilience.
Dowell, D., Morrison, M. and Heffernan, T. (accpepted
and forthcoming). The Changing Importance of
Affective and Cognitive Trust Across the Relationship
Lifecycle: A Study of Business-to-Business
Relationships. Industrial Marketing Management.
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Morrison, M., McCulloch, R., Greig, J., Read, D.,
Waller, D. (accepted and forthcoming) Communicating
information to difficult to reach landholders:
Perspectives of natural resource management
communication practitioners. Australasian Journal of
Environmental Management.
Parvez, M. Z. and Paul, M., (accepted and
forthcoming) Epileptic Seizure Detection by Analyzing
EEG Signals using Different Transformation
Techniques, Elsevier Journal of Neurocomputing,
Rahman, M.A. & Islam, M.Z (accepted and
forthcoming)
A
Hybird
Clustering
Technique
Combining a Novel Genetic Algorithm with K-Means,
Knowledge-Based Systems.
Sherley, C., Morrison, M., Duncan, R. and Parton,
K.A. (accepted and forthcoming), Using segmentation
and prototyping in engaging politically-salient climatechange household segments, Journal of Non-Profit
and Public Sector Management.
Books
Harris, B. (2014) Exploring the Frozen Continent:
What Australian’s Think of Constitutional Reform, Vivid
Publishing, Fremantle.
Conference papers
West, J., Bhattacharya, M., and Islam R. Intelligent
Financial Fraud Detection Practices: An Investigation,
th
in Proc. of the 10 International Conference on
Security and Privacy in Communication Networks
(SecureComm 2014), Beijing, China, Sept 24 -26
2014.
Chakraborty, S., Paul, M., Murshed M., and Ali, M.
(2014), A Novel Video Coding Scheme using a Scene
Adaptive Non-Parametric Background Model, IEEE
International Workshop on Multimedia Signal
Processing (IEEE MMSP-14), Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept
22 – 24 2014.
Chelliah, J., D’Netto, B., and Georges, S. (2014)
Single or Multiple Organisational Identities: The
Management Consultant’s Dilemma, Australian
Academy of Business and Social Sciences
Conference, Malaysia, 25 – 26 August 2014.
Dalton, L., and D’Netto, B. (2014) Managing Diversity
Effectively Through the Diversity Management
th
Competencies Model, 27 International Business
Research Conference (World Business Institute
Conference Proceedings), Toronto, Canada, 12 -13
June 2014.
Adnan, M., Islam, M. Z., and Kwan, P. (2014)
Extended Space Decision Tree, In Proc. of the 13th
International Conference on Machine Learning and
Cybernetics (ICMLC 2014), Lanzhou, China, 13-16
July 2014.
Best paper award nomination
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Yang, P., and Zia, T. A. (2014). EP AC: An Efficient
Privacy=Preserving Data Access Control Scheme for
th
Data-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networks. The 6
International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and
Security. August 20-22, Paris, France.
Kahn, M. A. (2014) User Selection and Scheduling
Algorithms for MIMO-BC Systems, Scholars’ Press.
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