Dr Gerry Treuren

Senior Lecturer UniSA Business

City West Campus (EM5-19)
tel +61 8 830 20640

email Gerry.Treuren@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

About me

turnover
retention
volunteer motivation
employee engagement

Gerrit (‘Gerry’) JM Treuren is a senior lecturer in the School of Management.

Gerry Treuren holds a PhD in Economic History (University of New England), a Master of Economics in Industrial Relations (University of Sydney), and a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics (University of New South Wales).

Gerry’s current research looks at several issues in employee retention and turnover (the implications of the employee-client relationship on the relationship between the employee and the organisation; the antecedents and consequences of various components of employee embeddedness such as client and off-the-job embeddedness; the impact of job demands and resources on employee organisational attachment and performance) and... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Business and Management
Applied Economics
Marketing
Policy and Administration
Tourism

Highlights

The skill discounting and job search of migrants and refugees; matching strategies and practices of potential employees and employers; turnover retention of employees; attraction, recruitment and retention of volunteers.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2016	Treuren, GJ & Goods, J 2016, 'A three-stage approach for the diagnosis and reduction of employee turnover', in D Blackman, M O'Donnell and S Teo (eds), Human capital management research: Influencing practice and process, Information Age Publishing, US, ch. 5, pp. 63-80.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Ferrer, J, Treuren, GJ, Holland, P & Bartram, T 2025, 'The Australian human resource management profession: current state and future challenges in the post-COVID world of work', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, vol. 63, no. 2, article no. e12431, pp. 1-15. 1
2025	Treuren, GJ 2025, 'Why do aged care employees leave? Two explanations compared', Journal of Health Organization and Management, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 98-113. Open access
2024	Caines, V & Treuren, GJ 2024, 'The importance of external social support for workplace-related stress as we grow older', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 123-130. Open access 1
2023	Manoharan, A, Hutchinson, C, Treuren, GJ & Madera, JM 2023, 'Disability employment in the hospitality industry: a systematic literature review', Cornell Hospitality Quarterly: Hospitality Leadership Through Learning, online, pp. 1-16. Open access 13 11 3
2022	Olliff, L, Baak, M, Baddeley, M, Lino Lejukole, J, Munyonge, E, Saidi, I & Treuren, GJ 2022, '"We will start building from that": social capital, social networks and African migrants' job-seeking experiences in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 725-742. Open access 6 5 41
2022	Treuren, GJ & Fein, EC 2022, 'Off-the-job embeddedness moderates work intensity on employee stress', Evidence-Based HRM: a global forum for empirical scholarship, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 103-118. Open access 10 8
2021	Treuren, GJ & Fein, EC 2021, 'Off-the-job embeddedness as a moderator of the relationship between work and life conflict and turnover intention', International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1251-1272. Open access 19 16 1
2021	Treuren, GJ, Ashokkumar, M & Vishnu, V 2021, 'The hospitality sector as an employer of skill discounted migrants. Evidence from Australia', Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 20-35. Open access 15 13 2
2021	Treuren, GJ, Manoharan, A & Vishnu, V 2021, 'The gendered consequences of skill-discounting for migrants', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 73-97. Open access 10 10 1
2019	Treuren, GJ 2019, 'Employee embeddedness as a moderator of the relationship between work and family conflict and leaving intention', International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 30, no. 17, pp. 2504-2524. Open access 15 12
2016	Treuren, GJ & Halvorsen, B 2016, 'The contribution of client embeddedness to an employee's employment experience', International Journal of Manpower, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 989-1003. 1 1
2015	Halvorsen, B, Treuren, G & Kulik, C 2015, 'Job embeddedness among migrants: fit and links without sacrifice', International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 1298-1317. Open access 46 43 2
2014	Treuren, GJ & Frankish, E 2014, 'Pay dissatisfaction and intention to leave the moderating role of personal care worker client embeddedness', Nonprofit Management and Leadership, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 5-21. 5 10
2014	Treuren, GJ & Frankish, E 2014, 'The impact of pay understanding on pay satisfaction and retention: salary sacrifice understanding in the not-for-profit sector', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 103-122. 15 12
2014	Treuren, GJ 2014, 'Enthusiasts, conscripts or instrumentalists? The motivational profiles of event volunteers', Managing Leisure, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 51-70. 31
2012	Kulik, CT, Treuren, G & Bordia, P 2012, 'Shocks and final straws: using exit-interview data to examine the unfolding model's decision paths', Human Resource Management, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 25-46. 49 48
2012	Treuren, G 2012, 'Do individual differences impact on job search outcomes? : evidence from graduates from three degrees', New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 46-56.
2010	Treuren, GJM & Anderson, K 2010, 'The employment expectations of different age cohorts: Is generation Y really that different?', Australian Journal of Career Development, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 49-61.
2010	Treuren, GJM 2010, 'Do informal recruitment techniques contribute to workplace gender segregation?', New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 38-50.
2009	Treuren, GJM 2009, 'The Associative-Supportive Motivation as a Factor in the Decision to Event Volunteer', Leisure, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 687-711. 13

Conferences

Year	Output
2019	Vishnu, V, Treuren, GJ, Sandhu, S, Manoharan, A & Bambacas, M 2019, 'The job search experience of former international student migrants in Australia. Does a local qualification make a difference to skill discounting?', 33rd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, pp. 549-564. Open access
2017	Hutchinson, C, Corlis, M, Stothard, C, Good, J & Treuren, GJ 2017, 'What is compassion fatigue? What does it mean for personal care workers in aged care?', in C Duff (ed.), 31st Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management: Creative Disruption: Managing in a Digital Age (ANZAM), ANZAM, pp. 1-17. Open access
2017	Treuren, GJ, Manoharan, A, Stothard, C & Hutchinson, C 2017, 'The relationship between self-determination theory, motivational types, emotional labour and client embeddedness', 31st Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), ANZAM, vol. 12, pp. 42-54. Open access
2017	Treuren, GJ, Stothard, C, Hutchinson, C & Manoharan, A 2017, 'A theory of skilled migrant organisational attachment', in C Duff (ed.), 31st Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), ANZAM, pp. 1-19. Open access
2015	Treuren, GJ 2015, 'Two theories of turnover compared', 29th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: Managing for Peak Performance (ANZAM), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-14. Open access
2013	Treuren, G 2013, 'How does client embeddedness fit into a theory of turnover? Two models tested and an existing theory extended', in M Grimmer & R Hecker (eds), 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-18. Open access
2013	Treuren, G 2013, 'Some speculations on the origins and role of the associative-supportive motivation to volunteer', in M Grimmer & R Hecker (eds), 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-16. Open access
2013	Treuren, G 2013, 'The relationship between perceived job alternatives, employee attitudes and leaving intention', in M Grimmer & R Hecker (eds), 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-17. Open access
2012	Halvorsen, B, Treuren, G & Kulik, CT 2012, 'Migrant workers and job embeddedness: developing an understanding of attachment', in W. Soontiens(ed.), 26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - ANZAM, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-18. Open access
2010	Halvorsen, B, Kulik, CT & Treuren, G 2010, 'Retaining migrant employees: reducing turnover using job embeddedness theory', in B Gurd (ed.), 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2010), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-19. Open access
2010	Treuren, GJM 2010, 'The construct and predictive validity of three job embeddedness scales', in Dr. Steven Barrett, 9th Pacific Employment Relations Association : Workforce planning in times of crisis and change, Pacific Employment Relations Association, pp. 185-198.
2010	Wallgren, HC & Treuren, GJM 2010, 'Could employer unity, industry structure and union influence explain the different outcomes of Award Modernisation between industries, 2008-2009?', in A Barnes, N Balnave & G Lafferty (eds), 24th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia & New Zealand (AIRAANZ), AIRAANZ, pp. 1-12. Open access
2010	Wallgren, HC & Treuren, GJM 2010, 'The context and process of establishing modern awards, 2008-2009', in Dr. Steven Barrett, 9th Pacific Employment Relations Association : Workforce planning in times of crisis and change, Pacific Employment Relations Association, pp. 199-209.
2009	Treuren, GJM 2009, 'Does off-the-job embeddedness matter in predicting intention to leave?', in Dr. Nicholas Beaumont, 2009 Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Monash University. Open access
2008	Treuren, GJM 2008, 'A model for the identification of organisational specific reasons for turnover', in Dr. Zia Haqq, World Business Institute.
2008	Treuren, GJM 2008, 'Are baby boomer, generation X and Y students really that different? Some evidence on the employment expectations of different age cohorts', in Marie Wilson, Promaco Convention Pty Ltd, for the ANZAM 2008 Conference, pp. 1-19.
2008	Treuren, GJM 2008, 'Some evidence about the relationship between gender, job search, personal ties and gender segregation', in Marie Wilson, Promaco Convention Pty Ltd, for the ANZAM 2008 Conference. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Helping Hand Aged Care	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Swinburne University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of SA	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Houston	UNITED STATES
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Panellist, Academic Research Panel Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2021
Panellist, Academic Research Panel Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2020
Panellist, Academic Research Panel Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2019
Editorial Board Member The International Journal of Human Resource Management	2018
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2018
Member Academy of Management, United States	2018
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2018
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2018
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2018
Editorial Board Member The International Journal of Human Resource Management	2017
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2017
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2017
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2017
Member Academy of Management, United States	2017
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2017
Editorial Board Member The International Journal of Human Resource Management	2016
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2016
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2016
Member Academy of Management, United States	2016
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2016
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2016
Editorial Board Member The International Journal of Human Resource Management	2015
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2015
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2015
Member Academy of Management, United States	2015
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2015
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2015
Member Academy of Management, United States	2014
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2014
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2014
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2014
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2014
Board Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2013
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2013
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2013
Member Academy of Management, United States	2013
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2013
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2013
Board Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2012
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2012
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2012
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2012
Member Academy of Management, United States	2012
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2012
Board Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2011
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2011
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2011
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2011
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2011
Member Academy of Management, United States	2011
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2010
Member Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)	2010
Member Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)	2010
Member Industrial Relations Society of South Australia	2010
Member Academy of Management, United States	2010

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Factors that affect employee retention: a job embeddedness account of migrant turnover intentions and job search activities	Completed
Understanding the phenomenon of skill discounting and its implications for migrant employment in Australia	Completed

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