Dr Jonathan Sale (PhD, DPA, MIR, LLB, BA PolSc) is Program Director for Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Management and Lecturer in Human Resources Management at the UniSA Business, University of South Australia. As a teaching academic, he has expertise in employment relations (ER)/industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM), having coordinated and taught courses within the discipline at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels like: introduction to IR and HRM; Australian IR; ER in Australia, USA and China in the context of globalisation; people, work, organisations and their dynamics; international and comparative HRM; negotiation, conflict resolution and advocacy; managing the employment relationship;... Read more
About me
Dr Jonathan Sale (PhD, DPA, MIR, LLB, BA PolSc) is Program Director for Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Management and Lecturer in Human Resources Management at the UniSA Business, University of South Australia. As a teaching academic, he has expertise in employment relations (ER)/industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM), having coordinated and taught courses within the discipline at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels like: introduction to IR and HRM; Australian IR; ER in Australia, USA and China in the context of globalisation; people, work, organisations and their dynamics; international and comparative HRM; negotiation, conflict resolution and advocacy; managing the employment relationship; managing employee performance and rewards; managing people and organisations; leading and managing organisational change; and research for business decision making. Jonathan has authored/co-authored over 70 publications and intellectual contributions including a book, journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and reports on a range of subjects, such as: employment skills and strategies; labour disputes settlement; labour relations policy; labour and comparative law; legal harmonisation or transplantation; worker protection; employee voice and social media; decent work and sustainable development; labour laws and labour markets; labour regulation and informal work; social security and migrant work; digital platform work and labour law; labour-management cooperation and sustainable work; area studies (Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, ASEAN); and others. His practice has included negotiation and advocacy in the fields of ER/IR/HRM and labour law in Australia and the Philippines, aside from related managing or advising, within industries like banking, energy, and higher education.
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Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
Australian Labour Law Association
New Zealand Labour Law Society
Canadian Industrial Relations Association
Law and Society Association (University of Massachusetts)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy in Management The University of Newcastle
Doctor of Public Administration University of the Philippines
Master of Industrial Relations University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Laws University of the Philippines
Lecturer in Employment Relations & Human Resource Management, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle
Researcher, Whitehall Workplace Law, Melbourne
Negotiation and advocacy in the fields of employment relations, industrial relations, human resource management, and labour law in Australia and the Philippines, aside from related managing or advising, within industries like banking, energy, and higher education.
Chief Investigator, Law and practice research on labour dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms in Australia, International Labour Office.
Sale, A., Sale, J., Rainnie, A., & Burgess, J. (2023). Employee voice and social media: The Australian perspective. In T. Ajibade Adisa, C. Mordi, & E. Oruh (Eds.), Employee voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America and Australia (pp.167–196). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Worker Protection Index (new measure for comparing worker protection rules)
Sale, J, 'Worker voice and labour disputes settlement in Australia', Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2023 Conference 'Labour and Value' and Higher Degree Research... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Law and practice research on labour dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms in Australia, International Labour Office, 24/05/2023 - 07/06/2023
Research
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.
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2020 |
1
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| 2018 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2015 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2014 |
1
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| 2012 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2008 |
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| 2008 |
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| 2013 |
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Mahy P, Do HH, Sale J, & Sale, A 2019, 'The comparative evolution of worker protection regulation in Southeast Asia: a quantitative approach' presented at Fourth Labour Law Research Network Conference 'A Global Conversation on Labour Law', Faculty of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile, 23-25 June 2019, presented at Newcastle Business School Seminar Series, University of Newcastle, Australia, 28 June 2019, and presented at ‘Global Challenges and Local Responses: Transformation of Labour Relations and Legal Framework in Vietnam and Emerging Economies’, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Vietnam, 14-16 July 2019.
Research
Chief Investigator, Law and practice research on labour dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms in Australia, International Labour Office.
Sale, A., Sale, J., Rainnie, A., & Burgess, J. (2023). Employee voice and social media: The Australian perspective. In T. Ajibade Adisa, C. Mordi, & E. Oruh (Eds.), Employee voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America and Australia (pp.167–196). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Worker Protection Index (new measure for comparing worker protection rules)
Sale, J, 'Worker voice and labour disputes settlement in Australia', Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2023 Conference 'Labour and Value' and Higher Degree Research Workshop, hosted by the College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, 7-10 February.
Sale, J & Sale, A, ‘Decent work, critical skills shortage, and the role of the State: A case study of the Philippine exported labour policy and sustainable development’ in The Future of Work in the Asia Pacific: Addressing Critical Skills Shortages for Sustainable Development, Book Project Workshop 1, Murdoch University Singapore, 1-2 February 2023.
Sale, J, 'Classifying and comparing national labour dispute settlement laws: a systematic approach towards developing a taxonomy of labour rules', 11th Biennial National Conference, Australian Labour Law Association ‘The regulation of work in a “COVID-normal” world’, Economic/Industrial Relations Perspectives Session, Crowne Plaza, Coogee Beach, Sydney, 11-12 November 2022.
Sale, J, 'History, agency and labour law: Comparing labour disputes settlement systems in Malaysia and the Philippines', Global Meeting on Law & Society 2022 ‘Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy’, Structural Inequality and Legal Sanction Session, ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, 13-16 July.
Sale, J & Sale, A, 'New digital platform work in the time of COVID and the role of the State, labour law and policy', 59th Annual Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference 'Together Again: Advancing Employment Relations', Queen's University, Canada, 26-28 May 2022.
Treuren, G & Sale, J, 'External social support as buffer to unpleasant work circumstances. Or why your friends can make your life at work better', Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2022 Conference 'Work not as Usual', University of Sydney, 9-11 February.
Sale, J & Sale, A, 'Digitisation and technological change: A new form of work in the time of COVID', AIRAANZ 2022 Conference 'Work not as Usual', University of Sydney, 9-11 February.
Country Expert, Quality of Government Expert Survey, University of Gothenburg
Contributing Expert, Rule of Law Index, World Justice Project
Researcher, Worker Protection Index, Monash University
University of Newcastle Honorary Lecturer (for supervision of cross-disciplinary higher degree by research candidature in Environmental & Occupational Health)
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
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| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | FRANCE |
| Private Individual | AUSTRALIA |
| Torrens University Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of the Philippines | PHILIPPINES |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberLaw and Society Association |
2023 |
MemberAustralian Labour Law Association |
2023 |
MemberAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) |
2023 |
Researcher, Worker Protection IndexDepartment of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University |
2023 |
Contributing Expert, Rule of Law IndexWorld Justice Project |
2022 |
Honorary Lectureship (for supervision of cross-disciplinary higher degree by research candidature in Environmental & Occupational Health)University of Newcastle |
2022 |
MemberLaw and Society Association |
2022 |
MemberAustralian Labour Law Association |
2022 |
MemberAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) |
2022 |
Researcher, Worker Protection IndexDepartment of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University |
2022 |
ReviewerThe Economic and Labour Relations Review |
2022 |
Honorary LectureshipUniversity of Newcastle |
2021 |
Honorary Lectureship (for supervision of cross-disciplinary higher degree by research candidature in Environmental & Occupational Health)University of Newcastle |
2021 |
MemberAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) |
2021 |
MemberLaw and Society Association |
2021 |
MemberAustralian Historical Association |
2021 |
Researcher, Worker Protection IndexDepartment of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University |
2021 |
ReviewerThe Economic and Labour Relations Review |
2021 |
Country Expert, Quality of Government Expert Survey 2019/2021University of Gothenburg |
2020 |
MemberAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) |
2020 |
MemberCanadian Industrial Relations Association |
2020 |
MemberAustralian Historical Association |
2020 |
Researcher, Worker Protection IndexDepartment of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University |
2020 |
ReviewerThe Economic and Labour Relations Review |
2020 |
Session ChairDevelopments in Labour Law, 10th International Labour & Employment Relations Association Regional Congress of the Americas |
2020 |
Country Expert, Quality of Government Expert Survey 2019/2020University of Gothenburg |
2019 |
MemberAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) |
2019 |
MemberAustralian Historical Association |
2019 |
Researcher, Worker Protection IndexDepartment of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University |
2019 |
MemberAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Historical Association |
2018 |
Researcher, Worker Protection IndexDepartment of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University |
2018 |
Session ChairLegal Histories of Race and Whiteness, Australian Historical Association 2018 Annual Conference ‘The Scale of History’ |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Historical Association |
2017 |
Runner up Best Paper HDR Colloquia 2017Faculty of Business and Law, University of Newcastle |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Labour Law Association |
2016 |
ReviewerThe Economic and Labour Relations Review |
2016 |
Country report on the performance of various mechanisms & processes for prevention & resolution of individual disputes in the Philippines.International Labour Organisation |
2015 |
Regulating for Decent Work FellowshipInternational Labour Organisation |
2015 |
Contributing Expert, Rule of Law IndexWorld Justice Project |
2014 |
Country report on the performance of various mechanisms & processes for prevention & resolution of individual disputes in the Philippines.International Labour Organisation |
2014 |
External Collaborator, International Labour Organisation
Teaching & student supervision
