Dr Sanjeewa (Sanjee) Perera is Senior Lecturer at UniSA Business and a researcher within the Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX). Her research interests include workforce diversity with a special focus on age and gender. Her current research projects examine work experiences of mature age people, and gender diversity practices in organisations. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, The Leadership Quarterly and Human Resource Management.
Dr Perera holds a Bachelor of Humanities and a in PhD Business and Management (University of South Australia). Prior to her academic career, Dr Perera worked as a Human Resource practitioner for several years in... Read more
About me
Dr Sanjeewa (Sanjee) Perera is Senior Lecturer at UniSA Business and a researcher within the Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX). Her research interests include workforce diversity with a special focus on age and gender. Her current research projects examine work experiences of mature age people, and gender diversity practices in organisations. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, The Leadership Quarterly and Human Resource Management.
Dr Perera holds a Bachelor of Humanities and a in PhD Business and Management (University of South Australia). Prior to her academic career, Dr Perera worked as a Human Resource practitioner for several years in both service and manufacturing sectors with her last position as the Human Resource Manager of a multi-national apparel manufacturer with production bases in two countries.
About me
Member - Academy of Management
Member (CAHRI) - Australian Human Resources Institute
Member - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy (Business and Management) University of South Australia
UniSA Business School Research Excellence Awards: Top Research Team (w. Shruti Sardeshmukh & Sukhbir Sandhu) (2019)
My broad research interests are in the areas of emotions in work life, workforce diversity and human resource management.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Mature-Age Employees - South Australian Public Sector, SA Department of Health and Wellbeing - Office for Ageing Well, 06/06/2024 - 31/12/2024
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.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
1
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| 2022 |
Open access
5
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| 2019 |
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| 2017 |
4
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| 2015 |
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| 2011 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
32
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| 2019 |
Open access
55
47
35
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| 2019 |
Open access
17
15
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| 2016 |
54
46
8
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| 2016 |
Open access
118
101
33
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| 2015 |
17
15
47
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| 2015 |
17
17
21
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2012 |
Open access
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| 2011 |
Open access
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| 2010 |
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| 2010 |
Open access
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Research
UniSA Business School Research Excellence Awards: Top Research Team (w. Shruti Sardeshmukh & Sukhbir Sandhu) (2019)
My broad research interests are in the areas of emotions in work life, workforce diversity and human resource management.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Melbourne Business School | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Outstanding Reviewer AwardOrganizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management |
2015 |
Outstanding Reviewer AwardOrganizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management |
2013 |
UniSA Business School Staff Excellence Award: Teaching Commendation (2020)
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Digital Innovation in Healthcare | Current |
| Will you forgive me? The moral licensing of social enterprises | Current |
| Are family friendly practices good for women's advancement? the relationship between family friendly practices and women in management | Completed |
| Employee petty theft: interplay among employees, authority figures and the environment | Completed |
| Lonely and ready to leave: experiences of racial microaggressions among employees of Asian ethnicity | Completed |
| Negative displays, positive outcomes? Gender differences in managing employee behaviour with emotion displays | Completed |
| Stepping up and stepping back: core followership behaviours, facilitators, and expectations in the workplace | Completed |
| Threads of change: environmental sustainability and gender equality in Australian fashion organisations | Completed |
