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Lynnaire Sheridan image image 2021

B. App. Sci. (Hons), Grad Cert Tert Teach, PhD
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy UK
Chartered Member (Academic), Human Resources New Zealand

Associate Professor

Room: OBS 701
Tel +64 3 479 8035
Email lynnaire.sheridan@otago.ac.nz

Lynnaire's research focus is on identifying key insights and potential learnings emerging from complex scenarios to facilitate problem solving and promote positive socio-cultural ecological and economic outcomes. She has applied this approach to investigating organisational issues within the domains of workplace health and safety, tourism, health and global migration as well as in higher education via her teaching and learning research on work integrated learning, academic integrity and equity.

Teaching responsibilities

Lynnaire's teaching responsibilities include:

Research interests

  • The future of work as an enabler for workplace diversity
  • Workplace health and safety management
  • Integration of indigenous knowledges into management education
  • Effective teaching and learning practices (SoTL)
  • Practice Theory

Current supervisions

Lynnaire is currently supervising the following students:

DBA

  • Callie Corrigan (2025 – ongoing), Whiri and Whatu: Weaved shared leadership approaches between Iwi and Crown in Te Hiku towards achieving Mana Tangata
    Supervised by Diane Ruwhiu and Lynnaire Sheridan
  • Jeremy Sole (2023 – ongoing), Why is it easier for CEOs to suffer than delegate?
    Supervised by Joe Cooper and Lynnaire Sheridan
  • Robert O’Brien (2023 – ongoing), Leadership by design: Resilience in leadership
    Supervised by Lynnaire Sheridan and Joe Cooper.

PhD

  • Renee Cunial (2018 – ongoing, part time), What are employers' work–ready requirements for industrial relations in a HRM degree? Where's WIL?
    Supervised by Lynnaire Sheridan and Oriana Price
  • Justin Placek (2019 – ongoing, full time), Understanding the dynamic interplay of super-ordinate and sub-ordinate goals within organisations through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    Supervised by Lynnaire Sheridan, Ann Rogerson and Belinda Gibbons

Completed

  • Andrew, Catherine (2016 – 2025, part time), Exploring Employee Experiences of retirement due to signs and symptoms of dementia
    Supervised by Lyn Phillipson and Lynnaire Sheridan
  • Pedersen, David (2017 – 2024, part time), Neoliberalism and Tourism in Indonesia
    Supervised by Susan Engel and Lynnaire Sheridan
  • Paul Ikutegbe (2019 – 2024, full time), Developing a theoretical model of successful work placements for people with disabilities
    Supervised by Melanie Randle, Robert Gordon and Lynnaire Sheridan)
  • Savage, Susan (2011-2017, part time), An investigation into local government's ideal role in enhancing community liveability via the creative industries
    Supervised by Lynnaire Sheridan and Sam Garrett-Jones
  • Sotear Ellis (2009 – 2012, full time), Community Based Tourism in Cambodia: Exploring the role of community for successful implementation in Least Developed Countries
    Supervised by Lynnaire Sheridan and Dale Saunders
  • Attama Boonpalit (2006 – 2008, full time), Empowering Stakeholders in Community-based Tourism Development: The case study of Pa Hin Ngam National Park, Thailand
    Supervised by Ross Dowling and Lynnaire Sheridan

Publications

Ikutegbe, P., Sheridan, L., Gordon, R., & Randle, M. (2026). The critical actions employers must take to generate an organisational culture and climate that enables successful employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Labour & Industry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/10301763.2026.2654994 Journal - Research Article

Aust, I., Cooke, F. L., Semeijn, J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Sheridan, L. (2026, March). Beyond SDGs in HRM. Panel discussion at the 4th International Common-Good Human Resources Management (CGHRM) Conference: Working Together for Tomorrow: Encouraging and Managing Collective Action for the Common Good, [Online]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Edgar, F., & Sheridan, L. (2026, January). Labour and Industry: Insights from the journal’s editors. Workshop presentation at the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: Shifting perspective and practice: Industrial relations in a changing world of work, Sydney, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sheridan, L., Cooper, J., & Todres, M. (2026, January). Building resource caravans to reduce job burnout: How idealism influences hardiness in the JD-R model. Verbal presentation at the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: Shifting perspective and practice: Industrial relations in a changing world of work, Sydney, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Cuniala, R., Price, O., & Sheridan, L. (2026, January). Not just undervalued but systematically misvalued: When the market sets the price on care in the Australian early childhood sector. Verbal presentation at the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: Shifting perspective and practice: Industrial relations in a changing world of work, Sydney, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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