PhD BCom(Hons) DipGrad(Otago) NZCSMgmt
Professor
Room: OBS 809
Tel +64 3 479 8091
Email fiona.edgar@otago.ac.nz
Fiona teaches and researches in human resource management. She worked in industry prior to entering tertiary education. Fiona was a recipient of a Bright Futures Doctoral Scholarship. Her PhD examined the impact of legislation on HRM policy and practice. Her current research interests include HRM and how HRM impacts on employees' wellbeing at work as well as the relationship between HRM and organisational performance. Her most recent work is focused on undertanding the role of sustainable HRM at work, along with its implementation and impacts.
Fiona has undertaken several senior leadership roles within the Otago Business School. From 2016 to 2019, Fiona was the Associate Dean Postgraduate and from 2019 to 2024 was the Head of Department for Management.
Fiona has received several research accolades, including winning the University of Otago Early Career Award for Distinction in Research in 2008 and her article titled “Workplace Values and Beliefs: An Empirical Study of Ideology, High Commitment Management and Unionization” published with Alan Geare and Ian McAndrew in The International Journal of Human Resource Management volume 20 issue 5, was been selected as one of the 50 best articles out of 15,000 published in 2009 in the top 400 business and management journals and has therefore won an Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence.
Teaching responsibilities
Fiona's current teaching responsibilities include:
- MANT 250 Managing People
- MANT 345 Strategic Human Resource Management
- MANT553 Human Resource Management
Research interests
Fiona's research interests are:
- Strategic Human Resource Management - Sustainable Human Resource Management
Current supervisions
Fiona is currently supervising the following students:
DBA
- Raka Biswas (2024), Leadership Development
Publications
Wojtczuk‐Turek, A., Turek, D., Jurek, P., Edgar, F., Okay-Somerville, B., Podgorodnichenko, N., … Karamustafa-Köse, G. (2026). Putting sustainable human resource management and workplace eudaimonic well-being into cross-cultural context. European Management Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.008 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
Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Akmal, A., & Peng, K. (2026). Understanding employees' environmentally sustainable work behavior: The roles of self-transcendence values, innovative work attitudes and sustainable performance management. International Journal of Productivity & Performance Management, 75(11), 1-28. doi: 10.1108/IJPPM-11-2024-0783 Journal - Research Article
Cooper, J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Sheridan, L. (2025). SDGs and HRM in Australia and New Zealand. In I. Aust, F. L. Cooke & J. Semeijn (Eds.), The Elgar companion to human resource management beyond the sustainable development goals. (pp. 272-287). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgin Publishing Limited. doi: 10.4337/9781035308729.00028 Chapter in Book - Research
2026
Journal - Research Article
Wojtczuk‐Turek, A., Turek, D., Jurek, P., Edgar, F., Okay-Somerville, B., Podgorodnichenko, N., … Karamustafa-Köse, G. (2026). Putting sustainable human resource management and workplace eudaimonic well-being into cross-cultural context. European Management Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.008
Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Akmal, A., & Peng, K. (2026). Understanding employees' environmentally sustainable work behavior: The roles of self-transcendence values, innovative work attitudes and sustainable performance management. International Journal of Productivity & Performance Management, 75(11), 1-28. doi: 10.1108/IJPPM-11-2024-0783
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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].
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.
2025
Chapter in Book - Research
Cooper, J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Sheridan, L. (2025). SDGs and HRM in Australia and New Zealand. In I. Aust, F. L. Cooke & J. Semeijn (Eds.), The Elgar companion to human resource management beyond the sustainable development goals. (pp. 272-287). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgin Publishing Limited. doi: 10.4337/9781035308729.00028
Journal - Research Article
Turek, D., Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., Okay-Somerville, B., Fu, N., … Zhang, G. (2025). Does the relationship between sustainable human resource management and organizational identification vary by culture? Evidence from 35 countries based on GLOBE framework. Central European Management Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1108/CEMJ-04-2024-0121
Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., Turek, D., Järlström, M., Jurek, P., … Okay-Somerville, B. (2025). The contingency effects of five sustainable development goals (Big Five SDGs): A cross-national study of socially responsible HRM and well-being. Sustainable Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/sd.3525
Edgar, F., Zhang, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2025). Exploring the impact of egalitarianism on employee proactivity: Unpacking the mediating role of relational social capital. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness, 12(1), 145-167. doi: 10.1108/JOEPP-10-2023-0480
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Harris, C., Edgar, F., & Robertson, C. (2025). Research Sparks: Turning intellect into HR impact [Research update]. Human Resources, 30(4), 20-21. Retrieved from \n
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., Yin, J., & Akmal, A. (2025). Justice as a leverage point: Advancing sustainable HRM for transformative change. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on New Business Models (NBM). Retrieved from https://www.newbusinessmodels.org/
Yin, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Edgar, F. (2025). Designing sustainable human resource analytics: A justice-centered approach. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025(1). Retrieved from https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.10077abstract
2024
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2024). Competitive strategy delivery in the service sector: A study of the behavioural model. Personnel Review, 53(8), 2233-2254. doi: 10.1108/PR-11-2023-0934
Wojtczuk-turek, A., Turek, D., Edgar, F., Klein, H. J., Bosak, J., Okay-Somerville, B., … Podgorodnichenko, N., … Karamustafa-Köse, G. (2024). Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction: Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross‐cultural perspective from 54 countries. Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management, 31, 4910-4932. doi: 10.1002/csr.2815
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cooper, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Edgar, F. (2024). Sustainable behaviour at work: The role of HRM, goal clarity and commitment. Proceedings of the 37th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. 266. Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & Akmal, A. (2024, January). Sustainable HRM: Towards changing approaches and logics. Verbal presentation at the 5th Human Resources International Conference (HRIC): Common Good Human Resource Management, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Wojtczuk-turek, A., Turek, D., Klein, H. J., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Okay-Somerville, B. (2024, January). Is national Sustainable Development Goal achievement linked to employee perceptions of sustainable HRM? Evidence from fifty-four countries. Verbal presentation at the 5th Human Resources International Conference (HRIC): Common Good Human Resource Management, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2023
Chapter in Book - Research
Taylor, Y., Edgar, F., & Everett, A. M. (2023). Insights from the application of interpretative phenomenological analysis in management research. In A. D. Hill, A. F. McKenny, P. O'Kane & S. Paroutis (Eds.), Methods to improve our field: Research methodology in strategy and management (Vol. 14). (pp. 23-42). Bingley, UK: Emerald. doi: 10.1108/S1479-838720220000014003
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., Majid, S., & Akmal, A. (2023). Positive externality generation: Promoting green behaviour through green HRM at work. Proceedings of the 36th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. (pp. 1125). Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org
Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2023). Understanding sustainable work behavior: The role of personal values, attitudes and sustainable HRM. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1). doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.13845abstract
Brandl, B., Pulignano, V., Parker, J., Jalette, P., Edgar, F., Barney, A., … Zhang, A. (2023). Toward a global typology of Industrial Relations systems: Are European models representative of non-European regions? Proceedings of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: Labour and Value. Retrieved from https://www.airaanz.org
Edgar, F., Zhang, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2023). An innovative pathway to sustainable behavior at work. Proceedings of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: Labour and Value. Retrieved from https://www.airaanz.org
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & Akmal, A. (2023, March). How common are common good approaches to HRM? Verbal presentation at the Sustainable HRM Spring Workshop: Striving for Impact: Sustainable HRM for the Common-Good, [Online].
Other Research Output
Edgar, F. (2023, October). People, performance, and pluralism. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].
2022
Journal - Research Article
Zhang, J. A., Bai, T., Tang, R. W., Edgar, F., Grover, S., & Chen, G. (2022). The development of individual ambidexterity across institutional environments: Symmetric and configurational analyses. Management International Review, 62, 517-540. doi: 10.1007/s11575-022-00477-y
Edgar, F. (2022). Emotions and environments: Schadenfreude at work. Humanistic Management Journal, 7, 95-116. doi: 10.1007/s41463-021-00109-x
Podgorodnichenko, N., Akmal, A., Edgar, F., & Everett, A. M. (2022). Sustainable HRM: Toward addressing diverse employee roles. Employee Relations, 44(3), 576-608. doi: 10.1108/ER-01-2019-0016
Taylor, Y., Everett, A. M., & Edgar, F. (2022). Work values of immigrant professionals: The New Zealand context. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(5), 862-897. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1737562
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., & Akmal, A. (2022, August). Egalitarianism and employee proactivity: The role of altruism and social capital. Verbal presentation at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM), [Hybrid].
2021
Journal - Research Article
Zhang, J. A., & Edgar, F. (2021). HRM systems, employee proactivity and capability in the SME context. International Journal of Human Resource Management. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2021.1905682
Taylor, Y., Everett, A. M., & Edgar, F. (2021). Perception of cross-cultural adjustment by immigrant professionals from three ethnic groups in one host context. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 21(2), 227-244. doi: 10.1177/14705958211001889
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., Akmal, A., & McAndrew, I. (2021). Sustainability through sensemaking: Human resource professionals’ engagement and enactment of corporate social responsibility. Journal of Cleaner Production, 293, 126150. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126150
Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., & Blaker, N. M. (2021). The HPWS and AMO: A dynamic study of system- and individual-level effects. International Journal of Manpower, 42(5), 794-809. doi: 10.1108/IJM-12-2019-0541
Edgar, F., Blaker, N. M., & Everett, A. M. (2021). Gender and job performance: Linking the high performance work system with the ability–motivation–opportunity framework. Personnel Review, 50(1), 47-63. doi: 10.1108/PR-10-2019-0577
Edgar, F. J., Zhang, J. A., & Geare, A. J. (2021). Situation, personality and performance: An exploration of moderators and mediators. Economic & Industrial Democracy, 42(3), 426-449. doi: 10.1177/0143831X18771493
Journal - Research Other
O'Kane, P., Ravenswood, K., Douglas, J., Edgar, F., & Parker, J. (2021). Doing things differently: IR practice and research beyond 2020. Labour & Industry, 31(1), 1-6. [Editorial].
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & Akmal, A. (2021). An integrative literature review of the CSR-HRM nexus: Learning from research-practice gaps. Human Resource Management Review, 32, 100839. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2021.100839
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Earl, A., O'Kane, P., & Edgar, F. (2021). COVID wellbeing learnings. Human Resources, 26(2). Retrieved from https://issuu.com/hrnz.magazine/docs/2021_hrnz_winter_magazine_issuu
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Zhang, J. A., Bai, T., Edgar, F., Grover, S., & Chen, G. (2021). Self-efficacy, resilience and individual ambidexterity: The effects of economic institutions. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2021.12778abstract
2020
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F. (2020). The behavioral model logic: A micro-level examination of competitive strategies, HR practices and employee outcomes. Personnel Review. doi: 10.1108/PR-03-2019-0110
Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2020). The role of HRM in developing sustainable organizations: Contemporary challenges and contradictions. Human Resource Management Review, 30, 100685. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2019.04.001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Edgar, F., & O'Kane, P. (2020). The silent curse of Schadenfreude in the workplace. Proceedings of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Annual Conference: Doing Things Differently? IR Practice and Research Beyond 2020. (pp. 159). [Abstract]
2019
Journal - Research Article
Sullivan, T., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2019). The hidden costs of employee drinking: A quantitative analysis. Drug & Alcohol Review, 38, 543-553. doi: 10.1111/dar.12935
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Edgar, F., Zhang, J. A., & Blaker, N. M. (2019). AMO, high-performance work systems and employee performance. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1). doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11358abstract
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Edgar, F., Blaker, N. M., & Everett, A. M. (2019, May). The role of gender in the HPWS, AMO and job performance relationship: A New Zealand perspective. Verbal presentation at the 4th Global Conference on International Human Resource Management (IHRM), University Park, USA.
2018
Chapter in Book - Research
McAndrew, I., Edgar, F., & Jerrard, M. (2018). Human resource management and employment relations paradigms in Australia and New Zealand. In J. Parker & M. Baird (Eds.), The big issues in employment: HR management and employment relations in Australasia. (2nd ed.) (pp. 1-19). Auckland, New Zealand: CCH New Zealand Limited.
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Zhang, J. A. (2018). Accentuating the positive: The mediating role of positive emotions in the HRM–contextual performance relationship. International Journal of Manpower, 39(7), 954-970. doi: 10.1108/IJM-05-2017-0112
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Keser, A. (2018). Cultural context and well-being: A comparative assessment of outcomes for New Zealand and Turkish employees. Proceedings of the 15th International Human Resource Management (IHRM) Conference. Retrieved from https://easychair.org/smart-program/IHRM2018/index.html
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
McAndrew, I., Geare, A., & Edgar, F. (2017). The changing landscape of workplace relations. In G. Anderson, A. Geare, E. Rasmussen & M. Wilson (Eds.), Transforming workplace relations in New Zealand 1976–2016. (pp. 23-43). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., McAndrew, I., & Sullivan, T. (2017). Alcohol: The impact on work and workers. Journal of Health, Safety & Environment, 33(3), 241.
Cafferkey, K., Harney, B., Dundon, T., & Edgar, F. (2017). Unravelling the foci of employee commitment. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness, 4(1), 2-17. doi: 10.1108/JOEPP-12-2016-0067
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Zhang, J. A. (2017). A comprehensive concomitant analysis of service employees’ well-being and performance. Personnel Review, 46(8), 1870-1889. doi: 10.1108/PR-05-2016-0108
McAndrew, I., Edgar, F., & Sullivan, T. (2017). Discipline, dismissal, and the demon drink: An explosive social cocktail. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 42(2), 79-93.
Edgar, F., Geare, A., Saunders, D., Beacker, M., & Faanunu, I. (2017). A transformative service research agenda: a study of workers’ well-being. Service Industries Journal, 37(1), 84-104. doi: 10.1080/02642069.2017.1290797
Journal - Research Other
Edgar, F., O'Kane, P., & Allen, P. (2017). Obesity in the workplace. Human Resources, 22(2), 32-33.
Edgar, F., McAndrew, I., Geare, A., & O'Kane, P. (2017). Occupational health & safety: Introduction to the collection. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 42(2), 2-4. [Editorial].
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Taylor, Y., Everett, A. M., & Edgar, F. (2017). Adjustment of immigrant professionals to New Zealand: A comparison of Chinese, former Soviet Union, and British Isles vocational values. Proceedings of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference. (pp. 24). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/nzasia-2017/index.html
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Zhang, J. A. (2017, May). The value of a positive disposition: The mediating role of positive emotions in the relationship between HRM and contextual performance. Verbal presentation at the 3rd Global Conference on International Human Resource Management, New York, USA.
2016
Journal - Research Article
Allan, P., Edgar, F., & O'Kane, P. (2016). Obesity discrimination in selection: NZ millennials reactions to obese job candidates. New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management, 16(1), 73-89.
Zhang, J. A., Edgar, F., Geare, A., & O'Kane, C. (2016). The interactive effects of entrepreneurial orientation and capability-based HRM on firm performance: The mediating role of innovation ambidexterity. Industrial Marketing Management, 59, 131-143. doi: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.02.018
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
O'Kane, P., & Edgar, F. (2016, November). The skills gap in 2040: What is it likely to look like? Verbal presentation at the Research Forum, Auckland, New Zealand.
2015
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., Geare, A., Zhang, J. A., & McAndrew, I. (2015). Mutual gains or conflicting outcomes? How HRM benefits professionals. International Journal of Manpower, 36(8), 1248-1265. doi: 10.1108/IJM-12-2014-0254
Edgar, F., Geare, A., Halhjem, M., Reese, K., & Thoresen, C. (2015). Well-being and performance: Measurement issues for HRM research. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(15), 1983-1994. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2015.1041760
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & O'Kane, P. (2015). The changing dynamic of leading knowledge workers: The importance of skilled front-line managers. Employee Relations, 37(4), 487-503. doi: 10.1108/ER-06-2014-0068
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Edgar, F., Geare, A., Zhang, A., & Rose, E. (2015, November). Exploring the links between HRM, well-being and performance. Verbal presentation at the 9th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Edgar, F., Geare, A., Saunders, D., Baecker, M., & Fa'Anunu, I. (2015, November). Examining workers in context: A study of wellbeing in the New Zealand hospitality and retail sectors. Verbal presentation at the 9th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2014
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., Gray, B., Browning, V., & Dwyer, K. (2014). Cultural drivers of high performing knowledge-intensive service organisations. Journal of Management & Organization, 20(1), 56-78. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2014.19
Geare, A., Edgar, F., McAndrew, I., Harney, B., Cafferkey, K., & Dundon, T. (2014). Exploring the ideological undercurrents of HRM: Workplace values and beliefs in Ireland and New Zealand. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(16), 2275-2294. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2013.876441
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2014). An employee-centred analysis: Professionals' experiences and reactions to HRM. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(5), 673-695. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2013.803137
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Edgar, F., Geare, A., Halhjem, M., Reese, K., & Thoresen, C. (2014). Wellbeing and performance: The importance of measurement in HRM research. In A. Pocztowski & B. Buchelt (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Human Resource Management Conference: Uncertainty in a Flattening World: Challenges for IHRM. (pp. 154-155). Cracow, Poland: Symposium Cacoviense. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Zhang, J., Edgar, F., Geare, A., & O'Kane, C. (2014, December). Entrepreneurial orientation, HRM practices, innovation ambidexterity, environmental dynamism and innovation performance. Verbal presentation at the Strategic Management Society Conference, Sydney, Australia.
2013
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., Cathro, V., Harrison, S., Hoek, J., McKenzie, K., Malcolm, N., … Tyler-Baxter, S. (2013). Employing graduates: Selection criteria and practice in New Zealand. Journal of Management & Organization, 19(3), 338-351. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2013.25
McAndrew, I., Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2013). The impact of employer ascendancy on collective bargaining style: A review of the New Zealand experience. Economic & Industrial Democracy, 34(1), 45-68. doi: 10.1177/0143831x11429991
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2013). Factors influencing university research performance. Studies in Higher Education, 38(5), 774-792. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2011.601811
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Zhang, J. (2013, November). Wellbeing and performance: The moderating role of HRM. Verbal presentation at the 8th Human Resources Management (HRM) International Conference: "'H' versus 'R' in HRM", Leuven, Belgium.
2012
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Edgar, F., Harney, B., Cafferkey, K., & Dunon, T. (2012, September). Committed, but to whom? Foci of employee commitment during boom times. Verbal presentation at the Irish Academy of Management Conference, Maynooth, Ireland.
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2012, November). Knowledge worker performance: Broadening the HRM agenda. Verbal presentation at the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) Research Forum, Auckland, New Zealand.
2011
Journal - Research Article
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & Honey, K. (2011). The Employment Relations Act 2000: A brief overview and suggested changes. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 36(2), 33-44.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2011). Explaining performance: The influence of human resource management and employee attitudes. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network. Retrieved from http://hrm-feb.webhosting.rug.nl/
2010
Journal - Research Article
McAndrew, I., Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Ballard, M. (2010). Employment relations ideologies and cooperative partnership approaches to bargaining: The New Zealand perspective. Korean Journal of Industrial Relations, 20(1), 53-79.
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2010). Characteristics of high- and low-performing university departments as assessed by the New Zealand Performance Based Research Funding (PBRF) exercise. Australian Accounting Review, 20(1), 55-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2010.00080.x
2009
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2009). Inside the ″Black box″ and ″HRM″. International Journal of Manpower, 30(3), 220-236. doi: 10.1108/01437720910956736
Browning, V., Edgar, F., Gray, B., & Garrett, T. C. (2009). Realising competitive advantage through HRM in New Zealand service industries. Service Industries Journal, 29(6), 741-760. doi: 10.1080/02642060902749237
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2009). Workplace values and beliefs: An empirical study of ideology, high commitment management and unionisation. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 20(5), 1146-1171. doi: 10.1080/09585190902850331
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2009). Hammering away at the relationship between high commitment management and performance: Is the nail nearly in? Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control. [CD-ROM] Brussels, Belgium: European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. [Full Paper]
Geare, A., Edgar, F., McAndrew, I., Harney, B., & Cafferkey, K. (2009). Bringing workers back in: A comparative assessment of employee orientations' towards HRM in Ireland and New Zealand. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association: The New World of Work, Organisations & Employment Conference. [CD-ROM] IIRA. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Geare, A., Edgar, F., McAndrew, I., Harney, B., & Cafferkey, K. (2009, March). Ideology and HRM practice: Management and employee insights from Ireland and New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Sixth British Academy of Management Human Resource Management (BAM HRM) Special Interest Group Workshop: Beyond the Enterprise: Widening the Horizons of International HRM, Cardiff, UK.
McAndrew, I., Geare, A., & Edgar, F. (2009, February). Collective bargaining under a mandate to collaborate: The recent New Zealand experience. Verbal presentation at the 61st Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Authored Book - Research
Edgar, F. (2008). Regulating for best practice in human resource management: Impact of the good employer obligation. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 334p.
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & McAndrew, I. (2008). Dispelling a myth?: Union affiliation and its impact on attitudinal outcomes. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law & Industrial Relations, 24(4), 549-572.
Geare, A. J., & Edgar, F. J. (2008). Labour in New Zealand. Análisis Laboral, (April), 26-30.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2008). Human resource management and performance in a New Zealand tertiary sector setting. In C. Wagué & D. Elenkov (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Academy of Business and Economics Summer Conference. Vol. IV(No. 1), (pp. 62-70). IABE. [Full Paper]
2007
Authored Book - Research
Geare, A. J., & Edgar, F. J. (2007). Employment relations: New Zealand and Abroad. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 389p.
Journal - Research Article
Geare, A., McAndrew, I., & Edgar, F. (2007). The impact of a unitary regulatory and HRM framework: Managerial and worker views from the New Zealand workplace. Journal of Industrial Relations & Human Resources, 9(1), 55-83.
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2007). Legislating for best practice HRM: The New Zealand approach. Public Personnel Management, 36(3), 183-196.
Hooks, J., Edgar, F., Inkson, K., Carr, S. C., Edwards, M., Jackson, D., … Allfree, N. (2007). Building organisational commitment to counteract brain drain from southern hemisphere accountancy firms. Research & Practice in Human Resource Management, 15(1), 1-21.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F., Geare, A., & McAndrew, I. (2007). Employment relations ideology and unionism: An empirical study. Proceedings of the Seventh International Business Research Conference. [CD-ROM] Melbourne, Australia: World Business Institute. [Full Paper]
Geare, A., & Edgar, F. (2007). The 'black box' between human resource management practice and organisational performance. In R. Chapman (Ed.), Proceedings of the 21st Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. [CD-ROM] Sydney, Australia: University of Technology. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Geare, A., & Edgar, F. (2007). The role of shared values in HRM. Proceedings of the EABR (Business) Conference and the ETLC (Teaching) Conference. Littleton, CO: Clute Institute for Academic Research. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
McAndrew, I., Edgar, F., Geare, A., & Ballard, M. (2007, April). Employment relations ideologies and employers' propensity to partner with unions. Verbal presentation at the 25th International Labour Process Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006
Journal - Research Article
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & Deng, M. (2006). Implementation and consumption of HRM: Stakeholder differences. Research & Practice in Human Resource Management, 14(2), 34-48.
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2006). Employment relationships: Ideology and HRM practice. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17(7), 1190-1208.
Geare, A., & Edgar, F. (2006). Stroking the nettle: New Zealand legislators and the issues of redundancy. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law & Industrial Relations, 22(3), 369-383.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2006). A flawed relationship. Employment Today, March(109), 42-43.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2006). HRM and unitarism: An empirical study of manager and worker employment ideologies. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business, Management and Economics. (pp. 1-20). [Full Paper]
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2006). Employment ideology and HRM: An empirical study. In B. Pocock, C. Provis & E. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference. 1, (pp. 201-208). Adelaide, Australia: AIRAANZ. [Full Paper]
Edgar, F., Geare, A., McAndrew, I., & Deng, M. (2006). Organisational ideology: An empirical examination. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business, Management and Economics. (pp. 1-19). [Full Paper]
2005
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. J. (2005). Employee voice on human resource management. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 43(3), 361-380.
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2005). HRM practice and employee attitudes: Different measures - different results. Personnel Review, 34(5), 534-549.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & Deng, M. (2005). Effective HRM: A significant perceptual difference. Proceedings of the 8th Conference on International Human Resource Management. Queensland, Australia: QUT School of Management. Retrieved from http://www.ihrm2005.com/clientscripts/ihrm2005/home.asp
Geare, A., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2005). Legislative inertia: New Zealand's reaction to the issue of redundancy. Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.pixation.biz/airaanz/papers.html
2004
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F., & Geare, A. (2004). Employee demographics in human resource management research. Research & Practice in Human Resource Management, 12(1), 33-50.
Browning, V., & Edgar, F. (2004). Reactions to HRM: An employee perspective from South Africa and New Zealand. Journal of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management, 10(2), 1-13.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Gray, B., Mallon, M., Edgar, F., & Browning, V. (2004). HRM practices to improve service firm competitiveness. In K. Deans (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Services Research Workshop Special Session on 'Improving service sector competitiveness - the MPC experience'. [CD-ROM] University of Otago, Dunedin: Department of Marketing. [Full Paper]
2003
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F. (2003). Equal employment opportunities: An empirical examination of employer and employee attitudes in New Zealand. International Journal of Employment Studies, 11(1), 97-130.
Edgar, F. (2003). Employee-centred human resource management practices. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 28(3), 230-240.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F. (2003). Human resource management practice: The employees' perspective. In A. Brown (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management: Surfing the waves. [CD-ROM] Fremantle, WA: ANZAM. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Browning, V., & Edgar, F. (2003). Comparing apples with pears: HRM themes emerging from New Zealand and South Africa. Program and abstracts of the 17th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management: Surfing the waves. (pp. 171). Fremantle, WA: ANZAM. [Abstract]
2002
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F. J., & Mallon, M. (2002). Best practice 'soft' HRM: Forcing the employers' arm. Research, Knowledge and Practice: Enhancing Business and Government Capability. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference [CD ROM]. Beechworth, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. [Full Paper]
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Edgar, F. (2002). Regulating for best practice in human resource management: The impact of the good employer obligation University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 341p.
2001
Chapter in Book - Research
Edgar, F. J. (2001). Futura Tapmakers. In G. Elkin (Ed.), Human Resource Management in Action. Contemporary New Zealand Cases - Vol 2. (pp. 167-171). Palmerston North: Dunmore Press Limited.
Journal - Research Article
Edgar, F. J. (2001). Equal employment opportunity: Outcomes in the New Zealand public service. New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 26(2), 217-226.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Edgar, F. J. (2001). The contribution of legislating for desirable employment practice: Judicial interpretation of the 'good employer' principle. Closing the Divide. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management International Conference 2001. CD ROM. Auckland: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. [Full Paper]
1999
Chapter in Book - Research
Edgar, F. J. (1999). Futura Tapmakers. In G. R. Elkin (Ed.), Organisational Behaviour in Action: Contemporary New Zealand Case Studies and Learning Materials for Management Education and Training. (pp. 9-25). University of Otago, Dunedin: Centre for Management Cases.