Joanna Cullinane is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at

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, specialising in management and employment relations. As of 2024 she is Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Massey Business School.

Academic career

Cullinane completed a

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titled ''The political economy of employment relationships in New Zealand'' at the

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in 2003. Cullinane moved to the UK, and completed a Masters in Human Resource Management at the

University of Glamorgan The University of Glamorgan () was a public university based in South Wales, that merged with University of Wales, Newport to form the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university was based in Pontypridd, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with ...

(now the

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). She also was lecturer in organisational behaviour and Deputy Head of Division at the University of Glamorgan. She was Dean Academic at Coventry University London, and Director of Learning and Teaching at the

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. Cullinane returned to New Zealand and joined the faculty of Massey University in 2017, rising to full professor in 2024. As of 2024 she is Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Massey Business School and chairs the Academic Progress committee. Cullinane played "an instrumental role" in the formation of a partnership between Massey University and

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(NUFE). During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic when New Zealand's borders were closed to foreign students, Massey opened a learning centre at NUFE for their Chinese students to continue their qualifications, and this led to the establishment of a joint educational institute based at NUFE in 2022. Cullinane's research focuses on

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and management and employee relations. She has written on employment in the construction industry, differences in mask-wearing behaviours in different countries during the pandemic, and has researched the level of employee support for vaccine mandates in New Zealand workplaces.

Selected works

Books and book chapters

* Raiden, A., Pye, M., & Cullinane, J. (2007). ''The nature of the employment relationship in the UK construction industry: A flexible construct?''. In A. Dainty, & B. Bagilhole (Eds.) ''People and Culture in Construction.''Taylor & Francis * Cullinane, J. (Ed.) (2005). ''Working in Organisations.'' Pearson Publication. 2 editions. ISBN 1846582806 * Croucher, SM., Cullinane, J., Murray, N., Rocker, KT., & Nguyen, T. (2023). ''Health communication and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 22-nation exploration of mask-wearing.'' In ''Pandemic Communication.'' (pp. 12 - 41).

Journal articles

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References

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