Dr Anita Wheeldon

Dr Anita Wheeldon
NameDr Anita Wheeldon
Email Addressanita.wheeldon@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleSenior Lecturer (Business)
QualificationsDipBus TAFE, ADipBus ODR, PGCertBus USQ, MBA USQ, MMgt USQ, PhD USQ
DepartmentSchool of Business
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8158-0438
  • 464
    total views of outputs
  • 204
    total downloads of outputs
  • 32
    views of outputs this month
  • 18
    downloads of outputs this month

Biography

I have had a diverse career in higher education, starting in a professional staff appointment and moving up in management roles before transitioning into an academic role and progressing to academic leadership appointment. I am the Program Director for the Master of Business (MBIZ) and its nested programs.

My experiences have shaped my own personal teaching philosophy and purpose, which I express as playing a part in leading the education of ‘thinking’ business professionals who will work to solve the problems of our world using sustainable business practices. My learning and teaching practices and leadership stimulate my students and future Business graduates to learn about the future of business in such a way as to be able to think deeply about how business impacts society and what its social contract with society is. We must educate ourselves out of our global problems (Principles for Responsible Management Education, 2020) and my contribution is to encourage deep thinking and critical pedagogy to educate those who will be instrumental in solving society problems and advancing our collective future.

My career aspirations are to continue to contribute to research and debate around the future of universities, the impact of the Principles of Management Education (PRME) on business curriculum, and the lived experiences of work that impact individuals and society. I aspire to contribute to the development of impactful business curriculum that builds strong generalist business programs. I also aspire to continue my trajectory as an expert in higher education, seeking national and international opportunities to engage and contribute to critical debate and reform of the sector.

Employment

PositionOrganisationFromTo
Lecturer (Management)University of Southern Queensland2011

Expertise

Higher Education

Organizational Behavior

Work Integrated Learning

Sustainability

Teaching

Organizational Behavior

Leadership

Management

Sustainable Business Practices

Fields of Research

  • 350705. Innovation management
  • 350707. Leadership
  • 390303. Higher education

Professional Membership

Professional MembershipYear
Higher Education Academy - Senior Fellow
DipBus
TAFE
2005
ADipBus
ODR
2007
PGCertBus
USQ
2010
MBA
USQ
2013
MMgt
USQ
2016
PhD
USQ
2022

Supervision Interests

Higher Education

Organizational Behavior

Work Integrated Learning

Sustainable business practices

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Trust Actually: How an Australian state government manages successful infrastructure projectsAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2023
An examination of the nature of Australian business leaders' sustainable entrepreneurial leadership and its antecedentsAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2023
What are the necessary conditions to effectively manage organisational transformational projects?Associate SupervisorDoctoral2023

Historical role preparedness: A Bourdieusian analysis of the differential positions of professional staff and academics in an Australian managerialised university

Wheeldon, Anita Louise, Whitty, Stephen Jonathan and van der Hoorn, Bronte. 2023. "Historical role preparedness: A Bourdieusian analysis of the differential positions of professional staff and academics in an Australian managerialised university." Educational Management Administration and Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231191173

Responsible Management Education in Business Schools – High on principles but low on action: A systematic literature review

Russo, Fiona, Wheeldon, Anita Louise, Shrestha, Anup and Saratchandra, Minu. 2023. "Responsible Management Education in Business Schools – High on principles but low on action: A systematic literature review." The International Journal of Management Education. 21 (3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100843

Burnt out by underinvestment: Why university professional staff suffer amidst the Australian work-integrated learning system

Wheeldon, Anita Louise, Whitty, Stephen Jonathan and van der Hoorn, Bronte. 2023. "Burnt out by underinvestment: Why university professional staff suffer amidst the Australian work-integrated learning system." International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning. 24 (1), pp. 99-115.

Centralising professional staff: is this another instrument of symbolic violence in the managerialised university?

Wheeldon, Anita Louise, Whitty, Stephen Jonathan and van der Hoorn, Bronte. 2023. "Centralising professional staff: is this another instrument of symbolic violence in the managerialised university?" Journal of Educational Administration and History. 55 (2), pp. 181-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2095993

Fish-Out-of-Office: How managerialised university conditions makes administrative knowledge inaccessible to academics

Wheeldon, Anita Louise, Whitty, Stephen Jonathan and van der Hoorn, Bronte. 2023. "Fish-Out-of-Office: How managerialised university conditions makes administrative knowledge inaccessible to academics." Higher Education Quarterly. 77 (2), pp. 342-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12404

Partner Perspectives Matter: Lessons Learnt When Navigating Continued Pre-service Teacher Placements During Disruption

Leach, Tania and Wheeldon, Anita Louise. 2022. "Partner Perspectives Matter: Lessons Learnt When Navigating Continued Pre-service Teacher Placements During Disruption." Bradbury, Ondine Jayne and Acquaro, Daniela (ed.) School-University Partnerships — Innovation in Initial Teacher Education. Singapore. Springer. pp. 73-90

The Destructuration of Academic Life: How Managerialism Colonises Universities with Symbolic Violence

Wheeldon, Anita Louise. 2022. The Destructuration of Academic Life: How Managerialism Colonises Universities with Symbolic Violence. PhD by Publication Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/q7qvz