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Dr Mahan Poorhosseinzadeh

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3398
Email: m.zadeh@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.202  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-4806

Dr Mahan Poorhosseinzadeh is a lecturer of Work-Integrated Learning at the School of Business and Law.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Gender equality in the workplace
  • Women's career progression to leadership roles
  • Career trajectories of migrant women
  • Impact of reproductive health policies on women's career progression
  • Flexible work arrangements (FWAs)
  • Workforce diversity and inclusion
  • Talent management
  • Indigenous employment

Biography

Mahan holds a PhD in Employment Relations (ER) and Human Resource Management (HRM) from Griffith University. Mahan’s professional journey is marked by her contribution to supervising research students, teaching diverse subjects in ER & HRM filed, and managing academic programs.

Prior to her position at ECU, Mahan served as a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Institute of Business (AIB), where her responsibilities encompassed teaching, development, and coordination of courses in leadership, management, and human resources management.

Her academic background was further developed through her previous roles at Griffith Business School’s Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, as well as her position as a Research Fellow at Griffith University’s Centre for Work, Organization, and Wellbeing (WOW).

Mahan’s scholarly contributions include publications in prestigious journals and presentations at various academic conferences. Her active engagement extends to professional committees and editorial responsibilities, notably as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR), a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ), and as an ad hoc reviewer for international journals across the HRM, management, and industrial relations spheres. Her overarching ambition is to foster the development of inclusive work environments and to champion the empowerment of all individuals, with a particular focus on minorities and vulnerable groups, through avenues of employment, education, and research

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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University, 2018.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Poorhosseinzadeh, M., Özbilgin, M., Strachan, G. (2024). Gendered Constructions of Luck at Work: The Case of Career Narratives of Female and Male Managers. Gender Issues, 41(1), article number 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-024-09323-x.

2023

Book Chapters

  • Ala, M., Kaur, K., Shahid, S., Poorhosseinzadeh, M., Day, I. (2023). Indigenous workers in hospitality. The Routledge Handbook of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Management in the Hospitality Industry (104-117). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003285687-12.

Journal Articles

  • Poorhosseinzadeh, M., Soleimani, S., Robin, M., Masoumik, M. (2023). Direct selling: tackling the challenge of women’s inclusion within the base of the pyramid (BOP) labour market during COVID era. Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 33(3), 287-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2023.2214406.

2022

Book Chapters

  • Poorhosseinzadeh, M., Strachan, G. (2022). Challenges of conducting equity research in the field: The example of Bhutan. A Field Guide to Managing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organisations (132-146). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800379008.00022.
  • Ashourizadeh, S., Saeedikiya, M., Aeeni, Z., Poorhosseinzadeh, M. (2022). Human capital and entrepreneurial career choices of immigrants originating from emerging economies: The liability of foreignness perspective. International Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contexts, Behaviours, and Successful Entry (109-128). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003218357-8.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Poorhosseinzadeh, M., Strachan, G. (2021). Straightjackets of Male Domination in Senior Positions: Revisiting Acker's ‘Ideal Worker’ and the Construction of the ‘Ideal Executive’. British Journal of Management, 32(4), 1421-1439. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12448.

2019

Book Chapters

  • Poorhosseinzadeh, M., Strachan, G., Broadbent, K. (2019). Disembodied senior managers: The perspective of male senior managers in an Australian hospitality organisation. Diversity, Affect and Embodiment in Organizing (225-245). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98917-4_10.

2017

Book Chapters

  • Peetz, D., Murray, G., Poorhosseinzadeh, M. (2017). Why do women at the top of organizations do worse?. Women, Labor Segmentation and Regulation: Varieties of Gender Gaps (175-191). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55495-6_10.

Research Projects

  • MARS: Supervisor impact on company gender equity initiatives: a pilot project, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $43,911.
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