The Trailing Spouse

March 2012 – A presentation at the Employee Relocation Council (ERC) Worldwide ’Global Workforce Summit – Talent Mobility in APAC’ about ‘Expat ROI: What it is, How to get it’ on 23-24 March in Shanghai, China

February 2012 – Acceptance of Professional Development Workshop (chaired by Julia Richardson & Noeleen Doherty) at 2012 Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Meeting, 3-7 August in Boston, MA

February 2012 – Invited to be Co–Chair (with Maryam Omari) of the International Management Stream at 2012 Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, 5-7 December in Perth, Australia

Jan 2011 – Appointed as expert reviewer for Journal of Asia Business Studies

Jan 2011 – Appointed as expert reviewer for Journal of Management Development

Dec 2011 – A journal article (with Helen De Cieri) published in 50th Anniversary Focused Issue of Management International Review about ‘Global mobility in the 21^st century: Conceptualizing expatriate return on investment in global firms. Advancing the conceptual framework‘

Oct 2011 – A journal article (with Charles Vance, Gary Sibeck, & Alan Hogenauer) published in Journal of International Education in Business about ‘Building global competencies through experiential coursework in international travel and tourism’

Oct 2011 – An article published in Southern Star Magazine for the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore about ‘The trailing spouse – life, meaning, and career‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

Sep 2011 – Invited to be Co–Chair (with Sebastien Reiche & Edel Conway), Doctoral Colloquium, at 2012 International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) Conference, 26-29 June at University of Limerick, Ireland

Sep 2011 – An article published in The New Paper in Singapore about ‘Woes of an expat wife‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

August 2011 – An article published in Human Resources Magazine about ‘Parents prefer flexible bosses‘ in which I was interviewed about being a working mother at James Cook University, Singapore.

August 2011 – An article published in the Spanish newsmagazine El Imparcial about ’Tú a Djibouti, yo a Talavera‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

July 2011 – An interview in The Straits Times in Singapore about ‘Expat spouses earning their keep‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

June 2011 – Invited participation at Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) 8th Annual Paper Development Workshop, 25 June in Nagoya, Japan

June 2011 – A paper (with Helen De Cieri and Kate Hutchings) presented at 2011 Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, 26-28 June in Nagoya, Japan on ‘How expatriate employees view expatriate return on investment’

June 2011 – An article published in The Straits Times in Singapore about ‘Third Culture Kids an asset to Singapore‘ which I wrote in response to “Half-pats find grass greener in Singapore‘

June 2011 – An interview in The New York Times about ‘Plight of the Expat Spouse‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

June 2011 – An interview published in The International Herald Tribune in an article ‘But what will the spouse do?‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

June 2011 – A paper (with Charlie Vance & Francois Chauderlot) presented at 2011 European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, 1-4 June in Tallinn, Estonia on ‘A comparison of female and male strategies for securing and enduring expatriate career development experiences‘

June 2011 – An article in My Paper in Singapore about ‘Spouses of expats struggle to find work‘ in which my trailing spouse research is cited.

May 2011 – Awarded The Dr Nicholas Beaumont Memorial Award for ‘Best PhD Thesis in 2010′ by the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia

May 2011 – Keynote presentation at James Cook University, Singapore on ‘Enhancing the International School Experience for Third Culture Kids‘

April 2011 – Invited to be Guest Editor (with Helen De Cieri) for International Studies of Management & Organization, 2013 Special Issue on ‘Advancing the Field: New Directions for Global Mobility’

April 2011 – Nominated as one of six finalists from the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University for The Mollie Holman University Medal for Doctoral Excellence by the Department of Management for my doctoral thesis entitled ‘Expatriate Return on Investment in Global Firms’, supervised by Prof. Helen De Cieri (Monash), Prof. Kate Hutchings (Griffith), and Prof. Phyllis Tharenou (Flinders)

April 2011 – A journal article (with Nina Cole) published in special issue of Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal about ‘Why do female expatriates ‘fit-in’ better than males?’

April 2011 – A paper presented at Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference, 28-30 April in Melbourne, Australia on ‘A critical review of approaches to measuring expatriate return on investment‘

Mar 2011 – ’In conversation with Yvonne McNulty‘, an interview in Singapore American Magazine for Career Resource Centre for Expatriates about getting a job as a trailing spouse in Singapore

Jan 11 – Keynote presentation at Ministry of Manpower Inaugural Talent Forum in Singapore on ‘Organisational Support for the Trailing Spouse’

Dec 2010 – Awarded 2010 Personnel Review/Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Best Doctoral Dissertation Award at a ceremony in Adelaide, Australia

September 2010 – Appointed to editorial board of Global Business and Organizational Excellence journal