Marilyn Clarke

Marilyn Clarke

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


Marilyn Clarke joined the Business School at the beginning of 2009 as a Senior Lecturer in the Management discipline.

During her 20 year teaching career she has taught in the management discipline across all three universities in South Australia; University of SA, Flinders University and University of Adelaide. She has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level, both locally and offshore in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Prior to her academic career she worked for Telstra in a range of functional areas including internal audit, business planning, marketing and HR. She has also worked in HR at the University of SA and as a business consultant.

Marilyn's research interests include careers, career identity, employability and the impact of generational differences on career decisions and work patterns. In recent years she has worked with several aged care organisations exploring careers within the community aged care workforce.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2009 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2000 - 2008 Lecturer University of South Australia
    1998 - 1998 HR Project Manager UniSA
    1997 - 1999 Business Consultant Kingston Clarke Consulting
    1988 - 1999 Casual Lecturer UniSA and Flinders Universities
    1986 - 1987 Business Planning Telstra
    1985 - 1986 Internal Auditor Telstra
    1984 - 1985 Staff Training and Development Telstra
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of South Australia Australia PhD
    South Australian Institute of Technology Australia Grad Dip Business Administration
    University of Adelaide Australia BA (Hons)
  • Research Interests

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2012 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Exploring the Role of Employer Brand Equity in the Labour Market:
    Differences between Existing Employee and Job Seeker Perceptions
    Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sultan Alshathry
    2010 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Knowledge in Collectives of Experts: Exposing the Role of Social Processes in Developing and Sustaining Expert Knowledge Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Sasikala Rathnappulige

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