Prof Barbara Pocock

Prof Barbara Pocock

School of Marketing

College of Business and Law

[Website: www.barbarapocock.com.au]
Barbara Pocock is an Emeritus Professor at UniSA Business at the University of South Australia and has been researching work and employment in Australia for more than thirty years.  She founded and was Director of the Centre for Work + Life at the University of South Australia 2006-2014, and prior to that was employed in various academic roles at The University of Adelaide in the social sciences. She has worked in many different jobs - in shearing sheds, the Reserve Bank, on farms, in factories, in unions, advising politicians, for governments, in universities - and as a mother and carer.
Most recently, Barbara is an Australian politician who was elected at the 2022 Australian federal election to become a Senator representing South Australia from July 2022.  
She holds an honours degree in economics from The University of Adelaide and completed her PhD there in 1997.  Her research has included work, industrial relations, inequality, work and family, pay and pay equity, and vocational education.  Barbara has supervised many PhD students on issues related to work, workplace relations, gender and work, and trade unions.  She has also examined many PhDs on these themes. 
Barbara has been a member of many Boards, including the Economic Development Board of SA (2012-2016), The Australia Institute (2004-, currently Deputy Chair), and Women's Advisory structures at state and national level.  She has presented research findings and keynotes in many countries, and at many Australian conferences and events.  She has been President, Vice-President and Conference Convenor of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) and a member of the Festival of Ideas Committee in Adelaide.  She was awarded an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (2003-2007) to study the intersections between work, family, and community. 
In 2010 Barbara was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to industrial relations research and for her advocacy of social justice.

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2025 Littleton, E., & Pocock, B. (2025). PARLIAMENTARY POWER, POLITICS, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2025-Winter(95), 95-115.
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2022 Pocock, B. (2022). Fairer, sustainable cities of the future? A Greens perspective. Urban Policy and Research, 40(3), 266-269.
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2020 Pocock, B. (2020). The Realities and Future of Work. LABOUR HISTORY, (119), 256-259.
2017 Pocock, B., & Charlesworth, S. (2017). Multilevel work-family interventions: creating good-quality employment over the life course. Work and occupations, 44(1), 23-46.
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2016 Pocock, B. (2016). Holding up half the sky? Women at work in the 21st century. Economic and labour relations review, 27(2), 147-163.
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2016 Skinner, N., Cathcart, A., & Pocock, B. (2016). To ask or not to ask? Investigating workers’ flexibility requests and the phenomenon of discontented non-requesters. Labour and Industry, 26(2), 103-119.
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2014 Alexander, M., Baird, M., & Pocock, B. (2014). Work, family and community. Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(4), 463-464.
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2014 Alexander, M., Baird, M., & Pocock, B. (2014). Challenges and Changes in a Globalising World: Fifth Community, Work and Family Conference. Community Work and Family, 17(3), 241-243.
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2014 Skinner, N. J., Elton, J. M., Auer, J. C., & Pocock, B. (2014). Understanding and managing work-life interaction across the life course: a qualitative study. Asia Pacific journal of human resources, 52(1), 93-109.
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2014 Chapman, J., Skinner, N. J., & Pocock, B. A. (2014). Work-life interaction in the twenty-first century Australian workforce: five years of the Australian work and life index. Labour & industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 24(2), 87-102.
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2013 Pocock, B., Charlesworth, S., & Chapman, J. (2013). Work-family and work-life pressures in Australia: advancing gender equality in "good times"?. International journal of sociology and social policy, 33(9-10), 594-612.
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2013 Skinner, N., & Pocock, B. (2013). Paid annual leave in Australia: who gets it, who takes it and implications for work-life interference. Journal of industrial relations, 55(5), 681-698.
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2012 Pocock, B. A., & Skinner, N. J. (2012). Adding insult to injury: how work-life pressures affect the participation of low-paid workers in vocational education and training. Australian bulletin of labour, 38(1), 48-67.
2012 Pocock, B., Williams, P., & Skinner, N. (2012). Conceptualizing work, family and community : a socio-ecological systems model, taking account of power, time, space and life stage. British journal of industrial relations, 50(3), 391-411.
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2012 Pocock, B., & Brown, K. (2012). Gendered Leadership in Australian Unions in the Process of Strategic Renewal: Instrumental, Transformative or Post-Heroic?. Unknown Journal, 27-46.
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2011 Skinner, N., & Pocock, B. (2011). Flexibility and work-life interference in Australia. Journal of industrial relations, 53(1), 65-82.
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2011 Knox, A., Warhurst, C., & Pocock, B. (2011). Job Quality Matters. Journal of industrial relations, 53(1), 5-11.
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2011 Pocock, B. (2011). Rethinking unionism in a changing world of work, family and community life. Relations industrielles, 66(4), 562-584.
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2010 Williams, P., & Pocock, B. (2010). Building 'community' for different stages of life: physical and social infastructure in master planned communities. Community, work and family, 13(1), 71-87.
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2009 Pocock, B., Skinner, N. J., & Williams, P. (2009). Work-life 'balance' in Australia: the state of play. Journal of gender studies, 12, 1-18.
2009 Peetz, D., & Pocock, B. (2009). An analysis of workplace representatives, union power and democracy in Australia. British journal of industrial relations, 47(4), 623-652.
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2009 Pocock, B. A. (2009). The limits of markets and economists. Exchange, (2), 5-7.
2009 Williams, P., Pocock, B., & Bridge, K. J. (2009). Kids' lives in adult space and time : how home, community, school and adult work affect opportunity for teenagers in suburban Australia. Health sociology review, 18(1), 79-93.
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2008 Elton, J. M., & Pocock, B. A. (2008). The effects of WorkChoices on vulnerable South Australian workers and thier households. Labour & Industry : a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 18(3), 93-113.
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2008 Williams, P., Pocock, B., & Skinner, N. J. (2008). 'Clawing back time': expansive working time and implications for work-life outcomes in Australian workers. Work, Employment and Society, 22(4), 737-748.
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2008 Pocock, B. A., Skinner, N. J., & Williams, P. (2008). Case Study: Work-life balance: What do we know, what do we need to know?. Public health bulletin South Australia, 5(1), 37-39.
2008 Pocock, B. A., Skinner, N. J., & Williams, P. (2008). Measuring work-life interaction: the Australian work and life index (AWALI) 2007. Labour & Industry : a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 18(3), 19-44.
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2008 Pocock, B., Elton, J. M., Preston, A., Charlesworth, S. C. M., MacDonald, F., Baird, M., . . . Ellem, B. (2008). The impact of 'Work Choices' on women in low paid employment in Australia : a qualitative analysis. Journal of industrial relations, 50(3), 475-488.
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2008 Pocock, B. A. (2008). Work, children and sustainable futures. Every Child, 14(2), 8-9.
2008 Skinner, N. J., & Pocock, B. (2008). Work-life conflict: Is work time or work overload more important?. Asia pacific journal of human resources, 46(3), 303-315.
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2008 Pocock, B. A. (2008). Beyond cynicism: A cautious optimist's view of the 2020 summit. The Australia Institute newsletter, 55, 8-9.
2007 Peetz, D., Pocock, B. A., & Houghton, C. (2007). Organizers' roles transformed? : Australian union organizers and changing union strategy. Journal of industrial relations, 49(2), 151-166.
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2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Theme: Re-imagining communities and care: Women, citizenship and gender in Australia. Australian Feminist Studies, 20(46), 43-47.
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2005 Pocock, B. A., & Masterman Smith, H. L. (2005). WorkChoices and Women Workers. Journal of Australian political economy.
2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Youthful aspirations meet unbending cultures? How young Australians plan to organise their jobs, care and housework. Australian feminist studies, 20(46), 91-108.
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2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Work/Care Regimes : Institutions, Culture and Behaviour and the Australian Case. Gender, work, and organization, 12(1), 32-49.
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2005 Pocock, B., & Clarke, J. (2005). Time, money and job spillover : how parents' jobs affect young people. Journal of industrial relations, 47(1), 62-76.
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2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Work-life 'balance' in Australia : limited progress, dim prospects. Asia Pacific journal of human resources, 43(2), 198-209.
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2004 Pocock, B., Buchanan, J., & Campbell, I. (2004). Meeting the challenge of casual work in Australia : evidence, past treatment and future policy. Australian bulletin of labour.
1999 Pocock, B. (1999). Equal pay thirty years on: The policy and practice. Australian Economic Review, 32(3), 279-285.
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1999 Pocock, B., & Alexander, M. (1999). The Price of Feminised Jobs: New Evidence on the Gender Pay Gap in Australia. Labour and Industry, 10(2), 75-100.
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1998 Pocock, B. (1998). All change, still gendered: The Australian labour market in the 1990s. Journal of Industrial Relations, 40(4), 580-604.
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1998 Pocock, B. (1998). Trade unionism in 1997. Journal of Industrial Relations, 40(1), 139-156.
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1998 Pocock, B. (1998). Institutional Sclerosis: Prospects for Trade Union Transformation. Labour and Industry, 9(1), 17-36.
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1997 Pocock, B., & Wright, P. (1997). Trade unionism in 1996. Journal of Industrial Relations, 39(1), 120-136.
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1997 Pocock, B. (1997). Gender and Australian Industrial Relations Theory and Research Practice. Labour and Industry, 8(1), 1-19.
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1996 Pocock, B. (1996). Trade unionism in 1995. Journal of Industrial Relations, 38(1), 131-146.
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1995 Pocock, B. (1995). Prospects for Women under Labor and Coalition Industrial Relations Policies. Economic and Labour Relations Review, 6(2), 234-251.
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1995 Pocock, B. (1995). Women in Unions: What Progress in South Australia?. Journal of Industrial Relations, 37(1), 3-23.
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1995 Pocock, B. (1995). Gender and Activism in Australian Unions. Journal of Industrial Relations, 37(3), 377-400.
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Year Citation
2016 Pocock, B., Chapman, J., & Skinner, N. (2016). Putting together work and care in Australia: Time for a new settlement?. In C. Miller, & L. Orchard (Eds.), Australian Public Policy: Progressive Ideas in the Neoliberal Ascendency (pp. 63-80). UK: Policy Press.
2014 Pocock, B., Chapman, J., & Skinner, N. (2014). Putting together work and care in Australia: Time for a new settlement?. In C. Miller, & L. Orchard (Eds.), Australian Public Policy: Progressive Ideas in the Neoliberal Ascendency (pp. 63-79).
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2014 Pocock, B. (2014). Work, bodies, care: gender and employment in a global world. In A. Wilkinson, G. Wood, & R. Deeg (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Oxford handbook of employment relations: comparative employment systems (pp. 495-521). UK: Oxford University Press.
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2013 Pocock, B., & Brown, K. (2013). Gendered leadership in Australian unions in the process of strategic renewal : instrumental, transformative or post-heroic?. In S. Ledwith, & L. Hansen (Eds.), Source details - Title: Gendering and diversifying trade union leadership (pp. 27-45). US: Routledge.
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2012 Pocock, B., & Skinner, N. J. (2012). Good jobs, bad jobs and the Australian experience. In C. Warhurst (Ed.), Source details - Title: Are bad jobs inevitable? Trends, determinants and responses to job quality in the twenty-first century (pp. 61-77). Basingtoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
2012 Chileshe, N., Zuo, J., Pullen, S., & Zillante, G. (2012). Construction management and a state of zero waste. In S. Lehmann, & R. Crocker (Eds.), Designing for Zero Waste: Consumption, Technologies and the Built Environment (Vol. -, 1 ed., pp. 284-306). Oxon, UK: Earthscan.
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2012 Skinner, N., Williams, P., Pocock, B., & Edwards, J. (2012). Twenty-first-century life: how our work, home and community lives affect our capacity to live sustainably. In S. Lehmann, & R. Crocker (Eds.), Source details - Title: Designing for zero waste : consumption, technologies and the built environment (pp. 35-52). UK: Earthscan.
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2012 Pocock, B., & Brown, K. (2012). Gendered leadership in Australian unions in the process of strategic renewal: Instrumental, transformative or post-heroic?. In S. Ledwith, & L. L. Hansen (Eds.), Gendering and Diversifying Trade Union Leadership (pp. 27-46). Routledge.
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2011 Pocock, B. (2011). Work, life and women in Australia. In P. A. Murray, R. Kramar, & P. McGraw (Eds.), Source details - Title: Women at work: research, policy and practice (pp. 71-93). Australia: Tilde University Press.
2010 Pocock, B. (2010). The great risk shift at work in Australia. In J. Moss (Ed.), Source details - Title: Social justice series: risk, welfare and work (pp. 143-165). Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
2010 Pocock, B. (2010). Gender issues in early childhood education and care. In P. Peterson (Ed.), Source details - Title: International encyclopedia of education (3 ed., pp. 11-16). US: Elsevier Science and Technology.
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2010 Pocock, B. (2010). Gender issues in early childhood education and care. In International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 11-16).
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2010 Hill, E., & Pocock, B. (2010). Work and Care. In M. Davis, & M. Lyons (Eds.), Source details - Title: More than luck: ideas Australia needs now (pp. 91-102). Australia: Centre for Policy Development.
2009 Pocock, B., Clarke, J., Williams, P., & Bridge, K. (2009). What lies beneath: the pleasures, pain and possibilities of focus groups. In K. Townsend, & J. Burgess (Eds.), Source details - Title: Method in the madness: research stories you won't read in textbooks (pp. 67-79). Oxford, UK: Chandos Publishing.
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2009 Pocock, B. (2009). Jobs, care and justice: A fair work regime for Australia. In U. Sydney (Ed.), Source details - Title: The promise and the price: ten years of the Clare Burton Memorial Lectures. Sydney, Australia: University of Technology, Sydney.
2009 Pocock, B. (2009). The best of times, the worst of times: the Hawke and Rudd governments, employment and industrial relations. In G. Bloustien, B. Comber, & A. MacKinnin (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Hawke legacy (pp. 180-197). Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press.
2009 Pocock, B., & Brown, K. (2009). Gender politics in Australian unions : gender equity meets the struggle for union survival. In J. R. Foley (Ed.), Source details - Title: Unions, equity and the path to renewal (pp. 157-176). Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
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2008 Pocock, B. (2008). Equality at work. In Source details - Title: The Sage handbook of industrial relations (pp. 572-587). Europe: Sage.
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2008 Pocock, B., & Peetz, D. (2008). Community activists, coalitions, and unionism. In D. Buttigieg (Ed.), Source details - Title: Trade unions in the community: values, issues, shared interests and alliances (pp. 127-140). Australia: Heidelberg Press.
2008 Pocock, B., Skinner, N. J., & Williams, P. (2008). Work-life outcomes in Australia: concepts, outcomes and policy. In Source details - Title: Work less, live more? - critical analysis of the work-life boundary (pp. 22-43). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
2007 Hill, E., Pocock, B., & Elliott, A. (2007). Introduction - Kids count : better early childhood education and care in Australia. In E. Hill (Ed.), Source details - Title: Kids count : better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 1-11). Sydney, N.S.W: Sydney University Press.
2007 Pocock, B., & Hill, E. (2007). The childcare policy challenge in Australia. In E. Hill (Ed.), Source details - Title: Kids count : better early childhood education and care in Australia (pp. 15-37). Sydney, N.S.W: Sydney University Press.
2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Work, family and the shy social scientist. In Source details - Title: Ideas and influence : social science and public policy in Australia (pp. 123-158). Sydney: UNSW Press.
2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Australian mothers in 2004 : awaiting a decent work/care regime. In Source details - Title: Double shift : working mothers and social change in Australia (pp. 8-23). Beaconsfield, Victoria: Circa.
2005 Pocock, B. (2005). Labour market 'deregulation' and prospects for an improved Australian work / care regime. In Source details - Title: Labour market deregulation : rewriting the rules : essays in honour of Keith Hancock (pp. 44-61). Leichhardt, N.S.W.: Federation Press.
2004 Pocock, B. (2004). Mothers : the more things change, the more they stay the same. In Source details - Title: Family : changing families, changing times (pp. 113-134). Sydney: Crows Nest, N.S.W..
2003 Pocock, B., & Buchanan, J. (2003). Social exclusion and the Australian labour market : Reconfiguring inequality in work and care. In Source details - Title: Social Exclusion and the Battle for Integration: An Approach to the Australian Case. New York: P. Lang.
2003 Pocock, B. (2003). Women, ?choice', work and family : Some Australian evidence. In Source details - Title: Future imaginings : sexualities and genders in the new millennium (pp. 133-155). Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press.

Year Citation
2014 Pocock, B., Skinner, N. J., Pritchard, S. M., & Cathcart, A. (2014). Why workers don't ask : arguments for stronger rights to request flexibility in Australian workplaces. In Work, employment and human resources : the redistribution of economic and social power? : proceedings of the 28th AIRAANZ conference. Melbourne, Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
2013 Pocock, B., Hutchinson, C., & Skinner, N. J. (2013). Work-family-community in Australia : changing gendered outcomes and the impact of work intensification and working from home. In A. Rainnie, & P. Todd (Eds.), Work, employment and employment relations in an uneven patchwork world : proceedings of the 27th AIRAANZ conference (pp. 192-201). Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australian and New Zealand.
2013 Skinner, N. J., Hutchinson, C., & Pocock, B. (2013). Flexibility request-making in the post-Right to Request (RTR) environment. In A. Rainnie, & P. Todd (Eds.), Work, employment and employment relations in an uneven patchwork world : proceedings of the 27th AIRAANZ conference (pp. 203-216). Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australian and New Zealand.
2012 Pocock, B., & Skinner, N. (2012). 'Adding insult to injury': training in low paid jobs. In R. Price (Ed.), Re-organising work: proceedings of the 26th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) (pp. 1-9). Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ).
2012 Pocock, B., & Skinner, N. (2012). Prospects for increased participation and productivity: the need to look beyond labour. In S. Threadgold, E. Kirby, & J. Germov (Eds.), Local Lives, Global Networks: the Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2011 Proceedings (pp. 1-11). Newcastle, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
2011 Skinner, N., Pocock, B., & Pisaniello, S. (2011). Working too much? : exploring Australians' uptake of paid leave from a work-life perspective. In F. Laneyrie (Ed.), Dialogue downunder : proceedings of the 25th conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) (pp. 1-11). New Zealand: AIRAANZ.
2010 Pocock, B. (2010). Meaningful work in the 21st century : terms, conditions and contexts. In B. Barnes, & A. Alison (Eds.), Work in progress : crises, choices and continuity : proceedings of the 24th Conference Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
2010 Skinner, N. J., & Pocock, B. (2010). Good jobs, bad jobs and workplace flexibility in Australia in 2009. In Work in progress : crises, choices and continuity : proceedings of the 24th Conference Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (pp. 1-10). Sydney, Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
2009 Skinner, N. J., & Pocock, B. (2009). Work, life and workplace culture in Australia in 2008. In J. Lewer, S. Ryan, & J. Macneil (Eds.), Labour, capital and change: proceedings of the 23rd conference of the association of industrial relations academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) (pp. 1-10). Newcastle: AIRAANZ.
2008 Skinner, N. J., Pocock, B., & Williams, P. (2008). Work-life issues in Australia: what do we know?. In Proceedings of the 22nd conference of the association of industrial relations academics of Australia and New Zealand: Workers, corporations and community: facing choices for a sustainable future (pp. 390-399). Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University.
2008 Pocock, B., & Brown, L. K. (2008). Gendered leadership in Australian unions in the process of strategic renewal: instrumental, transformative or post-heroic?. In Endearing leadership through research and practice conference proceedings (pp. 1-15). Western Australia: University of Western Australia.
2008 Pocock, B. A. (2008). Work and the health and well-being of children : four essential pillars for better outcomes in Australia. In Healthy development Adelaide, 4th annual oration (pp. 1-19). Adelaide: HDA, University of Adelaide.
2008 Skinner, N., & Pocock, B. (2008). Work-life conflict: Is work time or work overload more important?. In Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources Vol. 46 (pp. 303-315). Wiley.
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2007 Williams, P., Pocock, B., & Skinner, N. J. (2007). 'Clawing back time' Expansive working hours and implications for work-life outcomes in Australian workers. In The dynamics of European employment relations : Eighth IIRA European Regional Industrial Relations Congress. Manchester, UK.
2007 Skinner, N. J., Williams, P., & Pocock, B. (2007). Our work, our lives and working time : how the length of working hours, their fit with preferneces and self-employment affect work-life outcomes in Australia. In D. Dann, & S. Sandra (Eds.), Our work -- our lives : National Conference on Women and Industrial Relations : proceedings of the 2nd National Conference held in Adelaide, South Australia, 20-21 September 2007. [Adelaide]: University of South Australia, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies.
2007 Pocock, B., Skinner, N. J., & Williams, P. (2007). Governing work life intersections in Australia over the life course: policy and prospects. In Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC) 2007 : Social policy through the life course: building community capacity and social resilience. Kensington, N.S.W.: Social Policy Research Centre.
2007 Williams, P. (2007). Building 'community' for different stages of life : physical and social infastructure in master planned communities. In Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference 2007 Vol. 13 (pp. 71-87). Australia: Causal Productions.
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2007 Pocock, B., & Williams, P. (2007). Work, households and time in two master planned communities. In AIRAANZ conference 2007: diverging employment relations patterns in Australia and New Zealand?. Auckland, New Zealand: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
2006 Pocock, B., & Peetz, D. (2006). The Community in unionism: The role of community activists and engagement in union renewal. In ISA XVI World Congress of Sociology. South Africa.
2006 Pocock, B., Peetz, D., & Houghton, C. (2006). Organisers' roles transformed? Australian union organisers and the shift to an organising approach. In 2006 AIRAANZ conference. Australia.
2006 Pocock, B., May, R., & Masterman Smith, H. L. (2006). Low paid services employment in Australia : causes, dimensions, effects and responses. In 21st century work : high road or low road : proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. South Australia: University of South Australia: Division of Education, Arts & Social Science [for] the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.
2005 Pocock, B., Prosser, R., & Bridge, K. (2005). The return of 'labour-as-commodity'? The experience of casual work in Australia. In Reworking work: Proceedings of the 19th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Australia.
2005 Pocock, B., & Peetz, D. (2005). Organising and delegates: An overview. In Reworking work: Proceedings of the 19th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Australia.
2004 Pocock, B., Peetz, D., & Houghton, C. (2004). Organisers roles transformed. In Proceedings of the 18th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Australia.
2004 Pocock, B., Buchanan, J., & Campbell, I. (2004). New industrial relations: Meeting the challenge of casual work in Australia. In Proceedings of the 18th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Australia.
2003 Pocock, B. (2003). Work and care: The Australian response. In Beyond Traditional Employment, Industrial Relations in the Network Economy: proceedings of the 13th World Congress of IIRA. Germany: IIRA.
2003 Pocock, B. (2003). The process of political-industrial change in Australia: The case of paid maternity leave. In Proceedings of the 17th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Australia: AIRAANZ.
2001 Pocock, B., Strazzari, S., Van Won Rooy, B., & Bridge, K. (2001). Fifty families: what unreasonable hours of work are doing to Australians, their families and communities. In Work and Family Workshop. Melbourne, Australia: ACTU.
2001 Pocock, B., Wilson, L. J., & Sexton, M. (2001). Workplace change in local government: doing more with less. In Annual Social Policy Research Conference. Sydney.
2001 Pocock, B., & Peetz, D. (2001). What makes an effective union in Australia now? A progress report on the Union Effectiveness Project. In UALE National Conference. USA.
2001 Pocock, B., & Buchanan, J. (2001). Responding to inequality today. Nine theses concerning the redesign of policies and agents for reform. In Symposium on the Changing Nature of Inequality Vol. 44 (pp. 108-135). Sydney University: SAGE Publications.
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Year Citation
2017 Irving, J., Kulik, C., Pocock, B., & Charlesworth, S. (2017). Work well; retire well: findings from the Work, Care, Health and Retirement: 'Ageing Agenders' Project 2017. Australia: University of South Australia.
2015 Skinner, N., Pocock, B., & Hutchinson, C. (2015). A qualitative study of the circumstances and outcomes of the NES right to request provisions: a report to the Fair Work Commission. Australia: University of South Australia.
2014 Skinner, N. J., & Pocock, B. (2014). The persistent challenge : living, working and caring in Australia in 2014. Adelaide, South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2013 Pocock, B., & Skinner, N. (2013). Morning, noon and night: the infiltration of work email into personal and family life. Magill, South Australia: Centre for Work + Life.
2013 Saman, W., Boland, J., Pullen, S., de Dear, R., Soebarto, V., Miller, W., . . . Deuble, M. (2013). A Framework for adaptation of Australian households to heat waves (NCCARF Publication 87/13). Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
2012 Skinner, N. J., Hutchinson, C. L., & Pocock, B. A. (2012). The big squeeze: work, home and care in 2012: Australian work and life index (AWALI) 2012. Magill, South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2011 Edwards, J., & Pocock, B. (2011). Comfort, convenience and cost: the calculus of sustainable living at Lochiel Park. Adelaide, South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2011 McMahon, C. L., & Pocock, B. (2011). Doing things differently: case studies of work-life innovation in six Australian workplaces. Adelaide, South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2011 Pocock, B., Elton, J. M., Green, D. M., McMahon, C. L., & Pritchard, S. M. (2011). Juggling work, home and learning in low-paid occupations: a qualitative study. Adelaide, Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education.
2011 Pocock, B., Skinner, N. J., McMahon, C. L., & Pritchard, S. M. (2011). Work, life and VET participation amongst lower-paid workers. Adelaide, Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education.
2010 Pocock, B., Skinner, N., & Pisaniello, S. (2010). How much should we work?: working hours, holidays and working life: the participation challenge: the Australian work and life index (AWALI) 2010. Adelaide, South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2009 Pocock, B. (2009). Working women in South Australia: progress, prospects and challenges: a report to the Premier's Council for Women. Magill, South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2009 Pocock, B., Skinner, N., & Ichii, R. (2009). Work, life and workplace flexibilty: the Australian work and life index (AWALI) 2009. Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2009 Williams, P., Pocock, B., & Bridge, K. (2009). Linked up lives: putting together work, home and community in ten Australian suburbs: overview report. Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2009 Williams, P., Bridge, K. J., & Pocock, B. (2009). Mobility, mothers and malls: how home, community, school teenage work and adult work affect opportunity for teenagers in suburban Australia. South Australia: Centre for Work and Life, University of South Australia.
2009 Pocock, B. (2009). Low-paid workers, changing patterns of work and life, and participation in vocational education and training: a discussion starter. Adelaide, South Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
2008 Pocock, B. A., & Elton, J. M. (2008). Work, family and the proposed national employment standards: a submission to the Australian government. Adelaide, Australia: Centre for Work and Life, UniSA.
2008 Pocock, B. A. (2008). Strengthening communities and supporting working families. Adelaide: Centre for Work and Life UniSA.
2008 Skinner, N. J., & Pocock, B. A. (2008). Work life and workplace culture: the Australian work and life index 2008 (AWALI). Adelaide, Australia: Centre for Work + Life, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies.
2007 Elton, J. M., Bailey, J., Baird, M., Charlesworth, S., Cooper, R., Ellem, B., . . . Whitehouse, G. (2007). Women and WorkChoices impacts on the low pay sector. Magill, SA: Centre for Work + Life, Hawke Research Institute.
2007 Pocock, B., Williams, P., & Skinner, N. J. (2007). The Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI): concepts, methodology and rationale. Magill, SA: Centre for Work + Life, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies.
2007 Hill, E., Pocock, B. A., Baird, M., Brennan, D., Buchanan, J., Cass, B., . . . Whitehouse, G. (2007). Benchmarks: work and family policies in Election 2007. Australia: Work + Family Policy Roundtable.
2007 Pocock, B. (2007). A time to act: paid maternity leave for all South Australian women. Magill, SA: Centre for Work + Life, Hawke Research Institute.
2007 Pocock, B. A., Skinner, N. J., & Williams, P. (2007). Work, life and time: the Australian work and life index (AWALI) 2007. Australia: Centre for Work and Life, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia.
2006 Pocock, B. A. (2006). Early signs: the impact of WorkChoices on work and family - First annual update on the impact of WorkChoices on work and family in Australia. Australia: Industrial Relations Victoria - Dept of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development, Vic Government.
2006 Pocock, B. A., & Masterman Smith, H. L. (2006). Work, families and affordale housing. Australia: CWL.
2006 Masterman Smith, H., May, R., & Pocock, B. A. (2006). Living low paid: some experiences of Australian childcare workers and cleaners. Australia: University of South Australia.
2005 Pocock, B., Prosser, R., & Bridge, K. (2005). Only a casual...How casual work affects employees, households and communities in Australia. Australia: University of Adelaide.
2005 Pocock, B. (2005). The impact of 'work choices' on Australian working families. Australia: Industrial Relations Victoria.
2004 Pocock, B. (2004). Can't buy me love? Young Australians view on parental work, time, built and their own consumption (Discussion Paper 61). Australia: The Australia Institute, Canberra.
2004 Pocock, B. (2004). A modest intervention: The implications and context of the Industrial Law Reform (Fair Work) Bill. Australia: United Trades and Labour Council, Adelaide.
2004 Pocock, B. (2004). Securing quality employment: Policy options for casual and part-time workers in Australia. Australia: Canberra Chifley Research Centre.
2004 Pocock, B. (2004). Work and family futures: How young Australians plan to work and care (Discussion Paper 66). Australia: The Australia Institute, Canberra.
2001 Pocock, B. (2001). The effect long hours on family and community life. A survey existing literature. Australia: Queensland Government.

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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2010 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Maternity leave in context: building knowledge of optimal leave duration with a psychosocial and transition perspective Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Natalija Vujinovic
2008 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Fairness matters! Organisational justice and work-life spillover amongst South Australian nurses, midwives and care workers Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Paul Van Dijk
2007 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Working in the shadows: labouring bodies in the commercial cleaning industry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Alison Elder
2006 - 2010 Principal Supervisor Dependence at work: a study of ninety young South Australian workers in an individualised and precarious labour market Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Catherine Earl

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