Jane Burdett

Teaching Strengths

Training and development; Workplace Learning

Dr Jane Burdett

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Dr Jane Burdett is a lecturer in Management at the UniSA Business School and teaches in Human Resource management programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  Currently she is an Academic Integrity Officer for the School of Management and in 2015 held the position of Program Director: UniSA Business School’s Honours Program.
Dr Burdett completed her Doctorate of Education at Flinders University after gaining a Masters in Education at Deakin University.
Her research focuses on student experiences in industry placements and people development through workplace mentoring. Previous research has included quality in international education in Australian universities, international student experiences  and engagement, student perceptions of group work, diversity in groups, the impact of technology on learning environments.
Dr Burdett has been recognised by the following awards - Outstanding Reviewer: Emerald Group Publishing, UniSA Vice Chancellor Award for Community Service (Knowledge Application) and UniSA Vice Chancellor Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr Burdett has consulted to industry and the secondary education sector and brings extensive educational experience to the UniSA Business School.  Her teaching roles have included both onshore and offshore programs in Hong Kong. She has engaged local and national industry through her relationship with the Australian Institute of Training and Development, the Australian Institute of Management (SA) and the Australian Human Resources Insititue. 

Dr Burdett ‘s current research focuses on student experiences in industry placements and people development through workplace mentoring. Previous research has included quality assurance in international education in Australian universities, international student experiences and engagement, student perceptions of group work, diversity in groups, the impact of technology on learning environments.

Year Citation
2017 Burdett, J., & Barker, S. (2017). University students in the workplace strategies for successful industry placement experiences. Development and learning in organizations, 31(1), 15-18.
DOI Scopus4
2014 Burdett, D. J. (2014). Reverse mentoring becomes a two-way street: case study of a mentoring project for IT competence. Development and learning in organizations, 28(3), 13-16.
DOI Scopus10
2014 Burdett, J. (2014). Students achieving intercultural competence through group work: realised or idealised?. Journal of international education in business, 7(1), 14-30.
DOI Scopus28
2012 Crossman, J. E., & Burdett, D. J. (2012). Matters arising : Australian University Quality Agency feedback in relation to the academic engagement of international students enrolled in onshore university programmes. Quality in higher education, 18(2), 221-234.
DOI Scopus2
2012 Burdett, J., & Crossman, J. (2012). Engaging international students : an analysis of the Australian University Quality Audit (AUQA) reports. Quality assurance in education, 20(3), 207-222.
DOI Scopus27
2011 Burdett, J., & Crossman, J. (2011). "Checking the pulse": the international student experience and social engagement across Australian universities: reflecting on AUQA feedback to Cycle 2 reports. Journal of international education in business, 3(1/2), 53-67.
DOI Scopus11
2009 Burdett, D. J., & Hastie, B. (2009). Predicting satisfaction with group work assignments. Journal of university teaching and learning practice, 6(1), 62-71.
2007 Burdett, J. (2007). Degrees of separation: balancing intervention and independence in group work assignments. Australian educational researcher, 34(1), 55-71.
DOI Scopus30
2003 Burdett, D. J. (2003). Making groups work : university students' perceptions. International Education Journal, 4(3), 177-191.
Scopus131
2000 Burdett, D. J. (2000). Changing Channels: Using the Electronic Meeting System to Increase Equity in Decision Making. Information Technology, Learning and Performance Journal.
1998 Burdett, D. J. (1998). Electronic meetings pass the test. HR Monthly - The Australian Human Resources Magazine.
1998 Burdett, D. J. (1998). The Productivity Paradox. Management Today.
1997 Burdett, D. J. (1997). The Calculating Countess. Journal of Computer Science Education.

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