Jonathan Sale

Teaching Strengths

Situated learning and problem-based learning
Experiential learning and participative learning
Self-directed learning, experimental and exploratory

Dr Jonathan Sale

Program Director: Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Management

UniSA Business

Teaching Enterprise

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Jonathan Sale (PhD, DPA, MIR, LLB, BA PolSc) is Program Director for Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Management and Lecturer in Human Resources Management at the UniSA Business, University of South Australia. As a teaching academic, he has expertise in employment relations (ER)/industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM), having coordinated and taught courses within the discipline at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels like: introduction to IR and HRM; Australian IR; ER in Australia, USA and China in the context of globalisation; people, work, organisations and their dynamics; international and comparative HRM; negotiation, conflict management and resolution, and advocacy; managing the employment relationship; managing employee performance and rewards; managing people and organisations; leading and managing organisational change; HR analytics; and research for business decision making. Jonathan has authored/co-authored over 70 publications and intellectual contributions including a book, journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and reports on a range of subjects, such as: employment skills and strategies; labour disputes settlement; labour relations policy; labour and comparative law; legal harmonisation or transplantation; worker protection; employee voice and social media; critical skills shortage and exported labour policy; decent work and sustainable development; work health and safety and workplace bullying; access to labour justice; labour laws and labour markets; labour regulation and informal work; social security and migrant work; digital platform work and labour law; labour-management cooperation and sustainable work; area studies (Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, ASEAN); and others. His practice has included negotiation and advocacy in the fields of ER/IR/HRM and labour law, aside from related managing or advising, within industries like banking, energy, and higher education.

Gilmore-Burrell, K. & Sale, J. Australian workplace bullying policy intention compared to work health and safety objectives. Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work. Accepted for publication on 25 November 2025. DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2025.2597162.

Sale, J. & Sale, A. (2024). Decent work, the critical skills shortage in the health sector, and the role of the State: A case study of the Philippine exported labour policy and sustainable development. In S. Dhakal, A. Nankervis, & J. Burgess (Eds.), The future of work in the Asia Pacific: Addressing critical skills shortages for sustainable development (pp. 188–203). London: Routledge.

Chief Investigator, Law and practice research on labour dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms in Australia, International Labour Office. A national study for the report Access to labour justice: Comparative law and practice on labour disputes prevention and resolution, Geneva: International Labour Office, 2023. © ILO.

Sale, A., Sale, J., Rainnie, A., & Burgess, J. (2023). Employee voice and social media: The Australian perspective. In T. Ajibade Adisa, C. Mordi, & E. Oruh (Eds.), Employee voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America and Australia (pp.167–196). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Worker Protection Index (new measure for comparing worker protection rules)

Sale, J & Sale, A, ‘Institutional, regulatory and workplace environments influencing the movement of Filipino nurses to Australia: Decent work, critical skills shortages, and sustainable development’, Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2025 Conference ‘Navigating the Nexus: Politics, Profession, and Practice in Industrial Relations’, co-hosted by Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University and held in Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 February.

Sale, J, Sale, A, Burgess, J, & Rainnie, A, ‘Managing organisational change with staff redundancies in the Australian university sector: A closer look at consultation terms under enterprise agreements approved post Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act’, 2024 National Conference, Australian Labour Law Association 'Assessing the Impact of Change and Reform in Australian Labour Law', Novotel Geelong, Victoria, 8–9 November.

Sale, J, 'Comparing employee voice and labour disputes settlement: Australia and the Philippines as case studies', Law and Society Association Annual Meeting 2024 ‘Unsettling Territories’ in the Session ‘Inequality, Voice, and Recognition in Global Perspective’, Hyatt Regency Denver Colorado Convention Center, USA, 6-9 June.

Sale, J, ‘Employee voice and labour disputes settlement in Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines: A comparative case study’, 61st Annual Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference ‘Good Employment Relations, Better Work and Healthier Organizations’ in the session ‘Development of better jobs in the global South?’ hosted by the Business School, University of Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Québec, Canada, 23-26 May 2024.

Sale, J & Sale, A, 'Decent work, critical skills shortage in the health sector, and the role of the State: A case study of the Philippine exported labour policy and sustainable development', Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2024 Conference ‘Reimagining Industrial Relations: Work, care, climate & safety’, University of Western Australia, Perth, 31 January-2 February.

Sale, J & Sale, A, 'Employee voice and labour disputes settlement in Australia and the Philippines: A comparative case study', Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2024 Conference ‘Reimagining Industrial Relations: Work, care, climate & safety’, University of Western Australia, Perth, 31 January-2 February.

Sale, J, 'Worker voice and labour disputes settlement in Australia', Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) 2023 Conference 'Labour and Value' and Higher Degree Research Workshop, hosted by the College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, 7-10 February.

Year Citation
2020 Sale, J. (2020). Harmonisation of labour laws: an arduous journey for ASEAN. Labour & Industry, 30(1), 34-65.
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2018 Sale, J. (2018). Labour law and the labour market: a case study of Malaysia. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 43(3), 55-74.
2016 Sale, J. (2016). Collaborative governance, decent work and innovation: an analytical framework for sustainable workplaces based on the case of Philippine science and technology parks. World Technopolis Review, 5(1), 71-82.
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2016 Sale, J. (2016). The labor implications of the Philippine Competition Act (2015). Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 38(1), 1-3.
2015 Sale, J. P. (2015). Collaborative governance in Philippine science and technology parks: a closer look at the UP - Ayala Land Technohub. World Technopolis Review, 4(1), 23-32.
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2014 Sale, J. P., & Sale, A. B. (2014). Changes in Philippine labour relations policy: convergence or divergence of productivity, flexibility and welfare?. Economic and Labour Relations Review, 25(2), 327-352.
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2014 Mahy, P., & Sale, J. P. (2014). Classifying the legal system of the Philippines: a preliminary analysis with reference to labor law. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations, 32(1/2), 1-28.
2012 Sale, J. P. (2012). Labor market governance and regional development in the Philippines: uneven trends and outcomes. World Technopolis Review, 1(3), 192-205.
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2011 Sale, J. P. (2011). Labor market governance in the Philippines: wages, unions, CBAs, small enterprises, and employment. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations, 16-33.
2011 Sale, J. P. (2011). Contemporary employment relations and academic freedom in the University of the Philippines: convergence and divergence. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations, 31(1/2), 1-28.
2010 Bool Sale, A., & Sale, J. P. (2010). Turnover and voice in Philippine call centers. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations, 30, 1-13.
2010 Sale, J. P., & Bool, A. C. (2010). Recent developments in Philippine labor market governance: shifting methods from command to collaboration?. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 1(6), 79-88.
2008 Bool, A. C., & Sale, J. P. (2008). Possibilities of and predisposition to trade unions in Philippine call centers and business process outsourcing firms. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations, 28(1/2), 52-53.
2008 Sale, J. P. (2008). Philpost privatization: impact on workers from a socio-legal perspective. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations, 28(1/2), 150-152.

Year Citation
2024 Sale, J., & Sale, A. (2024). Decent work, the critical skills shortage in the health sector, and the role of the state: a case study of the Philippine exported labour policy and sustainable development. In S. P. Dhakal, A. Nankervis, & J. Burgess (Eds.), Source details - Title: The future of work in the Asia Pacific: Addressing critical skills shortages for sustainable development (pp. 188-203). UK: Routledge.
DOI
2023 Sale, A., Sale, J., Rainnie, A., & Burgess, J. (2023). Employee voice and social media: the Australian perspective. In T. A. Adisa, C. Mordi, & E. Oruh (Eds.), Source details - Title: Employee voice in the global north (1st ed., pp. 167-196). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
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2017 Sale, J. (2017). The role of governance in according protection to informal workers in the Philippines: Potentials, limitations and gaps. In M. R. Serrano (Ed.), Source details - Title: The informal economy in the Philippines: Perspectives, challenges and strategies on transitions to formality (Edited by Melisa Serrano ed., pp. 41-60). Philippines: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
2016 Sale, J. (2016). Labor dispute management and resolution. In V. C. Binghay (Ed.), Source details - Title: Labor and Industrial Relations in the Philippines: A Reader (pp. 77-107). Philippines: University of the Philippines.
2014 Ofreneo, R. E., & Sale, J. P. (2014). Social security and migrant workers in the Philippines: social protection for the country's economic protectors. In R. Blanpain (Ed.), Source details - Title: Social Security Law and Migrant Workers. Selected Studies of Cross-Border Social Security Mechanisms (pp. 167-186). The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.

  • Law and practice research on labour dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms in Australia, International Labour Office, 24/05/2023 - 07/06/2023

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 5308 Australian Industrial Relations (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • DBBH - Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
  • XBBH - Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
  • DBBL - Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)
  • XBBHV - Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Gary Chiew

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