Sanjee Perera

Dr Sanjee Perera

Senior Lecturer

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Not eligible, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Dr Sanjee Perera is the Director of Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX) and is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Management, College of Business and Law, Adelaide University. Her research interests include workforce diversity with a particular focus on age and gender. Her research has been funded by National and State Government competitive research grants, including an Australian Research Council Discovery grant. She works with international researchers on the topic of age diversity supported by Australia Germany Academic Exchange and European Cooperation in Science and Technology funding. Her research appears in the Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and The Leadership Quarterly. Prior to her academic career, Sanjee worked as a Human Resource practitioner for several years in both service and manufacturing sectors. She is passionate about sharing research evidence with end-users through her teaching, industry events, and the media.
 

My research interests include workforce diversity with a particular focus on age and gender. My research has been funded by National and State Government competitive research grants, including an Australian Research Council Discovery grant. I work with international researchers on the topic of age diversity supported by Australia Germany Academic Exchange and European Cooperation in Science and Technology funding. My research appears in the Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and The Leadership Quarterly. 

 

Year Citation
2026 Chiu, C. Y., Perera, S., & Caines, V. (2026). Silent struggle: How older employees’ relational age and voice behavior shape co-worker trust and performance in professional teams. Human Relations, 33 pages.
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2026 Tiddy, C., Perera, S., Sardeshmukh, S. R., & Andrahannadi, U. (2026). USING METAPHORS TO EXPLORE THE INFLUENCE OF CAREER PERCEPTIONS ON GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE AUSTRALIAN GEOSCIENCES. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 32(3), 23-48.
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2026 Sardeshmukh, S. R., Perera, S., & Tiddy, C. (2026). Surviving and changing the field: Navigating gendered contextual barriers of geosciences. Human Relations, 1-41.
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2023 Cregan, C., Kulik, C. T., Perera, S., & Sardeshmukh, S. (2023). When time is running out: A growth curve analysis of older workers' retirement intentions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(5), 760-775.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2019 Sandhu, S., Perera, S., & Sardeshmukh, S. R. (2019). Charted courses and meandering trails: crafting success and impact as business school academics. Academy of management learning and education, 18(2), 153-185.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19
2019 Li, Y., Perera, S., Kulik, C. T., & Metz, I. (2019). Inclusion climate: A multilevel investigation of its antecedents and consequences. Human resource management, 58(4), 353-369.
DOI Scopus79 WoS67
2016 Kalysh, K., Kulik, C. T., & Perera, S. (2016). Help or hindrance? Work-life practices and women in management. The leadership quarterly, 27(3), 504-518.
DOI Scopus61 WoS51
2016 Kulik, C. T., Perera, S., & Cregan, C. (2016). Engage me: The mature-age worker and stereotype threat. Academy of Management Journal, 59(6), 2132-2156.
DOI Scopus143 WoS118
2015 Perera, S., Sardeshmukh, S., & Kulik, C. (2015). In or out: job exits of older workers. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 53(1), 4-21.
DOI Scopus18 WoS17
2015 Kulik, C. T., Rae, B., Sardeshmukh, S. R., & Perera, S. (2015). Can we still be friends? The role of exit conversations in facilitating post-exit relationships. Human resource management, 54(6), 893-912.
DOI Scopus20 WoS16

Year Citation
2022 Kulik, C. T., Sandhu, S., Perera, S., & Jarvis, S. A. (2022). Gender equality in organizations: The dynamics of space. In Handbook on the Business of Sustainability the Organization Implementation and Practice of Sustainable Growth (pp. 170-188).
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2022 Perera, S., & Li, Y. (2022). I-deals: not ideal for employee diversity?. In S. Anand, & Y. Rofcanin (Eds.), Source details - Title: Idiosyncratic Deals at Work: Exploring Individual, Organizational, and Societal Perspectives (pp. 211-235). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2019 Perera, S. (2019). For better or worse? human resource practices and women in leadership. In A. S. Antoniou, C. Cooper, & C. Gatrell (Eds.), Source details - Title: Women, Business and Leadership: Gender and Organisations (pp. 61-76). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2018 Perera, S. (2018). Diversity selection: selecting a site engineer. In S. C. Crossman (Ed.), Source details - Title: Teaching human resource management: an experiential approach (pp. 101-103). UK: Edward Elgar.
2017 Crossman, J., & Perera, S. (2017). Time theft: an integrity based approach to its management. In M. Orlitzky, & M. Monga (Eds.), Source details - Title: Integrity in business and management: cases and theory (pp. 40-65). US: Routledge.
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2015 Perera, S., & Kulik, C. T. (2015). Using expertise as a firewall: exploring emotion work of novices and experts. In N. M. Ashkanasy, W. J. Zerbe, & C. E. J. Härtel (Eds.), Source details - Title: New ways of studying emotions in organizations (Vol. 11, pp. 341-368). UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
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2015 Ostroff, C., & Perera, S. (2015). Diversity in work teams. In J. Stone (Ed.), Source details - Title: Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and nationalism (pp. 1-4). Wiley Blackwell.
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2011 Perera, S. (2011). Tricks of the trade: customer service employee strategies in performing emotion work. In C. Härtel, N. Ashkanasy, & W. Zerbe (Eds.), Source details - Title: What have we learned ten years on (Vol. 7, pp. 75-106). UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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Year Citation
2023 Perera, S., Kulik, C. T., & Sandhu, S. (2023). Rally the troops first: startup action on gender equality. In Changing management values and practices for a sustainable future: 36th ANZAM conference (pp. 1-16). New Zealand: ANZAM.
2023 Sandhu, S., Kulik, C. T., & Sanjeewa, P. (2023). Friends with benefits: interconnections between environmental sustainability and gender equality. In Changing management values and practices for a sustainable future: 36th ANZAM conference (pp. 1-18). New Zealand: ANZAM.
2023 Maier, J. A., Kulik, C., & Perera, S. (2023). Challenges of Being a Social Enterprise: When Being a Business for Good Means Being a Good Business. In Changing management values and practices for a sustainable future: 36th ANZAM conference (pp. 829-846). Australia: Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).
2023 Rae, B., Kulik, C., & Perera, S. (2023). Gendered Displays: Managers' Use of Negative Emotion to Influence Employee Behaviour. In Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) (pp. 928-946). Australia: Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).
2012 Kulik, C. T., Tovale, B. R., Sardeshmukh, S. R., Perera, S., & Wijesinghe, G. (2012). Can we still be friends? The role of exit conversations in facilitating post-exit relationships. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings Vol. 2012 (pp. 225-230). Academy of Management.
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2012 Perera, S., Sardeshmukh, S. R., & Kulik, C. T. (2012). Stay; go or pause: older workers' employment decisions. In S. Werner (Ed.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (pp. 1-17). Queensland: ANZAM - Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
2011 Sardeshmukh, S. R., Scott Young, C. M., & Perera, S. (2011). Emotion work, conflict, and family business performance. In M. A (Ed.), 8th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference Proceedings. Australia: Swinburne University of Technology.
2010 Perera, S., Sardeshmukh, S. R., & Scott Young, C. M. (2010). Emotion work in family business. In B. Gurd (Ed.), Proceedings of th 24th annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference (ANZAM 2010). Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
2010 Perera, S. (2010). Exploring how competence in emotion work impact negative consequences of emotion work. In B. Barrett, & S. Steven (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Annual Pacific Employment Relations Association Conference. Australia: Pacific Employment Relations Association.
  • Perera, S. & Kulik, C.T. Mature-age workers in the public sector, Stage 2, Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment and Office for Ageing Well (2026-2028)
  • Kulik, C.T., Sandhu, S., & Perera, S. Breaking free: How organisations become front runners in gender diversity, Australian Research Council, Discovery Projects (2020-2024) 
  • Perera, S. & Kulik, C.T. Mature-age workers in the public sector, Stage 1, Office for Ageing Well (2024)
  • Perera, S. Employee responses to age-friendly practices in Australia and Germany. ATN-DAAD German Academic Exchange funding (2022-2023)
  • Perera, S., Sardeshmukh S.R., & Kulik C.T. in collaboration with the City of Unley. Startup@AnyAge: Promoting entrepreneurship among mature-age people, Office for Ageing Well (2021)

Courses I teach

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 External Supervisor Become an Inclusive Leader: How Managers Can Enhance Support for Autistic Employees in Neurodiverse Teams Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Cecilia Tournour
2025 Co-Supervisor 658 - Developing Hybrid Public Private Partnership on Indonesian Road Projects Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Kingkin Fitoriani
2025 Principal Supervisor Become an Inclusive Leader: How Managers Can Enhance Support for Autistic Employees in Neurodiverse Teams Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Cecilia Tournour
2025 Co-Supervisor Digital Innovation in Healthcare Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Lucie Anne Marsh-Smith
2020 Co-Supervisor Will you forgive me? The moral licensing of social enterprises Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Julia-Anna Maier

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Threads of change: environmental sustainability and gender equality in Australian fashion organisations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Josephine Mckenzie
2017 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Stepping up and stepping back: core followership behaviours, facilitators, and expectations in the workplace Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Ruth Sims
2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Lonely and ready to leave: experiences of racial microaggressions among employees of Asian ethnicity Master of Business Master Part Time Mrs Ayesha Hanif
2015 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Negative displays, positive outcomes? Gender differences in managing employee behaviour with emotion displays Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Belinda Rae
2014 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Are family friendly practices good for women's advancement? the relationship between family friendly practices and women in management Master of Business Master Full Time Mrs Kateryna Kalysh
2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Employee petty theft: interplay among employees, authority figures and the environment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Stacey Bradley

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