Staff Profile
Dr Michael Alexander
Principal Research Fellow
BEc(Hons) (Adelaide), PhD (Griffith)
Biography
Michael commenced with the Institute in July 2004 as the Principal Research Fellow for the Family and Society research program. More recently, he was Project Manager for the Institute’s Evaluation of the Family Law Reforms.
Michael completed a PhD in the Department of Employment Relations at Griffith University in 2009, titled Union Influence on the Activism of Workplace Delegates: A Tale of Two Surveys. His work experience includes more than 20 years in the public sector, having held several academic positions in the areas of economics and industrial relations, as well as policy and research positions within Commonwealth, Queensland and Victorian government departments.
Specialist areas
- Employment conditions
- Industrial relations
- Work and family policy
Selected recent publications
- Alexander, M., Whitehouse, G. and Brennan, D. (2009). Australia - Country note (PDF 6.9 MB). in Moss, P. International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research, Employment Relations Research Series No. 102, UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, London, pp. 102-112.
- Renda, J., Baxter, J. and Alexander, M. (2009). Exploring the work-family policies mothers say would help after the birth of a child. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol 12, No. 1 2009, pp 65-87.
- Baxter, J. and Alexander, M. (2008). Mother’s work–family strain in single and couple parent families: The role of job characteristics and supports (PDF 472 KB). Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43(2), 195-214.
- Baxter, J., Gray, M., Alexander, M., Strazdins, L. and Bittman, M. (2007). Mothers and fathers with young children: Paid employment, caring and wellbeing (PDF 858 KB) (Social Policy Research Paper No. 30). Canberra: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Alexander, M. and Baxter, J. (2005). Impacts of work on family life among partnered parents of young children. Family Matters, 72, 18-25.
- Parker, R. and Alexander, M. (2004). Factors influencing men's and women's decisions about having children. Family Matters, 69, 24-31.