Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Robertson J., Botha E., Walker B., Wordsworth R. and Balzarova M. (2022) Fortune favours the digitally mature: The impact of digital maturity on the organisational resilience of SME retailers during COVID-19. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management 50(8/9): 1182-1204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJRDM-10-2021-0514.

• Walker B. (2021) Introduction to the Covid-19 Special Issue. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 45(2): 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/nzjer.v45i2.32.

• Lamm F., Rasmussen E. and Walker B. (2020) Special Issue Editorial: The General Election in New Zealand in 2020. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 45(1): 1-2. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/nzjer.v45i1.12.

• Malinen S., Janhonen M., Heinio M., Walker B. and Venkataraman N. (2020) Kun maailma jarkkyy, resilientti organisaatio kestää! (When the world shakes, a resilient organisation endures!). Suomen sotilas 2: 89-93.

• Walker B. and Nilakant V. (2020) Business Leadership During an Unprecedented Crisis. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 44(3).

• Walker B., de Vries HP. and Nilakant V. (2017) Managing legitimacy: The Christchurch post-disaster reconstruction. International Journal of Project Management 35(5): 853-863. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.07.007.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2015) What influences the progression of employment rights disputes? Industrial Relations Journal 46(2): 117-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irj.12085.

• Nilakant V., Walker B., van Heugten K., Baird R. and de Vries H. (2014) Conceptualising Adaptive Resilience using Grounded Theory. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 39(1): 79-86.

• Nilakant V., Walker B., Rochford K. and van Heugten K. (2013) Leading in a Post-disaster Setting: A Guide for Human Resource Practitioners. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 38(1): 1-13.

• Walker B. and Tipples R. (2013) The Hobbit Affair: a new frontier for unions? Adelaide Law Review 34(1): 65-80.

• Walker B. (2012) Employment rights disputes: What is the role of HR professionals? Human Resource Management International Digest 20(3): 127-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hrmid.2012.04420caa.003.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2012) Representatives and employment rights disputes: What works and what doesn't? Journal of Industrial Relations 54(5): 596-611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185612454973.

• Walker B. (2011) How does non-standard employment affect workers? A consideration of the evidence. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 36(3): 14-29.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2011) Employee-Employer Grievances: A Review. International Journal of Management Reviews 13(1): 40-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2010.00283.x.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2011) Employment rights disputes: What is the role of HR professionals? Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 49(4): 409-424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1038411111422142.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2011) The Effectiveness of Grievance Processes in New Zealand: A Fair Way to Go? Journal of Industrial Relations 53(3): 103-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185610390298.

• Walker B. and Tipples R. (2011) Editorial: Introducing the Forum. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 36(3): 1-4.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2009) Grievance Processes: Research, Rhetoric and Directions for New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 34(3): 43-64.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2009) The 2010 review of the New Zealand personal grievance system:Commentary. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 34(3): 83-91.

Chapters

• Walker B., Malinen S., Nilakant V., Naswall K. and Kuntz J. (2020) Organizational Resilience in Action: A Study of a Large Scale, Extended-Disaster Setting. In Powley E; Caza B; Caza A (Ed.), The Research Handbook of Organisational ResilienceElgar.

• Chang-Richards A., Seville E., Wilkinson S. and Walker B. (2018) Effects of Disasters on Displaced Workers. In Asgary A (Ed.), Resettlement Challenges for Displaced Populations and Refugees. Sustainable Development Goals Series: 185-195. Cham: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92498-4_14.

• Hall CM., Malinen S., Nilakant V., Vosslamber R., Walker B. and Wordsworth R. (2016) Undertaking business, consumer and organisational research in a post-disaster setting. Business and Post-disaster Management: Business, Organisational and Consumer Resilience and the Christchurch Earthquakes: 251-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315640211.

• Hall CM., Malinen S., Nilakant V., Vosslamber R., Walker B. and Wordsworth R. (2016) Undertaking business, consumer and organisational research in a post-disaster setting. In Hall CM; Malinen S; Vosslamber R; Wordsworth R (Ed.), Business and Post-disaster Management: Business, organisational and consumer resilience and the Christchurch earthquakes: 251-268. Abingdon: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315640211.

• Nilakant V., Walker B., Kuntz J., de Vries HP., Malinen S., Näswall K. and van Heugten K. (2016) Dynamics of organisational response to a disaster: A study of organisations impacted by earthquakes. In Hall CM; Malinen S; Vosslamber R; Wordsworth R (Ed.), Business and Post-disaster Management: Business, organisational and consumer resilience and the Christchurch earthquakes: 35-47. Abingdon: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315640211.

• Rasmussen E. and Walker B. (2009) Employment relations in the new millennium. In Rasmussen E (Ed.), Employment Relations in New Zealand (2nd ed.): 123-167. Auckland: Pearson.

• Rasmussen E. and Walker B. (2008) Employment Relations in the New Millennium. In Deeks J; Rasmussen E (Ed.), Employment Relations in New Zealand (1st ed.): 68pp. Auckland: Pearson.

• Walker B. (2007) The Employment Relations Amendment Act 2004. In Rasmussen E; Lamm F (Ed.), Employment Relations in New Zealand Wellington: Employment Relations NZ.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Brown A., Morrish S., Walker B. and Ozanne LK. (2017) The Catalytic Role of Business-Based Champions: Partnerships with Commercial Organisations as Experienced by New Zealand Based Non-Profits. In Proceedings of the 10th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Jakarta.

• Walker B., Nilakant V. and De Vries HP. (2016) Trialling a Genetically Engineered Organisation. In.

• Walker B., Nilakant V., van Heugten K. and de Vries H. (2016) Resilience, organizations and workers: A new perspective on people in disasters? In.

• Walker B. and Tipples R. (2012) Voiceless actors? The Hobbit affair and the future of unions. In : 16pp.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2011) Third parties and grievances: Can we fix it? Yes we can - sometimes. In Dialogue Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference (AIRAANZ).

Conference Contributions - Other

• Walker B. (2022) The changing landscape of NZ employment relations under the COVID-19 pandemic. Auckland, NZ: New Zealand Political Studies Association conference, 8-10 Feb 2022.

• de Vries HP., Walker B. and Nilakant V. (2018) Competition and collaboration: How an innovative alliance structure allowed competitors to collaborate across boundaries in a post-disaster city reconstruction environment.. Tallinn Estonia: EGOS 2018 Conference, 4-7 Jul 2018.

• Nilakant V., Walker BL. and de Vries H. (2017) Human Resource Challenges in a Multi-party Collaborative Alliance Structure. Atlanta, Georgia: 77th Annual Academy of Management Meeting, 4 Aug-8 Dec 2017.

• de Vries H., Nilakant V., Walker B. and Baird R. (2015) Post-disaster recovery: A study of a special-purpose business alliance structure. Queenstown, New Zealand: 29th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2-4 Dec 2015.

• Nilakant V., Vargo J. and Walker B. (2015) Building Community Resilience: What makes organisations resilient? Palmerston North, New Zealand: New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers Annual Summit, 9-11 Nov 2015.

• Nilakant V., Walker B., van Heugten K., Baird R. and de Vries H. (2015) Resilience in the workplace: A new perspective on effective leadership? Oslo, Norway: 7th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), 20-23 May 2015.

• Baird R., Walker B., van Heugten K. and Nilakant V. (2014) Developing Organisational Resilience: Evidence-based Practice. Wellington, New Zealand: Emergency Management Summer Institute, 10-14 Mar 2014.

• Nilakant V. and Walker B. (2014) Adaptive resilience: An employee-centric perspective. Melbourne, Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference (AIRAANZ), 5-7 Feb 2015.

Other

• Walker B. and Nilakant V. (2014) ResOrgs: High performing today, agile for tomorrow, thriving in the future. Human Resources Aug/Sep 2014: 8-9.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Walker B., Nilakant V. and Baird R. (2014) Promoting Organisational Resilience through Sustaining Engagement in a Disruptive Environment: What are the implications for HRM? Wellington, New Zealand: Human Resources Institute of New Zealand Research Forum, 20-20 Nov 2014.

• Baird R., van Heugten K., Walker B. and Nilakant V. (2013) Adaptive Resilience - How Organisations Responded in Christchurch. Christchurch, New Zealand: Resilient Organisations Symposium, 27-27 Aug 2013.

• Nilakant V., Walker B., van Heugten K. and Baird R. (2013) Leading and Managing Resilient Organisations: Identifying Critical Factors for Organisational Resilience. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Industrial/Organisational Psychology Conference, 2-2 Dec 2013.

• Walker B. and Baird R. (2013) Building Organisational Resilience: the role of HRM in post-disaster recovery. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: CEISMIC Contestable Fund Mini Conference, 5-5 Jun 2013.

• Nilakant V. and Walker B. (2012) After the shock: the challenge of managing human resources. Auckland, New Zealand: HRINZ Research Forum 2012, 15-15 Nov 2012.

• Walker B. (2010) Whose problem is it anyway? Employment relationship problems from both sides of the table. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Employment Court Judges 2010 Conference, 17-19 Feb 2010.

• Walker B. and Hamilton RT. (2010) Personal grievance processes: how do parties make decisions before, during, and after mediation? University of Auckland, New Zealand: Human Resources Institute of New Zealand Research Forum 2010 (HRINZ), 18-18 Nov 2010.

Authored Books

• Walker B., Fraser M. and Nilakant V. (2014) Staffed or Stuffed: Creating Resilience Through Your People. Christchurch: Resilient Organisations Research Group. 16.

Oral Presentations

• de Vries H., Nilakant V., Walker B. and van Heugten K. (2016) Post-disaster recovery: A study of a special-purpose business alliance structure - SCIRT. University College Roosevelt,Middelburg, Netherlands: Finance & Business Society Seminar Series.

• de Vries HP., Walker B. and Nilakant V. (2016) The crucial role of managing legitimacy: The Christchurch post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: College Research Seminar.

• Malinen SK., Walker B., Nilakant V., BAird R., Kuntz J., Näswall K., de Vries H. and van Heugten K. (2016) Building organisational resilience. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Institute of Management and Leadership, 27 Apr 2016.

• Naswall IMK., Walker B., Nilakant V., Baird R., Kuntz J., Malinen S., de vries H. and van Heugten K. (2016) Building organisational resilience. ARA, Christchurch: CDANZ National Symposium, 03 Oct 2016.

• Naswall K., Walker B., Nilakant V., Baird R., Kuntz J., Malinen SK., de Vries H. and van Heugten K. (2016) Building organisational resilience. NZATD Canterbury Branch, Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Training and Development Canterbury Branch June Event.

• Walker B., Naswall IMK., Kuntz J., van Heugten K., Malinen S. and de Vries H. (2016) Making Organisations Resilient. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Nilakant V., Walker B., Näswall K., van Heugten K. and de Vries H. (2015) What makes organisations resilient? University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Presentation to Managers, Tait Communications, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Walker B., Naswall IMK., Nilakant V., Kuntz J., van Heugten K., Malinen S. and de Vries H. (2015) Building Adaptive Resilience. Christchurch City Council: Presentation to Senior Leadership Team forum.

Discussion/Working Papers

• Nilakant V., Walker B. and Rochford K. (2013) Post-disaster Management of Human Resources: Learning From an Extended Crisis. Resilient Organisations Research Group. 25pp.

• Walker B., Nilakant V., van Heugten K. and Rochford K. (2013) Managing in Disasters: Interim Guidance for HR Practitioners. Resilient Organisations Research Group. 10.

Oral Presentations

• Walker B. and Nilakant V. (2012) The role of HRM in disasters. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ: Human Resources Institute of New Zealand, Canterbury Branch Seminar.

Reports

• Walker B., Nilakant V., Baird R., de Vries H., Kuntz J., Malinen S., Naswall K. and van Heugten K. (2015) Building Adaptive Resilience: Key Findings from the Building Resilient Infrastructure Organisations Project.Resilient Organisations Research Group.

• Chang-Richards A., Seville E., Wilkinson S. and Walker B. (2013) Building natural disaster response capacity: sound workforce strategies for recovery and reconstruction in APEC economies.Commissioned by APEC Natural Disasters Workforce Project.

Additional Publications

• Walker B. (2009) For better or for worse: Employment relationship problems under the Employment Relations Act 2000. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.

Editorial Work

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• New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations Co-editor ( 2017 - 2023)

Review and Refereeing

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• Journal of Industrial Relations ( 2007 - 2023)

Research Groups

Future Research

• Working on projects addressing change, innovation and digital disruption