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Diane Phillips is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canberra, affiliated with the Faculty of Business, Government and Law and the Canberra Business School. Her research focuses on power dynamics in organizations, particularly neoliberalism, the future of work, automation, robotics, and innovation. She also explores education research through critical and creative lenses. Methodologically, she favors qualitative approaches like critical institutional ethnography, drawing on theorists such as Foucault, Mitchell Dean, and Dorothy Smith.
Her work emphasizes practice-based ontology and integrates critical theory to analyze organizational practices and materiality. Key themes include liminality, collegiality, and the impact of modern power structures on organizational behavior. She critiques traditional quantitative methods while acknowledging their role in problem-solving.
Phillips' publications span organizational psychology, knowledge management, and educational policy. Her articles highlight topics like the psychological contract’s role in knowledge sharing and innovation, as well as the expansion of work-integrated learning programs. Her research actively informs her teaching, fostering critical and creative thinking among students.
