Dr Alf Kuilboer ~ Head, Governance and Management; Head, Tourism

Qualifications

·         *   Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Teaching), JCU, 2013-2018

·         *   Doctor of Philosophy – Tourism, JCU, 2005-2011

·         *   Bachelor of Administration (Tourism) Honours Class 1, JCU, 2003-2004 

·       *     Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Administration (Tourism), JCU, 1999 - 2002

Biography

I grew up in Hamilton, Victoria, and at the age of 17 joined the Army for 9 years based in Townsville, North Queensland.  In 1990 employed as Registrar of Rhema Bible College a tertiary institution in Townsville.  This position also involved teaching.   In 1994 this position expanded to Registrar of Rhema College of Christian Ministries incorporating both internal and external oversight.  I performed this role for 9 years.  In 1999 I enrolled at James Cook University and completed a double degree in  Business and Tourism.  Prior to commencing full-time  studies, I established my own small business which I successfully operated during my undergrad studies. An additional 12 months saw the successful attainment of a Tourism Honours Class 1 achievement.  After a further year of casual lecturing, I commenced my PhD in Tourism during which time I was offered a full-time lecturing position.  In 2010, I completed my PhD on ‘Analysing service quality for senior travellers: a mixed research approach investigating the perceptions of satisfaction in this growing tourism market’.

 

I am currently the Academic Head for Management, Governance and Tourism in the College of Business Law and Governance at James Cook University and is also the First year Experience Coordinator for the Business College. I have a passion to ensure that first year students’ transition into tertiary studies is an appropriate and positive experience for students from all diverse backgrounds. My earlier research interest focused on the Senior Traveller market and the benefits of travel/tourism to the health and well-being of senior travellers. As the population of Australian senior travellers is increasing, my research  moved into investigating service quality in the tourism industry in this growing market segment. More recently, my research has concentrated on Work Integrated Learning and the strategic embedding of employability skills, (informed by industry) within the Bachelor Business degree.

 It is now 2021 and I am:

• Current First Year Experience Coordinator for the College of Business
• Current Academic Head of Management and Tourism Disciplines

 

Teaching

• BU1104: Introduction to Management Concepts and Application (Level 1; TSV)
• BU1804: Introduction to Management Concepts and Application (Level 1; TSV)
• BU3101: Professional Internship (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• LB5520: Professional Project/Internship (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• • Senior Traveller Market • Grey Nomads and Service Quality • Graduate Employability Skills

Research Disciplines

• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Learner and learning (1601)

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Journal Articles

• Riebe L, Jackson D, Meek S, Ogilvie M, Kuilboer A, Murphy L, Collins N, Lynch K and Brock M (in press) Using an industry-aligned capabilities framework to effectively assess student performance in non-accredited work-integrated learning contexts. Teaching in Higher Education, , DOI:10.1080/13562517.2020.1863348.
• Barnett A, Abrantes K, Baker R, Diedrich A, Farr M, Kuilboer A, Mahony T, McLeod I, Moscardo G, Prideaux M, Stoeckl N, Van Luyn A and Sheaves M (2016) Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice. Fish and Fisheries, 17 (3), pp. 696-713, DOI:10.1111/faf.12140.
• Kuilboer A (2010) Managers’ perceptions of customer service for an ageing population. The Business Review, Cambridge, 15 (2), pp. 158-164.
• Blackman A, Foster F, Hyvonen T, Jewell B, Kuilboer A and Moscardo G (2004) Factors contributing to successful tourism development in peripheral regions. Journal of Tourism Studies, 15 (1), pp. 59-70.

Conference Papers

• Kuilboer A (2005) The use of travel diaries in evaluating the perceptions of customer service encounters by senior travellers in Australia. Proceedings of the Fourth Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Student Research in Tourism. 1-3 August 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

Other research outputs

• Shircore M, Kuilboer A and Murphy L (2014) Building a capstone WIL experience one pebble at a time: using an E-portfolio to demonstrate development of WIL related competencies. Proceedings of the ACEN National Conference 2014. In: Work Integrated Learning: Building Capacity, 1-3 October 2014, Tweed Heads, NSw, Australia
• Lawson R, Kuilboer A, Murphy L and Shircore M (2013) Jack Reacher's Rules - always keep your exit in view: using an ePortfolio from day 1 to foster work ready students. Papers from the International First Year in Higher Education Conference. In: FYHE 2013: International First Year in Higher Education Conference, 7-10 July 2013, Wellington, New Zealand