Scholar of Organisational Behaviour, Flâneuse, Ethnographer

I came to JCU in 1998 to continue my business studies, progressing to completion of a PhD in Organisational Behaviour in 2004. During that time, I worked in the hotel industry and developed a strong appreciation of the challenges faced by workers, employers and organisations in service industries. My PhD extended understanding of service predispositions, human relations in the workplace and organisational culture, and developed a fascination for the nature of work, the notion of occupation, and the construct of occupational culture. I am also keenly interested in ontologies, epistemologies, paradigms, and methodological approaches to research. 

While at JCU, I have realised my passion for transforming student lives, the role of experiential learning, the idea of ‘developing professionals’ and bridging of the gap for students as they transition from learner to practitioner. I have undertaken research which examines the nexus between being a student and becoming a Human Resource Management Professional. This research was supported by a WIL@JCU Grant 2011.

My research interest in the 'sustainability of working lives' captures many aspects of work. It includes research on paid work, voluntary work and the notion of occupation. My research enables me to learn about people from all walks of life: people working in service industries to the quality of working life for workers more broadly and to the work that occupies people with disabilities. This work includes research relating to: FIFO workers, tradespeople, youth, volunteers, older workers, and working parents. Through this research, I seek to contribute to making a difference in the everyday and working lives of people and their well-being; to contribute to sustained labour markets; and engage with workforce trends and 'the future of work'.

In recent years, I have had opportunity to: avidly pursue my research interest in hospitality, well-being, mental health, occupational communities, job satisfaction, industrial/railway heritage, and dining experiences; contribute to the literature in these domains; and, have been able to work on collaborative projects, with colleagues in Australia and overseas.

My scholarship looks beyond the world of employment and the centrality of work to economies. Rather, it seeks to challenge assumptions about work. It values people. Through my teaching and my research, I endeavour to empower people through activation of self-awareness and development of understanding of themselves and their worth as they work with others, within organisations, institutions, and society and more broadly, as global citizens.

I have substantial business and management experience, with my portfolio including management of a post office on an RAAF base for nearly five years, where I turned that business from a non-profitable one into a thriving enterprise that was a focal hub for that Defence Force community. In addition, I have over ten years' experience working in the hospitality industry, especially in the Tropical region of Far North Queensland.

Teaching

• BX2051: Managing People (Level 2; CNS)
• BX3061: International Business (Level 3; TSV)
• LB5205: People in Organisations (Level 5; TSV)
• LB5520: Professional Project/Internship (Level 5; CNS)

Interests

Professional

• HRM, OB, Social Enterprises, Well-being, Hospitality/Tourism, Networks, Hubs, Volunteers

Research

• Work, Occupations, Volunteers, Organisational Behaviour, HRM, Hospitality/Tourism, Well-Being, Industrial Heritage, Railways, Gardens, Methodologies, Sustainability, Social Enterprises.

Teaching

• Organisational Behaviour, Research Design & Methods, HRM, Work Integrated Learning

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Business and Management (1503)
• Econometrics (1403)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Tourism (9003)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU.

Journal Articles

• Tsey K, Lui S, Heyeres M, Pryce J, Yan L and Bauld S (2018) Developing soft skills: exploring the feasibility of an Australian well-being program for health managers and leaders in Timor-Leste. SAGE Open, 8 (4).
• Onnis L and Pryce J (2016) Health professionals working in remote Australia: a review of the literature. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 54 (1). pp. 32-56
• Chaiechi T, Pryce J and Bhati A (2015) Macroeconomic impacts of the tourism industry and the contemporaneous feedback effect: an Australian case study. Tourism Economics, 21 (3). pp. 685-696
• Bhati A, Pryce J and Chaiechi T (2014) Industrial railway heritage trains: the evolution of a heritage tourism genre and its attributes. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 9 (2). pp. 114-133
• Blackman A, Welters R, Murphy L, Eagle L, Pearce M, Pryce J, Lynch P and Low D (2014) Worker's perceptions of FIFO work in North Queensland, Australia. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 40 (2). pp. 180-200
• Pryce J (2014) Work values: a formidable domain within the context of people's lives. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 13 (2). pp. 20-35
• Pryce J, Welters R, Lynch P, Blackman A, Murphy L, Eagle L, Case P and Low D (2014) Mining through the talent pool of potential fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 40 (2). pp. 201-220
• Ciccotosto S, Pryce J, Chaiechi T, Hamilton J and Loban H (2013) Focusing on people, communities and commerce: interdisciplinary research as a multiple lens. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 12 (1). pp. 42-51

Book Chapters

• Pryce J and Pryce H (2018) Utilising collaborative autoethnography in exploring affinity tourism: insights from experiences in the Field at Gardens by the Bay. In: Asian Qualitative Research in Tourism: Ontologies, Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Methods. Perspectives on Asian Tourism. Springer, pp. 205-219
• Pryce J (2014) Safety on the line: balancing authentic experiences against risks and hazards. In: Railway Heritage and Tourism: global perspectives. Tourism and Cultural Change. Channel View Publications, Bristol, UK, pp. 73-89

Conference Papers

• Pryce J, Chaiechi T, Ciccotosto S and Loban H (2014) Use of photo-elicitation to gain insights into the nature of self-managed teams in the academic world. Proceedings of the ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference. 7-10 December 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Pryce J, Bhati A and Chaiechi T (2014) Measuring value in railway heritage attractions. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference. In: CAUTHE 2014: 24th Annual Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference, 10-13 February 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 32+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Josephine Pryce from 2002 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Accounting and accountability in NGOs: Exploring the stakeholder experience (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Wildlife viewing preferences of visitors to protected areas in Sabah, Malaysia: Implication for the role of wildlife tourism in conservation (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Paranormal Tourism: Case Studies in Australia, Indonesia and Thailand (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The role of modern built heritage tourism on community wellbeing (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Compassion Fatigue: Experiences of Human Resource Professionals in the Not for Profit Sector (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Distributed Leadership Applied to the Design and Evaluation of Leadership Development Programs (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Western Theory Versus Eastern Practice: Chinese Tourists and Toursim Suppliers (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Weaving the future of Asian city tourism: drivers and implications (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• A sustainable remote health workforce: translating HRM policy into practice (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Tourism in agricultural regions in Australia: developing experiences from agricultural resources (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Assessing and enhancing humour in the tourism setting (2014, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Backpacker tourism in the Brazilian Amazon: opportunities and challenges (2014, PhD , Secondary Advisor)