Gerry Treuren

Gerrit ('Gerry') JM Treuren is a senior lecturer in the School of Management. Gerry Treuren holds a PhD in Economic History (University of New England), a Master of Economics in Industrial Relations (University of Sydney), and a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics (University of New South Wales). Gerry's current research looks at several issues in employee retention and turnover (the implications of the employee-client relationship on the relationship between the employee and the organisation; the antecedents and consequences of various components of employee embeddedness such as client and off-the-job embeddedness; the impact of job demands and resources on employee organisational attachment and performance) and volunteer management (the ways in which potential volunteers choose organisations and events in which to participate the emergence and evolution of volunteer role identity; identifying and engaging volunteer non-volunteer skillsets). Gerry Treuren has published in a diverse range of journals such as the Australian Journal of Career Development, Current Issues in Tourism, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Manpower, International Journal of HRM, Journal of Industrial Relations, Leisure/ Loisir and Nonprofit Management and Leadership. In recent years, his research has involved close collaboration with several high profile community-based not-for-profit organisations, examining, among other things, ways of preparing the organisation for the introduction of consumer directed care funding models; identifying turnover likelihood; and changing the ways that volunteer-reliant organisations involve their volunteer communities in organisational development. The skill discounting and job search of migrants and refugees; matching strategies and practices of potential employees and employers; turnover retention of employees; attraction, recruitment and retention of volunteers.

[2025] Treuren, G. J. M. (2025). Why do aged care employees leave? Two explanations compared. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 39(1), 98-113. [2025] Baak, M., Baddeley, M., Lejukole, J., Munyonge, E., Olliff, L., Saidi, I., & Treuren, G. J. M. (2025). Coloniality of employment selection processes: black Africa-born migrants' experiences of job-seeking in (White) Australia. Journal Of Industrial Relations, online(3), 1-25. [2025] Ferrer, J., Treuren, G. J. M., Holland, P., & Bartram, T. (2025). The Australian human resource management profession: current state and future challenges in the post-COVID world of work. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 63(no. 2, article no. e12431), 1-15. [2024] Caines, V., & Treuren, G. J. M. (2024). The importance of external social suppor