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DoctorAlbert Amankwaa

Lecturer in Management

TSBE

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  • Lecturer in Management
    TSBE
  • +61 3 6324 3026 (Work)
  • University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, 83 Melville Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

BIO

Dr. Albert Amankwaa is Lecturer in Management at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA, UK), and an Adjunct Research Fellow at School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University. He has more than 10 years teaching experience having taught Management and HR units at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels across other reputable Australian universities, including The University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Edith Cowan University. His leadership in research, teaching, and community engagement aligns with UTAS’ 2025 strategic refresh and contributes to its priority transitions in productivity, education, and health.

Dr Amankwaa’s research centres on decent work and employee experience, advancing understanding of how organisations create equitable, productive, and meaningful employment systems. His work spans leadership and followership, workplace mistreatment, retention and turnover, and innovation, including scholarship of teaching and learning. His research demonstrates that work quality is foundational to organisational performance and employee wellbeing, highlighting the role of leadership, psychological processes, and organisational embeddedness in shaping outcomes such as engagement, retention, and innovative behaviour. It also engages contemporary challenges including labour market inequities and emerging technological change, showing how inclusive work practices support sustained productivity and workforce participation while safeguarding employee wellbeing.
 
Dr Amankwaa has publihsed in leading international journals, reflecting the quality and reach of his scholarship. The journals he has published in include:
  • Journal of Business Ethics
  • International Journal of Human Resource Management
  • International Journal of Manpower
  • Personnel Review
  • Journal of Industrial Relations
  • Industrial Relations Journal
  • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Journal of Technology Transfer
  • Management Decision
  • Leadership & Organization Development Journal
  • Journal of Management Education 

 

Dr Amankwaa's research also engages with policy and practice, addressing workforce participation, inclusion, and organisational conditions affecting employees, particularly in underrepresented contexts. In 2023, this work led to securing a AUD $148,379 Volunteering Australia commissioned project, through a multi-institutional collaboration with researchers from the University of Canberra and the University of Technology Sydney, to investigate barriers to volunteering among underrepresented groups, including First Nations peoples, people with disability, and newly arrived migrants. Within this project, he led the newly arrived migrants stream, overseeing research design, stakeholder engagement, and the delivery of applied outcomes. The project generated actionable, policy-relevant insights that informed inclusive volunteering strategies, organisational practice, and sector-wide frameworks. Findings were disseminated through sector reports, briefings, and practitioner-focused channels, including Volunteering Victoria, Community Work Australia, and the University of Canberra. This work directly advances UTAS’ productivity transition through improved workforce participation and inclusive economic engagement, the health transition by strengthening social connection and wellbeing, and the education transition through evidence-based practice and capacity building among community and sector stakeholders. 

Dr Amankwaa’s teaching is grounded in student-centred and inclusive learning, where students actively engage in the co-creation of knowledge. His approach emphasises critical thinking, collaboration, and application of theory to practical contexts, preparing students for contemporary organisational environments. He has led and redesigned units across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including large, multi-campus and multi-modal offerings. His curriculum design aligns learning outcomes, assessment, and teaching activities to support active participation and capability development, with a focus on communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. These capabilities are central to developing graduates who can contribute effectively to productive, adaptive, and inclusive workplaces. He incorporates authentic, practice-based learning and industry-relevant assessment, ensuring that students apply knowledge to organisational challenges. His teaching supports diverse cohorts through flexible delivery across on-campus, online, and offshore contexts, contributing to inclusive access and student success. His work is informed by engagement with the scholarship of teaching and learning, including research on student engagement and higher education practice. This strengthens the integration between his research and teaching, ensuring curriculum design is evidence-based, supports student wellbeing, and responds to changing workforce and educational needs.

Career Highlights:

Before moving to Australia to pursue his PhD, Albert was an Assistant Lecturer at Presbyterian University College, Ghana, an instructor at College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and a Management Consultant at Zoe Lexfields, a Corporate Law firm in Ghana. Following the completion of his PhD and before joining University of Tasmania, Albert was a Lecturer at Curtin University, Western Australia, having previously taught Management and Human Resource units at The University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University. 

Abert is currently the Major Coordinator for the Managing People and Organisations Program at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics at the University of Tasmania. He leveraged his experiences from the different university workplaces to engage key stakeholders to facilitate smooth transition and consolidation of the HR and Management Majors into Managing People and Organisations (MPO) Major. Albert's leadership in this role has continuously ensured that the HR units in teach out are finalised and arrangements are made to address challenges of key stakeholders, particularly affected students.

Dr Amankwaa is an active member of the School Learning and Teaching Committee (SLTC), where he contributes evidence-based insights that support informed school-level decision-making and continuous improvement in curriculum review, assessment design, teaching innovation, quality assurance, and unit approvals. Drawing on cross-institutional experience, he contributes to a culture of teaching excellence and continuous improvement, influencing practice beyond individual teaching and supporting School governance.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Major Coordinator, Managing People Organisations
    University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, Hobart, Australia1 Mar 2023 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD, Management and Commerce
    Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia22 Feb 2016 - 9 Oct 2019
  • MPhil, Human Resource Management
    University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana1 Aug 2012 - 31 Jul 2014
  • BSc., Management
    University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana1 Aug 2007 - 31 May 2011

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • Tasmanian School of Business and Economics

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FIELD OF RESEARCH