Rate My Professor Justin Field

Justin Field serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the UNE Business School at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale, Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Rhodes University, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Pretoria, a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from Macarthur Community College, a Level 2 Coaching Certification from the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership, a Master of Organisational Development and Strategic Human Resource Management (MODSHRM), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Organisational Behaviour and Strategic Human Resource Management from UNE, conferred in October 2017. His PhD thesis, titled “Crafting careers in a technology-enabled flexible work environment,” explored how knowledge workers in the Australian IT sector shape work-home boundaries and careers using technology-enabled flexible practices, revealing preferences for integration over segmentation, influences of organisational culture, and differential career outcomes across flexible work modes.

Field brings over two decades of experience at Oracle Corporation, including roles as an implementation consultant for HR, payroll, and talent management systems across Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the United States; positions in research and development at Oracle headquarters in San Francisco; and currently as Principal Organisation and Talent Development Consultant in Oracle’s HR community, focusing on performance appraisal, talent management processes, and HR analytics. At UNE Business School, he has coordinated units including MM439 Strategic Human Resource Management and MM540 Navigating Organisational Complexity. His research interests encompass change management, boundaryless work-life interfaces, and career crafting for flexible knowledge workers. Key publications include his 2017 PhD thesis, the 2018 article “Contemporary Knowledge Workers and the Boundaryless Work–Life Interface: Implications for the Human Resource Management of the Knowledge Workforce” in Frontiers in Psychology, and “Performance management system using unsolicited feedback” (2015). He has presented at the ANZAM conference on bounded careers and boundaryless work-life interfaces.