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Biography
Professor Kathleen Riach's expertise is in the area of ageing at work and the experience of growing up and olds in and around the labour market. Her research leads to exploring aspects of everyday working life that are rarely articulated or discussed formally within businesses - such as sexuality, the body and emotions - but nonetheless have a significant impact of how people feel, think and behave in terms of their professional identities.
Her recent work has focused on how ageing is central to the way careers are improvisory, woven or patched up, rather than rational, linear, planned events. This includes working with reknowned Melbourne based artist Ross Coulter on a portrait-led research project explorineg the economic lives of women over 40 in rural and regional Victoria, and a longitudinal study of ageing in the financial services (2010-2020).
Selected Forthcoming Articles
Jack, G., Riach, K. and Bariola, E. (2019) Temporality and gendered agency: Menopausal subjectivities in women's work. Human Relations
Hales, S., Riach, K. and Tyler, M. (forthcoming) Close encounters: Intimate service interactions in lap dancing work as a nexus of ‘self-others-things. Organization Studies.
Keywords
- Age and Employment Studies
- Identity at Work
- Discrimination
- Organizaitonal Equality and Diversity
- Ageing
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Research Output 2006 2019
Temporality and gendered agency: menopausal subjectivities in women’s work
Jack, G., Riach, K. & Bariola, E., Jan 2019, In : Human Relations. 72, 1, p. 122-143 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
From manstream measuring to multispecies sustainability? A gendered reading of bee-ing sustainable
Davies, O. & Riach, K., 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Gender, Work and Organization. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Halloween, organization, and the ethics of uncanny celebration
Kelly, S. & Riach, K., 25 Jun 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Business Ethics. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Nosenography: how smell constitutes meaning, identity and temporal experience in spatial assemblages
Canniford, R., Riach, K. & Hill, T., 1 Jun 2018, In : Marketing Theory. 18, 2, p. 234-248 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Olfactory control, aroma power and organizational smellscapes
Warren, S. & Riach, K., 28 Feb 2018, Designing with Smell: Practices, Techniques and Challenges. Henshaw, V., McLean, K., Medway, D., Perkins, C. & Warnaby, G. (eds.). New York NY USA: Routledge, p. 148-155 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Press / Media
Halloween: turning to the supernatural to work through our anxieties
Kathleen Riach & Simon Kelly
31/10/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
Women and Retirement Poverty - The Stories behind the Stats
3/10/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Snakes and Ladders: Why Women's Superannuation is Complex
2/10/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment