Michelle O’shea
Biographic Data
| ID | 4220620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle O’shea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | O’shea |
| SIGNATURE | O’SHEA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9629-5637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Problematising the invisibility of student parents in Australian higher education
Student parents tend to be overlooked by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and do not receive the support required to enter, engage in, and successfully complete their higher education (HE). Student parents, on average, perform better academically than non-parents, but they fail to complete their studies at a higher rate. Yet the future gains from higher education for the student–parent, their child(ren), and society more broadly, are profound…
Menstrual Pain and the Economic Purse
Globally rising female labour force participation represents one of the most noteworthy economic developments of the last century. Despite this rise, little is known about the individual and broader economic costs tied to women's experiences of problematic menstrual symptoms such as period pain (dysmenorrhea) and heavy menstrual bleeding. This study quantifies the economic burden of menstrual symptoms on Australian working women using a human cap…
Linking social capital
A labour of love
This paper marks space to share the lived experiences of a group of Sydney-based Muslim women, the Swim Sisters, who are challenging exclusion in Australian 'blue spaces' (beaches and public swimming pools). While these spaces are constructed as public assets for all Australians, democratic and egalitarian principles are not always reflected in the experiences of Australians who do not 'fit' White settler sporting and exercise norms. Through unde…
Everyday activism and “actionable” hope as tempered radicals
This paper takes its departure from Rebecca Solnit's idea that there should be “hope in darkness” as we work towards a shared preferred future that resists gendered and racial inequities and oppressions. We put forward “actionable” hope which embodies hope as an everyday action, an activism enacted by “tempered radicals” (Meyerson & Scully, 1995). This thinking about the relationship between hope and activism emerged through our coming together a…
Playing the Game Differently
Despite Australian and New Zealand Universities pledging to address gender inequities, the patriarchal history of universities continues to impact the careers of women in academia. Under-representation of women in senior leadership and a culture of masculinity can lead to a lack of resources for feminist leadership and a devaluing of women’s work. We investigate how women in academic leadership are playing the game differently, making strategic m…
Subjectivities, academic work and mothering practice”
A robust and important body of scholarship is exploring the multiple and layered complexities of mothering and paid work. In this paper, we theoretically and empirically contribute to this work by exploring how, at the level of the self, women with children understand themselves in relation to their paid work and their mothering. We have examined this focus using a post‐structural feminist lens inspired by Foucauldian ideas related to the subject…
Sexually harassed, assaulted, silenced, and now heard
This work explores the processes of sexual violence and its consequences, within an organizational context through a detailed examination of a professional woman's experience. By centralizing Sofia's lived experiences, we demonstrate how acts of institutional betrayal occur when an organization protects a perpetrator and silences and further traumatizes a victim/survivor. Outwardly this organization purports to champion gender equality, but inwar…
The changing carnival
Sports stadiums are notable city architecture, culturally significant and potentially transformative spaces. They are also a place where sports teams remain as significant social and spatial anchors, which become particularly important for cities undergoing urban change. For this study, we seek to build on a growing body of scholarship exploring how spaces inside and surrounding sports stadiums form an integral component of the experience of fans…
Power & consent by Rachel Doyle SC
None. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Sexism in the silences at Australian Universities
Unequal distribution of child rearing and domestic responsibilities between parents contributes to gender inequity, a wicked problem in Australia. Inequitable parental leave policies at Australian public Universities place the burden of care squarely on the mother, diminishing or absenting the father. We examine how the gendered nature of the existing policies are constructed in ways that create inequities and discourage their uptake. A post‐stru…
Managing knowledge in the context of gastronomy and culinary tourism
This study examines the nexus between knowledge management and gastronomy, and associated implications for the development of a region’s culinary destination image. The journey of three model restaurateurs is investigated considering key perspectives of the knowledge-based view of the firm. Face-to-face, unstructured interviews conducted on-site revealed the significance of capacity for aggregation, appropriability, specialisation, and knowledge …
Peru's emerging craft‐brewing industry and its implications for tourism
While the body of research on craft beer production, consumption, and tourism is growing, some regions, such as Latin America, where beer products are also popular, have received much less attention. This study addresses this knowledge gap, exploring craft breweries in Peru, where in recent years gastronomy has gained significant momentum. In doing so, Porter's three generic competitive strategies and the resource‐based view frameworks are consid…
Learning, understanding and valuing Indigenous peoples’ leisure
What makes the study of Indigenous leisure unique, and thus of special interest to academic researchers, policy advisors and practitioners? In recent years, from both theoretical and praxis perspec
Perceived contributory leisure in the context of hobby beekeeping
This comparative study investigates the motivation and perceived contributions underpinning hobby beekeepers, as well as how they perceive appreciation and/or awareness of their contribution among the broader society. An online questionnaire gathered data from 800 hobby beekeepers in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Beekeeping is predominantly practised as a hobby (62.3%), which is distantly followed by helping to protect the envir…
You can rent it for a while, but it is our house
Understanding how stadium landscapes are constructed and used, how their elements relate to the broader local fan community is to understand a good deal about the culture, values and concerns of the people who use it. Yet, despite the unique role sports stadiums have in facilitating a memorable match-day experience, theorising this space remains underdeveloped. This research investigates contemporary stadium design and use from a fan perspective …
Empowerment through digital health trackers
Drawing on a strengths-based empowerment approach and Indigenous traditions of ‘yarning’, this research explores how digital health technologies might contribute to Indigenous Australian women’s increased participation in physical activity in leisure settings. While people have long controlled their bodies, conventionally through diaries and weight scales, digital self-tracking of one’s bodily states and activities continues to expand. No previou…
You only get back what you put in
The following study investigates consumer/fan perceptions concerning the role that professional sport organizations should play within their communities. Using level of fandom and club affiliation as variables, the paper explores the way in which consumer expectations and perceptions of corporate social responsibility are mediated and impacted. A total of 2107 individuals participated in the study. The findings demonstrate the significance of the…
Sexually harassed, assaulted, silenced, and now heard
This work explores the processes of sexual violence and its consequences, within an organizational context through a detailed examination of a professional woman's experience. By centralizing Sofia's lived experiences, we demonstrate how acts of institutional betrayal occur when an organization protects a perpetrator and silences and further traumatizes a victim/survivor. Outwardly this organization purports to champion gender equality, but inwar…
Empowerment through digital health trackers
Drawing on a strengths-based empowerment approach and Indigenous traditions of ‘yarning’, this research explores how digital health technologies might contribute to Indigenous Australian women’s increased participation in physical activity in leisure settings. While people have long controlled their bodies, conventionally through diaries and weight scales, digital self-tracking of one’s bodily states and activities continues to expand. No previou…
Learning, understanding and valuing Indigenous peoples’ leisure
What makes the study of Indigenous leisure unique, and thus of special interest to academic researchers, policy advisors and practitioners? In recent years, from both theoretical and praxis perspec
Playing the Game Differently
Despite Australian and New Zealand Universities pledging to address gender inequities, the patriarchal history of universities continues to impact the careers of women in academia. Under-representation of women in senior leadership and a culture of masculinity can lead to a lack of resources for feminist leadership and a devaluing of women’s work. We investigate how women in academic leadership are playing the game differently, making strategic m…
You only get back what you put in
The following study investigates consumer/fan perceptions concerning the role that professional sport organizations should play within their communities. Using level of fandom and club affiliation as variables, the paper explores the way in which consumer expectations and perceptions of corporate social responsibility are mediated and impacted. A total of 2107 individuals participated in the study. The findings demonstrate the significance of the…
Subjectivities, academic work and mothering practice”
A robust and important body of scholarship is exploring the multiple and layered complexities of mothering and paid work. In this paper, we theoretically and empirically contribute to this work by exploring how, at the level of the self, women with children understand themselves in relation to their paid work and their mothering. We have examined this focus using a post‐structural feminist lens inspired by Foucauldian ideas related to the subject…
Sexism in the silences at Australian Universities
Unequal distribution of child rearing and domestic responsibilities between parents contributes to gender inequity, a wicked problem in Australia. Inequitable parental leave policies at Australian public Universities place the burden of care squarely on the mother, diminishing or absenting the father. We examine how the gendered nature of the existing policies are constructed in ways that create inequities and discourage their uptake. A post‐stru…
You can rent it for a while, but it is our house
Understanding how stadium landscapes are constructed and used, how their elements relate to the broader local fan community is to understand a good deal about the culture, values and concerns of the people who use it. Yet, despite the unique role sports stadiums have in facilitating a memorable match-day experience, theorising this space remains underdeveloped. This research investigates contemporary stadium design and use from a fan perspective …
A labour of love
This paper marks space to share the lived experiences of a group of Sydney-based Muslim women, the Swim Sisters, who are challenging exclusion in Australian 'blue spaces' (beaches and public swimming pools). While these spaces are constructed as public assets for all Australians, democratic and egalitarian principles are not always reflected in the experiences of Australians who do not 'fit' White settler sporting and exercise norms. Through unde…
Power & consent by Rachel Doyle SC
None. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Managing knowledge in the context of gastronomy and culinary tourism
This study examines the nexus between knowledge management and gastronomy, and associated implications for the development of a region’s culinary destination image. The journey of three model restaurateurs is investigated considering key perspectives of the knowledge-based view of the firm. Face-to-face, unstructured interviews conducted on-site revealed the significance of capacity for aggregation, appropriability, specialisation, and knowledge …
You only get back what you put in
The following study investigates consumer/fan perceptions concerning the role that professional sport organizations should play within their communities. Using level of fandom and club affiliation as variables, the paper explores the way in which consumer expectations and perceptions of corporate social responsibility are mediated and impacted. A total of 2107 individuals participated in the study. The findings demonstrate the significance of the…
Empowerment through digital health trackers
Drawing on a strengths-based empowerment approach and Indigenous traditions of ‘yarning’, this research explores how digital health technologies might contribute to Indigenous Australian women’s increased participation in physical activity in leisure settings. While people have long controlled their bodies, conventionally through diaries and weight scales, digital self-tracking of one’s bodily states and activities continues to expand. No previou…
Peru's emerging craft‐brewing industry and its implications for tourism
While the body of research on craft beer production, consumption, and tourism is growing, some regions, such as Latin America, where beer products are also popular, have received much less attention. This study addresses this knowledge gap, exploring craft breweries in Peru, where in recent years gastronomy has gained significant momentum. In doing so, Porter's three generic competitive strategies and the resource‐based view frameworks are consid…
Learning, understanding and valuing Indigenous peoples’ leisure
What makes the study of Indigenous leisure unique, and thus of special interest to academic researchers, policy advisors and practitioners? In recent years, from both theoretical and praxis perspec
Perceived contributory leisure in the context of hobby beekeeping
This comparative study investigates the motivation and perceived contributions underpinning hobby beekeepers, as well as how they perceive appreciation and/or awareness of their contribution among the broader society. An online questionnaire gathered data from 800 hobby beekeepers in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Beekeeping is predominantly practised as a hobby (62.3%), which is distantly followed by helping to protect the envir…
You can rent it for a while, but it is our house
Understanding how stadium landscapes are constructed and used, how their elements relate to the broader local fan community is to understand a good deal about the culture, values and concerns of the people who use it. Yet, despite the unique role sports stadiums have in facilitating a memorable match-day experience, theorising this space remains underdeveloped. This research investigates contemporary stadium design and use from a fan perspective …
The changing carnival
Sports stadiums are notable city architecture, culturally significant and potentially transformative spaces. They are also a place where sports teams remain as significant social and spatial anchors, which become particularly important for cities undergoing urban change. For this study, we seek to build on a growing body of scholarship exploring how spaces inside and surrounding sports stadiums form an integral component of the experience of fans…
Power & consent by Rachel Doyle SC
None. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Sexism in the silences at Australian Universities
Unequal distribution of child rearing and domestic responsibilities between parents contributes to gender inequity, a wicked problem in Australia. Inequitable parental leave policies at Australian public Universities place the burden of care squarely on the mother, diminishing or absenting the father. We examine how the gendered nature of the existing policies are constructed in ways that create inequities and discourage their uptake. A post‐stru…
Managing knowledge in the context of gastronomy and culinary tourism
This study examines the nexus between knowledge management and gastronomy, and associated implications for the development of a region’s culinary destination image. The journey of three model restaurateurs is investigated considering key perspectives of the knowledge-based view of the firm. Face-to-face, unstructured interviews conducted on-site revealed the significance of capacity for aggregation, appropriability, specialisation, and knowledge …
Subjectivities, academic work and mothering practice”
A robust and important body of scholarship is exploring the multiple and layered complexities of mothering and paid work. In this paper, we theoretically and empirically contribute to this work by exploring how, at the level of the self, women with children understand themselves in relation to their paid work and their mothering. We have examined this focus using a post‐structural feminist lens inspired by Foucauldian ideas related to the subject…
Sexually harassed, assaulted, silenced, and now heard
This work explores the processes of sexual violence and its consequences, within an organizational context through a detailed examination of a professional woman's experience. By centralizing Sofia's lived experiences, we demonstrate how acts of institutional betrayal occur when an organization protects a perpetrator and silences and further traumatizes a victim/survivor. Outwardly this organization purports to champion gender equality, but inwar…
Everyday activism and “actionable” hope as tempered radicals
This paper takes its departure from Rebecca Solnit's idea that there should be “hope in darkness” as we work towards a shared preferred future that resists gendered and racial inequities and oppressions. We put forward “actionable” hope which embodies hope as an everyday action, an activism enacted by “tempered radicals” (Meyerson & Scully, 1995). This thinking about the relationship between hope and activism emerged through our coming together a…
Playing the Game Differently
Despite Australian and New Zealand Universities pledging to address gender inequities, the patriarchal history of universities continues to impact the careers of women in academia. Under-representation of women in senior leadership and a culture of masculinity can lead to a lack of resources for feminist leadership and a devaluing of women’s work. We investigate how women in academic leadership are playing the game differently, making strategic m…
Linking social capital
A labour of love
This paper marks space to share the lived experiences of a group of Sydney-based Muslim women, the Swim Sisters, who are challenging exclusion in Australian 'blue spaces' (beaches and public swimming pools). While these spaces are constructed as public assets for all Australians, democratic and egalitarian principles are not always reflected in the experiences of Australians who do not 'fit' White settler sporting and exercise norms. Through unde…
Problematising the invisibility of student parents in Australian higher education
Student parents tend to be overlooked by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and do not receive the support required to enter, engage in, and successfully complete their higher education (HE). Student parents, on average, perform better academically than non-parents, but they fail to complete their studies at a higher rate. Yet the future gains from higher education for the student–parent, their child(ren), and society more broadly, are profound…
Menstrual Pain and the Economic Purse
Globally rising female labour force participation represents one of the most noteworthy economic developments of the last century. Despite this rise, little is known about the individual and broader economic costs tied to women's experiences of problematic menstrual symptoms such as period pain (dysmenorrhea) and heavy menstrual bleeding. This study quantifies the economic burden of menstrual symptoms on Australian working women using a human cap…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works)