Sharon Broughton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Broughton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Broughton |
| SIGNATURE | BROUGHTON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are Employers Undermining the Canadian Immigration System? Exploring the Gap Between Skilled Immigration Policy Objectives and Employer Practices
This study sought to understand the relationship between skilled immigration policy objectives and employer hiring practices using an online survey of 706 private sector hiring managers across Canada. The findings show that recruitment and selection decisions are complex; decisions to hire skilled newcomers (or not) are more related to organizational norms, cultural distinctions and hiring manager competence, confidence, demographics and risk per…
Romantic expectations and harsh realities
This paper examines the educational ambitions of adults from a disadvantaged area in Australia who returned to study at a further education institution as a means to access higher education. The study examines the significance and influence of romance, gender and social class on their formal learning, and the delaying influence of these factors in realising lifelong learning aspirations. It draws on written testimonies of students’ early expectat…
Gendered Contributions to Parliamentary Debates
This paper seeks to extend our understanding of the contribution women parliamentarians make to the Commonwealth parliament. The euthanasia debate, precipitated by the 1996 Andrews Bill, provided a rare opportunity to compare male and female parliamentarians' contributions without the constraint of formal party discipline. This unusual set of circumstances allowed us to focus on whether women make a distinctive contribution to parliamentary debat…
Gendered Contributions to Parliamentary Debates
This paper seeks to extend our understanding of the contribution women parliamentarians make to the Commonwealth parliament. The euthanasia debate, precipitated by the 1996 Andrews Bill, provided a rare opportunity to compare male and female parliamentarians' contributions without the constraint of formal party discipline. This unusual set of circumstances allowed us to focus on whether women make a distinctive contribution to parliamentary debat…
Romantic expectations and harsh realities
This paper examines the educational ambitions of adults from a disadvantaged area in Australia who returned to study at a further education institution as a means to access higher education. The study examines the significance and influence of romance, gender and social class on their formal learning, and the delaying influence of these factors in realising lifelong learning aspirations. It draws on written testimonies of students’ early expectat…
Gendered Contributions to Parliamentary Debates
This paper seeks to extend our understanding of the contribution women parliamentarians make to the Commonwealth parliament. The euthanasia debate, precipitated by the 1996 Andrews Bill, provided a rare opportunity to compare male and female parliamentarians' contributions without the constraint of formal party discipline. This unusual set of circumstances allowed us to focus on whether women make a distinctive contribution to parliamentary debat…
Romantic expectations and harsh realities
This paper examines the educational ambitions of adults from a disadvantaged area in Australia who returned to study at a further education institution as a means to access higher education. The study examines the significance and influence of romance, gender and social class on their formal learning, and the delaying influence of these factors in realising lifelong learning aspirations. It draws on written testimonies of students’ early expectat…
Are Employers Undermining the Canadian Immigration System? Exploring the Gap Between Skilled Immigration Policy Objectives and Employer Practices
This study sought to understand the relationship between skilled immigration policy objectives and employer hiring practices using an online survey of 706 private sector hiring managers across Canada. The findings show that recruitment and selection decisions are complex; decisions to hire skilled newcomers (or not) are more related to organizational norms, cultural distinctions and hiring manager competence, confidence, demographics and risk per…
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Demographics (1 work) · Disadvantage (1 work) · Disadvantaged (1 work) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 work) · Education Systems and Policy (1 work) · Gender Politics and Representation (1 work)