AUT - Irene Ryan

Irene Ryan

Senior Lecturer in Management

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext: 7852

Email: iryan@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

• PhD – University of Auckland (Management & Employment Relations)
• Master of Philosophy (Management & Employment Relations)
• Bachelor of Arts (History)

Biography:

Dr Irene Ryan joined AUT University in 2004 as a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Sport and Recreation before moving to the Business School in 2009. Prior to joining AUT, Irene held academic positions at the University of Auckland in the Department of Management and Employment Relations. Irene did not enter formal academic studies until her early thirties when she trained as a secondary school teacher. She has experienced a range of job / career transitions. Her research interests are therefore reflective of her life experiences illustrated by the interdisciplinary nature of her doctoral research where she examined the ways gender and age intersect for women within the contexts of paid employment and masters sport.

Irene is a member of the Gender and Diversity Research Group at AUT and in a voluntary capacity is the current Chair of two sport governance boards. Her passion is sport both as a participant and avid spectator of a variety of sports. 

Irene teaches courses in Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Management. She has supervised post-graduate students in topics such as Maori leadership in Sport, barriers for women pursuing managerial careers in hospitality, ethnicity and knowledge transfer in rugby and perceptions of customer service in hotels.

Research areas:

• Gender & Gendered Organisations
• Gender and Sport
• Leadership
• Intersectionality of Age and Gender 
• Diversity
• Careers in sport

Current Research Projects:

• The gendered nature of sport leadership in New Zealand
• Men and masculinities
• Masters sport and the promotion of longevity in competitive sports careers

Publications:

1. Mooney, S., & Ryan, I. (2009). A woman’s place in hotel management: Upstairs or Downstairs? Gender in Management: An International Journal, Issue 3. (forthcoming).
2. Ryan, I.D. (2008). No Future – You Are Just Too Old! Moving Beyond Stereotypes. In Outstanding research about women and sport in New Zealand.  C. Obel, T. Bruce & S. Thompson, (Eds.). Hamilton: WMIER, University of Waikato. 
3. Ryan, I.D. (2006). Opportunity or Choice within Constraints? Third Sector Review, Vol.12, No. 2, 63-80.
4. Ryan, I.D. (2006). Voices from the Margins: Older Sportswomen Speak Out. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, Fall, Vol. 15, Issue 2, 3-14.
5. Ryan, I.D. (2005). ‘Their Stories, Our Stories, My Stories. The Intersectionality of Age and Gender through the Voices of Mid-Life Sportswomen. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis. University of Auckland.