Dr Alicia Gilchrist

Alicia Gilchrist

RSM

Research School of Management

Position
Lecturer
Email
alicia.gilchrist@anu.edu.au
Phone number
+61 2 6125 9831
Office
Room 1052, Coland Bld (24)
Research areas

The Project Front-End; Cognitive Bias; Strategic Misrepresentation; Defence Projects; Social Alignment; Stakeholder Relationships

Research publications

Book Chapters

Zwikael, O., & Gilchrist, A. (2022). The logic of the project front-end. In T. Williams, K. Samset, & G. Volden (Eds.), The Front-end of Large Public Projects (pp. 43-68). New York: Routledge.

Publications

Zwikael, O., & Gilchrist, A. (2024). A structured process for the fuzzy front-end of complex projects. Production Planning & Control. (Forthcoming).

Zwikael, O., & Gilchrist, A. (2023). Planning to fail: When is project planning counter productive? IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(1), 220-231.

Burton-Jones, A., Gilchrist, A., Green, P., & Draheim, M. (2020). Improving social alignment during digital transformation. Communications of the ACM63(9), 65-71.

Gilchrist, A., Burton-Jones, P., & Green, P. (2018). The process of social alignment and misalignment within a complex IT project. International Journal of Project Management, 36, 845-860.

Newton, C. J., & Mazur, A. K. (2016). Value congruence and job-related attitudes in a nonprofit organization: a competing values approach. The International Journal of Human Resource Management27(10), 1013-1033.

Mazur, A., & Pisarski, A. (2015). Major project managers’ internal and external stakeholder relationships: The development and validation of measurement scales. International Journal of Project Management, 33, 1680-1691.

Gallagher, E., Mazur, A., & Ashkanasy, A. (2015).  Rallying the troops or beating the horses? How project-related demands can lead to either high performance or abusive supervision. Project Management Journal, 46, 10-24.

Mazur, A., Pisarski, A., Chang, A., & Ashkanasy, N. (2014). Rating defense major-project success: The role of personal attributes and stakeholder relationships. International Journal of Project Management, 32, 944-957.

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Research grants and awards

Grants

Mazur, A. Women’s Academic Fund – Maternity Funding. $14,000 (November, 9, 2015).

Tywoniak, S., Bredillet, C., Hatcher, C., Mazur, A, “Development of discipline threshold learning outcomes for complex project management education.” QUT Learning and Teaching Grant Scheme, Australia, Domestic, $71,000 (March 1, 2014 – September 9, 2015). 
 

Research Awards

Best paper award - Newton, C. J. & Gilchrist, A. (2016). Improving management accountants’ perception of their occupation’s prestige: The role of professional identification and transformational leadership. In 30th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: Under New Management: Innovating for Sustainable and Just Futures (ANZAM 2016), 6-9 December 2016, Brisbane, Qld.
 

Education Awards

Best performance in an undergraduate unit by a new tutor, Queensland University of Technology

Teaching

Lecturing

MGB441 Leadership and Executive Coaching (Queensland University of Technology)

MGB320 Recruitment and Selection (Queensland University of Technology)