# Mary Mallon (academic)

Mary Mallon (1957 – 19 March 2006) was a British–New Zealand management academic, and was a full professor at Massey University, specialising in human resources, and different types of employment and career path.

## Academic career

Mallon completed a PhD titled From managerial career to portfolio career: making sense of the transition at Sheffield Hallam University in 1988. Her research was supervised by Cathy Cassell, Joanne Duberley and Phil Johnson. Mallon moved to New Zealand with her husband economics academic John Howells in 1998, and joined the faculty of the Business School at University of Otago as a senior lecturer. She joined the faculty of Massey University in 2002, being appointed as full professor. She also served as Acting Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Academic). Notable doctoral students of Mallon include Fiona Edgar, professor of management at the University of Otago.
Mallon's research focused on different types of employment, such as contract and permanent employment, and 'portfolio careers' and 'odyssey careers'. She was commissioned to research on perceptions of teachers and teaching careers by the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council. Mallon was involved with a number of societies, including the European Group for Organization Studies, the Academy of Management, and the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
Mallon died on 19 March 2006 after an illness. Massey offers a memorial scholarship in her memory, for postgraduate research in human resources.

## Selected works

* Mary Mallon; Joanne Duberley (January 2000). "Managers and professionals in the contingent workforce". Human Resource Management Journal. 10 (1): 33–47. doi:10.1111/J.1748-8583.2000.TB00012.X. ISSN 0954-5395. Wikidata Q125659003.
* Bruce Small; Mary Mallon (1 January 2007). "Science, Society, Ethics, and Trust: Scientists' Reflections on the Commercialization and Democratization of Science". International Studies of Management and Organization. 37 (1): 103–124. doi:10.2753/IMO0020-8825370105. ISSN 0020-8825. Wikidata Q125659004.
* Joanne Duberley; Laurie Cohen; Mary Mallon (6 June 2006). "Constructing Scientific Careers: Change, Continuity and Context". Organization Studies. 27 (8): 1131–1151. doi:10.1177/0170840606064105. ISSN 0170-8406. Wikidata Q57781589.
* Jane Bryson; Karl Pajo; Robyn Ward; Mary Mallon (1 July 2006). "Learning at work: organisational affordances and individual engagement". Journal of Workplace Learning. 18 (5): 279–297. doi:10.1108/13665620610674962. ISSN 1366-5626. Wikidata Q125659038.
* Joanne Duberley; Mary Mallon; Laurie Cohen (May 2006). "Exploring career transitions: accounting for structure and agency". Personnel Review. 35 (3): 281–296. doi:10.1108/00483480610656694. ISSN 0048-3486. Wikidata Q57781595.
* Mary Mallon; Joanne Duberley; Laurie Cohen (September 2005). "Careers in public sector science: orientations and implications". R and D Management. 35 (4): 395–407. doi:10.1111/J.1467-9310.2005.00397.X. ISSN 0033-6807. Wikidata Q57781604.
* Julia Richardson; Mary Mallon (November 2005). "Career interrupted? The case of the self-directed expatriate". Journal of World Business. 40 (4): 409–420. doi:10.1016/J.JWB.2005.08.008. ISSN 1090-9516. Wikidata Q125659039.
* Mary Mallon; Sara Walton (1 August 2005). "Career and learning: the ins and the outs of it". Personnel Review. 34 (4): 468–487. doi:10.1108/00483480510599789. ISSN 0048-3486. Wikidata Q125659040.
* Mary Mallon; Joanne Duberley (January 2000). "Managers and professionals in the contingent workforce". Human Resource Management Journal. 10 (1): 33–47. doi:10.1111/J.1748-8583.2000.TB00012.X. ISSN 0954-5395. Wikidata Q125659003.