Professor Dimitria G. Groutsis
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Professor Dimitria G. Groutsis

BEc Soc Sci (Hons) Usyd; Phd UNSW
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Professor Dimitria G. Groutsis

Dimitria G. Groutsis is the University of Sydney’s Academic Director of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Program and Professor Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Sydney Business School.

Dimitria is a leading scholar in the field of migration, labour mobility and cultural diversity in the business context. Her work has appeared in leading national and international peer review journals, book chapters and she has co-edited and co-authored several books. Her research creates a bridge between the academy and business practice, engaging with industry partners across many sectors. Her consulting role sees her working with the Diversity Council Australia, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Media Diversity Australia, large corporate sector partners and key stakeholders in the government and non-government sectors. Dr Groutsis has received a number of competitive external research grants, with total funding in excess of 2.5 million dollars including an ARC Linkage grant and many industry grants. Dimitria has been the recipient of the University of Sydney Research Accelerator fellowship (SOAR) (2019 - 2020), the Thompson Fellowship (2021), and the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Diversity and Inclusion (2022).

She is on the research advisory board of the Diversity Council of Australia (DCA) and has also worked closely with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on preserving a large migration archive. She is currently on the Expert Panel of the RISE project a four year project funded by the Office of Women to explore systemic barriers that restrict culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) women’s upward mobility into leadership roles in Australian organisations. The project consortium includes the Diversity Council Australia (DCA), Settlement Services International (SSI), and Chief Executive Women’s (CEW). In addition to serving on various journals as Associate Editor she has also served as the co-Chair of the Gender, Diversity and Indigeneity stream for the Australia and NZ Academy of Management (2014-2018).

Dimitria is the Convenor of the Migration, Ethno-Racial, Cultural and Intersectionality@Work Research Group at the University of Sydney Business School (MERCI@WRG). Established in 2011, the Research Group provides an important platform for researchers, industry partners and policy makers to present, discuss and debate research on migration, diversity and inclusion practices and policies in the business context. Dimitria has a broad teaching portfolio encompassing undergraduate, postgraduate, WIL and MBA courses. She also supervises Honours, Masters, and PhD students.

Dimitria’s research interests incorporate 3 intersecting areas in the sphere of international mobility in the business context, including: (i)high skilled and low skilled labour mobility, governance and the experience of internationally mobile workers; (ii) ethno-racial and cultural diversity with a particular focus on culturally diverse leaders; (iii) intersectionality and (iv) forced and voluntary migrants and employment, education and settlement experiences, strategies and outcomes.

Dr Groutsis has a sustained program of engaged research focusing on internationally mobile workers, the experience of culturally diverse workers and the diversity and inclusion, laws, policies, strategies and initiatives implemented to benefit all workers.

Her expertise includes:

  • The experience of high skilled and low-skilled migrant workers
  • Governance of internationally mobile workers
  • The experience of culturally diverse leaders
  • Diversity and Inclusion laws, policies, strategies and initiatives
  • Forced and voluntary migrant employment, education and settlement experiences, strategies and outcomes
  • WORK2215 IR and HRM Practice
  • WORK 2217 International Human Resource Management
  • WORK 2225 Work and Social Change
  • BUSS2342 Future of Business (US Study Tour)
  • WORK 3023 Gender and Diversity at Work
  • WORK 3921 Theories of Work and Organisations
  • WORK 5002 People, Work and Employment
  • WORK 6031 Recruitment and Selection
  • WORK6115 Managing Diversity and Inclusion at Work
  • WORK 6034 Human Resource Development
  • WORK6034 Talent Management

Selected publications

Publications

Books

  • Van Den Broek, D., Groutsis, D. (2020). Women, Work and Migration: Nursing in Australia. New York: Routledge. [More Information]

Edited Books

  • Georgiadou, A., Ng, E., Groutsis, D. (2023). Global Inclusion and Diversity in the Virtual Organization. United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D., Harvey, W. (2014). International Human Resources Management. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters

  • Groutsis, D., Kanji, S., Vassilopoulou, J. (2024). How Precarity Is Threaded into Migration Rules: The Cases of the UK, Germany, and Australia. In E. Meliou, J. Vassilopoulou, M.F. Ozbilgin (Eds.), Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring the Missing Link, (pp. 213-239). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Kyriakidou, O., Vassilopoulou, J., Groutsis, D. (2023). Flexible working arrangements, ostracism and inequality: The role of LMX and servant leadership. In B. Kucukaltan (Eds.), Contemporary Approaches in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Strategic and Technological Perspectives. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Groutsis, D. (2022). From Temporary Migrant to Labour Citizen. In Anna Triandafyllidou (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies, (pp. 136-145). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]

Journals

  • Groutsis, D., Collins, J., Reid, C. (2024). "I’m Not a Refugee Girl, Call Me Bella": Professional Refugee Women, Agency, Recognition, and Emancipation. Business & Society, 63(1), 213-241. [More Information]
  • Vassilopoulou, J., Kyriakidou, O., Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D. (2024). Scientism as illusio in HR algorithms: Towards a framework for algorithmic hygiene for bias proofing. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(2), 311-325. [More Information]
  • Meliou, E., Lopes, A., Vincent, S., Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D., Mahalingam, R., Rouleau, L. (2024). Social Diversity and Precarious Organizations: An Intersectional Feminist Perspective. Organization Studies, 45(7), 923-937. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Groutsis, D., Vassilopoulou, J., Ozbilgin, M., Erbil, C. (2019). The rise of the refugee integration industry. 12th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference (EDI 2019), Rotterdam, Holland: EDI International Conference.
  • Groutsis, D. (2018). Evaluating Cultural Diversity Indices for Women Senior Leaders: The Case of Australia. 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM 2018), Chicago, USA: Academy of Management.
  • Groutsis, D., O'Leary, J., D'Almada-Remedios, R. (2018). Managing Intersectionality for Sustainable Work: Cracking the Glass Cultural Ceiling. 32nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). [More Information]

Report

  • Groutsis, D., Martin, L., Lattouf, A., Soutphommasane, T., Lumby, C., Young, N., Crawford, J., Robertson, A. (2022). Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories 2.0. [More Information]
  • D'Almada-Remedios, R., Groutsis, D., Kaabel, A., O'Leary, J. (2021). Counting Culture: Towards a Standardised Approach to Measuring and Reporting on Workforce Cultural Diversity in Australia. [More Information]
  • Collins, J., Reid, C., Groutsis, D., Watson, K., Kaabel, A., Hughes, S. (2020). Settlement experiences of recently arrived refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan in New South Wales in 2018: Full Report. [More Information]

Research Reports

  • O'Leary, J., Groutsis, D., D'Almada-Remedios, R. (2017). Cracking the Glass-Cultural Ceiling: (Synopsis Report) Future Proofing Your Business in the 21st Century, Synopsis Report, (pp. 6 - 23). Sydney, Australia: Diversity Council Australia.

2024

  • Groutsis, D., Collins, J., Reid, C. (2024). "I’m Not a Refugee Girl, Call Me Bella": Professional Refugee Women, Agency, Recognition, and Emancipation. Business & Society, 63(1), 213-241. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D., Kanji, S., Vassilopoulou, J. (2024). How Precarity Is Threaded into Migration Rules: The Cases of the UK, Germany, and Australia. In E. Meliou, J. Vassilopoulou, M.F. Ozbilgin (Eds.), Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval: Exploring the Missing Link, (pp. 213-239). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Vassilopoulou, J., Kyriakidou, O., Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D. (2024). Scientism as illusio in HR algorithms: Towards a framework for algorithmic hygiene for bias proofing. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(2), 311-325. [More Information]

2023

  • Kyriakidou, O., Vassilopoulou, J., Groutsis, D. (2023). Flexible working arrangements, ostracism and inequality: The role of LMX and servant leadership. In B. Kucukaltan (Eds.), Contemporary Approaches in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Strategic and Technological Perspectives. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Groutsis, D., Vassilopoulou, J., Ozbilgin, M., Fujimoto, Y., Mor Barak, M. (2023). FROM THE EDITORS - Migration Management: Introduction and Overview. Academy of Management Discoveries, 9(2), 117-124. [More Information]
  • Georgiadou, A., Ng, E., Groutsis, D. (2023). Global Inclusion and Diversity in the Virtual Organization. United Kingdom: Routledge.

2022

  • Bogais, J., Garbuio, M., Groutsis, D., Peter, S., Riemer, K., Seno-Alday, S., Shields, J., Sutton-Brady, C., Voola, R. (2022). Conquering 'the tyranny of distance': Australian-European economic and geopolitical relationships past, present and future. European Management Journal, 40(3), 310-319. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D. (2022). From Temporary Migrant to Labour Citizen. In Anna Triandafyllidou (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies, (pp. 136-145). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Vassilopoulou, J., Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D., Keles, J. (2022). Populism as New Wine in Old Bottles in the Context of Germany: 'Symbolic Violence' as Collective Habitus That Devalues the Human Capital of Turks. Societies, 12(2), 45. [More Information]

2021

  • D'Almada-Remedios, R., Groutsis, D., Kaabel, A., O'Leary, J. (2021). Counting Culture: Towards a Standardised Approach to Measuring and Reporting on Workforce Cultural Diversity in Australia. [More Information]
  • Georgiadou, A., Metcalfe, B., Dickerson von Lockette, N., Groutsis, D., Ozkazanc-Pan, B. (2021). Gender, bodies and identities in organization: Postcolonial critiques. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(5), 1719-1725. [More Information]
  • Martin, L., Groutsis, D. (2021). Indicators of Citizenship Rights for Immigrants (ICRI) by WZB Berlin. In E.S. Ng, C.L. Stamper, A. Klarsfeld, Y.J. Han (Eds.), Handbook on Diversity and Inclusion Indices: A Research Compendium, (pp. 270-285). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]

2020

  • Van Den Broek, D., Groutsis, D. (2020). Migration, skill and career: Organisationally bounded and individually bonded. In R.D. Lansbury, A. Johnson & D. van den Broek (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions, (pp. 57-72). London: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Underhill, E., Groutsis, D., Van Den Broek, D., Rimmer, M. (2020). Organising across borders: Mobilising temporary migrant labour in Australian food production. Journal of Industrial Relations, 62(2), 278-303. [More Information]
  • Collins, J., Reid, C., Groutsis, D., Watson, K., Kaabel, A., Hughes, S. (2020). Settlement experiences of recently arrived refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan in New South Wales in 2018: Full Report. [More Information]

2019

  • Groutsis, D., O'Leary, J. (2019). Counting Culture: Six Principles for Measuring the Cultural Diversity of Your Workplace.
  • Van Den Broek, D., Groutsis, D. (2019). Migration, skill and career: Organisationally bounded and individually bonded. In R.D. Lansbury, A. Johnson & D. van den Broek (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions, (pp. 57-72). London: Routledge.
  • Collins, J., Reid, C., Groutsis, D. (2019). Refugee Settlement Queensland.

2018

  • Van Den Broek, D., Groutsis, D. (2018). Benchmarking diversity and inclusion practices in Australia. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D., Cooper, R., Whitwell, G. (2018). Beyond the Pale: Cultural Diversity on ASX100 Boards. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D., O'Leary, J., Russell, G. (2018). Capitalizing on the cultural and linguistic diversity of mobile talent: lessons from an Australian study. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(15), 2231-2252. [More Information]

2017

  • O'Leary, J., Groutsis, D., D'Almada-Remedios, R. (2017). Cracking the Glass-Cultural Ceiling: (Synopsis Report) Future Proofing Your Business in the 21st Century, Synopsis Report, (pp. 6 - 23). Sydney, Australia: Diversity Council Australia.
  • O'Leary, J., Groutsis, D., D'Almada-Remedios, R. (2017). Cracking the Glass-Cultural Ceiling: Future Proofing Your Business in the 21st Century.
  • Groutsis, D., Underhill, E., Van Den Broek, D., Rimmer, M. (2017). Creative Disruption through Digital Connection: Temporary Migrants Organising in Australian Food Production. 31st Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).

2016

  • Van Den Broek, D., Harvey, W., Groutsis, D. (2016). Commercial migration intermediaries and the segmentation of skilled migrant employment. Work, Employment and Society, 30(3), 523-534. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D., Venturas, L. (2016). Guest worker Schemes Yesterday and Today: Advantages and liabilities. In Anna Triandafyllidou (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies, (pp. 110-117). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D., Bertone, S., Van Den Broek, D. (2016). The Neglect of Cultural Diversity: A Comparative Study. 9th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus: EDI International Conference.

2015

  • Rajani, N., Ng, E., Groutsis, D. (2015). 'Should I stay or Should I go?' An Autoethnographic Account of an International Student's Decision to Transition to a Self-Initiated Expatriate. Academy of International Business (AIB) 2015 Annual Meeting, Bengaluru, India: Academy of International Business.
  • Wright, C., Groutsis, D., Van Den Broek, D. (2015). Are employer-sponsored visa schemes inherently 'unfair'? A comparative assessment of the effectiveness of migrant worker protections. 4th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network, Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization.
  • Groutsis, D., Van Den Broek, D., Constantin, V., O'Leary, J. (2015). Benchmarking Diversity and Inclusion Practices in Australia: Key Findings.

2014

  • Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D., Harvey, W. (2014). Conclusion. In MF Ozbilgin, D Groutsis & WS Harvey (Eds.), International Human Resources Management, (pp. 236-243). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
  • Groutsis, D., Ng, E., Ozturk, M. (2014). Cross-cultural and Diversity Management Intersections: Lessons for Attracting and Retaining International Assignees. In MF Ozbilgin, D Groutsis & WS Harvey (Eds.), International Human Resources Management, (pp. 23-46). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Ozbilgin, M., Groutsis, D., Harvey, W. (2014). International Human Resources Management. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

2013

  • Van Den Broek, D., Groutsis, D., Wright, C. (2013). Employer-sponsored migration: Mechanism of labour market efficiency or worker vulnerability? ADAPT/UCLA-IRLE: How Global Migration Changes the Workforce Diversity Equation.
  • Taksa, L., Groutsis, D. (2013). Managing Cultural Diversity: Problems and Prospects for Ethnicity and Gender at Work. In A J Mills and G Durepos (Eds.), Case Study Methods in Business Research, (pp. 247-266). London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
  • Taksa, L., Groutsis, D. (2013). Managing Diversity in the Workplace: Considering the Neglect of Identity. In Andrew Jakubowicz, Christina Ho (Eds.), For those who've come across the seas.. Australian Multicultural Theory, Policy and Practice, (pp. 183-197). Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

2012

  • Al Ariss, A., Vassilopoulou, J., Groutsis, D., Ozbilgin, M. (2012). A Multi-level Understanding of the Careers of Minority Ethnic Elites. In Andrew Kakabadse and Nada Kakabadse (Eds.), Global Elites: The Opaque Nature of Transnational Policy Determination, (pp. 241-261). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
  • Harvey, W., Groutsis, D. (2012). Skilled migrants in the Middle East: definitions, mobility and integration. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 8(4), 438-453. [More Information]
  • Groutsis, D., Venturas, L. (2012). The Cold War and the history of international ‘migration management’: The emergence of International Organisations. Mnimona, 32, 203-19.

2010

  • Trau, R., Hartel, C., Groutsis, D. (2010). Invisible Stigmatized Identity But the Same Irony: Composition of Intra-organizational Developmental Network, Context and Developmental Outcomes of Individuals with an Invisible Stigma. Academy of Management 2010 Annual Meeting AOM 2010, Canada: Academy of Management.
  • Taksa, L., Groutsis, D. (2010). Managing cultural diversity: Problems and prospects for ethnicity and gender a work. In Glenda Strachan, Erica French, John Burgess (Eds.), Managing Diversity in Australia: Theory and Practice, (pp. 169-187). Sydney, Australia: McGraw Hill.
  • Taksa, L., Groutsis, D. (2010). Managing Diverse Commodities? From Factory Fodder to Business Asset. The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 20(2), 77-97. [More Information]

2009

  • Groutsis, D. (2009). Recruiting Migrant Nurses to Fill the Gaps: The contribution of migrant women in the nursing care sector in Greece. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 10(1), 49-65. [More Information]

2008

  • Groutsis, D. (2008). Navigating Migrants into the Greek Labour Market: The Role of Migrant Associations - The Case of Eastern European Migrant Associations. In G Silasi and O.L Simina (Eds.), Migration, Mobility and Human Rights at the Eastern Border of the European Union - Space of Freedom and Security, (pp. 206-216). Timisoara, Romania: Editura Universitatii de Vest.
  • Groutsis, D. (2008). Space for female foreign-trained non-Greek nationals in the Greek labour market. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 8(1), 1-16. [More Information]

2007

  • Taksa, L., Groutsis, D. (2007). The Struggle To Manage Workforce Diversity In The Nsw Railways: The Impact Of Social Capital On Equal Employment Opportunity Initiatives In Historical Perspective. 21st Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference ANZAM 2007, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).

2006

  • Groutsis, D. (2006). Geography and credentialism: The assessment and accreditation of overseas-trained doctors. Health Sociology Review, 15(1), 59-70.
  • Groutsis, D. (2006). Globalisation and labour mobility: Migrants making spaces, migrants changing spaces. In Mark Hearn and Grant Michelson (Eds.), Rethinking Work, Time, Space and Discourse, (pp. 144-164). Port Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
  • Groutsis, D. (2006). Navigating Migrants into the Greek Labour Market: The role of migrant associations, preliminary findings of qualitative research on East-West migration. 2005 International Colloquium.

2005

  • Groutsis, D. (2005). Book reviews: Women, gender and transnational lives: Italian workers of the world by D Gabaccia and F Iacovetta & Sisters or strangers? Immigrant, ethnic and racialised women in Canadian history by M Epp and F Iacovetta. Labour History, 88, 275-278.

2003

  • Rosewarne, S., Groutsis, D. (2003). Challenges to the integrity of a European migration program: Greece as the recalcitrant state. The Challenges of Immigration and Integration in the European Union and Australia, The University of Sydney.
  • Groutsis, D. (2003). The state, immigration policy and labour market practices: the case of overseas-trained doctors. Journal of Industrial Relations, 45(1), 67-86.

2002

  • Rosewarne, S., Groutsis, D. (2002). Europeanisation, Labour Migration and the Underwriting of Labour Market Segmentation in Greece. Australian Migration Research Network Conference - Migration and Ethnic Relations in a Period of Changing International Relations, University of Sydney.
  • Groutsis, D., Rosewarne, S. (2002). Reconcieving Labour Market Segmentation: The Challenge of Feminisation, Ethnicity and Nationality in the New Migration. The International Metropolis Conference, Oslo: Metropolis.

2000

  • Groutsis, D. (2000). Labour Migration in the European Union: Some Issues for Consideration. Proceedings of the International Employment Relations Conference.

Selected Grants

2025

  • Advancing Gender Equality in Australia - Activating the Working for Women Strategy Through a Multi-Year Mixed-Methods Research Partnership, Cooper R, Hill E, Foley M, Galea N, Good L, Groutsis D, Hamilton M, Liu J, Seetahul S, Watt H, Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet/Working for Women Program (WfWP)

2018

  • SOAR Fellowship, Groutsis D, DVC Research/SOAR Fellowships

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