Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career
Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Strategic human resource management
  • Small business and not-for-profit sector
  • Diversity management
  • Tourism
  • Innovative pedagogies

Available to supervise research students

Not available for media queries

About Ancy Gamage

Ancy is an early career researcher with research interests in:

  • strategic human resource management
  • small business, not-for-profit and tourism management
  • innovative pedagogical approaches.

She has presented at prestigious management conferences, and is currently collaborating on planetary health research projects.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University, Australia
  • MBus, Victoria University, Australia
  • LLM, University of Kent, UK
  • BA (Hons), UniMrts

Key publications

Year Citation
2024 Gamage, A., Pyke, J., DeLacy, T., Nguyen, V. K., & Lindsay-Smith, G. (240409). Understanding resilience in Australian tourism and hospitality businesses within the context of bushfires and COVID-19 (pp. 240-260).

Year Citation
2024 BLAER, M., Pyke, J., KNIGHT, B., Gamage, A., Law, A., & Cox, M. (240501). Outdoor Education Innovation Hub Research Report: Re-Imagining Workforce Development in the Outdoor Industry for a Sustainable Future.
2024 Bonte, T., Law, A., BLAER, M., Pyke, J., KNIGHT, B., Gamage, A., & Cox, M. (240301). Re-Imagining Workforce Development in the Outdoor Industry for a Sustainable Future: Outdoor Education Innovation Hub Project Evaluation.
2023 Pyke, J., Crosthwaite, C., Lou, C., Gamage, A., & Bonte, T. (231101). Indonesia Tourism Research Project.
2022 Gamage, A., Pyke, J., Nguyen, V. K., Drake, C., Natoli, R., Nguyen, T., & De, Lacy. (220630). RESET Report 4: Resilience and recovery roadmapreport in Melbourne s West.

Year Citation
2024 Gamage, A., Pyke, J., & de, Lacy. (240301). Building resilience and sustainable HRM in the visitor economy: An uneasy relationship. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 58 (497-505).

doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2023.05.006
2023 Muchiri, M. K., Gamage, A., & Samad, A. (231107). Reframing positive leadership within the context of Australian not-for-profit organisations. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 31(6), (2465-2480).

doi: 10.1108/IJOA-11-2021-3024
2023 Gamage, A. (230101). Content and process approach to the job demands-resources model of emotional labour: A conceptual model. Public Money and Management, 43(5), (388-396).

doi: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1999596
2022 Nguyen, V. K., Pyke, J., Gamage, A., de, Lacy., & Lindsay-Smith, G. (221201). Factors influencing business recovery from compound disasters: Evidence from Australian micro and small tourism businesses. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 53 (1-9).

doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2022.08.006
2022 Lindsay-Smith, G., Pyke, J., Gamage, A., Nguyen, V. K., & de, Lacy. (220401). Tourism operator mental health and its relationship with SME organisational resilience during disasters. Tourism Management Perspectives, 42

doi: 10.1016/j.tmp.2022.100961

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Indonesia Tourism Skills and Research Project
From: Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Other investigators: Dr Joanne Pyke, Dr Xiaocui Lou, Dr Madelene Blaer
For period: 2023-2023
 Not disclosed

Re-Imagining Workforce Development in the Outdoor Industry for a Sustainable Future
From: THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION GROUP
Other investigators: Mr Michael Clayton, Dr Joanne Pyke, Mr Matthew Cox
For period: 2022-2024
 Not disclosed

Resilient Enterprises and Sustainable Employment in Tourism (RESET)
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
Other investigators: Dr Thu-huong Nguyen, Dr Riccardo Natoli, Dr Colin Drake, Ms Tania Milani, Prof Terry De lacy, Dr Joanne Pyke
For period: 2021-2022
 $510,000
UNWTO technical assistance mission to Fiji: A Rapid tourism industry human resources needs assessment.
From: UNWTO Management Vision and Priorities for 2018-2019
Other investigators: Dr Joanne Pyke, Prof Terry De lacy
For period: 2021-2021
 Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Not available for media queries

Awards

Year Award
2020

2016 Outstanding Student Alumni Award - Victoria University

Professional memberships

  • Member, The Australian Human Resources Institute
  • Member, Institute of Managers and Leaders