Rate My Professor Mark Harcourt

Professor Mark Harcourt is Professor of Human Resource Management in the Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato, where he has served as an academic since 2000. He earned his PhD from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, Master of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto, and BCom (Hons) from Queen's University at Kingston. Before joining the University of Waikato, he held positions as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington from January 1995 to December 1999. With over three decades of teaching and consulting experience, he delivers courses ranging from second-year undergraduate to master's levels.

Mark Harcourt's research spans diverse areas within employment relations, including dismissal, health and safety, workplace stress, strategic human resource management, compensation, and employment law. His work particularly examines the implications of behavioural economics for employment law reforms, focusing on employee representation via unions and works councils, managerial prerogative, employment contracts, employee voice, and income inequality. He has authored more than 70 journal articles, with over 100 publications in peer-reviewed high-impact journals, accumulating over 2,000 citations on Google Scholar, an h-index of 22, and an i10-index of approximately 40. Key publications include 'The union default: Free-riding solutions' (2024, Industrial Relations Journal), 'A reassessment of the legal tests used in determining whether controlling shareholders are employees' (2025, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal), 'Self-representation and non-union employee representation: Implications for a union default' (2026, Economic and Industrial Democracy), 'The potential for a union default to convert nonunion workers into union members: The effects of beliefs about unions' consequences, free-riding and social customs' (2025, Industrial Relations Journal), 'Bring your own device (BYOD): Organizational control and justice perspectives' (2025, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal), and 'Digital addiction in organizations: Challenges and policy implications' (2024, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal). His contributions have significantly influenced discussions on union membership policies, free-riding, and employee rights in comparative perspectives.