Rate My Professor Meg Smith

Professor Meg Smith serves as Head of Discipline, Management in the School of Business at Western Sydney University. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts. Her research specializations encompass gender pay equity, work value, occupational segregation, equal remuneration, wage-setting, corporate green innovation, and migrant entrepreneurs and firm innovation. These topics align with her expertise in industrial relations, gender equity, and labour law.

Professor Smith has produced 53 research outputs, including 38 articles, 7 chapters, 4 conference papers, and 3 research reports. Key publications feature "Green media coverage and corporate green innovation" (2025, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, co-authored with Gao, J., Wu, H., You, J.), which has 15 Scopus citations; "Occupational segregation and gender pay equity strategies in Australia: comparison, revaluation or raising minimum wages?" (2025, book chapter, co-authored with Junor, A., Preston, A.); "Prosecuting pay equity in Australia: evolving strategies in the context of declining institutional advantages" (2023, book chapter, co-authored with Whitehouse, G.); "Migrant entrepreneurs and firm innovation" (2021, Accounting and Finance, co-authored with Gao, J., Wu, H., You, J.), with 7 Scopus citations; and "Equal pay for work of equal value, wage-setting and the gender pay gap" (2020, Journal of Industrial Relations, co-authored with Whitehouse, G.), with 19 Scopus citations. Her scholarship on Google Scholar has accumulated over 2,200 citations. In leadership capacities, she has acted as Deputy Dean and Interim Dean of the School of Business, as well as Provost of the Parramatta City campus. She participates in the University Research Committee and provides expert input to bodies like the Fair Work Commission through reports and literature reviews on pay equity and work value.