Mark Harcourt

I am based in the Waikato Management School, but much of my research is in employment law.
I am particularly interested in the implications of Behavioural Economics, and the new understandings we have of the human mind and how we behave as a consequence, for employment law reforms, notably to employee representation - e.g., unions, works councils, managerial prerogative, employment contracts. This research is a direct challenge to neo-liberal assumptions about individual autonomy and choice, and could have far-reaching repercussions for issues like employee voice at work and income inequality.