Lecturer Helen Breen BA (Deakin) BBus(Hons)(UNENR) MBusTourism(SCU) 

Lecturer Helen Breen is a Lecturer in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
She has conducted numerous research projects on education and professional development
for gambling venue managers and employees, as well as gambling amongst club members,
responsible provision of gambling, female gambling and indigenous gambling. As well as
long involvement in gaming management education, Helen has conducted research projects
for the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation, and is currently completing her PhD on
gambling amongst Indigenous people in Queensland.

Journal articles

Senior citizen bingo players in Australian registered and licensed clubs: a case study at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing (2009)

This article reports on an investigation into motivations for and consequences of, bingo playing by...

Gambling problems among gaming venue employees: a preliminary survey (with Nerilee Hing), Journal of Occupational Health Safety - Australia and New Zealand (2008)

In recent years, gaming venues have devoted considerable resources to lowering their patrons' risk of...

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How working in a gaming venue can lead to problem gambling: The experiences of six gaming venue staff (with Nerilee Hing), Journal of Gambling Issues (2008)

Arising from a larger study into workplace influences on gambling amongst employees who work in...

Working in Australian gaming venues, and shiftwork (with Nerilee Hing), Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (2008)

Research into workplace influences on the gambling behaviour of gaming venue employees found that shiftwork...

An evaluation of the implementation of a responsible gambling code of practice at the Gold Coast, Queensland (with Nerilee Hing), Tourism Review International (2007)

The Queensland Responsible Gambling Code of Practice is a voluntary commitment by gambling providers to...

Theses

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Cooperative education partnerships: an examination of reciprocal relationships between universities and tourism and hospitality industry organisations in providing professional development education for their employees, Masters thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2001)

Cooperative educational partnerships in Australia are considered to be innovative ventures where universities join with...

Conference publications

Facilitators and impediments arising from the introduction of a voluntary responsible gambling code of practice in Queensland, Australia (with Jeremy Buultjens and Nerilee Hing), International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Special Conference Issue: Gambling and Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Stock and Moving Forward on Policy, Practice and Research: Proceedings of the International Gambling Conference and the International Think Tank on Presenting Gambling Populations and First Contact Services (2005)

A profile of problem gambling clients in Northern NSW (with Jeremy Buultjens and Nerilee Hing), Proceedings of the 13th National Association for Gambling Studies Conference (2004)

An investigation into gambling newspaper advertisements in Queensland by type of organisation (with Sharen Nisbet, Nerilee Hing, and Jeremy Buultjens), Proceedings of the 14th Annual National Association for Gambling Studies Conference (2004)

Assessment of tourism and hospitality management competencies: a student perspective (with Maree Walo and Kay Dimmock), Proceedings of Tourism research: advances and applications, New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference (2004)

Facilitators and impediments arising from the introduction of a voluntary responsible gambling code of practice in Queensland Australia (Presentation) (with Jeremy Buultjens and Nerilee Hing), International Gambling Conference on Gambling and Problem Gambling in New Zealand (2004)