Senior Lecturer Dr. Helen Breen BA (Deakin) BBus(Hons)(UNENR) MBusTourism(SCU)PhD(SCU) Dr Helen Breen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. She has conducted numerous research projects on education and professional development for gaming venue managers and employees, as well as gambling among club members, responsible provision of gambling, female gambling and Indigenous Australian gambling. With others from the CGER, Helen has undertaken research projects for the Queensland Office of Regulatory Policy and Gambling Research Australia and is currently conducting an ARC Discovery project. Helen's PhD focussed on gambling among Indigenous people in north Queensland. She now has an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship on an ARC Discovery Grant investigating Indigenous gambling in a variety of regions in Australia. Professional activities Reviewer of Scholarly Research Articles for • Journal of Business Research. • Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. • Asian Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health. • International Journal of Hospitality Management. • Social Science Quarterly. • Contemporary Economic Policy. • Qualitative Sociology. • International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration. • UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal. • International Gambling Studies.
Journal articles
Risk and protective factors associated with gambling products and services: Indigenous gamblers in North Queensland, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2012)
As part of a larger study, this paper reports on findings into risk and protective...
A model of Indigenous commercial gambler profiles in north Queensland, Australia, International Gambling Studies (2011)
This paper examines commercial gambling by Indigenous Australians in three regions of north Queensland. Semi-structured...
Risk and protective factors associated with gambling consequences for Indigenous Australians in North Queensland, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2011)
The purpose of this paper was to examine risk and protective factors associated with the...
Indigenous gambling motivations, behaviour and consequences in Northern New South Wales, Australia (with Nerilee Hing and Ashley Gordon), International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2010)
Against a background of public health, we sought to examine and explain gambling behaviours, motivations...
Books
Education partnerships: professional development education for tourism and hospitality employees, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2010)
Cooperative educational partnerships are innovative ventures where universities join with industry in a working relationship,...
Club management in Australia: administration, operations and gaming, 2nd edn (with Nerilee Hing and Paul Weeks), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2002)
Although Australia has more than 5500 registered and licensed clubs, many of them major business...
Book chapters
Casino history, development, and legislation in Australia (with Nerilee Hing), Casino industry in Asia Pacific: development, operation and impact (2006)
Strategic management of external change in NSW registered clubs (chapter) (with Kate Innes), Club management issues in Australia and North America (2006)
Flexible learning for Australian club managers (with Nerilee Hing and Paul Weeks), Flexible learning in action: case studies in higher education (1997)
Theses
Risk factors and protective factors associated with Indigenous gambling in north Queensland, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2010)
This study examines the gambling behaviours, motivations for gambling and consequences of gambling for Indigenous...
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
Gambling and the Aboriginal experience: has it helped or hurt? experiences from northern parts of Australia, Discovery 2010 Conference (2010)
This paper reports on findings into risk and protective factors associated with the propensity to...
Indigenous Australian gambling: consequences, crime and possible interventions (with Nerilee Hing and Ashley Gordon), 23rd Annual ANZSOC Conference. Cross-border Domestic and Transnational Crime: Risks and Responses (2010)
One of several negative consequences flowing from Indigenous gambling, particularly problem gambling, is crime. Such...
Indigenous gambling in Australia: an overview of recent research, Joint Research Seminar: Griffith University, University of Queensland, Southern Cross University, Bond University (2010)
Indigenous gambling in Bundjalung country (with Nerilee Hing and Ashley Gordon), 20th Annual National Association for Gambling Studies (NAGS) Conference (2010)
Indigenous gambling: consequences, crime and possible interventions, 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, 'Cross-border and Transnational Crime: Risks and Responses' (2010)
Reports
Exploring Indigenous gambling: understanding Indigenous gambling behaviour, consequences, risk factors, and potential interventions (with Nerilee Hing and Ashley Gordon), Final report for Gambling Research Australia (2010)
Indigenous gambling in the Yarrabah community (with Nerilee Hing and Ashley Gordon), Report for the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation (2009)
Funded by the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation, this project conducted a quantitative survey of...
Gambling by employees of Queensland gaming venues: workplace influences on responsible gambling and problem gambling (with Nerilee Hing and Nerilee Hing), Final report for the Research and Community Engagement Division of Queensland Treasury (2006)
This study, funded by the Responsible Gambling Grants Program of the Queensland Government, focuses on...