Professor Nerilee Hing BBus(NE) MAppSc(NE) PhD(UWS) 

Dr Nerilee Hing is a Professor with the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management and
also Head of the Centre for Gambling Education and Research. She has a Bachelor of
Business in Tourism (UNE), a research Masters degree in Applied Science (UNE) involving a
study of restaurant franchising, and a PhD (Gambling Studies) from UWS focusing on
responsible conduct of gambling in NSW clubs. Nerilee has had 14 years experience in the
hospitality industry, primarily in the restaurant, hotel and club sectors. She has had
extensive experience in course design and delivery for the School's Bachelor of
Business in Tourism, Graduate Certificate in Gaming Management, MBA - Hotel and Tourism
Management, and Bachelor of Business in Club and Gaming Management. Units she has
developed include Contemporary Gaming Operations, Strategic Issues in
Gaming,Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality, Gaming and Club Management, and Food
and Beverage Management. 

Nerilee is on the Editorial Boards of Gambling Research, Gaming Research and Review, and
the Australian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry. She has published widely in
various tourism and hospitality journals and has conducted numerous consulting and
external research grants for industry and government. She is an active researcher into
gambling-related issues, principally focusing on responsible provision of gambling and
the management of problem gambling. She has conducted research activities for Clubs NSW,
the Club Managers' Association Australia, the Casino Community Benefit Fund,
Queensland Treasury, Victorian Office of Gaming Regulation, Independent Gambling
Authority (SA), Gambling Research Australia, the Australian Institute for Gambling
Research and the Australasian Gaming Council.

Journal articles

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A history of machine gambling in the NSW club industry: from community benefit to commercialisation, International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration (2006)
This paper documents a history of the NSW club industry, with particular emphasis on its...
 

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Implementing responsible gambling practices in a regional area (with Helen Breen and Jeremy Buultjens), Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (2006)
In recognition that they largely control the context in which legalised gambling is operated, state...
 

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Responsible gambling practices in outback Queensland: distinctive challenges in a remote location (with Helen Breen and Jeremy Buultjens), Journal of Economic and Social Policy (2006)
While gambling can provide certain benefits, one of its negative social impacts, problem gambling, has...
 

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Workplace factors that encourage and discourage gambling amongst gaming venue employees: an employees' perspective (with Helen Breen), Gambling Research (2006)
This paper reports on the second stage of a multi-stage qualitative study into gambling by...
 

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Evaluating implementation of a voluntary responsible gambling code in Queensland, Australia (with Helen Breen and Jeremy Buultjens), International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2005)
This study investigated levels of implementation and perceptions of adequacy of the volun-tary Queensland Responsible...
 

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Books chapters

Contemporary tourism issues in Asia Pacific Journals 1989-1996: a thematic perspective (with Kay Dimmock), New directions in hospitality and tourism: a worldwide review (1998)
 

Conference publications

A fractured paradise: a discussion of issues surrounding Fiji’s 2000 coup d’etat and their impacts on tourism (with Kay Dimmock), Proceedings of Capitalising on research: Eleventh Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference (CAUTHE) (2001)