Sue Mate
- sue.mate@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9148-129X- Lecturer, Career Development
- Career Development
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Publications
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Awards
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Biography
Dr. Susan (Sue) Mate (she/her) is a Career Development lecturer at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. She specialises in designing inclusive professional learning programs that emphasise the importance of intercultrual competency, labour market research and career identity development within postgraduate courses at the university.
As a gender inclusion advocate, she has led initiatives that promote equity, deliver strategic, data-driven insights, and drive continuous improvement in workplaces and women’s career opportunities. Her work also examines the wider cultural construction and social change, exploring how socio-cultural influences—and the socio-ecologies of places—shape identity, wellbeing, resilience, and the career possibilities, options, and choices available, particularly for young people.
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Secondary
Activities
Education
PhD., Victoria University
- 2014
Masters of Education, Deakin University
2000 - 2001
Associations
Narrative Research Practice Network
2024 - 2024
Asian Pacific Career Development Association
2019 - 2024
Queensland Guidance Counsellors Association
2022 - 2024
Australian Counselling Association
2023 - 2034
Awards
Employment
Output
Jiang, Zhou; Wang, Ying; Riggs, Damien; Mate, Susan; Chapman, Andrew (2022) Supporting careers of LGBTQIA+ students in Australian universities. Perth, WA, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
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Mate, Susan (2013) Recognising the constraints that affect professional women's choices: how do Australian women develop and grow in their professional lives?. [Thesis]
Other Publication
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Jiang, Zhou; Riggs, Damien W.; Wang, Ying; Chapman, Andrew; Mate, Susan (2025) 'Beyond generic support: Contextual influences on careers of gender and sexuality diverse groups in higher education'. Applied Psychology, 74 (1). [DOI]
Mate, Susan; Gregory, Kathleen; Ryan, Juliana (2024) 'Re-authoring career narratives: exploring identity in contemporary careers practice'. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 52 (1):7-18. [DOI]
Mate, Susan; Ryan, J.; Toh, K. (2023) 'Re-storying career practitioners’ professional identities as career and employability specialists through an online WIL capstone'. Higher Education Research and Development, 43 (4):922-936. [DOI]
Mate, Susan Elizabeth; McDonald, Matthew; Do, Truc (2019) 'The barriers and enablers to career and leadership development: An exploration of women’s stories in two work cultures'. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27 (4):857-874. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Nguyen, Lan Thi; Mate, Susan; McDonald, Matthew; Taylor, Greig (2018) 'Advancing a cross-cultural narrative approach to career counselling: The case of Vietnam'. Australian Journal of Career Development, 27 (2):65-71. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Mate, Susan; McDonald, Matthew; Morgan, Arthur; Hoang, Duc-Nhat; Das, Mita; Dinh, Nhung (2017) 'Influences on career identity in Vietnamese students at an international university'. Australian Journal of Career Development, 26 (1):24-31. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Mate, Susan; Ryan, Maureen (2015) 'Learning through work: How can a narrative approach to evaluation build students' capacity for resilience?'. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 16 (3):153-161.
Journal Publication
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Mate, Susan E. (2014) International Association for Business and Society Patterns in Professional Roles: Sustainability Narratives Sydney, NSW, Australia, [DOI]
Conference Publication
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Mate, Susan; Ryan, Juliana; Toh, Keith (2022) HERDSA Conference Learning, doing and becoming: Developing career identity through a postgraduate WIL subject Melbourne, VIC, Australia, .
Conference Contribution
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McDonald, Matthew; Bubna-Litic, David; Morgan, Arthur; Mate, Susan; Nguyen, Lan Thi (2017) 'Power and self-identity: Positive psychology applied to human resource development' In: McDonald, Matthew, Bubna-Litic, David, Morgan, Arthur, Mate, Susan, and Nguyen, Lan Thi (2017) Power and self-identity: Positive psychology applied to human resource development. In: Black, Kate, Warhurst, Russell, and Corlett, Sandra, (eds.) Identity as a Foundation for Human Resource Development. Taylor & Francis, New York, NY, USA, pp. 83-97(Eds.). Identity as a Foundation for Human Resource Development. New York, NY, USA : Taylor & Francis. [DOI]
Book Chapter
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Mate, Susan (2010) 'The local and the professional' In: Mate, Susan (2010) The local and the professional. In: Singh, Pritam, and Verma, Subir, (eds.) Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India, pp. 290-303(Eds.). Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization. New Delhi, India : Sage Publications. [DOI]
Book Chapter
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