Dr Keith Macky currently serves as the foundation Associate Professor of Business and Enterprise at the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (MAINZ), a division of Tai Poutini Polytechnic.  Previous to this, Keith was an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in the School of Business, where he also served as Associate Dean Undergraduate and Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning.  Prior to AUT he taught a wide variety of courses at the University of Auckland and Massey University, including HRM, Organizational Behavior, Work Psychology, the Sociology of Work, and Organization Development.

Keith has also held senior consulting positions in Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and KPMG, as well as managing his own consulting firm.  He was made an Associate Fellow of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (AFHRINZ) in 2010 for contributions “to the advancement of knowledge and professional practice in HRM.”  His research interests are eclectic and include: the future of work in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), high-performance work systems, the impact of managerial practices on work intensification and employee well-being, social liability as the flip side to workplace social capital, whether older workers make better organisational citizens, and whether generational differences at work really exist or are a managerial myth.  He has published five books, over 30 peer reviewed academic research papers, and multiple book chapters.