Overview
Background
Justin joined UQ Business School in 2020, after teaching at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. His teaching is focused on Organisational Behaviour, Manager Skiils and Communication, and Wise Leadership. Justin earned his Honors Bachelor of Science with a double degree in Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence and Psychology at the University of Toronto, and his Masters and PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
Justin's principle research interest is in understanding how people reason through complex social problems, with interest in reducing bias and developing and practicing wisdom and balance. Justin's work has been published in prestigious scientific journals such as Nature Human Behaviour, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Journal of Intelligence, Nature Communications, Social and Personality Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, as well as the latest edition of the renown Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom. These studies have examined wisdom at interpersonal, group, organizational, and societal levels, in topics such as cooperation, social economic status, teamwork, intergroup bias, and leadership. Ongoing projects include studies on the dynamics of wise leadership, training for wisdom (Business and Army Leadership), media attention and science denialism, prejudice in artificial intelligence, self-sabotage, and gender pay-gap denialism.
Justin has presented his research at international conferences such as the Academy of Management, International Association of Conflict Management, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and was presented with the Kellogg School of Management's Dispute Resolution Center Scholar Award. Justin serves as peer reviewer for journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Journal of Intelligence, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology and Journal of Cognitive Development. Justin's work has been featured in popular media outlets such as TIME, NewsWeek, and Sciencemag.com, and one of his articles is in the top 10 most upvoted social psychology papers on Reddit.
***Applications for HDR/PhD student supervision are welcome***
Courses taught:
MGTS1601: Organisational Behaviour
MGTS2606: Manager Skills/Contemporary Business Communication and Organisation
MGTS7618: Wise Leadership
RBUS6933: Research Design for Honours
Availability
- Dr Justin Brienza is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of Waterloo
Works
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2020
Journal Article
A common model is essential for a cumulative science of wisdom
Grossmann, Igor, Weststrate, Nic M., Ferrari, Michel and Brienza, Justin P. (2020). A common model is essential for a cumulative science of wisdom. Psychological Inquiry, 31 (2), 185-194. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2020.1750920
2019
Book Chapter
Wise Reasoning : Converging Evidence for the Psychology of Sound Judgment
Oakes, Harrison, Brienza, Justin P., Elnakouri, Abdo and Grossmann, Igor (2019). Wise Reasoning : Converging Evidence for the Psychology of Sound Judgment. The Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom. (pp. 202-225) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108568272.011
2018
Journal Article
The strengths of wisdom provide unique contributions to improved leadership, sustainability, inequality, gross national happiness, and civic discourse in the face of contemporary world problems
Grossmann, Igor and Brienza, Justin P (2018). The strengths of wisdom provide unique contributions to improved leadership, sustainability, inequality, gross national happiness, and civic discourse in the face of contemporary world problems. Journal of Intelligence, 6 (2) 22, 22-17. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence6020022
2017
Journal Article
Employee age alters the effects of justice on emotional exhaustion and organizational deviance
Brienza, Justin P. and Bobocel, D. Ramona (2017). Employee age alters the effects of justice on emotional exhaustion and organizational deviance. Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (MAR) 479, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00479
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Justin Brienza is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Wisdom and Wise Reasoning
I welcome HDR applicants eager to pursue research in the area of wisdom and wise reasoning in work and social contexts. Examples may include topics in leadership, conflict resolution (e.g., intergroup relations, interdisciplinary and ethno-cultural diversity management), perceptions of wisdom, or artificial intelligence, but student proposals are also welcome!
Applicants must have current understanding of the psychological literatures in i) wisdom and ii) the specific context(s) in which they are interested.
Applicants with honours or masters research degree in psychology (any stream) are preferred.
Applicants must have demonstrated skills in:
1. conceptualization and theory development
2. survey methodology (Qualitrics) and experimental design
3. study pre-registration
4. sampling and study contextualization
5. data analysis (R and SPSS)
6. data visualization (graphs, simple-slopes, heat maps, violin and cloud plotting)
7. APA-format reporting
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Indonesian Leadership Preferences Based on Multigenerational Characteristics: Its Relations withEmployee Performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ali Intezari Harsini, Dr Richard O'Quinn
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Master Philosophy
The influence of geographic distance on the leader-follower relationship
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard O'Quinn, Dr Michael Collins
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Doctor Philosophy
Managing sustainability-related multistakeholder conflicts using wisdom meta-framework: Towards an integrative theoretical model
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ali Intezari Harsini
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Comparative Feedback: Relationship Between Negative Feedback and Task Performance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Neal Ashkanasy
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating Value Malleability in Reaction to a Negative Interpersonal Prime
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Neal Ashkanasy
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