Neal M. Ashkanasy OAM, PhD is an Emeritus Professor of Management at the UQ Business School at the University of Queensland in Australia. He came to academe in after an 18-year career in water resources engineering. He received his PhD in social/organizational psychology from the same university. His research is in leadership, organizational culture, ethics, and emotions in organizations, and his work has been published in leading journals including the Academy of Management Journal and Review, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. He is Associate Editor for Emotion Review and Series Co-Editor of Research on Emotion in Organizations. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Prof. Ashkanasy is a Fellow of the Academy for the Social Sciences in the UK (AcSS) and Australia (ASSA); the Association for Psychological Science (APS); the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP); Southern Management Association (SMA), and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS). In 2017, he was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia.
Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu is an Associate Professor in Leadership and the Head of Management Discipline at the UQ Business School. He received his PhD in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA. As a behavioural scientist specialising in leadership and organisational behaviour, his research focuses on how line managers—the critical bridge between organisational strategy and employees’ daily experiences—can become more productive and resilient. He is particularly interested in leader humility as a developmental resource that enables managers to build stronger teams, foster emerging leadership, and sustain organisational performance over time. Before joining UQ, he held academic positions at the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, where he received multiple research and teaching awards in recognition of his scholarly contributions and classroom excellence. He has attracted multiple competitive international and domestic grants to support research on leadership development in Australia.
His research has been published in leading journals in management and organisational studies (FT50/ABDC A*; with 3% - 5% acceptance rate), including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management,Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. He serves as an Associate Editor at Human Relations (2022~) and a Guest Editor at the Journal of Management Scientific Reports (2025). Additionally, he is current on the Editoriall Board of Personnel Psychology (2025~) and was on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Organizational Behavior (2018 ~ 2025) and the Journal of Management (2019 ~ 2025), and has received outstanding reviewer awards from the Journal of Organizational Behavior (2023), Journal of Management (2023), and Journal of Management and Organization (2024). He also teaches various courses related to leadership and people management in organisations at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. His leadership-relevant courses (for undergraduate and MBA students) are among the top-rated courses in various Australian and US universities.
Selected Honours and Awards:
Adelaide Business School Excellence in Research Award, University of Adelaide, 2023
Adelaide Business School Excellence in Research Leadership Award, University of Adelaide, 2023
UniSA Business Research Excellence, University of South Australia, 2021
UniSA Business Teaching Excellence, University of South Australia, 2020, 2021
UniSA Business Mid-Career Research Excellence Award, University of South Australia, 2020
UniSA Business School Early-Career Research Excellence, University of South Australia, 2017
Early Career Researcher Networking Awards, University of South Australia, 2017
PhD Student Award, School of Management, University at Buffalo, 2013
Research Grants, Funding, and Scholarships:
ABLE Research Innovator Grant, University of Adelaide, 2024 (AUD 4,763)
ABLE Research Innovator Grant, University of Adelaide, 2023 (AUD 4,796)
RNUDS 2020 Scheme – DSTG Grant, 2021-2022 (AUD $249,702; shared with Ruchi Sinha, Gillian Yeo, Bart De Jong, and Andrew Yu)
UniSA Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS) Seed Fund, 2019 (AUD $38,500; Primary Investigator; shared with Michelle Tuckey, Carol Kulik, and Matylda Howard)
The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) funding, 2019 (GBP £8,000)
Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation (DAAD) Scheme Grant (No. 57379159), 2017 (AUD $30,500; Primary Investigator; shared with Brooke Gazdag and Jill Gould).
Research Fellowship, Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness, University of Buffalo, 2014-2015 (USD $50,000)
Research Fellowship, Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, 2013-2015 (USD $50,000)
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Availability:
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Dr Yoo Young (Dominique) Lee is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Queensland and a consultant radiation oncologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital. A specialist in hepatobiliary malignancies, she is nationally recognised for her leadership in physician wellbeing and professional culture.
Her work spans research, education, coaching, and system-level engagement, examining burnout, moral distress, and organisational drivers of clinician distress, and delivering evidence-informed programs that support doctors to navigate workplace challenges and build sustainable, values-aligned careers.
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She is deeply committed to medical education, supervision, and leadership, and to advancing both precision cancer care and healthier, more sustainable medical workplaces. Her work in physician wellbeing and coaching can be found at www.heyboss.org
