Fields of Research

Leadership
Organisational behaviour
Entrepreneurship
Organisation and management theory
Applied ethics
Mental health services
Human resources management
Artificial intelligence
Environmental sociology
Allied health and rehabilitation science
Not-for-profit business and management
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
Business ethics

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Management
Workplace and organisational ethics (excl. business ethics)
Business ethics
Unpaid work and volunteering
Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services)
Weather
Mental health
Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences
Workforce transition and employment
Technological and organisational innovation
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Management and productivity
Pacific Peoples community services
Religion
Other health

Career Best Publications

Being explicit about virtues: analysing TED Talks and integrating scholarship to advance virtues-based leadership development; Journal of Business Ethics
The Virtues Project: an approach to developing good leaders; Journal of Business Ethics
We don't need more leaders – we need more good leaders. Advancing a virtues-based approach to leader(ship) development; The Leadership Quarterly
What is virtue? Advancing the conceptualization of virtue to inform positive organizational inquiry; The Academy of Management Perspectives

Research Publications

AI could take your job, but it can also help you score a new one with these simple tips
AI could take your job, but it can also help you score a new one with these simple tips
Amelia Padgett: founding Launceston's Amelia Café, and becoming a mental health practitioner
An integrated approach to workplace mental health
Being explicit about virtues: analysing TED Talks and integrating scholarship to advance virtues-based leadership development; Journal of Business Ethics
Can't see the who for all the hubris? How to overcome office egos and find the best leaders
Caroline Williamson and the transformation of Launceston's Harvest Market
Co-convenor of the 29th Kravis-de Roulet Conference :The Spectrum of Leadership: From Virtuous to Destructive; 29th KRAVIS-DE ROULET CONFERENCE
Crisis leadership; Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Curly Haslam-Coates: wine educator, event organiser, and food activist in Tasmania
Donna Bain: sharing her passion for the volunteer and not-for-profit sectors
Emergency volunteering: Leading engagement and retention
Evaluating The Virtues Project as a leadership development programme; Leadership
Flourishing in leadership: Understanding the role of virtues in crafting your leadership philosophy; 35th ANZAM Conference
Good leadership as informed by virtue: Exploring scholarly and public views; 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Good Leadership: A Case for Virtue-based Leadership Development; 27th Annual Kravis-De Roulet Conference
Leadership and management in extreme places
Leadership in a crisis: You need to ask your team these six questions
Leading and Managing in Tasmania's Volunteer Sector
Leading and managing in Tasmania's volunteer sector
Leading health reform: A critical review of 'leadership' within allied health competency standards; Australian Health Review
Leading with virtues: Theoretical concepts and practical strategies; 22nd International Leadership Association Annual Conference
Lindi McMahon: building a retail and interior styling business in Launceston, Tasmania
Lola Cowle: defining a values-driven career pathway and working for community organisations
Making sense of the weather: dwelling and weathering on Canada’s rain coast; Space and Culture
OPINION: Leaders must show people they care
Riggio; SAGE Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies
Selena Palmer: Making tracks in the automotive industry
Self-leadership is key to self-growth
Tara Howell: launching multiple businesses, including the award-winning Blue Derby Pods Ride in Tasmania
The cascading effect of unethical leadership; Organizational Behavior
The values of virtue : seven reasons why Volodymyr Zelensky's crisis leadership has been so effective
The virtues of effective crisis leadership: what managers can learn from how women heads of state led in the first wave of COVID-19; Organizational Dynamics
The Virtues Project: an approach to developing good leaders; Journal of Business Ethics
Virtues and Leadership; SAGE Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies
Virtues at work: A leadership development study; 7th Annual Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference
Virtues-based leadership development: a conceptual analysis and evaluation of The Virtues Project
Volunteers benefit Tasmania by $4 billion, why don't we value them like the paid workforce?
We don't need more leaders – we need more good leaders. Advancing a virtues-based approach to leader(ship) development; The Leadership Quarterly
What is virtue? Advancing the conceptualization of virtue to inform positive organizational inquiry; The Academy of Management Perspectives
Where are you coming from? A place-based approach to developing leader self-awareness; 29th KRAVIS-DE ROULET CONFERENCE
Without leadership there is no volunteering: The importance of strategic investment in leadership development in Australia
Workplace mental health: Co-production of an action plan for Australia; Work, Stress, and Health Conference: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities

Research Projects

Leadership for Mental Health and Wellbeing of Volunteer Workforces; Department of Health (Tasmania) (DoH TAS)
Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DoIIS)
Volunteer Leadership in Tasmania

Research Candidate Supervision