Stephen P. Robbins is Professor Emeritus of Management at San Diego State University and the world's best-selling textbook author in the areas of both management and organisational behaviour. His books are used at more than a thousand US colleges and universities; have been translated into 19 languages; and have adapted editions for Canada, Australia, South Africa, India and the Middle East. Dr Robbins is also the author of the best-selling books The Truth about Managing People (4th edn, Pearson, 2014) and Decide & Conquer (2nd edn, Pearson, 2015). Timothy A. Judge is currently the Joseph A. Alutto Chair in Leadership Effectiveness at the Department of Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. Dr Judge's primary research interests are in (1) personality, moods and emotions; (2) job attitudes; (3) leadership and influence behaviours; and (4) careers (person-organisation fit, career success). Timothy has published more than 154 articles on these and other major topics in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Timothy is a co-author of Essentials of Organizational Behavior (14th edn) and Staffing Organizations (8th edn).
Dr Marissa Edwards is a lecturer at the UQ Business School, University of Queensland. She has extensive experience teaching leadership, ethics, conflict management and organisational behaviour at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Marissa's current research is focused on exploring how to reduce mental illness and encourage wellness in academic settings. She has been published in the e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching, the Journal of Management and Organization and the Journal of Management Education. In 2017, Marissa and her colleague Dr Erin Gallagher received the Best Paper Award in the Management Education and Development track at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference. In 2018, Marissa received an 'Outstanding Reviewer of 2017' citation at the Journal of Management Education and was appointed to the editorial board. Beyond the classroom, Marissa is an experienced project manager, seminar presenter and educator, and has worked with government and not-for-profit organisations.
Peter Sandiford is senior lecturer in organisational behaviour at the University of Adelaide Business School, where he is director of the school's honours program. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in organisational behaviour, cross-cultural management and research methodology in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China and Singapore. His teaching and learning philosophy is increasingly influenced by the need to span the silos of scholarly subjects, seeking relevance and connectedness across topics and disciplines. Peter is an organisational sociologist with a particular interest in workplace emotions, organisational approaches to hospitality and the role of organisations within the wider community. He has conducted a number of ethnographic studies exploring both organisational and neighbourhood communities. Peter has published his work in several leading journals such as Work, Employment and Society, the Human Resource Management Journal (UK), the Journal of Travel Research and the International Journal of Hospitality Management.
Dr Martin Fitzgerald is Associate Professor in Leadership and Organisational Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He works with students and executives in the areas of leadership, decision making, and organisational behaviour and change and is privileged to be institutionally recognised for his exceptional contributions to teaching and the student learning experience. Martin has more than 20 years' prior career leadership experience across the public and private sectors, including careers as a corporate lawyer, university law academic, university senior executive and as CEO and president of a national non-profit organisation. His research interests are in the area of values-driven leadership, leadership intelligences and the behavioural dimensions of leadership decision making. Martin has published widely across a broad publication base, including books, book chapters, journal articles, government commissioned reports and international keynote speeches. He recently co-authored Leadership: Regional and Global Perspectives, published by Cambridge University Press (2018).
James Hunt is an honorary Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He served as Director of the MBA Program between 2011 and 2019, and as Assistant Director of Postgraduate Programs from 2012 to 2013. James has regularly designed and delivered courses on leadership, organisational behaviour and organisational change over his 32-year university career. James's primary area of research is the personality determinants of leadership style. He is the author of more than 60 published journal articles, book chapters and books, and is the recipient of nine awards for excellence in teaching at the University of Newcastle.
