Neal M. Ashkanasy is Professor of Management in the UQ Business School at the University of Queensland, where he received his PhD in social/organizational psychology. His research in leadership, organizational culture, ethics, and emotions in organizations has been continuously funded by the Australian Research Council since 1996. His work is published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Review, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, The Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Journal of Management. He serves on several editorial boards including the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Management. He is Associate Editor for Emotion Review, and Series Editor for Research on Emotion in Organizations, and has previously 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. Professor Ashkanasy is a Fellow of the Academy for the Social Sciences in the United Kingdom (AcSS) and Australia (ASSA); the Association for Psychological Science (APS); the US Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP); the Southern Management Association (SMA); and the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), where he served as President in 2010.
Charmine E. J. Härtel is Full Professor of Management at The University of Queensland Business School. She is Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Life Fellow and Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM), Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), and recipient of Australia’s Elton Mayo Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Teaching of Industrial and Organisational Psychology. She has extensive experience in senior management roles and management consulting, and is recognized internationally as one of the originators of the study of emotion in organizations, positive leadership, and the strategies, systems, and practices underpinning positive organizations. She has over 30 years combined work and consulting experience in the public, private, and NFP sectors in Australia, Europe, Asia, and the United States, and is the recipient of several international research awards, 13 best paper awards, and 5 awards for innovation in organizational practice. Prof. Härtel is of nearly $3 million in Australian Research Council funding as well as numerous research contracts from the private and public sectors. Professor Härtel’s work appears in over 70 book chapters and encyclopedia entries and over 100 refereed journal articles, including Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of World Business, and Human Resource Management Review. She is Series Editor for Research on Emotion in Organizations and author of the textbook Human Resource Management (Pearson), which emphasizes understanding the employment relationship from a human wellbeing perspective.
Wilfred J. Zerbe is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His research interests focus on emotions in organizations, organizational research methods, service sector management, business ethics, and leadership. His publications have appeared in books and journals including The Academy of Management Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Services Marketing, and Journal of Research in Higher Education. He is Series Co-Editor of Research on Emotion in Organizations.