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Neal Ashkanasy

Neal M. Ashkanasy OAM, PhD (born 5 June 1945) is an Australian academic, writer, and researcher, best known as one of the founders of the Emotions in Management movement,[1] honored for his "service to tertiary education, to psychology and to the community."[2] He began his career as a civil engineer but is now a Professor of Management at the University of Queensland Business School.[3] He is listed among the leading Jewish academics in Oceania.[4]

Biography

Early life and education

Ashkanasy was born in Melbourne, Australia to Maurice Ashkanasy, an early leader of the Australian Jewish community, and Heather Helen Ashkanasy. He attended Mt. Scopus College and Monash University, where he completed a degree in Civil Engineering in 1966. In 1968, he completed a master's degree in Water Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Engineering career

Ashkanasy started work in Brisbane, Australia in 1968 with the Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission and worked for the Commission (renamed the QWRC: the Queensland Water Resources Commission) for 18 years. He began his career as a construction engineer on Fairbairn Dam in Central Queensland, returning to the Brisbane Office of the QWRC in 1970, rising to the rank of “Executive Engineer, Water Supply Investigations.” In this role, he oversaw hydrological investigations for the Wivenhoe Dam is on the Brisbane River in Australia.[5] During that time, he was also actively involved in the Institution of Engineers, Australia, eventually serving as Chair of its National Committee on Hydrology and Water Resources, during which time he oversaw production of the third edition of Australian Rainfall and Runoff.[6][7] In 1975, he undertook a Churchill Fellowship world tour to study water resources development in the USA, Europe, Israel, and India.[8]

Further education

Ashkanasy returned to university in 1970, where he completed a Graduate Diploma in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts (major in psychology) with First Class Honours and a University Medal, at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. He was invited to enroll in a PhD in the UQ School of Psychology, which he completed in 1989.

Academic career

Commencing his academic career in 1986 with the School of Psychology, he was later seconded to the UQ Technology and Innovation Management Centre (1989). In 1988, he was appointed a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the UQ School of Commerce, where he attained tenure and promotion in 1994 before moving to the (former) School of Management in 1995. In 2002, the schools of Commerce and Management merged to form the UQ Business School. From 2004–2008, he served as Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law. His present position is Professor of Management in the UQ Business School.

Family

He married Linda Sheahan in 1972 and they have three adult children: Zac, Shawn, and David; and two grandchildren (to Zac): Saskia and Lexie.

Current work

Publications

Ashkanasy has published over 300 journal articles and book chapters and is author or co-author of over 300 conference papers. His research interests include emotions in the workplace, leadership and leader-member relations, organizational and national culture, and ethics in organizational behavior.[9]

Citations

According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited more than 16,000 times.[10]

Reviewing

In 2016, Ashkanasy awarded a Publons.com "Sentinels of Science Award" as "the top reviewer in the feild of business, management and accounting category.[11] To date, he has reviewed in excess of 750 scholarly articles.[12]

Editing

Ashkanasy served from 2007 to 2014 as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.[13] From 2004 to 2008, he was associate editor of the Academy of Management Learning and Education. From 2011 to 2014, he served as associate editor of the Academy of Management Review.[14] He is currently a member of the editorial board of Emotion Review[15] (action editor) and book series editor of Research on Emotion in Organizations,[16] published by Emerald Group Publishing.

Listservs and Emonet Conference

Ashkanasy is the founder of the "Emonet" (the Emotions network)[17][1] and "Orgcult" (Organizational Culture) Listservs, which are sponsored by the Academy of Management. The Emonet group sponsors the biannual "Interantional Conference on Emotions and Worklife" which has been running since 1998. [18] The 10th "Emonet Conference" was held in Rome in July, 2016.[19]

Recognition

Order of Australia

Ashkanasy received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2017 "for service to tertiary education, to psychology, and to the community".[20]

Fellowships and Awards

Major contribution

Ashkanasy has been especially acknowledged for his contributions to the field of Organizational Behavior and in particular the study of emotions in the workplace. He was the first Australian to be elected a Fellow of SIOP, where his citation reads:

Dr. Ashkanasy is one of a very small group of scholars who has developed theoretical models and conducted empirical research so effectively on emotions in the workplace that this topic has moved within the past decade from obscurity to mainstream research in I-O psychology. His annual book series on this topic is responsible in part for what is now being called in our field the “affective revolution".[1]

Media and interviews

Ashkanasy has given several interviews, including several with Dr. Karl Moore for Forbes[30] and the Globe and Mail.[31][32][33][34][35][36] as well as an interview with Stephen Rush for Leadership in Action.[37]

Brisbane Flood of 2011

As the hydrologist who oversaw the planning of the Wivenhoe Dam, Ashkanasy's expert opinion has been quoted in the national media regarding the water releases from the Dam and reactions to the aftermath of the January 2011 Brisbane floods.[38][39][40][41][42][5][43]

Community and Sport

Ashkanasy was a founder of the Toowong Harriers Little Athletics Centre.[44] He served as Centre Manager, and later was Finance Director for Little Athletics in Queensland.[45] He is recognized though "Distinguished Merit" status awarded by Little Athletics Queensland.[46]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Announcement of New SIOP Fellows July 2006". Siop.org. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Premier congratulates Queensland Honours recipients". Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. ^ "Neal Ashkanasy | UQ Business School". www.business.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  4. ^ "List of Oceanian Jews". Wikipedia. 2017-03-08.
  5. ^ a b "Stop playing the flood blame-game". Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  6. ^ "Australian Rainfall and Runoff - Australian Rainfall and Runoff". arr.ga.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  7. ^ Pilgrim, David H. (1987). Australian Rainfall and Runoff. Barton, ACT. Australia: The Institution of Engineers, Australia. pp. vii. ISBN 085825 434 4.
  8. ^ a b "Fellows | Winston Churchill Memorial Trust". www.churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  9. ^ "Professor Neal Ashkanasy - UQ Researchers". researchers.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  10. ^ "Neal M. Ashkanasy - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  11. ^ "Professor is #1 in world for peer reviews | UQ Business School". www.business.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  12. ^ "Neal M. Ashkanasy's profile on Publons". publons.com. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  13. ^ "Journal of Organizational Behavior". John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Past Editors and Associate Editors". aom.org. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  15. ^ "Editorial Board". Emotion Review. SAGE Publications. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Research on Emotion in Organizations". Emerald Group Publishing. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  17. ^ "EMONET - Emotions Network". www.emotionsnet.org. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  18. ^ "Conferences | EMONET - Emotions Network". www.emotionsnet.org. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  19. ^ "Emonet X | EMONET - Emotions Network". www.emotionsnet.org. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  20. ^ "UQ community members receive Australia Day honours". University of Queensland. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  21. ^ "ConnectWeb - Directories". connectweb.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  22. ^ "Fellows - Academy of Social Sciences". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  23. ^ "Fellows Detail » ASSA". www.assa.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  24. ^ "Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows". www.psychologicalscience.org. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  25. ^ "Life Fellow - Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management". Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  26. ^ "Current BAM Fellows | bam.ac.uk". www.bam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  27. ^ "SMA Fellows - Southern Management Association". www.southernmanagement.org. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  28. ^ "Australian Psychological Society : Elton Mayo Awards". psychology.org.au. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  29. ^ "Academy Council". Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  30. ^ Moore, Karl. "When A Work Environment Is Too Positive". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  31. ^ "Video: No separating emotions from the workplace". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  32. ^ "Video: Like people, organizations have emotional ups and downs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  33. ^ "Video: Why abusive leaders still rise to the top". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  34. ^ "Video: Talking Management: The challenges of managing a diverse workforce". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  35. ^ "Talking Management Video: Use your emotional intelligence for good, not bad". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  36. ^ "Video: Talking Management: Employers love open concept. Workers? Not so much". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  37. ^ http://www.emotionsnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LiA-24-4-Ashkanasy-interview.pdf
  38. ^ "ABC Queensland". blogs.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  39. ^ "Wivenhoe and the Floods". ABC Brisbane. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  40. ^ "Financial Review - News Store". newsstore.fairfax.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  41. ^ "Time to let the sun shine in". Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  42. ^ "Engineer bores a hole in dam untruths". 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  43. ^ Atfield, Cameron; Moore, Tony (2011-03-09). "Wivenhoe 'never protected' Brisbane from flood". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  44. ^ "Toowong Harriers Athletics". toowong.littleathletics.org.au. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  45. ^ "Little Athletics QLD > Home". laq.org.au. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  46. ^ "Little Athletics QLD > About Us > Award Recipients". laq.org.au. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
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