Dr Adam Kay
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Room 313, Colin Clark (39), St. Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
Dr. Adam A. Kay is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the UQ Business School. Prior to joining UQ, Adam was an international biotech manager, executive consultant and coach, and international investment treaty arbitration lawyer. An award-winning instructor, Adam teaches at all levels including undergraduate, Masters, MBA, and Executive Education. Adam's primary research interests include mindfulness, virtue ethics, justice, leadership, and corporate social responsibility. Adam's research has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP), Journal of Management Studies, The Leadership Quarterly, and Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE), among others, and in books by Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Guilford Press. Adam is currently Associate Editor at Journal of Business Research, serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Vocational Behavior, and regularly reviews for outlets such as Journal of Management, OBHDP, and AMLE. Adam is passionate about making his research relevant and relatable to the general public, and to this end his work has been featured in media outlets like The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Vancouver Sun, The Conversation, The New Daily, Inside Small Business, HR Leader, HR Daily, and Times Higher Education.
Book Chapters
Kay, A., Masters-Waage, T. and Skarlicki, D. (2019). Mindfulness at work. Oxford Bibliographies in Management. (pp. *-*) edited by T. Allen. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
Bies, Robert J., Barclay, Laurie J., Saldanha, Maria Francisca, Kay, Adam A. and Tripp, Thomas M. (2018). Trust and Distrust: Their interplay with forgiveness in organizations. The Routledge Companion to Trust. (pp. 302-325) edited by Rosalind H. Searle, Ann-Marie I. Nienaber and Sim B. Sitkin. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315745572-21
Aquino, Karl and Kay, Adam (2018). A social cognitive model of moral identity. Atlas of moral psychology. (pp. 133-140) edited by Kurt Gray and Jesse Graham. New York, NY, United States: The Guilford Press.
Journal Articles
Kay, Adam A., Vlachos, Pavlos A., Tasoulis, Konstantinos and Farndale, Elaine (2025). Fraught expectations: a fairness heuristic process model of the pros and cons of CSR for talent acquisition. Human Resource Management, 64 (2), 465-483. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22269
Dai, Guangsong, Zhang, Lanxia, Kay, Adam A., Li, Yiqiong, Mao, Mengyu and Zhang, Qingqiang (2024). Family intergenerational stress: Concept exploration and development via coping and identity management. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 29 (5), 359-372. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000388
Ashkanasy, Neal M. and Kay, Adam A. (2023). Mindfulness and emotion: a five-level analysis. Journal of Management and Organization, 29 (3), 406-424. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2023.22
Kay, Adam A., Masters-Waage, Theodore C., Reb, Jochen and Vlachos, Pavlos A. (2023). Mindfully outraged: mindfulness increases deontic retribution for third-party injustice. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 176 104249. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2023.104249
Kassinis, George I., Kay, Adam A., Papagiannakis, Giorgos and Vlachos, Pavlos A. (2022). Stigma as moral insurance: how stigma buffers firms from the market consequences of greenwashing. Journal of Management Studies, 59 (8), 2154-2190. doi: 10.1111/joms.12873
Kay, Adam A. and Young, Tarli (2022). Distanced from others, connected to self: online mindfulness training fosters psychological well-being by cultivating authenticity. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 21 (2), 261-281. doi: 10.5465/amle.2020.0316
Steffens, Niklas K., Wolyniec, Nathan, Okimoto, Tyler G., Mols, Frank, Haslam, S. Alexander and Kay, Adam A. (2021). Knowing me, knowing us: Personal and collective self-awareness enhances authentic leadership and leader endorsement. The Leadership Quarterly, 32 (6) 101498, 101498. doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101498
Kay, Adam A. and Skarlicki, Daniel P. (2020). Cultivating a conflict-positive workplace: How mindfulness facilitates constructive conflict management. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 159, 8-20. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.02.005
Skarlicki, Daniel P., Kay, Adam A., Aquino, Karl and Fushtey, David (2017). Must heads roll?: a critique of and alternative approaches to swift blame. Academy of Management Perspectives, 31 (3), 222-238. doi: 10.5465/amp.2015.0118
Reed, Americus, Kay, Adam, Finnel, Stephanie, Aquino, Karl and Levy, Eric (2016). I don't want the money, I just want your time: how moral identity overcomes the aversion to giving time to prosocial causes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110 (3), 435-457. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000058
Conference Papers
Steele, Logan Macray, Aquino, Karl and Kay, Adam Austen (2024). Ethical Tensions in Professional Life: Victim Signaling, Political Discord, and the Pursuit of Truth. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024), Chicago, IL United States, 9-13 August 2024. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2024.21001symposium
Kay, Adam Austen, Vlachos, Pavlos, Tasoulis, Konstantinos and Farndale, Elaine (2023). Fraught expectations: how corporate social responsibility can backfire in recruitment. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States, 4-8 August 2023. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2023.13300abstract
Gupta, Alisha, Reina, Chris, Choi, Ellen, Gupta, Alisha, Kay, Adam Austen, Lyddy, Christopher James, Town, Sophia, Arnold, Kara Anne, Carleton, Erica, Goh, Zen, Good, Darren Jason, Hancock, Amanda J., Keller, Josh, Kudesia, Ravi S., Lange, Donald A., Li, Yiqiong, Ortynsky, Mikaila, Reina, Chris, Steffens, Niklas, Vogus, Timothy J. and Walsh, Megan Marie (2022). Mind(fulness) over matter: mechanisms of mindfulness to facilitate work functioning. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Unknown, Unknown. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.13546symposium
Kay, Adam Austen, Masters-Waage, Theodore Charles, Vlachos, Pavlos and Reb, Jochen Matthias (2021). Mindfully outraged: mindfulness increases retribution via moral outrage at third-party injustice. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2021), Online, 30 July-3 August 2021. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2021.11470abstract
Kay, Adam Austen, Hafenbrack, Andrew, Skarlicki, Daniel, Goh, Zen and Gilpin-Jackson, Yabome (2021). How and when mindfulness motivates work performance: PsyCap mediates & work meaningfulness moderates. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2021), Online, 30 July-3 August 2021. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2021.15003abstract
Barnes, Christopher, Calderwood, Charles C., Kay, Adam Austen, Kundro, Timothy, Affinito, Salvatore, Belinda, Casher, Christian, Michael, French, Kimberly, Hafenbrack, Andrew, King, Danielle D., Schabram, Kira Franziska, Skarlicki, Daniel and Wagner, David T. (2020). Human sustainability in organizations: physiological, psychological, & social maintenance approaches. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Online, 7-11 August 2020. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2020.19340symposium
Hafenbrack, Andrew, Hulsheger, Ute Regina, Lyddy, Christopher James, Masters-Waage, Theodore Charles, Stillwell, Elizabeth E., Yang, Tao, Adair, Elizabeth A., Alberts, Hugo, Bono, Joyce, Duffy, Michelle K, Goh, Zen, Good, Darren Jason, Kay, Adam Austen, Reb, Jochen Matthias, Sawyer, Katina, Thoroughgood, Christian Noble and Vlachos, Pavlos (2019). Theoretical and empirical advances on mindfulness at work. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA United States, 9-13 August 2019. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.16102symposium
Kassinis, Georgios I., Kay, Adam Austen, Papagiannakis, Giorgos and Vlachos, Pavlos (2019). Corporate social hypocrisy and firm sales. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA United States, 9-13 August 2019. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.14467abstract
Kay, Adam Austen, Vlachos, Pavlos, Voliotis, Seraphim and Avramidis, Panagiotis (2018). Responsible by proxy: Moral and affective micro-foundations to the institutionalization of CSR. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, ILL, United States, 10-14 August 2018. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2018.16969abstract
Kay, Adam Austen, Hafenbrack, Andrew and Skarlicki, Daniel (2017). Enhancing eudaimonic well-being with mindfulness: the moderating effect of authenticity. 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA United States, 4-9 August 2017. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2017.14366abstract
Daniels, Michael, Kay, Adam Austen and Skarlicki, Daniel (2017). Soothing the ego: self-compassion improves performance via humility. 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA United States, 4-9 August 2017. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2017.17445abstract
Skarlicki, Daniel, Kay, Adam Austen, Diamond, Adele and Soloway, Geoffrey (2015). Reducing interpersonal conflict through mindfulness training: emotion regulation as mediator. 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada, 7-11 August 2015. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2015.18056abstract
Kay, Adam Austen (2014). Mindfulness meditation as antecedent of authentic leadership: a qualitative approach. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA United States, 1-5 August 2014. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.11700abstract