Dr Ree Jordan
Lecturer in Management & Lecturer in Management
School of Business
+61 7 334 68036
+61 7 334 68151
Room 334, Colin Clark (39) St. Lucia Campus
With a professional background in leadership development, organisational culture, and transformational change, Ree's research focuses on understanding beneficial behaviours that lead to innovative problem-solving in organisations.
Researcher biography
Ree's research focus explores the broad theme of organisational outliers, constructively challenging dominant belief structures and impact on leadership practice. Specific topics include mavericks and maverickism (beneficial non-conformity), game-changers, innovation, entrepreneurship, decision-making, and leadership (including Indigenous womens leadership) in enacting effective, responsive, and adaptive change in a rapidly changing world.
Ree has extensive professional experience in leading organisational change and leadership development initiatives across whole-of-organisations, as well as teams. She has worked with government departments, universities, not-for-profit organisations, and industry.
Publications
Book Chapters
Jordan, Ree (2024). Don't ever tell. Storying the archive: Evoking the Fryer Library Indigenous Collection. (pp. 62-65) edited by Tracey Bunda and Laura Deane. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Fitzsimmons, Terrance W., Callan, Victor J., Yates, Miriam S. and Jordan, Ree (2024). Why we still have gendered organizational progression of individuals into leadership roles and what can be done about it. The Oxford handbook of individual differences in organizational contexts. (pp. 225-247) edited by Aybars Tuncdogan, Oguz A. Acar, Henk W. Volberda and Ko de Ruyter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192897114.013.19
Jordan, Ree and Leroy-Dyer, Sharlene (2023). The leadership virtues of Aboriginal women in Australia. Leadership and virtues: understanding and practicing good leadership. (pp. 163-180) edited by Toby P. Newstead and Ronald E. Riggio. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003212874-16
Yates, Miriam S., Jordan, Ree and Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. (2023). Reimagining leadership: breaking the box of leadership theorizing and methods. The future of scholarship on diversity and inclusion in organizations. (pp. 271-280) edited by Eden B. King, Quinetta M. Roberson and Mikki R. Hebl. Charlotte, NC, United States: Information Age Publishing.
Jordan, Ree, Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. and Callan, Victor J. (2021). Fear not your mavericks! Their bounded non-conformity and positive deviance helps organizations drive change and innovation. Strategic responses for a sustainable future: new research in international management. (pp. 123-146) edited by Torben Juul Andersen. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-80071-929-320214006
Jordan, Ree (2021). A Bourdieusian analysis of ‘maverick’ stories . Making Sense of Stories : An Inquirer's Compendium. (pp. 155-164) edited by Geof Hill and Andrew Rixon. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publisher.
Journal Articles
Fitzsimmons, Terrance, Yates, Miriam S., Jordan, Ree and Callan, Victor J. (2024). Co-creating impact: positioning indigenous knowledge holders as expert researchers. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/edi-09-2023-0315
Jordan, Ree, Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. and Callan, Victor J. (2023). Positively deviant: new evidence for the beneficial capital of maverickism to organizations. Group and Organization Management, 48 (5) ARTN 10596011221102297, 1254-1305. doi: 10.1177/10596011221102297
Conference Papers
Van de Paverd, Amanda, Jordan, Ree and Callan, Victor (2024). The maverick organisation: An initial practice theory analysis of the field and valued capital in a defence organisation. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Woollongong, NSW, Australia, 2-5 December 2024.
Jordan, Ree, Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. and Callan, Victor J. (2024). The maverick factor: The role of positively deviant change agents in radical organizational change. European Academy of Management Conference, Bath, United Kingdom, 25-28 June 2024.
Jordan, Ree, Axelsen, Micheal, Matook, Sabine, Bremhorst, Mark, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Callan, Victor, Crowe, Louise, Karanasios, Stan, Mylonas, Aliisa, O'Quinn, Richard and Ranpara, Ashil (2024). Indigenizing Curriculum through Technology: A socio-technical perspective. European Conference on Information Systems 2024, Paphos, Cyprus, 13-19 June 2024. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
Bremhorst, Mark and Jordan, Ree (2023). How information systems can support heuristic decision making: A pilot study. Australiasian Conference on Information Systems, Wellington, New Zealand, 5-8 December 2023. Association for Information Systems.
Jordan, Ree, Fitzsimmons, Terrance William and Callan, Victor J. (2023). Let Them Disrupt You! Maverick Practice Benefits Your Organization. 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.2023.10264abstract
Jordan, Ree, Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. and Callan, Victor J. (2023). Mavericks: The missing player in understanding radical transformational change. European Academy of Management, Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 June 2023.
Jordan, Ree, Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. and Callan, Victor J. (2023). Beneficially disruptive! Mavericks can help transform your business for good. European Academy of Management, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 June 2023.
McMaster, Natalie, McCuaig, Louise, Macdonald, Doune, Jordan, Ree and Gorringe, Scott (2023). Examining the complexities of pastoral care in Northern Territory outer regional and remote schools. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 26-30 November 2023.
Yates, Miriam S., Jordan, Ree and Fitzsimmons, Terrance W. (2021). Constructive contributions: How non-Indigenous academics can engage with Indigenous research meaningfully. Inaugural Asper Research Conference on Indigenous Business - Emerging themes in Indigenous Business, I. H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada, 18-19 March, 2021.
Jordan, Ree (2018). The maverick phenomenon: a contribution to organisational effectiveness. 34th EGOS Colloquium, Tallinn, Estonia, 5-7 July 2018.
Jordan, Ree (2018). The maverick phenomenon: a contribution to organisational effectiveness. 18th European Academy of Management Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 19-22 June 2018.
Jordan, Ree (2017). Maverickism: missing element in achieving revolutionary organizational transformation. 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.2017.12313abstract
Research Report
Martin, Tracy, Jordan, Ree, de Sales, Alain and O'Quinn, Richard (2022). Letters to leaders: empowering employee voice. Unknown:
Generic Documents
Jordan, Ree (2022). Planning to start a new job? Learn how workplace ‘Mavericks’ influence early on and retain uniqueness. UQ Momentum Magazine.
Jordan, Ree (2022). Challenge accepted: How to harness your Top Gun talent for greater workplace benefits. UQ Momentum Magazine.
Theses
Jordan, Ree (2019). Maverickism: round pegs in square holes - the who, what and why of mavericks in organisations. PhD Thesis, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.795
Jordan, Ree (2006). Tourists and travellers: an ethnographical study of the lived experiences of participants in the Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training’s Emerging Leaders Program. Master's Thesis, Master in Organisational Leadership, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria.