Dr Marissa Edwards
Lecturer in Management & Early Career Academic
School of Business
+61 7 344 32424
+61 7 334 68020
Room 310, Colin Clark Building, St. Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
Marissa is an Education Focused course coordinator and lecturer who is primarily responsible for teaching large first year courses. Marissa is passionate about higher education and both staff and student well-being, and has a particular interest in enhancing the first year student experience. Currently her work is focused on exploring how to reduce mental illness and encourage wellness in academic settings. Marissa has considerable experience as a researcher, project manager, seminar presenter, and educator, and has worked with a number of government departments in addition to consulting to not-for-profit organisations. She has a variety of research interests, including mental health and well-being in academia; ethics and decision-making; healthcare management; mental health promotion in organisations; and social justice initiatives.
Book Chapters
Edwards, Marissa, Lawrence, Sandra A. and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2016). How perceptions and emotions shaped employee silence in the case of "Dr Death" at Bundaberg Hospital. In Neal M. Ashkanasy, Charmine E. J. Härtel and Wilfred J. Zerbe (Ed.), Emotions and organizational governance (pp. 341-379) Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi:10.1108/S1746-979120160000012015
Edwards, Marissa S., Lawrence, Sandra A. and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2013). The role of perceptions, appraisals and anticipated emotions in shaping reporting behavior in response to wrongdoing. In Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper (Ed.), Voice and Whistleblowing in Organizations: Overcoming Fear, Fostering Courage and Unleashing Candour (pp. 254-277) Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi:10.4337/9781781005927
Edwards, Marissa S. and Greenberg, Jerald (2011). Issues and challenges in studying insidious workplace behavior. In Jerald Greenberg (Ed.), Insidious workplace behavior (pp. 309-354) New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9780203849439
Edwards, M.S. and Greenberg, J. (2011). What is insidious workplace behavior?. In Jerald Greenberg (Ed.), Insidious Workplace Behavior (pp. 3-30) New York, United States: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203849439
Brinsfield, C. T., Edwards, M. and Greenberg, J. (2009). Voice and silence in organizations: Historical review and current conceptualizations. In Greenberg, J. and Edwards, M. (Ed.), Voice and Silence in Organizations (pp. 3-33) Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
Edwards, M. and Greenberg, J. (2009). Sounding off on voice and silence. In Greenberg, J. and Edwards, M. (Ed.), Voice and Silence in Organizations (pp. 275-291) Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
Edwards, Marissa, Ashkanasy, Neal M. and Gardner, John (2009). Deciding to speak up or to remain silent following observed wrongdoing: The role of discrete emotions and climate of silence. In J. Greenberg and M. Edwards (Ed.), Voice and Silence in Organizations (pp. 83-109) Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.
Edwards, M. and Ashkanasy, N. M. (2008). Integrative case study: Diagnosing Queensland health. In S. P. Robbins, T. A. Judge, B. Millett and T. Waters-Marsh (Ed.), Organisational Behaviour 5th Australian ed. ed. (pp. 290-292) Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson Education Australia.
Blenkinsopp, John and Edwards, Marissa S. (2008). On not blowing the whistle: quiescent silence as an emotion episode. In Wilfred J. Zerbe, Charmine E.J. Härtel and Neal M. Ashkanasy (Ed.), Emotions, ethics, and decision-making (pp. 181-206) Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi:10.1016/S1746-9791(08)04008-X
Journal Articles
Wright, April, Hibbert, Paul, Strong, Ross and Edwards, Marissa (2018) Exposing practical, psychological, and pedagogical shadow sides of experiential learning. Journal of Management Education, 42 6: 761-771. doi:10.1177/1052562918802327
Edwards, Marissa S. and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2018) Emotions and failure in academic life: normalising the experience and building resilience. Journal of Management and Organization, 24 2: 167-188. doi:10.1017/jmo.2018.20
Edwards, Marissa S. and Gallagher, Erin C. (2018) Oh, behave! Insights and strategies for teaching business ethics to Gen Y students. E-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 12 1: 1-18.
Lock, Mark J., Stephenson, Amber L., Branford, Jill, Roche, Jonathan, Edwards, Marissa S. and Ryan, Kathleen (2017) Voice of the Clinician: the case of an Australian health system. Journal of Health, Organisation and Management, 31 6: 665-678. doi:10.1108/JHOM-05-2017-0113
Conference Papers
Edwards, Marissa S. and Gallagher, Erin C. (2017). ‘Oh, Behave!’ Insights and strategies for teaching business ethics in the undergraduate classroom. In: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Melbourne, Australia, (). 5-8 December 2017.
Edwards, M. (2008). The conceptualisation and measurement of whistle-blowing: A new way forward. In: Wilson, M., Proceedings of the 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008: Managing in the Pacific Century. 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, (1-15). 2-5 December, 2008.
Edwards, M. S. and Ashkanasy, N. M. (2008). The role of discrete emotions and organizational climate in employee silence and whistle-blowing. In: 2008 Annual Meeting Program. 68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California, (). 8-13 August, 2008.
Edwards, M., Ashkanasy, N. M. and Gardner, J. (2007). The role of emotions in employees' decisions to report serious wrongdoing. In: Conference Handbook: 7th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP) / 1st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology (APCWOP). 7th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP), Adelaide, SA, (60-60). 28 June - 1 July, 2007.
Edwards, M. S. R. and Gardner, M. J. (2006). Employee silence and whistle-blowing: The case of 'Dr Death'. In: Academy of Management 2006 Annual Meeting Proceedings. Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 11-16 August, 2006, (). Atlanta, Georgia.
Thesis
Marissa Edwards (2011). Employee Responses to Wrongdoing in Organisations: The Role of Psychological Processes in Employee Silence and Whistle-blowing PhD Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland.