Professor Martin Edwards
Professor and Deputy Head of School & Deputy Head of UQ Business School
School of Business
+61 7 344 31256
Researcher biography
Martin R. Edwards is a Professor in Management in the UQ Business School, and is a Deputy Head of the Business School, head of the Management, International Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship portfolio.
Prior to joining UQ in 2019 he was a Reader in HRM and Organisational Psychology at King's College London
Martin has a background in organisational psychology, HRM and industrial relations. He holds degrees in Social Psychology (BSc) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (MSc) from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Organisational Psychology from King's College London. Before starting his academic career Martin worked for a number of years as an HR consultant in London.
Martin's academic interests include HR Analytics, people analytics, researching organisational identification, employee-organisational linkages, social and multiple identities in organisations, the role of employee and employer branding in organisations, employee responses to mergers and acquisitions as well as employer responses to judgments of their employer's CSR credentials. He has published in numerous international journals including the Human Resource Management Journal, Human Relations, the Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Management reviews, Economic and Social Democracy, European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, Personnel Review. Martin is an Associate Editor and Editor of Special Issues, Provocations and Reviews for the Human Resource Management Journal.
Publications
Books
Edwards, Martin R., Edwards, Kirsten and Jang, Daisung (2024). Using R in HR analytics: a practical guide to analysing people data. London, United Kingdom: Kogan Page.
Edwards, Martin R., Edwards, Kirsten and Jang, Daisung (2024). Predictive HR analytics: mastering the hr metric. 3rd ed. London, United Kingdom: Kogan Page.
Edwards, Martin R. and Edwards, Kirsten A. (2019). Predictive HR analytics: mastering the HR metric. 2nd ed. London: Kogan Page.
Edwards, Martin R. and Edwards, Kirsten A. (2016). Predictive HR Analytics: Mastering the HR metric. London, United Kingdom: Kogan Page.
Book Chapters
Edwards, Martin R. (2023). HR analytics. Encyclopedia of human resource management. (pp. 173-175) Northampton, MA, United States: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800378841.h.10
Edwards, Martin R. (2023). Employee experience. Encyclopedia of human resource management. (pp. 95-97) edited by Stewart Johnstone, Jenny K. Rodriguez and Adrian Wilkinson. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800378841.E.10
Edwards, Martin R. (2019). HR metrics and analytics. e-HRM: digital approaches, directions and applications. (pp. 89-105) edited by Mohan Thite. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315172729-6
Edwards, Martin R. (2017). Employer Branding and Talent Management. The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management. (pp. 1-17) edited by Collings, David G., Mellahi, Kamel and Cascio, Wayne F.. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198758273.013.7
Edwards, Martin R. (2017). Corporate social responsibility campaigns and sports sponsorship. Routledge handbook of sport and the environment. (pp. 176-189) edited by Brian P. McCullough and Timothy B. Kellison. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315619514-13
Edwards, Martin R. (2012). Employer branding: developments and challenges. Managing human resources: personnel management in transition. (pp. 389-410) edited by Stephen Bach and Martin R. Edwards. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119208235.ch18
Edwards, Martin R. and Bach, Stephen (2012). Introduction: Human Resource Management in Transition. Human Resource Management in Transition. (pp. 3-17) London, United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119208235.ch1
Edwards, Martin R. and Kelan, Elisabeth K. (2011). Employer branding and diversity: foes or friends?. Branded lives: the production and consumption of meaning at work. (pp. 168-184) edited by Matthew J. Brannan, Elizabeth Parsons and Vincenza Priola. Cheltanham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9780857938145.00016
Edwards, Martin R. (2005). Employer and employee branding: HR or PR. Managing human resources: personnel management in transition. (pp. 266-286) edited by Stephen Bach. London, United Kingdom: Wiley.
Journal Articles
Huselid, Mark A., Minbaeva, Dana, Edwards, Martin R. and Levenson, Alec (2025). Workforce analytics in multinational corporations. Organizational Dynamics (Hum. Resour. Manag. 57 3 2018) 101145, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2025.101145
Guarin, Aldrich Dominic, Edwards, Martin R., Townsend, Keith and Wilkinson, Adrian (2025). Using a process model to develop and expand employee voice scales. Human Resource Management Journal. doi: 10.1111/1748-8583.12595
Guarin, Aldrich Dominic, Townsend, Keith, Wilkinson, Adrian and Edwards, Martin (2025). Time to voice? A review and agenda for longitudinal employee voice research. Human Resource Management Review, 35 (1) 101059, 101059. doi: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2024.101059
Edwards, Martin R., Lipponen, Jukka, Kaltiainen, Janne and Hornsey, Matthew (2024). Do pre-merger loyalties help or hinder post-merger retention? A longitudinal study. British Journal of Management, 35 (4), 1746-1762. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12789
Martinescu, Elena, Edwards, Martin R., Leite, Ana.C., Randsley de Moura, Georgina, Marques, André G. and Abrams, Dominic (2024). The interactive effect of job skill level and citizenship status on job depression, work engagement and turnover intentions: a moderated mediation model in the context of macro‐level turbulence (of ‘Brexit’). Human Resource Management Journal, 34 (3), 523-539. doi: 10.1111/1748-8583.12489
Edwards, Martin R., Zubielevitch, Elena, Okimoto, Tyler, Parker, Stacey and Anseel, Frederik (2024). Managerial control or feedback provision: how perceptions of algorithmic HR systems shape employee motivation, behavior, and well-being. Human Resource Management, 63 (4), 691-710. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22218
Edwards, Martin R., Leite, Ana C., de Moura, Georgina Randsley, Marques, André G. and Abrams, Dominic (2024). Anticipated organizational identity change, job anxiety and affective commitment during macro-level turbulence: a cross-lagged study in the shifting sands of Brexit. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 33 (5), 671-687. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2024.2374050
Smidt, Michelle N., Jimmieson, Nerina L., Bradley, Lisa M. and Edwards, Martin R. (2023). Wellness programs and employee outcomes: the role of
HR
attributions. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 61 (3), 613-642. doi: 10.1111/1744-7941.12349
Edwards, Martin R. and Clinton, Michael (2022). Profiling employee psychological responses during restructuring and downsizing in the public sector: “Flourishers”, “Recoverers” and “Ambivalents”. Personnel Review, 52 (7), 1916-1935. doi: 10.1108/pr-12-2020-0879
Edwards, Martin R., Charlwood, Andy, Guenole, Nigel and Marler, Janet (2022). HR analytics: an emerging field finding its place in the world alongside simmering ethical challenges. Human Resource Management Journal, 34 (2), 326-336. doi: 10.1111/1748-8583.12435
Young, Tarli, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Chapman, Cassandra M. and Edwards, Martin R (2021). Predictors of mental health in aid workers: meaning, resilience, and psychological flexibility as personal resources for increased wellbeing and reduced distress. Disasters, 46 (4), 974-1006. doi: 10.1111/disa.12517
Pekerti, Andre A., van de Vijver, Fons J.R., Moeller, Miriam, Okimoto, Tyler G. and Edwards, Martin R. (2021). A peer mentoring social learning perspective of cross-cultural adjustment: The rapid-acculturation mateship program. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 84, 276-299. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.08.010
Hornsey, Matthew J., Edwards, Martin, Lobera, Josep, Diaz-Catalan, Celia and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2021). Resolving the small-pockets problem helps clarify the role of education and political ideology in shaping vaccine scepticism. British Journal of Psychology, 112 (4), 992-1011. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12500
Lockey, Steven, Edwards, Martin R., Hornsey, Matthew J., Gillespie, Nicole, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Colville, Shannon (2021). Profiling Adopters (and Non-adopters) of a Contact Tracing Mobile Application: Insights from Australia. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 149 104414, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104414
Larsson, Anne-Sophie and Edwards, Martin R. (2021). Insider econometrics meets people analytics and strategic human resource management. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33 (12), 1-47. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1847166
Edwards, Martin R., Leite, Ana C. , de Moura, Georgina Randsley and Marques, Andre G. (2020). Let's talk about Brexit: intra-organizational communication, citizenship status, procedural justice, and job insecurity in a context of potential immigration threat. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33 (5), 1-28. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1754883
Edwards, Martin R. and Clinton, Michael E. (2019). A study exploring the impact of lecture capture availability and lecture capture usage on student attendance and attainment. Higher Education, 77 (3), 403-421. doi: 10.1007/s10734-018-0275-9
Edwards, Martin R., Lipponen, Jukka, Edwards, Tony and Hakonen, Marko (2017). Trajectories and antecedents of integration in mergers and acquisitions: a comparison of two longitudinal studies. Human Relations, 70 (10), 1258-1290. doi: 10.1177/0018726716686169
Frasca, Keely J. and Edwards, Martin R. (2017). Web-based corporate, social and video recruitment media: effects of media richness and source credibility on organizational attraction. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 25 (2), 125-137. doi: 10.1111/ijsa.12165
Edwards, Martin R. and Kudret, Selin (2017). Multi-foci CSR perceptions, procedural justice and in-role employee performance: the mediating role of commitment and pride. Human Resource Management Journal, 27 (1), 169-188. doi: 10.1111/1748-8583.12140
Edwards, Martin R. (2016). The Olympic effect: employee reactions to their employer's sponsorship of a high-profile global sporting event. Human Resource Management, 55 (4), 721-740. doi: 10.1002/hrm.21702
Edwards, Tony and Edwards, Martin R. (2015). Perceptions of employee voice and representation in the post-acquisition period: Comparative and longitudinal evidence from an international acquisition. Human Relations, 68 (1), 131-156. doi: 10.1177/0018726714525649
Edwards, Martin R. and Edwards, Tony (2013). Employee responses to changing aspects of the employer brand following a multinational acquisition: a longitudinal study. Human Resource Management, 52 (1), 27-54. doi: 10.1002/hrm.21519
Edwards, Martin R. and Edwards, Tony (2012). Company and country effects in international mergers and acquisitions: employee perceptions of a merger in three European countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 33 (3), 505-529. doi: 10.1177/0143831x11421685
Edwards, Martin R. and Edwards, Tony (2012). Procedural justice and identification with the acquirer: the moderating effects of job continuity, organisational identity strength and organisational similarity. Human Resource Management Journal, 22 (2), 109-128. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00176.x
Fuchs, Sebastian and Edwards, Martin R. (2012). Predicting pro-change behaviour: the role of perceived organisational justice and organisational identification. Human Resource Management Journal, 22 (1), 39-59. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00167.x
Edwards, Martin R. (2010). An integrative review of employer branding and OB theory. Personnel Review, 39 (1), 5-23. doi: 10.1108/00483481011012809
Edwards, Martin R. and Peccei, Riccardo (2010). Perceived organizational support, organizational identification, and employee outcomes testing a simultaneous multifoci model. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 9 (1), 17-26. doi: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000007
Edwards, Martin R. (2009). HR, perceived organisational support and organisational identification: an analysis after organisational formation. Human Resource Management Journal, 19 (1), 91-115. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-583.2008.00083.x
Edwards, Martin R. (2008). Employees as a Focus of Branding Activities: A Review of Recent Contributions to the Literature and the Implications for Workplace Diversity. Equal Opportunities International, 27 (5), 477-481. doi: 10.1108/eoi.2008.27.5.477.1
Edwards, Martin R. and Peccei, Riccardo (2007). Organizational identification: development and testing of a conceptually grounded measure. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 16 (1), 25-57. doi: 10.1080/13594320601088195
Edwards, M.R. (2005). Organizational identification: a conceptual and operational review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 7 (4), 207-230. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2005.00114.x
Conference Papers
Edwards, Martin R., Jooss, Stefan, Alvarez Werth, Belen and Steffens, Niklas K. (2024). Effects of high potential designation. 15th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Perth, Australia, 24-26 October 2024.
Mayer, Roger C., Jang, Dongil, Shah, Pri Pradhan, Jones, Stephen L., Siderits, Ian, Flynn, Patrick, Mulvey, Paul W, Lockey, Steve, Gillespie, Nicole, Pool, Javad, Curtis, Caitlin, Edwards, Martin, Belkin, Liuba, Tuskey, Sarah, Becker, William J., Korsgaard, M. Audrey, Strizver, Sam, Ployhart, Robert E and Williams, Michele (2023). From the complex present to the risk-laden future of trust: over the mountain and into the frying pan. 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.2023.18559symposium
Edwards, M.R., Parker, S., Okimoto, T.G. and Anseel, F. (2022). The impact of performance Monitoring & Metric systems. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 11-14 January 2022.
Martinescu, Elena, Edwards, Martin, Leite, Ana, Randsley de Moura, Georgina, Goncalves-Marques, Andre and Abrams, Dominic (2020). Depression and engagement in a Brexit context: the role of job type and UK citizenship status. Academy of Management Conference, Canada, August 2020. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2020.18072abstract
Edwards, M.R, Leite, A.C., Randsley de Moura, G., Marques, A.G. and Abrams, D. (2019). Let’s talk about Brexit: intra-organizational communication, citizenship status, procedural justice and job insecurity in a context of potential immigration threat. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Turino, Italy, May 2019.
Edwards, M.R, Hofmans, J., Peccei, R. and Pak, K. (2019). Person-centred applications offering new insights to research in Work and Organisational Psychology (WOP). European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology , Turino, Italy, May 2019.
Edwards, Martin and Clinton, Micheal (2019). Employee reactions during restructuring and downsizing: a person-centered approach. SIOP 2019 Conference, National Harbor, MD, United States, 4 - 6 April 2019. Columbus, OH, United States: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Kudret, S. and Edwards, M.R. (2015). Insufficient effort in responding to surveys: evidence from applied organizational research. British Academy of Management Conference, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, September 2015.
Edwards, M.R. and Edwards, T. (2015). The importance of senior leadership team prototypicality following an acquisition: a 3 wave study. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Oslo, Norway, May 2015.
Kudret, S. and Edwards M.R. (2015). Employer brand segmentation: generations and affective tone of their responses to the incongruence between individual values and organizational provisions. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Oslo, Norlway, May 2015.
Edwards, M.R. and Edwards, T. (2013). 3-wave panel analysis of POS antecedents across 24 months following a multinational acquisition. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Munster, Germany, May 2013.
Edwards, M.R., Jimmieson, N. and Clinton, M. (2013). Fulfilment (or not) of job continuity expectation and procedural justice: a longitudinal acquisition study’. SIOP, Houston, TX, United States, April 2013.
Edwards, M.R. and Jimmieson, N. (2012). Communication, procedural justice and employee adjustment during change: a longitudinal investigation. Academy of Management Congress, Boston, MA, United States, August 2012.
Edwards, M.R. and Edwards, T. (2012). Employee judgments of organizational CSR commitment, subsequent employee commitment to CSR and the moderating role of procedural justice perceptions: A longitudinal study. Academy of Management Congress, Boston, MA, United States, August 2012.
Edwards, M.R. and Edwards, T. (2011). Employee adjustment in multinational acquisition: the role of CSR judgments. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology , Maastricht, Netherlands, May 2011.
Edwards, M.R., Clinton, M. and Guest, D. (2009). Bullying and well-being in the UK armed forces: testing for the buffering effects of social support’. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Santiago De Compostela, Spain, May 2009.
Edwards, M.R., Clinton, M. and Guest, D. (2008). Organisational support and employee outcomes: the Moderating role of organizational outcomes. Institute of Work Psychology Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom, June 2008.
Edwards, M.R. and Peccei, R. (2007). A dual model of organisational identification. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2007.
Edwards, M.R. and Peccei, R. (2006). Organizational identification: a conceptually grounded measure. Academy of Management Congress, Atlanta, GA, United States, August 2006.
Edwards, M.R. (2006). Levels of identification in organisations, levels of antecedents and levels of work outcomes’. ACREW- Monash / King’s Conference, Prato, Italy, July 2006.
Edwards, M.R. (2005). Organisational identification: conceptual and operational exploration. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2005.
Edwards M.R (2004). Multiple levels of identification in organisations and work outcomes’. European Group for Organizational Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2004.
Edwards, M.R. (2002). Disentangling organisational identification. British Academy of Management Conference, London, United Kingdom, 9-11 September 2002.
Newspaper Article
Edwards, Martin (2022, 06 17). Australia isn’t experiencing the great resignation yet, but there has been an uptick The Conversation