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Senior Lecturer Management
PhD (University of New England), MSc Industrial & Organizational Psychology (Gadjah Mada University), BEd (Kenyatta University)
Michael Muchiri obtained his PhD in Management from the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. His research interests include transformational leadership, social processes of leadership, positive leader behaviours, workplace safety and leadership processes in emerging economies.
Michael has published a number of articles in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Journal of Management & Organization, and the International Journal of Organisational Behaviour. His work has also been published as a book chapter by the American Psychological Association. Michael has written more than 20 conference papers presented in conferences such as the US Academy of Management, the International Association for Conflict Management, the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, and the African International Business and Management.
Michael is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Leadership & Organization Development Journal.
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Academy of Management (US)
Member, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Editorial Advisory Board, Leadership & Organization Development Journal.
Reviewer for:
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Ad hoc Reviewer for:
The Leadership Quarterly
Journal of Small Business Management
Journal of Management & Organization
Journal of Creativity and Innovation Management
International Journal of Public Sector Management
Journal of Managerial Psychology
International Journal of Employment Studies
The Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference
Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand conference
Walumbwa, F, Aryee, S, Muchiri, M, Di Milia, L & Cooksey, R 2012, 'Servant Leadership and Safety Citizenship Behavior: Examining Mediating and Moderating Processes', paper presented to the Academy of Management 2012 Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, 3rd-7th August.
Muchiri, M 2012, 'Linking transformational leadership and authentic followership to commitment, citizenship behaviours and follower performance', paper presented to the African International Business and Management Conference, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 12th -13th July.
Muchiri, M & Ayoko, O 2012, 'Leading conflict across multiple levels and cultures: a research agenda', paper presented to the 25th Annual IACM Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 11-14 July.
Thornton, L, Muchiri, M & Waight, P 2011, 'Leadership behaviours and entrepreneurial attitude as predictors of business outcomes within business incubators: a conceptual model' in K Voges & B Cavana (ed.) The future of work and organisations, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 7th - 9th December 2011, Wellington, New Zealand.
Muchiri, M & Meiliani, 2011, 'Examining the effects of transformational leadership in Indonesia and Australia' in L Alfansi (ed.) Borderless economy: opportunities and challenges for businesses in Southeast Asia, 12th Malaysia-Indonesia International Economics, Management and Accounting Conference, 13th - 14th October 2011, Bengkulu, Indonesia.
Muchiri, M & Meiliani, 2011, 'The role of leadership in managing individuals�� career anchors: a theoretical perspective' in L Alfansi (ed.) Borderless economy: opportunities and challenges for businesses in South-East Asia, 12th Malaysia-Indonesia International Economics, Management and Accounting Conference, 13th - 14th October 2011, Bengkulu, Indonesia.
Muchiri, M, Ferrer, M, Santa, R & Meiliani, 2011, 'Examining relationships among leadership, innovation competencies and operational effectiveness' in L Alfansi (ed.) Borderless economy: opportunities and challenges for businesses in Southeast Asia, 12th Malaysia-Indonesia International Economics, Management and Accounting Conference, 13th - 14th October 2011, Bengkulu, Indonesia.
Muchiri, M 2011, 'Linking demographic diversity to organisational outcomes: some preliminary findings' in K Voges & B Cavana (ed.) The future of work and organisations, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 7th - 9th December 2011, Wellington, New Zealand.
Muchiri, M 2011, 'Leading through social processes: some findings from public sector organisations', in K Voges & B Cavana (eds.) The future of work and organisations', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 7th - 9th December 2011, Wellington, New Zealand.
Muchiri, M, Ferrer, M, Santa, R, Waight, P, Ward, S & Di Milia, L 2010, 'Exploring the interplay between leadership and innovation competencies and their influence on organisational outcomes', In C Kobe & I Goller (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International CINet Conference: Practicing Innovation in the Times of Discontinuity, CINet, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 779-791.
Mario, F, Medhekar, A, Arroyo, L, Muchiri, M & Santa, R 2010, 'Examining key factors when attracting and retaining skilled and professional migrants to regional areas: the case of the Australian Central Queensland region' in King, D (ed.) International Handbook of Academic Research and Teaching, Intellectbase International Consortium: Intellectual Perspectives & Multi-Disciplinary Foundations vol. 9, Sydney , Australia, 8-9 March 2010, pp. 81-91.
Muchiri, M & Cooksey, R 2010, 'Examining the impact of substitutes for leadership on organisational performance.' in ANZAM 2010 : Refereed Papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, [Adelaide, S.A.]
Muchiri, M & Cooksey, R 2010, 'Using Hierarchical Item Clustering to Establish the Dimensionality of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire' in ANZAM 2010 : Refereed Papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, [Adelaide, S.A.], pp. 1-20.
Muchiri, M 2010, 'Societal culture as a moderator of the impact of leadership on organisational effectiveness: a conceptual model' in ANZAM 2010 : Refereed Papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, [Adelaide, S.A.]
Muchiri, M & Cooksey, R 2009, 'Thematic analyses of employee perceptions of leadership: further support for the construct of effective leadership within local councils of Australia 'in N Beaumont, (ed.) 23rd ANZAM Conference 2009 'Sustainability Management and Marketing'. ANZAM 2009 Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 1-4 December 2009, pp. 1-27.
Greer, L, O'Dea, G, Makiela, S, Muchiri, M, Waight, P, Kinnear, S & Miles, RL 2008, 'Examining communities of interest to achieve ��best-fit�� governance in Central Queensland', Creative Solutions �� expect them to be different: proceedings of the 12th SEGRA Conference, 18-20 August, 2008, Albury, NSW, http://www.segra.com.au/pdf/ExaminingCommunitiesOfInterest.pdf
Muchiri, M & Cooksey, RW 2008, 'Leadership viewed through double lenses: an examination of transformational leader behaviours and social processes of leadership and their impact on key organisational variables within Australian local councils.', paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management: 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008. Managing in the Pacific Century, Auckland, New Zealand.
Muchiri, M, Cooksey, R & Walumbwa, F 2012, 'Transformational and social processes of leadership as predictors of organisational outcomes', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 662-683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437731211265241
Muchiri, M & Cooksey, R 2011, 'Examining the effects of substitutes for leadership on performance outcomes', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol. 32, no. 8, pp.817-836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437731111183757
Muchiri, M, Cooksey, R, Di Milia, L & Walumbwa, F 2011, 'Gender and managerial level differences in perceptions of effective leadership', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol.32, no. 5, pp. 462-492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437731111146578
Muchiri, M 2011, 'Leadership in context: a review and research agenda for sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, vol. 84, no. 3, pp.440-452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02018.x
Muchiri, M & Cooksey, R 2010, 'Using hierarchical item clustering to establish the dimensionality of the multifactor leadership questionnaire', International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-14.
Ferrer, M, Medhekar, A, Arroyo, L, Muchiri, M & Santa, R 2010, 'An examination of key factors to attract and retain skilled and professional migrants: the case of Australian regional and very remote areas', Journal of Global Intelligence and Policy, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 51-65.
Muchiri, M 2009, 'Managing training and development in South Africa (4th edn)', Journal of Management and Organization, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 135-136, http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/15/issue/1/review/969/managing-training-and-development-in-south-africa
Muchiri, M 2008, 'A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying leadership', Journal of Management & Organization, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 594, http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/5/review/905/a-very-short
Walumbwa, F. O., Christensen, A. L. & Muchiri, M. K. (2013), 'Transformational Leadership and Meaningful Work', in B. J. Dik, Z. S. Byrne & M. F. Steger (Eds.), Purpose and Meaning in the Workplace, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, pp. 197-215. [http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318117.aspx]
Muchiri, M.K. (2010). $8,539, to research on the relationship between positive leader behaviours, safety and several organisational outcomes.
Alcock, D. & Muchiri, M.K. (2008). $15,000, to research on a Sustainable Business Model for Central Queensland Regional Information Systems.
$20,000, for Community Interests Assessment for Mount Morgan (worked with a research team from the Institute of Sustainable Regional Development - CQU).
Muchiri, M.K. & Ayoko, O.B. (2013), ‘Linking demographic diversity to organisational outcomes: the moderating role of transformational leadership', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 34 No. 5. Published in EarlyCite: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0143-7739
Ezaz, A. & Muchiri, M.K. (in press), ‘Linking abusive supervision to employees’ OCBs and turnover intentions: the role of psychological contract breach and perceived organisational support’, paper accepted for publication in the journal of Contemporary Management Research.
Muchiri, M.K., Cooksey, R.W. & Walumbwa, F.O. (2012), ‘Transformational and social processes of leadership as predictors of organisational outcomes', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 33 No. 7, pp: 662-683.
Muchiri, M.K. (2011), ‘Leadership in context: a review and research agenda for Sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 84 No. 3, pp. 440-452.
Muchiri, M.K. & Cooksey, R.W. (2011), ‘Examining the effects of substitutes for leadership on performance outcomes', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 32 No. 8, pp. 817-836.
Muchiri, M.K., Cooksey, R.W., Di Milia, L.V. & Walumbwa, F.O. (2011), ‘Gender and managerial level perceptions of effective leadership', Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 32 No. 5, pp. 462-492.
Muchiri, M.K. & Cooksey, R.W. (2010), 'Using hierarchical item clustering to establish the dimensionality of the multifactor leadership questionnaire', International Journal of Organisational Behaviour, Vol.15 No.1, pp. 1-14.
Ferrer, M., Medhekar, A., Arroyo, L., Muchiri, M.K. & Santa, R. (2010), ‘An examination of key factors for attracting and retaining skilled and professional migrants: the case of Australian regional and very remote areas', Journal of Global Intelligence & Policy - JGIP, Vol. 3 No. 2 ( in press-May 2010 publication).
Muchiri, M.K. (2009), Book review of "Managing training and development in South Africa (4th edn), by BJ Erasmus, PVZ Loedolff, T Mda and PS Nel 2006", Journal of Management & Organization, Vol. 15 No.1, pp.135-136.
Muchiri, M.K. (2008), Book review of "A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership by Brad Jackson and Ken Parry 2008" Journal of Management & Organization, Vol. 14 No. 5, p. 594.
Walumbwa, F.O., Aryee, S., Muchiri, M.K., Di Milia, L.V., & Cooksey, R.W. (2012), ‘Servant Leadership and Safety Citizenship Behavior: Examining Mediating and Moderating Processes’. Paper presented during the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 3-7, 2012, Boston USA. Accessed at http://program.aomonline.org/2012/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=578.
Muchiri, M.K. & Ayoko, O. B. (2012), ‘Leading conflict across multiple levels and cultures: A research agenda’ Processes’. Paper presented during the 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management, July 11-14, 2012, Cape Town (Stellenbosch), South Africa.
Muchiri, M.K. (2012), ‘Linking transformational leadership and authentic followership to commitment, citizenship behaviours and follower performance’ Processes’. Paper presented during the African International Business and Management (AIBUMA) Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, July 12 -13 2012.
Muchiri, M.K. (2012), ‘Examining the relationship between positive leader behaviours, healthy workplace practices, employee well-being and organisational performance'. Technical Report submitted to the Mackay Regional Council in 2012.
Muchiri, M.K. (2012), ‘Examining the relationship between positive leader behaviours, healthy workplace practices, employee well-being and organisational performance'. Technical Report submitted to the Banana Shire Regional Council in 2012.
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