Striving for research excellence
The Department of Management hosts world-leading researchers and award-winning educators who provide a research-led education to our students. Our cutting-edge research drives business practice, policy, and regulation, and our internationally recognised degree programs are informed by our latest findings.
Our department takes a proactive approach to research, education, and industry partnerships, ensuring that our students receive a highly relevant education and can effectively tackle the challenges of the domestic and global business environment.
Research highlights
Research centres
The diversity of research conducted by our staff means our members are affiliated with several research institutes and centres across the University.

Griffith Asia Institute
An internationally recognised research centre focused on the trade and business, politics, governance, security, economies and development of the Asia Pacific and their significance for Australia.

Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing
Bridging the gap between workplace research, practice and policy to help meet the demands of a constantly changing and adapting business world.

Cities Research Institute
Aiming to address the complex issues cities and communities face throughout Australasia, helping to make cities and communities better places.

Institute for Integrated Systems
The institute's ongoing quest to incorporate human behaviours into intelligence devices has secured consistent global recognition and cemented its place as an international leader in the field.
Publications
Please see below a list of recent publications and working papers between department academic staff, as well as current and former HDR students.
- Dharmagunawardene, D., Bowman, P., Avery, M., Greenfield, D., & Hinchcliff, R. (2025). Factors Influencing the Establishment of Hospital Accreditation Programs in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Scoping Review. Health Policy and Planning, czaf011. DOI:10.1093/heapol/czaf011
- Tang, R. W. & Wang, Y. (2025). The length of historical path and the digitalization speed of record labels: A path dependence perspective. Journal of Business Research, (ABDC: A; JIF: 11.3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115150
- Shaheer, N., Tang, R. W. (Corresponding Author) & Yang, J. Y. (2025). The culprit behind bootleg music: The diverging roles of formal and informal institutions. Journal of International Management, (ABDC: A; JIF: 6.1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2025.101237
- Alabdaly, A., Hinchcliff, R., Debono, D., & Hor, S. -Y. (2024). Relationship between patient safety culture and patient experience in hospital settings: a scoping review. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 24(1), 10 pages. DOI:10.1186/s12913-024-11329-w
- Basha, S., Cui, J. and Wu, Y. (2024). Older adults’ decisions regarding mobility to age in place in medium- and high-rise multi-storey residential buildings in urban settings: A case study of South East Queensland, Australia. Habitat International, accepted. (ABDC A).
- Bastani, P., Bahmaei, J., Ravangard, R., Bahrami, M. A., Asadollahi, A., Hinchcliff, R., & Shafei, I. (2024). Development of an evidence-informed governance and stewardship framework for elderly healthcare in Iran: A qualitative study. HELIYON, 10(5), 11 pages. DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26764
- Birdthistle, N. (Ed). (2024). Family Businesses on a mission: Attaining the Sustainable Development Goal of No Poverty. Emerald Publishing. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781836085706
- Birdthistle, N. (2024). The heart of business: Understanding family-owned ventures. In N. Birdthistle (Ed). Family Businesses on a mission: Attaining the Sustainable Development Goal of No Poverty (pp.13-25). Emerald Publishing. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-83608-570-620241002/full/html
- Birdthistle, N., Eager, B., Flynn, A. & Grant. S. (2024, November 14-15). Exploring senior women entrepreneurs: using the Netflix series Grace and Frankie as a case study, RENT Conference, Nantes France.
- Basha, S; Cui, J; Wu, Y, Older adults’ decisions regarding mobility to age in place in medium- and high-rise multi-storey residential buildings in urban settings: A case study of South East Queensland, Australia, Habitat International, 2024, 153
- Chaminda, J. L. P., Kularatna, S., Dharmagunawardene, D., Hinchcliff, R., Rohde, A., Brain, D., Senanayake, S. (2024). Health system interventions for the cost containment of drugs used for cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and exploration of how the results could be adapted to the Sri Lankan context. Global Health Journal. DOI:10.1016/j.glohj.2024.11.005
- Dharmagunawardene, D., Avery, M., Bowman, P., Greenfieldand, D., & Hinchcliff, R. (2024). Sustainability of Hospital Accreditation Programs in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Lessons learned from Sri Lanka. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 19(2), i3903. DOI:10.24083/apjhm.v19i2.3903
- Henry, Colette and Wu, Wendy and Moberg, Kare and Singer, Slavica and Gabriel, Barbara and Valente, Robertt and Carlos, Carolina and Fannin, Nick, Exploring Inclusivity in Entrepreneurship Education Provision: A European Study. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4845401 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4845401
- Kosiol, J., Avery, M., Silvester, T., Smyth, M., Sanger, G., Purdy, J., . . . Bialocerkowski, A. (2024). Protocol for leading health services innovation: a hybrid type 2 mixed method implementation trial for developing and assessing a codesigned graduate certificate program in health innovation. BMC Medical Education, 24, 1256. doi:10.1186/s12909-024-06094-7
- Kosiol, J., Silvester, T., Cooper, H., Alford, S., & Fraser, L. (2024). Revolutionising health and social care: innovative solutions for a brighter tomorrow – a systematic review of the literature. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 809. doi:10.1186/s12913-024-11099-5
- Er Raqabi, El Mehdi, Wu, Y., El Hallsoui, I. and Soumis, F. (2024). Towards resilience: Primal large-scale re-optimization. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 192:103819. (ABDC A*). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554524004101
- Min, B.-S. (2024). The K-pop industry: competitiveness and sustainability”, International Journal of Cultural Policy, in press. (ABDC A). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10286632.2024.2366979
- Olley, R., & Silvester, T. (2024). Authentic leadership for value-based healthcare. In H. Khalil (Ed.), Value-based Healthcare (pp. 1-26). Victoria, Australia: La Trobe eBureau. Retrieved from https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/value-based-health-care/part/main-body/
- Otchi, E. H., Hinchcliff, R., & Greenfield, D. (2024). A beacon to guide others: improving chronic disease management through targeted, evidence-based primary healthcare quality measures (Editorial). International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 36(1). DOI:10.1093/intqhc/mzae014
- Phan, P., Desai, S., Garcia Elorio, E., Greenfield, D., Hinchcliff, R., Iqbal, U., Sheikh, A. (2024). Embracing the use of artificial intelligence in scientific publishing (Editorial). International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 36(3). DOI:10.1093/intqhc/mzae071
- Shah, Y. B., Krishnan, A. S., Kumar, P., Jayanti, V., Goldberg, Z. N., Hinchcliff, R., & Nash, D. B. (2024). The Future of Global Graduate Training in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. DOI:10.1093/intqhc/mzae094
- Tang, P., Liu, X., Mi, L., Wang G., & Wang J. (2024). Dual-threshold effect of resources and governance on the role of regulations in green innovation: Novel insights from a four-regime panel approach, Business Strategy and the Environment. (ABDC A).
- Yuwono, EI; Tjondronegoro, D; Riverola, C; Loy, J, Co-Creation in Action: Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence Among Innovation Champions, Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 2024
- Tang, R.W., Rammal, H.G., & Cavusgil, S.T. 2024. Foreign divestment of B2B service firms: Institutional unpredictability and digitalization institutions. Industrial Marketing Management, 123: 277-291.(ABDC: A*; JIF10.3; Open Access)
- Tjoe, Y., Min, B.-S. (2024). Social Housing Contracts: Does Election Result Matter? Journal of Housing Research, DOI: 10.1080/10527001.2024.2348334. In press
- Yuwono, E.I., Tjondronegoro, D., Riverola, C., Loy, J. 2024. Co-creation in action: Bridging the knowledge gap in artificial intelligence among innovation champions. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. Volume 7, 100272. ISSN 2666-920X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.10027
- Qi Wang, Dongmo Zhang, Bo Du. Modelling Congestion and Price Competition in EV Charging Markets. The 25th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA), Kyoto, Japan, 18 - 24 November, 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 15395, 114-119.
- Qi Wang, Dongmo Zhang, Bo Du. A Hybrid Model for Public Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Planning. The 21st Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), Kyoto, Japan, 18 - 24 November, 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 15285, 111-117.
- Zhidan Liu, Guofeng Ouyang, Bolin Zhang, Bo Du, Chao Chen, Kaishun Wu. Joint Order Dispatching and Vehicle Repositioning for Dynamic Ridesharing. 2024. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
- Allen, M. J., Brain, D., Crawford, R., Senanayake, S., Harris, I. A., Elliott, L., . . . McPhail, S. M. (2023). Factors influencing prosthesis selection and variation: a survey of orthopaedic surgeons in Australia.. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3439378/v1
- Allen, M. J., Selim, S. M., Senanayake, S., Brain, D., Blythe, R., Hinchcliff, R., . . . McPhail, S. M. (2023). A scoping review of factors influencing prosthesis selection for knee and hip arthroplasties: perspectives of surgeons in high income countries. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3435294/v1
- Birdthistle, N. & Hales, R. (2023) Family Businesses on a Mission: Attaining the 2030 SDG of Good Health & Well-being, Emerald Publishers
- Chaminda, J. L. P., Dharmagunawardene, D., Rohde, A., Kularatna, S., & Hinchcliff, R. (2023). Implementation of a Multicomponent Program to Improve Effective Use and Maintenance of Medical Equipment in Sri Lankan Hospitals. WHO South-East Asia journal of public health, 12(2), 85-92. doi:10.4103/WHO-SEAJPH.WHO-SEAJPH_100_23
- Cullen, A. and McCornac, D. (2023), "Doing business with Asia: the case for Asian business studies engagement in Australian universities", Journal of Asia Business Studies, Vol. 17 No. 2, pp. 424-438. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-11-2021-0452
- Kosiol, J., Fraser, L., Radford, K., Fitzgerald, A., (2023). Resource Based View: A New Strategic Perspective for Public Health Service Management. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
- Guzman, G., Dietrich, A. and Cochoy, F, (Org.). Space and Organizing: On spatial agencing, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK., 2023. ISBN 978-1-80088-155-6.
- Burns, C.J.M., Houghton, L., Delaney, D. et al. Ethical Decision-Making in Indigenous Financial Services: QSuper Case Study. J Bus Ethics 186, 13–29 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05253-4
- Loy, J., Novak, J. & Diegel, O. (2023) 3D Printing for Product Designers: Innovative strategies using additive manufacturing, Routledge, Oxford. 3D Printing for Product Designers: Innovative Strategies Using Additive Manufacturing
- Handayani, S., Hinchcliff, R., & Hasibuan, Z. A. (2023). Development of a Conceptual Framework for Tuberculosis Management and Control; an Evidence Synthesis using Text Mining Software: A Review. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 52(12), 2506-2515. doi:10.18502/ijph.v52i12.14312
- Handayani, S., Hinchcliff, R., & Hasibuan, Z. A. (2023). Development of Tuberculosis Vulnerability Assessment Conceptual Framework Using Automatic Content Analysis. In J. Mantas, P. Gallos, E. Zoulias, A. Hasman, M. S. Househ, M. Charalampidou, & A. Magdalinou (Eds.), Healthcare Transformation with Informatics and Artificial Intelligence (Vol. 305, pp. 220-223). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi:10.3233/SHTI230467
- Houghton, L, & Loy, J. (2023). Living and Thriving Under Ambiguity. Air/Space, 33146637. http://doi.org/58930/bp33146637
- Isworo, S., Handayani, S., Hinchcliff, R., & Hasibuan, Z. A. (2023). Development of an Evidence-Based Tool to Assess the Relative Vulnerability of Different Communities to Tuberculosis. KESMAS-NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH JOURNAL, 18(4), 252-257. doi:10.21109/kesmas.v18i4.7357
- Kosiol, J., Olley, R., Silvester, T., Vidal, J. A., & Cooper, H. (2023). Pandemic Preparedness in the Aged Care Sector: A systematic literature review. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 18(3). doi:10.24083/apjhm.v18i3.2157
- Lewis, K., & Hinchcliff, R. (2023). Hospital accreditation: an umbrella review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE, 35(1), 7 pages. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzad007
- Marshall, A., Wilson, C., & Dale, A., (2023) Telecommunications and natural disasters in rural Australia: The role of digital capability in building disaster resilience. Journal of Rural Studies, 100, Article number: 102996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.03.004
- McInerney, M., Hinchcliff, R., FitzGerald, G., & King, R. (2023). Private Equity Investment in Private For-Profit Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand: A scoping review. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 18(2). doi:10.24083/apjhm.v18i2.2347
- Putra, C., & Vasandani, M. (2023). Communication skills: Let’s talk about it!. In SHAPE International Symposium 2023 Program. Gold Coast, Australia: Society for Health Administration Programs in Education. Retrieved from https://www.shape.org.au/future
- Nguyen, M. P., Tariq, A., Hinchcliff, R., Luu, H. N., & Dunne, M. P. (2023). Contribution of private health services to universal health coverage in low and middle-income countries: Factors affecting the use of private over public health services in Vietnam. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. doi:10.1002/hpm.3689
- Nguyen, M. P., Tariq, A., Hinchcliff, R., & Dunne, M. P. (2023). Why do consumers choose private over public health services? Reflective accounts of health providers in Vietnam. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 900. doi:10.1186/s12913-023-09892-9
- Riverola, C., Harrington, S., Ruby, M., Dedehayir, O., Morris, R., & Laurance, C. (2023). Consumer views on plant-based foods: Australian sample. Brisbane, Australia: Griffith University.
- Wong, L. Y., Sendjaya, S., Wilson, S., & Rixon, A. (2023). Evidence behind the exhortation? A rapid review of servant leadership’s influence and claims in healthcare over the last decade. BMJ leader, leader-2023. . doi: 10.1136/leader-2023-000796
- PR Steffens, T Baker, P Davidsson, JM Senyard, When is less more? Boundary conditions of effective entrepreneurial bricolage , Journal of Management 49 (4), 1277-1311
- Wan M, Shukla N, Li J, Pradhan B. Optimization of teleconsultation appointment scheduling in National Telemedicine Center of China Computers and Industrial Engineering 183 01 Sep 2023 (Journal article)
- Wan M, Shukla N, Li J, Pradhan B. Data-driven approaches to sustainable referral system design integrating the offline channel and the online channel Journal of Cleaner Production 414:137691 2023 (Journal article)
- K. Fellnhofer, E. Sadler-Smith & M. Sinclair (forthcoming) 'Training Intuition: Challenges and Opportunities.' In J. Liebowitz (Ed.), Developing the Intuitive Executive: Using Analytics and Intuition for Success. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.
- Tang RW, 2023. Institutional Unpredictability and Foreign Exit−Reentry Dynamics: The Moderating Role of Foreign Ownership. Journal of World Business (ABDC: A*; Journal Impact Factor (JIF): 8.635). doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101389
- Farazmehr, Sh., & Wu, Y. (2023). Locating and deploying essential goods and equipment in disasters using AI-enabled approaches: A systematic literature review. Progress in Disaster Science, 100292.
- Alruthea, S., Bowman, P., Tariq, A., & Hinchcliff, R. (2022). Interventions to Enhance Medication Safety in Residential Aged-care Settings: An Umbrella Review. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88(4), 1630-1643. doi:10.1111/bcp.15109
- Asadi S, Nilashi M, Abumalloh RA, Samad S, Ahani A,Ghabban F, Yusuf SYM, Supriyanto E. Evaluation of Factors to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic Using DEMATEL and Fuzzy Rule-Based Techniques. 2022 International Journal of Fuzzy Systems Springer Heidelberg
- Birdthistle, N.,Eversole, R., & Walo, M (2022), ‘Creating an Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Women Entrepreneurs in a Rural Region’, Journal of Business Venturing Insights,18, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00341
- Aldaheri, N., Guzman, G. and Stewart, H. (2022) Reciprocal knowledge sharing: Exploring Professional-Cultural Knowledge Sharing Between Expatriates and Local Nurses, Journal of Knowledge Management, DOI 10.1108/JKM-10-2021-0735.
- Handayani, S., Hinchcliff, R., Zami, F. A., & Hasibuan, Z. A. (2022). A Conceptual Paper: Model of Integrated Surveillance System of Tuberculosis Based on the Internet of Things (IoT) for Accelerating Indonesia Free Tuberculosis in 2030. In 2022 International Seminar on Application for Technology of Information and Communication (iSemantic) (pp. 431-435). Semarang, Indonesia: IEEE. doi:10.1109/iSemantic55962.2022.9920390
- Handayani, S., Nurmandhani, R., & Hinchcliff, R. (2022). Quality of Life Among People with Positive COVID-19 Experience in Semarang, Indonesia. In M. I. Kartasurya, N. Lisnawati, A. F. Asna, N. Handayani, & D. Z. Nuridzin (Eds.), The 4th International Conference on Public Health for Tropical and Coastal Development (ICOPH-TCD 2022) Vol. 54 (pp. 00013). Semarang, Indonesia: EDP Sciences. doi:10.1051/bioconf/20225400013
- Hinchcliff, R., Debono, D., Carter, D., Glennie, M., Robertson, H., & Travaglia, J. (2022). Options to enhance the veracity of Australian health service accreditation assessments. HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, 51(2), 59-62. doi:10.1177/1833358320910890
- Liu, C. H., Gan, B.,Ko, W. H., & Teng, C. C. (2022). Comparison of localized and foreign restaurant brands for consumer behavior prediction. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 65, 102868. https://doi.org /10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102868
- Khan, S., Yousefinezhadi, T., & Hinchcliff, R. (2022). The impact of hospital accreditation in selected Middle East countries: a scoping review. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 36(1), 51-68. doi:10.1108/JHOM-04-2021-0159
- Khorasani, M., Loy, J., Ghasemi, A., Sharabian, E., Leary, M., Mirafzal, H., Cochrane, P., Rolfe, B. & Gibson, I. (2022) A Review of Industry 4.0 and Additive Manufacturing Synergy, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol 28 (8). 1462-1475, Emerald Publishing. A review of Industry 4.0 and additive manufacturing synergy
- Mackerras, C.(2022). Religion and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_86-1
- Mackerras, C.,‘Fifty Years of Australian Diplomatic Relations with China: Some Reflections’, Asian Studies Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2022.2135481 (20 October 2022), pp. 1-8.
- Mi, L.,Sarvaiya, H.,& Stewart, H. (2022). Strategic responses to Covid-19 – An investigation of Australian firms. Griffith University.
- Ekberg, S., Mi, L., & Senyard, J.(2022). Business model innovation during Covid-19 in the hospitality industry. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange.
- Min, B., “Corporate governance reforms in East Asia”, Asian Journal of Political Science, 2022, 30(3): 231-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/02185377.2022.2158577
- Birdthistle, N., Riverola, C.,Boorer, L., Ekberg, S., & Senyard, J. (2022). Getting you out of the black hole – empowering STEAM teachers to teach the 21st century skills. In Deakin STEM Education Conference 2021. Conference proceedings: Selected works (pp. 45-48). Online: Deakin University. Retrieved from https://www.deakin.edu.au/stem-education-conference-2021
- Wong, L., Wilson, S., Rixon, A., & Sendjaya, S. (2022). Reframing leadership: Leader identity challenges of the emergency physician. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34(1), 127-129.
- Adak A, Pradhan B, Shukla N, Alamri A. Unboxing Deep Learning Model of Food Delivery Service Reviews Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Technique Foods 11(14):2019 2022 (Journal article)
- Bas, A., Sinclair M., Dörfler, V., (2022) ‘Sensing: The Elephant in the Room of Management Learning’. Management Learning, 1-22, DOI 10.1177/13505076221077226
- Zhang, X. and Wu, Y.(2022). Analysis of public transit operation efficiency based on multi-source data: A case study in Brisbane, Australia. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 40:100859.
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