Marissa Edwards

Ms Marissa EDWARDS

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Positions Held

PhD Student

Academic Qualifications

Publications

• List of Publications - tiers 1, 2 & 3 http://www.business.uq.edu.au/display/research/UQ+Business+School+Journal+Rankings

Book Chapters

• Blenkinsopp, J., & Edwards, M.S. (in press). On not blowing the whistle: Quiescent silence as an emotion episode. In W.J. Zerbe, C.E.J. Härtel, & N.M. Ashkanasy (Eds.), Research on emotion in organizations: Emotions, ethics, and decision-making (Vol. 4). Bingley, UK: Emerald Press.
• Brinsfield, C.T., Edwards, M.S., & Greenberg, J. (in press). Voice and silence in organizations: Historical review and current conceptualizations. In J. Greenberg & M.S. Edwards (Eds.), Voice and silence in organizations. Bingley, UK: Emerald Press.
• Edwards, M.S., Ashkanasy, N.M., & Gardner, J. (in press). Deciding to speak up or to remain silent following observed wrongdoing: The role of discrete emotions and climate of silence. In J. Greenberg & M.S. Edwards (Eds.), Voice and silence in organizations. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
• Edwards, M.S., & Greenberg, J. (in press). Sounding off on voice and silence. In J. Greenberg & M.S. Edwards (Eds.), Voice and silence in organizations. Bingley, UK: Emerald Press.
• Edwards, M.S., & Greenberg, J. (forthcoming). What is insidious workplace behavior? In J. Greenberg (Ed.), Insidious workplace behavior. New York: Psychology Press.
• Edwards, M.S., & Greenberg, J. (forthcoming). Insidious workplace behavior: Current knowledge and future challenges. In J. Greenberg (Ed.), Insidious workplace behavior. New York: Psychology Press.

Conference Papers

• Edwards, M.S. (forthcoming, 2008). The conceptualisation and measurement of whistle-blowing: A new way forward. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Edwards, M.S. & Gardner, J. (2007, August). The role of emotions in employees' decisions to report or remain silent about serious wrongdoing. In J. Greenberg & M.S. Edwards (Chairs), The role of emotion in individual decision-making. Showcase Symposium to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Edwards, M.S., Ashkanasy, N.M., & Gardner, J. (2007, July). The role of emotions in employees' decisions to engage in whistle-blowing. In M.S. Edwards (Chair), Emotions in Organisations. Symposium presented at the 7th Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
• Greenberg, J., Brinsfield, C.T., & Edwards, M.S. (2007, April). Silence as deviant work behavior: The peril of words unspoken. In M. Mitchell and S. Thau (Chairs), Understanding dark organizational behavior: Investigating motives of workplace deviance. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, USA.
• Edwards, M.S., Keeffe, D.A., & Ashkanasy, N.M. (2006, December). Employee responses to organisational wrongdoing as coping strategies: A process model and integrative review. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Yeppoon, Australia.
• Edwards, M.S., & Ashkanasy, N.M. (2006, August). The emotions of speaking-up at work: Emotions and organizational climate as predictors of whistle-blowing. In I. Fulmer and C. Barnes (Chairs), Examinations of mood and extra-role behavior. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Edwards, M. S., Ashkanasy, N. M., & Gardner, J. (2006, August). Emotional antecedents and consequences of employee decision-making following wrongdoing. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Edwards, M.S., & Gardner, J. (2006, August). Employee silence and whistle-blowing: The case of 'Dr Death'. In E. Burris and J.R. Detert (Chairs), The sounds of voice and silence: Antecedents, outcomes and processes of speaking up at work. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Edwards, M.S., Ashkanasy, N.M., & Gardner, J. (2006, January). The application of affective events theory to employee decision-making following a reportable workplace event: A process model. Poster paper presented at the Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, USA.
• Edwards, M. S., Ashkanasy, N. M., & Gardner, J. (2005, December). Application of the affective certainty model to affective decision-making in the workplace. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Canberra, Australia.
• Edwards, M.S. (2005, December). "There were times when I could not stop crying": Understanding the emotional antecedents and consequences of silence and whistle-blowing in the context of Affective Events Theory. Doctoral workshop presentation, Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Canberra, Australia.
• Edwards, M. S., Ashkanasy, N. M., & Gardner, J. (2005, November). Emotional antecedents and consequences of employee silence, voice and whistle-blowing. Poster paper presented at the Third Brisbane Symposium on Emotions and Work-life, Brisbane, Australia.

Research Interests

• Emotions In Business

Thesis Topic

Affective antecedents and consequences of employee silence and whistle-blowing

Thesis Description

My PhD research focuses specifically on the role of emotions in employees' decisions to report or remain silent about serious employee wrongdoing, such as bullying, sexual harassment, sabotage, fraud and theft. My studies use qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate how employees' emotions influence decision-making following observed or experienced wrongdoing. Drawing on Appraisal Theory and Affective Events Theory, I suggest that employees' appraisals of and emotional reactions to episodes of wrongdoing trigger a decision-making process involving emotions, cognitions, job attitudes, individual characteristics and relevant contextual factors (e.g., organizational climate, perpetrator power and status, etc).

The first study in my thesis in a case study of the events involving Dr. Jayant Patel ("Dr. Death") at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia. My second study is a series of interviews with employees who witnessed or experienced serious wrongdoing in the workplace, and my third study is a survey focusing on the role of emotions, individual and situational factors involved in the decision to remain silent or speak up.

Academic Cluster

Management