Rate My Professor Alessandra Capezio

Alessandra Capezio is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Research School of Management at the Australian National University, which is part of the College of Business and Economics. She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney and has been affiliated with ANU since 2009. In addition to her academic role, she serves as the MBA Director, a Fellow of the Center for Evidence-Based Management, and co-leader and founder of the ANU Complexity Leadership Lab. Capezio possesses expertise in executive education and leadership development in government, public sector, and private sector contexts. Her overarching focus as an engaged organisational scholar and educator is to assist people in organisations with making better decisions for societal and human betterment by addressing barriers to critical thinking and effective organisational decision-making and practice.

Capezio's teaching, research, and applied work emphasize practical approaches to improving decision-making at multiple levels, enhancing board practice and governance from an organisational behaviour perspective, enabling evidence use and evidence-based practice in management and organisations, and advancing systematic knowledge and evidence synthesis in management and organisational studies. Her research has been published in top-tier journals from the Financial Times Top 50 list, including Journal of Management, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Business Ethics. Key publications include Kiazad et al. (2024), 'STEMming the tide: New perspectives on careers and turnover' in Journal of Organizational Behavior; Capezio and L'Espoir Decosta (2023), 'Evidence-based decision-making and practice in organizations' in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology; Amarnani et al. (2021), 'Consumed by obsession: Career adaptability resources and the performance consequences of obsessive passion and harmonious passion for work' in Human Relations; Petelczyc et al. (2018), 'Play at Work: An Integrative Review and Agenda for Future Research' in Journal of Management; Capezio and Mavisakalyan (2016), 'Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia' in Australian Journal of Management; and Capezio et al. (2011), 'Too good to be true: Board structural independence as a moderator of CEO pay-for-firm-performance' in Journal of Management Studies. She has also co-edited the Evidence-Based Management Teaching Handbook (2025) and contributed chapters such as Briner, Capezio, and L'Espoir Decosta (2022) on evidence-based management as a guiding framework for management education in The Future of Management Education.