Rate My Professor Catherine Deen

Catherine Deen is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the School of Business, University of New South Wales Canberra. She earned a PhD in Business specialising in Organisational Behaviour from The Australian National University, a PhD in Education specialising in Educational Management from De La Salle University Manila, an MA in Psychology specialising in Counselling from Ateneo de Manila University, and a BA in Psychology cum laude from De La Salle University Manila. A registered psychologist and certified specialist in educational psychology in the Philippines, she entered full-time academia in 2018 following more than 20 years in educational administration, teaching, and research. Her previous leadership roles encompassed research management, admissions services, faculty development, and inclusion services, where she introduced innovative, evidence-based approaches to education. In 2017, she received the International Visitor Leadership Program grant from the U.S. Department of State focused on inclusive higher education.

Deen's research specialises in the dark side of human behaviour at work, including micromanagement, gender-based violence such as intimate partner aggression and sexual harassment, crisis leadership, and vocational challenges faced by vulnerable workers. Since 2018, her publications have appeared in top-tier journals like Journal of Management, Journal of Organisational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and The Leadership Quarterly. Key works include 'Helicopter Bosses: Development and Validation of the Micromanagement Scale' (Journal of Management, 2025), 'Intimate partner aggression and work: An interdisciplinary review and agenda for future research' (Journal of Organisational Behavior, 2022), 'The Vulnerable Workforce: A Call for Research' (Journal of Management, 2023), 'Traversing the storm: An interdisciplinary review of crisis leadership' (The Leadership Quarterly, 2023), and 'Reconceptualising merit in the public sector: Introducing a new typology' (Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2025). She has earned accolades such as the 2025 Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Best Paper in the Public Sector, NGOs and Not-for-Profit Stream, the 2025 UNSW School of Business Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching Award, the 2024 Academy of Management Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division Best Paper with Practical Implications Award, and the 2023 Alvah Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation in Leadership Award. Deen has obtained funding for initiatives including women in transport research and public sector merit reviews, enhancing knowledge on destructive leadership and workforce inclusion.