Rate My Professor Duncan Murray

Dr Duncan Murray is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure in the School of Management, College of Business and Law at Adelaide University. He previously served as Senior Lecturer - Sport and Leisure at the University of South Australia Business School, Program Director and Curriculum Leader for Sport and Recreation Management, and founding member of the Centre for Tourism and Leisure Management. Murray holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Applied Science, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), and is a qualified fitness instructor. His teaching has been honoured with the UniJobs Lecturer of the Year 2010 (top ten lecturers at UniSA), Supported Teacher Awards (2012, 2011), Enhancing Learning Award (2008), finalist for the Business School’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2010), and nomination (2011).

Murray’s research specializations include leisure and consumer behaviour, leadership (toxic, destructive, authentic), attractiveness in organisations, body image, constraints to fitness participation, social physique anxiety, sport celebrity endorsement, social capital, community well-being, generational theory, serious leisure, work-life balance, and social media in education. Key publications feature the edited book Leadership in Sport (Routledge, 2015; with I. O’Boyle, P. Cummins); “The relationship among service quality, value, satisfaction and future intentions of customers at an Australian sports and leisure centre” (Sport Management Review, 2002; with G. A. Howat); “Authentic leadership in nonprofit sport organization boards” (Journal of Sport Management, 2018; with N. Takos, I. O’Boyle); “Effective leadership: considering the confluence of the leader’s motivations, behaviours and their reflective ability” (Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 2020; with T. Vilkinas, S. M. Y. Chua); “How toxic leaders are perceived: gender and information-processing” (Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 2015; with S. M. Yi Chua); and “When sports stars go off the rails: how gender and involvement influence the negative publicity of sport endorsers” (International Journal of Business Research, 2012; with B. E. Price). Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students, he has mentored graduates into academia and delivered keynotes including for Parks and Leisure Australia.