Erin Gallagher

Dr. Erin C. Gallagher serves as Lecturer in Human Resource Management (ECA) in the School of Business, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at The University of Queensland. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Jamestown College, two Masters of Science (coursework) from the University of Nebraska Omaha, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Nebraska Omaha, where she completed her doctoral studies from 2009 to 2012. Her dissertation focused on destructive and constructive employee responses to envy at work, as well as narcissism and forgiveness as moderators of organizational justice and workplace counterproductive computer use. Gallagher's academic career at UQ involves teaching courses in management, including MGTS2609, MGTS3604, MGTS4603, and MGTS7611, covering topics in organizational behavior and human resource management.

Gallagher's research specializations center on organizational behavior, leadership, and team dynamics. Her expertise includes project-related demands leading to high-performance or abusive supervision, positive affective asymmetry and its effects on process quality and team decision-making effectiveness, and strategies for teaching business ethics to Generation Y students. She has also investigated emotional intelligence buffering stress from supervisory abuse and team decision-making in crisis situations influenced by affect asymmetry and process norms. Key publications include 'Rallying the Troops or Beating the Horses? How Project-Related Demands Can Lead to Either High-Performance or Abusive Supervision' (Project Management Journal, 2015, with Alicia K. Mazur and Neal M. Ashkanasy; 76 citations), 'Oh, Behave! Insights and Strategies for Teaching Business Ethics to Gen Y Students' (e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2018, with Marissa S. Edwards; 20 citations), 'Strategies to Counter Antipsychotic-Associated Weight Gain in Patients with Schizophrenia' (Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 2019, co-authored; 76 citations), and 'Does Switching Antipsychotics Ameliorate Weight Gain in Patients with Severe Mental Illness? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis' (Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2021, co-authored; 78 citations). Additional works encompass 'Team Decision-Making in Crisis: How Affect Asymmetry and Team Process Norms Affect Decision-Making' (2023), 'Emotional Intelligence Buffers Stress Caused by Supervisors Who Abuse Trust: A Cortisol Study' (2016), and 'The Effects of Positive Affectivity and Team Process Quality on Resource Decisions' (2013). Her publications demonstrate impact in management, project management, and interdisciplinary health contexts, with over 55 citations on ResearchGate.