Rate My Professor Gunaro Setiawan

Dr. Gunaro Setiawan serves as a Lecturer (teaching-focused) in the Department of Management within Griffith Business School at Griffith University. He is also a researcher at the Griffith Asia Institute. Setiawan completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies in Management, Marketing, and Political Science at Griffith University from 2016 to 2020. In his teaching role, he acts as course convenor for several postgraduate courses, including Leadership for Sustainable Business (MBA), Politics of the Global Economy (MBA and Master of International Relations), and 7121IBA Leadership. In 2025, he was awarded Highly Commended in the Excellence in Early Career Teaching category by Griffith University.

His research focuses on leadership, sustainability, green behaviour, religiosity, political marketing, and circular economy innovations, often with an emphasis on Asian and Indonesian contexts. Setiawan has authored or co-authored 10 publications, accumulating 31 citations. Key works include "Turning waste into opportunity: collective effectuation and place-based circular innovation" (2026), "The quest for sustainable mosques: A paradigm shift with the quadruple bottom line framework" (2025, co-authored with M. Luthfi Hamidi), "The effect of perceived risks and overall risk perception on international tourists’ behavioural intention: Insights from Bali" (2024, Journal of Vacation Marketing), "The effect of opinion leadership and spirituality on recycling intention: insights from attractive, expert and religious influencers" (2024, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics), "Who is more religious and ethical, Republicans, Democrats or others?" (2023, co-authored with Denni Arli), "“In the servant we trust”: The brand impact of servant leadership from the case of a rising reformist" (2022), "A Tale of Trust and Betrayal: Jokowi’s Anti-corruption Brand Creation and Transgression" (2022), "A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Construal, Social Trust, and Compliance on Covid-19 Public Health Regulation: A Cross-country Analysis" (2021), and "Scale Development: Exploring Successful Political Outsiders’ Brand Image to Determine Reformist Dimensions" (2021). He contributes to the academic community as part of the Marketing Intelligence & Planning journal and has participated in symposia, such as a three-day event in Makassar on sustainable development.