Rate My Professor Paula Mowbray

Dr Paula Mowbray is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management within Griffith Business School at Griffith University. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour from Griffith University in 2016, with her dissertation focusing on the management of employee voice from an integrated human resource management perspective. Mowbray began her academic career at Griffith University in 2007 as a lecturer and research assistant. Following her PhD, she served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (CWoW). She currently holds the position of HDR Coordinator for CWoW and supervises PhD students in areas related to her expertise.

Mowbray's research centers on human resource management, with a particular emphasis on employee voice mechanisms, including formal and informal structures, social media's role, and voice in telework and healthcare settings. Her seminal publication, 'An Integrative Review of Employee Voice: Identifying a Common Conceptualisation Across Phenomena' (2015, International Journal of Management Reviews), co-authored with Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend, has been cited over 600 times and provides a foundational framework for understanding employee voice across various phenomena. Other notable works include 'Employee Voice in the Asia Pacific' (2024, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources), chapters in the Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (2023), 'Strategic or Silencing? Line Managers' Repurposing of Employee Voice Mechanisms' (2021, British Journal of Management), 'How Difficulties in Upward Voice Lead to Lateral Voice: A Case Study of a Healthcare Organisation' (2023, Personnel Review), and guest editorial 'Employee Voice and Silence in the Health Sector' (2024, Journal of Health Organization and Management). As Chief Investigator on Australian Research Council Linkage Project LP190100186, she explores employee voice in healthcare. Mowbray has contributed to Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability projects as Project Manager, investigating meaningful employment for people with disabilities. She teaches courses on performance management systems and presented her PhD research at the 2014 Griffith University Three Minute Thesis final.