Dr Ree Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at The University of Queensland. Her academic qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Queensland, a Masters (Research) from Monash University, a Postgraduate Diploma from The University of Queensland, a Graduate Certificate from the University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor’s degree from Griffith University. Ree brings extensive professional experience in leading organisational change and leadership development initiatives across entire organisations and teams, having worked with government departments, universities, not-for-profit organisations, and industry sectors.

Ree’s research centres on the broad theme of organisational outliers who constructively challenge dominant belief structures and impact leadership practice, with a particular emphasis on mavericks and maverickism—beneficial non-conformity that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship, game-changing actions, decision-making, and positive deviance. Her interests also include leadership, particularly Indigenous women’s leadership, in enacting effective, responsive, and adaptive change; organisational development and change; the role of power, politics, and group dynamics; and harnessing diversity in teams and groups. Key publications include “The maverick factor: the role of positively deviant change agents in radical organizational change” (Journal of Organizational Change Management, 2025, co-authored with Terrance W. Fitzsimmons and Victor J. Callan); “Positively deviant: new evidence for the beneficial capital of maverickism to organizations” (Group & Organization Management, 2023); “Co-creating impact: positioning Indigenous knowledge holders as expert researchers” (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 2024); and the book chapter “Fear not your mavericks! Their bounded non-conformity and positive deviance helps organizations drive change and innovation” (2021). She serves as principal investigator on an ARC Linkage Project (2025–2028) amplifying leadership and voices of Indigenous women environmental rangers. Ree supervises PhD students on topics including maverick public sector organisations for innovation, leader storytelling in organisational change, AI in human-machine knowledge interaction, and Indigenous community transitions to tourism.

Professional Email: r.jordan@business.uq.edu.au