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Professor Amirali Minbashian
Professor

Professor Amirali Minbashian

PhD, Organisational Psychology, UNSW

Bachelor of Psychology, UNSW

Master of Commerce, Finance, UNSW

Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing and Accounting, UNSW

Business School
School of Management and Governance

Amirali is a Professor in the School of Management and Governance at UNSW. His research focuses on the role of individual differences (especially personality and emotional intelligence) and psychological processes, in how people feel, think, and behave at work. He is also interested in research methods. 
E-mail
amiralim@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2017
    Minbashian A, 2017, 'Within-Person Variability in Performance', in The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management, Oxford University Press
    Book Chapters | 2011
    2011, 'Integrating the study of within- and between-person variability in personality at work.', in Boag S; Tiliopoulos N (ed.), Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application, Nova, New York, pp. 11 - 20, https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19269
  • Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Achieving change readiness for health service innovations', Nursing Forum, 57, pp. 603 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12713
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Is Gaining Affective Commitment the Missing Strategy for Successful Change Management in Healthcare?', Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 14, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S347987
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'The Multilevel Linkage Between Organizational Communication and Readiness for Change', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.15314abstract
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'College students in the western world are becoming less emotionally intelligent: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of trait emotional intelligence', Journal of Personality, 89, pp. 1176 - 1190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12643
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability', European Journal of Personality, 35, pp. 421 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08902070211017341
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'The Effects of Ageing on Creative Performance Trajectories', Applied Psychology, 70, pp. 384 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apps.12235
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Emotional Intelligence Relates to Emotions, Emotion Dynamics and Emotion Complexity', European Journal of Psychological Assessment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000588
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Higher-order personality factors and leadership outcomes: A meta-analysis', Personality and Individual Differences, 163, pp. 110058 - 110058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110058
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Managing Complex Healthcare Change: A Qualitative Exploration of Current Practice in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 12, pp. 143 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/jhl.s274958
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Predicting trait emotional intelligence from HEXACO personality: Domains, facets, and the general factor of personality', Journal of Personality, 88, pp. 324 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12493
    Journal articles | 2019
    Minbashian A; Birney DP; Bowman DB, 2019, 'The thinking styles of managers: Dimensionality, profiles and motivational antecedents', Australian Journal of Management, 44, pp. 70 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0312896218775150
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'A multi-level super meta-theory of personality meta-theories: Why behavior is not always associated with reproductive success', Personality and Individual Differences, 146, pp. 149 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.043
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Emotional Intelligence Predicts Academic Performance: A Meta-Analysis', Psychological Bulletin, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000219
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'How Situational Cues and Mindset Dynamics Shape Personality Effects on Career Outcomes', Journal of Management, 45, pp. 2101 - 2131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206318755302
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Cognitive beliefs and positive emotions about change: Relationships with employee change readiness and change-supportive behaviors', Human Relations, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726718809154
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Situation contingent units of personality at work', Personality and Individual Differences, 136, pp. 113 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.01.026
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chan-Serafin S; Teo L; Minbashian A; Cheng D; Wang L, 2017, 'The perils of dating your boss: The role of hierarchical workplace romance and sex on evaluators’ career advancement decisions for lower status romance participants', Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34, pp. 309 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407516635285
    Journal articles | 2017
    Minbashian A; Beckmann N; Wood RE, 2017, 'Emotional intelligence and individual differences in affective processes underlying task-contingent conscientiousness', Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39, pp. 1182 - 1196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/job.2233
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'The Effect of Age and Work Experience on Emotional Intelligence: A Meta-Analytic Review', Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017, pp. 15324 - 15324, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.15324abstract
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bouckenooghe D; M. Schwarz G; Minbashian A, 2015, 'Herscovitch and Meyer’s Three-Component model of commitment to change: Meta-analytic findings', European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24, pp. 578 - 595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2014.963059
    Journal articles | 2014
    Do MH; Minbashian A, 2014, 'A meta-analytic examination of the effects of the agentic and affiliative aspects of extraversion on leadership outcomes', Leadership Quarterly, 25, pp. 1040 - 1053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.04.004
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Short-term and long-term within-person variability in performance: An integrative model', Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, pp. 898 - 914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037402
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Openness to Experience as a Predictor of Job Performance Trajectories', Applied Psychology - an International Review - Psychologie Appliquee - Revue Internationale, 62, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00490.x
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Task Appraisals, Emotions, and Performance Goal Orientation.', Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, pp. 364 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0031260
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance', Personality and Individual Differences, 54, pp. 447 - 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.022
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Small group learning: Do group members' implicit theories of ability make a difference?', Learning and Individual Differences, 22, pp. 624 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.06.007
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Career decision status as a predictor of resignation behavior five years later', Journal of Vocational Behavior, 78, pp. 248 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.014
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'A comparison of artificial neural networks and multiple regression in the context of research on personality and work performance', Organizational Research Methods, 13, pp. 540 - 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1094428109335658
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'It depends how you look at it: On the relationship between neuroticism and conscientiousness at the within- and the between-person levels of analysis.', Journal of Research in Personality, 44, pp. 593 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2010.07.004
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Task-contingent conscientiousness as a unit of personality at work.', Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, pp. 793 - 806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0020016
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Complexity in the relationship among the subdimensions of extraversion and job performance in managerial occupations', Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82, pp. 537 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/096317908X371097
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'Influence of environmental and ground conditions on injury risk in rugby league', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 10, pp. 211 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2006.11.003
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Approaches to studying and academic performance in short-essay exams', Higher Education, 47, pp. 161 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:HIGH.0000016443.43594.d1
  • Conference Abstracts | 2022
    2022, 'Too Much of a Good Thing? The Effect of Growth Mindsets during Personnel Selection', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, Vol. 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.72
    Conference Papers | 2021
    2021, 'The Free Energy Principle, Markov Blankets and meta-theories of personality in understanding life's behaviour across the Universe: Will ET be friend or foe?', in PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000685815800050&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2021
    2021, Post-print manuscript: College Students in the Western World are Becoming Less Emotionally Intelligent: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Trait Emotional Intelligence, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jgycp
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Post-print manuscript: Emotional Intelligence Relates to Emotions, Emotion Dynamics and Emotion Complexity, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mzebf
    Preprints | 2019
    2019, Post-Print manuscript: Emotional Intelligence Predicts Academic Performance: A Meta-Analysis, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vnd6j
    Preprints | 2019
    2019, Predicting Trait Emotional Intelligence from HEXACO Personality: Domains, Facets, and The General Factor of Personality, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/39e7p
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Khan M; Minbashian A, 2017, 'Within-person Effect of Ageing and Between-person Effect of Starting Age on Performance Trajectories.', presented at Academy of Management 2016 Annual Meeting, 05 August 2017 - 09 August 2016
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    2017, 'A Mindset Theory of Career Success', in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, Vol. 2017, pp. 10976 - 10976, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.10976abstract
    Conference Posters | 2015
    Do MH; Minbashian A, 2015, 'Determining which personality level best predicts leadership effectiveness: A Meta-analysis.', presented at 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 23 April 2015 - 25 April 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Minbashian A; Beckmann N; Wood RE, 2014, 'Emotional Knowledge Moderates Affective Mediation of Task Contingent Conscientiousness', presented at 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 15 May 2014 - 17 May 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Minbashian A; Beckmann N; Wood RE, 2014, 'Emotional Knowledge Moderates Affective Mediation of Task Contingent Conscientiousness.', presented at 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 15 May 2014 - 17 May 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Do MH; Minbashian A, 2013, 'Why does extraversion predict leadership outcomes? A meta-analytic path analysis.', presented at 10th Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference,, 03 July 2013 - 06 July 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Minbashian A, 2013, 'Why does extraversion predict leadership outcomes? A meta-analytic path analysis.', presented at 10th Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Perth, Australia, 03 July 2013 - 06 July 2013
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Teo L; Chan-Serafin S; Minbashian A; Cheng D; Wang L, 2012, 'Hierarchical workplace romance: The role of social judgment and gender on career outcomes.', in Hierarchical workplace romance: The role of social judgment and gender on career outcomes., Academy of Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., presented at Academy of Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., 03 August 2012 - 07 August 2012
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Beckmann N; Wood RE; Minbashian A, 2009, 'It depends how you look at it – on the relationship between conscientiousness and neuroticism', in It depends how you look at it – on the relationship between conscientiousness and neuroticism, 8th Australian Conference for Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, Australia, presented at 8th Australian Conference for Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, Australia, 25 November 2009
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Bowman D; Beckmann JF; Beckmann N; MacCann C; Birney D; Wood RE; Minbashian A, 2009, 'Workshop: The Accelerated Learning Laboratory’s approach to accelerated learning', in Workshop: The Accelerated Learning Laboratory’s approach to accelerated learning, 8th Australasian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, presented at 8th Australasian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, 25 November 2009 - 28 November 2009
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Minbashian A; Wood R; Beckmann N, 2009, 'Contingent beliefs as predictors of within-person variation in conscientiousness at work', in Proceedings of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting: AOM Best Conference Papers 2009, Academy of Management, Briarcliff Manor, NY, presented at Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
    Conference Papers | 2009
    2009, 'Contingent beliefs as predictors of within-person variation in conscientiousness at work', in Proceedings of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting: AOM Best Conference Papers 2009, Academy of Management, Briarcliff Manor, NY, presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 07 August 2009 - 11 August 2009
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Minbashian A; Beckmann JF; Wood R, 2008, 'Within- and between-person variability - the benefits of difference perspectives on personality', in Within- and between-person variability - the benefits of difference perspectives on personality, XXIX International Congress of Psychology, presented at XXIX International Congress of Psychology
    Conference Papers | 2008
    2008, 'The effects of work-related situational cues on intraindividual variation in the emotional and motivational states of managers.', in Paper accepted as oral presentation at the XXIX. International Congress for Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, Berlin, Germany, pp. 599 - 599, presented at XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20 July 2008 - 25 July 2008, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000259264307073&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Conference Papers | 2008
    2008, 'Within- and between-person variability ¿ the benefits of different perspectives on personality.', in Paper accepted as oral presentation at the XXIX. International Congress for Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, Berlin, Germany, pp. 57 - 57, presented at XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20 July 2008 - 25 July 2008, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000259264300639&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Beckmann N; Wood RE; Minbashian A, 2006, 'Organisational Behaviour: Science or Scientism?', in Organisational Behaviour: Science or Scientism?, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference 2006, Rockhampton, Australia, presented at Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference 2006, Rockhampton, Australia, 05 December 2006 - 09 December 2006
    Theses / Dissertations | 2006
    Minbashian A, 2006, Personality and the prediction of work performance: artificial neural networkds versus linear regression

My Teaching

Amirali has taught courses on human resource management, quantitative methods, thinking skills, organisational behaviour, and psychological assessment.