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Dr Michael Collins
Faculty of Business & Law,
Graduate School of Business
Biography
Michael is a Senior Lecturer at QUT Graduate School of Business where he teaches on our MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programs. Prior to joining QUT in 2025, he taught on the MBA, Master of Business Management and Executive Education programs at the University of Queensland Business School.Before joining academia in 2019, Michael established and managed a niche leadership development consultancy working across government and various industries including banking and finance, mining and resources, pharmaceuticals, airlines, railways, professional services and fast-moving consumer goods. Prior to this he held senior leadership roles in Coca Cola and AMP Limited after serving as a commissioned officer in the Australian Army for 15 years.
Michael’s research examines the influence of personality and intelligence on leadership in volatile, uncertain and complex environments. His work has been published in leading academic journals including Psychological Bulletin, The Leadership Quarterly and Personnel Review.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Business & Law,
Graduate School of Business
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of New South Wales)
- Master of Business Administration (University of Tech., Sydney)
- Graduate Diploma in Business (Curtin University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) (University of Southern Qld)
Publications
- Collins, M., Dasborough, M., Gregg, H., Xu, C., Midel Deen, C., He, Y. & Restubog, S. (2023). Traversing the storm: An interdisciplinary review of crisis leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256051
- Collins, M. & Jackson, C. (2015). A process model of self-regulation and leadership: How attentional resource capacity and negative emotions influence constructive and destructive leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 26(3), 386–401. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256055
- Collins, M., Jackson, C., Walker, B., O'Connor, P. & Gardiner, E. (2017). Integrating the context-appropriate balanced attention model and reinforcement sensitivity theory: towards a domain-general personality process model. Psychological Bulletin, 143(1), 91–106. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102243
- Collins, M., Li, Y., Brienza, J. & Restubog, S. (2025). Organizational formalization neutralizes the effect of leader trait anger and vision on follower trust in the leader. Personnel Review, 54(1), 199–219. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256048
- Collins, M., (2024). Goal driven and emotionally self-aware: Shedding light on narcissistic leadership. International Journal of Psychology, 59. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256056
- Collins, M., (2023). A multiperspective approach to paradoxical leadership: the moderating effect of intelligence and trait emotions on leader behavior. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 44(6), 812–832. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256050
- Collins, M. & Restubog, S. (2021). The effect of trait anger and impulsiveness on ethical leadership and support for organizational change. Journal of Research in Personality, 91. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256052
- Collins, M., Brienza, J. & O'Quinn, R. (2021). Centre for Australian Army Leadership Research Report 1-2021.
- Collins, M., (2017). Leading in a digital age: a competition for attention. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256092
- Collins, M., (2023). A Review of Crisis Leadership: Implications for Crisis Communication Research and Practice. Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group: International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Book of Abstracts, 11–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/256083
QUT ePrints
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