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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia Business School, The University of Western Australia

Aleksandra Luksyte is currently an Associate Professor and Deputy of Head of Management and Organisations (M&O) Discipline at the University of Western Australia Business School.

Alex received her PhD in Industrial-Organisational Psychology from the University of Houston, USA. Through a Fulbright scholarship, she conducted research on cross-cultural application of employee motivation at UC Berkeley, USA before her doctoral studies.

Alex research focuses on two domains: (1) overqualification and (2) demographic and cultural diversity in the workplace. Alex is a recipient of a prestigious Australian Research Council Early Career Fellowship (DECRA). Her research has been published in top-tier journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Experience

  • 2015–present
    Associate Professor , The University of Western Australia
  • 2011–2015
    Assistant Professor , The University of Western Australia

Education

  • 2011 
    University of Houston , PhD

Publications

  • 2023
    Gender differences in the effects of presenteeism on performance-related outcomes, Journal of Organizational Behavior
  • 2022
    Perceived overqualification and collectivism values: Implications for work and non-work outcomes, Journal of Management, 48, 319-349.
  • 2022
    Age diversity in teams: Examining the impact of the least agreeable team member., Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43, 546-565
  • 2022
    Perceived overqualification and experienced incivility: Can task i-deals help or hurt?, Journal of Occupation Health Psychology, 27, 89-103.
  • 2021
    Can the covid-19 pandemic be good for overqualified employees’ careers?, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 14, 277-279.
  • 2021
    The challenges of volunteering during the covid-19 pandemic, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 14, 286-289.
  • 2021
    Failure and blame in organisational change: An identity lens., Human Relations, 74, 180-207.
  • 2019
    Improving organizational newcomers’ creative job performance through creative process engagement: The moderating role of a synergy diversity climate., Personnel Psychology, 72, 421-444.
  • 2018
    Innovative work behavior and sex-based stereotypes: Examining sex differences in perceptions and evaluations of innovative work behavior., Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39, 292-305.
  • 2016
    When are overqualified employees creative? It depends on contextual factors., Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37, 635-653.
  • 2015
    Overqualification and counterproductive work behaviors: Examining a moderated mediation model., Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36, 250-271.
  • 2015
    Overqualification and subjective well-being at work: The moderating role of job autonomy and culture. , Social Indicators Research, 121, 917-937.
  • 2015
    It is worse when you do it: Examining the interactive effects of coworker presenteeism and demographic similarity., Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 1107-1123.
  • 2014
    Factors relating to wellbeing of foreign born Hispanic workers. , Journal of Managerial Psychology, 29, 685-704.
  • 2013
    Held to a different standard: Racial differences in the impact of lateness on advancement opportunity., Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86, 142-165.
  • 2011
    Why do overqualified incumbentsdeviate? Examining multiple mediators. , Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 16, 279-296.
  • 2011
    Overqualified women: What can be done about this potentially bad situation?, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 256-259.

Grants and Contracts

  • 2017
    Overqualification: Examining negative and positive outcomes
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2011
    Overqualification among different demographic groups: Consequences and moderators
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Society of Human Resource Management

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
  • Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
  • Academy of Management (AOM)

Research Areas

  • Organisational Behaviour (150311)
  • Industrial And Organisational Psychology (170107)
  • Human Resources Management (150305)