Fernando, Mario

Overview

Dr Mario Fernando is Professor of Management in the School of Management, Operations and Marketing, University of Wollongong. His research interests are centred on exploring how responsible executive action leads to positive individual, organisational and societal outcomes. Currently, Mario is conducting research in leadership, business ethics and human resource management areas. He has published two books and numerous academic journal articles in high-impact journals. He serves on three journal editorial boards. Mario’s learning and teaching contributions over a sustained period have been recognised at national and institutional levels.

Research Areas

1503 - BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Research Overview

- Responsible executive action
- Leadership
- Business ethics
- Human resource management

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
China Country
New Zealand Country
Sri Lanka Country
United Arab Emirates Country

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Attended Event

Pitch@Palace, Wollongong 2017 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Responsible leadership, affective commitment and intention to quit: an individual level analysis Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 40 Pages 45 - 64 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2018	Exercising responsible leadership in a Singapore context Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 39 Pages 34 - 50 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2018	Power-Responsibility Dynamics and Consumer Privacy Concerns in the Data-Driven Marketplace Volume 2018 Altmetric
2018	The relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment and the mediating effect of employee turnover intentions: An empirical study with Australian employees Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2017	Impact on employee productivity from presenteeism and absenteeism: Evidence from a multinational firm in Sri Lanka Published In Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Volume Online First Pages 1 - 6 ISSN 1076-2752 Altmetric
2017	Making the cut: occupation-specific factors influencing employers in their recruitment and selection of immigrant professionals in the information technology and accounting occupations in regional Australia Published In International Journal of Human Resource Management Volume 28 Pages 880 - 912 ISSN 1466-4399 Altmetric
2017	The privacy paradox in the data-driven marketplace: The role of knowledge deficiency and psychological distance. Published In Procedia Computer Science Volume 121 Pages 562 - 567 ISSN 1877-0509 Altmetric
2016	Employer perceptions of migrant candidates’ suitability: The influence of decision-maker and organisational characteristics Published In Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources Volume 54 Pages 445 - 464 ISSN 1744-7941 Altmetric
2016	Enacting spiritual leadership in business through ego-transcendence Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 37 Pages 1 - 34 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2016	Teaching and learning responsible decision-making in business: a qualitative research evaluation of a simulation-based approach Published In Journal of Business Ethics Education Volume 13 Pages 293 - 323 ISSN 1649-5195
2015	Describing work as meaningful: towards a conceptual clarification Published In Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance Volume 2 Pages 1 - 38 Altmetric
2015	Fitting the mould: the role of employer perceptions in immigrant recruitment decision-making Published In International Journal of Human Resource Management Volume 26 Pages 2811 - 2832 ISSN 1466-4399 Altmetric
2014	MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business: a cross-cultural comparison Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 132 Pages 185 - 202 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2014	The relationships of empathy, moral identity and cynicism with consumers’ ethical beliefs: the mediating role of moral disengagement Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 124 Pages 677 - 694 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2013	The role of spiritual well-being and materialism in determining consumers’ ethical beliefs: an empirical study with Australian consumers Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 113 Pages 61 - 79 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2013	Transformational leadership and work engagement: the mediating effect of meaning in work Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 34 Pages 532 - 550 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2012	Revealing the screening: organisational factors influencing the recruitment of immigrant professionals Published In International Journal of Human Resource Management Volume 23 Pages 1950 - 1965 ISSN 1466-4399 Altmetric
2012	The organizational virtuousness of strategic corporate social responsibility: a case study of the Sri Lankan family-owned enterprise MAS Holdings Published In European Management Journal Volume 30 Pages 564 - 576 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2011	A Social Innovation Based Transformative Learning Approach to Teaching Business Ethics Published In Journal of Business Ethics Education Volume 8 Pages 1 - 20 ISSN 1649-5195
2011	Strategic ambiguity and leaders’ responsibility beyond maximizing profits Published In European Management Journal Volume 29 Pages 504 - 513 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2011	The spiritual identity of projects Published In International Journal of Project Management Volume 29 Pages 504 - 513 ISSN 0263-7863 Altmetric
2010	Corporate social responsibility in the wake of the Asian tsunami: effect of time on the genuineness of CSR initiatives Published In European Management Journal Volume 28 Pages 68 - 79 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2010	The relationship between spiritual well-being and ethical orientations in decision making: an empirical study with business executives in Australia Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 95 Pages 211 - 225 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2009	Short-termism and genuineness in environmental initiatives: A comparative case study of two oil companies Published In European Management Journal Volume 27 Pages 26 - 35 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2009	The spiritual dimension in leadership at Dilmah Tea Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 30 Pages 522 - 539 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2009	The utility of the assessment of spirituality and religious sentiments (aspires) scale with Christians and Buddhists in Sri Lanka Published In Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Volume 20 Pages 131 - 143
2008	Ethical Ideologies of Senior Australian Managers: An Empirical Study Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 82 Pages 145 - 155 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2008	Survival strategies and characteristics of start-ups: An empirical study from the New Zealand IT industry Published In Technovation Volume 28 Pages 161 - 169 ISSN 0166-4972 Altmetric
2008	The place of self-actualisation in workplace spirituality: Evidence from Sri Lanka Published In Culture and Religion Volume 9 Pages 233 - 249 ISSN 1475-5629 Altmetric
2007	Corporate social responsibility in the wake of the Asian tsunami: a comparative case study of two Sri Lankan companies Published In European Management Journal Volume 25 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2006	The influence of religion-based workplace spirituality on business leaders' decision-making: an inter-faith study Published In Journal of Management and Organization Volume 12 Pages 23 - 39 ISSN 1833-3672 Altmetric

Book

Year	Title
2018	Leadership: Regional and Global Perspectives Publisher Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781108459297 Pages 456
2016	Leading responsibly in the Asian Century Publisher Switzerland: Springer International Publishing ISBN 9783319217888 Altmetric
2007	Spiritual leadership in the entrepreneurial business: a multifaith study Publisher Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	Interactive dynamic learning environment (IDLE) Published In Lecture Notes in Computer Science Publisher Germany: Springer Pages 207 - 211 ISBN 9783319392936 Altmetric
2015	Cultivation of virtuousness and self-actualization in the workplace Published In Handbook of virtue ethics in business and management Publisher Dordrecht, Holland: Springer Netherlands Pages 1 - 13 ISBN 9789400767294 Altmetric
2011	Spirituality and leadership Published In The SAGE Handbook of Leadership Publisher London: SAGE Publications Ltd Pages 483 - 494
2007	The development and application of creativity in organizations: lessons for workplace spirituality Published In Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives Publisher Beltsville, USA: International Academy of Business Disciplines Pages 703 - 708

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Dynamic Service Analytics Capabilities for Service Systems in the Global Big Data Economy - A Systematic Review and Agenda for Future Research Published In Tension in the Data Environment: Can Organisations Meet the Challenge? Pages 57 - 60
2018	Is the privacy paradox a matter of psychological distance? An exploratory study of the privacy paradox from a construal level theory perspective Published In Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences \| 2018 Pages 3678 - 3687 Altmetric
2018	Retaining a Skilled Healthcare Workforce in Regional Public Hospitals: The Role of Personal and Organisation Based Job Resources Published In 32nd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
2018	‘Covering Up’: An Autoethnography of Identity Work by an Immigrant Business Academic Published In Academy of Management Proceedings Altmetric
2017	Employee connectedness and ethics: the role of moral courage Published In Academy of Management’s Humanistic Management Pre-Conference
2016	Social innovation through responsible leadership Published In International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE) (2016) Pages 1 - 1
2016	The role of ‘passing’ by skilled immigrants and its impact on their employment outcomes and wellbeing Published In British Academy of Management Conference
2015	Corporate social responsibility attitudes of board directors in Australian firms: The role of gender and spiritual wellbeing Published In 5th Annual Australian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference
2015	Ethnicity influence on employer’s perception and recruitment decision-making Published In Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies and European Group of Organisation Studies Conference (APROS/EGOS)
2015	The mediating role of employee turnover intentions on the relationship between HR practices and presenteeism: Evidence from Australian employees Published In 29th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
2015	The relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment with the mediating effect of turnover intentions: An empirical study with Australian employees Published In Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies and European Group of Organisation Studies Conference (APROS/EGOS) Pages 1 - 14
2014	A conceptual framework for understanding responsible leadership and presenteeism: the mediating influence of organizational commitment and employee turnover intentions Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Pages 1 - 1

2014	Enacting responsible leadership: the case of Singapore Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Pages 1 - 2
2013	Describing work as meaningful: Towards a conceptual clarification Published In 27th Annual British Academy of Management Conference, University of Liverpool Pages 1 - 34
2013	Social innovation through spiritual leadership Published In Working Papers Series on Social Responsibility, Ethics & Sustainable Business - Volume 2, 2013 Pages 26 - 27
2012	Spiritual leadership: A review of models and themes Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
2012	Virtue in business: a cross-cultural comparison Published In The Fifth International Society of Business Economics and Ethics World Congress, Tradition and New Horizons: Towards the Virtue of Responsibility Page p. 4
2011	Career anchors and job satisfaction: the mediating effect of psychological empowerment Published In Proceedings of the 12th Malaysia-Indonesia International Economics, Management and Accounting Conference: Borderless Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in Southeast Asia Pages 1786 - 1796
2011	The effects of spiritual well-being and materialism on consumers’ ethical beliefs: evidence from Australia Published In 25th Annual Australia New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2011) Page p. 1
2011	Transformational leadership and work-related outcomes: exploring the mediating role of meaning in work and work engagement Published In 25th Annual Australia New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2011)
2010	Embedding notions of community in the teaching–research nexus: A case study Published In HERDSA Annual International Conference Pages 289 - 299
2010	Strategic ambiguity and ethical actions Published In Oxford Business and Economics Conference Pages 1 - 23
2010	Strategic ambiguity and leaders’ responsibility beyond maximising profits Published In European Group of Organization Studies Colloquium Pages 1 - 12
2010	Strategic corporate social responsibility and organizational virtuousness: Evidence from Sri Lanka Published In Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2010 Page p. 1
2010	The Spiritual Identity of Projects Published In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Dare to Care Page p. 1 Altmetric
2010	Transformational leadership, workplace engagement and the mediating influence of meaningful work: Building a conceptual framework Published In Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference Pages 1 - 15
2009	Going beyond climate ethics: virtuousness in climate change initiatives Published In Conference on the International Dimensions of Climate Policies Pages 1 - 14
2009	How context matters in corruption: the case of Wollongong City Council Published In Social Innovation Network Conference Pages 15 - 16
2009	The influence of strategic ambiguity on ethical decision making Published In Social Innovation Network Conference Page p. 15
2008	Connectedness in work relationships and quality of working life: evidence from Australian call centres Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference Pages 1 - 15
2008	Organizational virtuousness and integrity: a longitudinal study of the Asian tsunami relief initiatives Published In European Group of Organization Studies Colloquium Page p. [23]
2007	Short-termism and genuineness in environmental initiatives: A comparative case study Published In Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference Pages 32 - 40 Altmetric
2007	The spiritual dimension in leadership: A case study of Dilmah tea and its founder Published In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Pages 1 - 34

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017	Responsible Business and IT Vlogs Program (ReBitVlogs) - Fashion through an ethical kaleidoscope Awarded by: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Funding Scheme: Council for Australian-Arab Relations

Other Research Activities

$7205 Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF): Promoting Undergraduate student engagement in responsible business and information technology use 2018 - 2019
$17,000 Faculty Seed Funding Research Grant Investigator 2017 - 2019
$31,081.50 Faculty of Business Seed Funding Lead Investigator 2017 - 2019
$42,000 Educational Resource Development Agreement Investigator 2017
$10,000 Global Challenges Seed Funding: Enhancing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing in at-Risk Units at Illawarra Hospitals Lead Investigator 2015 - 2016
$5000 Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF) Sole Investigator 2014
$219,000 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Reference member 2009 - 2012
$10,000 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) 2011
$10,000 Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF) Investigator 2010
$10, 398 Faculty Teaching & Learning Scholar Grant Sole Investigator 2009
$7900 Special Purpose Grant (Faculty of Business) Sole Investigator 2005

Impact Story

Caring for Carers
Summary
Regional hospitals are currently experiencing skills shortages in many health occupations while facing decreasing employee engagement, wellbeing and high employee turnover. In a research partnership with the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD), the reasons for these are being identified by a team led by Associate Professor Fernando. The partnership started from a pilot project funded by the Faculty of Business and later supported by a Global Challenges grant. The aim of the project was to identify strategies to improve engagement, wellbeing and retention of healthcare professionals. 

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Impact 1: In the <a href="http://globalchallenges.uow.edu.au/transform/UOW202990" title="Caring for the Carer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global Challenges</a> study, the researchers found employee engagement at three regional hospitals was influenced by individual attributes such as emotional health. These issues were more acute in ‘at-risk’ units: emergency, surgical, and intensive care departments. To apply their findings, the team identified specific strategies hospitals could implement to improve engagement and wellbeing. To test these strategies, the team developed a prototype of the simulation model to promote wellbeing in healthcare and three online wellbeing interventions. Impact 2: Prototype simulation model was presented at an invited presentation at Durham University Business School, UK (2016). Impact 3: The Global Challenges findings were presented at the Lunchtime Seminar Series of the Australian Health Services Research Institute (ASHRI) (2017). The seminar produced a lead to access a database of 5000 healthcare professionals to validate the simulation. Impact 4: In a competitive process, the Caring for the Carer research programme was selected to be featured in the <a href="https://issuu.com/uowresearch/docs/finalpartnersforreseach_book_intera" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UOW Research Impact booklet</a> (2017). Impact 5: The simulation was accepted to be further developed by a group of students at the Department of Engineering and Information Sciences (UOW). The simulation was featured in a Tradeposter at a public exhibition where attendees from industry and academia participated. 
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Responsible business in challenging times
Summary
Media reports of corporate scandals such as at Volkswagen highlight the need for acting responsibly when managing others' interests. This research programme examines leading responsibly in organisations. Impacts from this research stem from a book, journal articles, doctoral theses, media exposure and others.

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Impact 1: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bestpractice/responsible-leadership/9011398" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC Radio National interview</a> on responsible leadership. The discussion focused on doing good beyond regulation. Impact 2: The Stand published an interview based article titled "<a href="http://stand.uow.edu.au/trumping-distrust-in-the-corporate-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trumping distrust in the corporate world</a>". It focused on business leadership in crisis and the need to lead responsibly. My views expressed in this publication led to the ABC Radio National interview. Impact 3: Fernando, M. (2016). <a href="http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319217888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leading responsibly in the Asian century</a>. New York: Springer. The book is one of the first to focus on responsible leadership in the contemporary Asian century context. It adopts a unique context driven social innovation based responsible leadership approach to explain how context can impact and shape the theory and practice of responsible leadership. The book appealed to a broad spectrum of researchers and scholars across disciplines with a particular interest in the interplay between leadership, responsibility and ethics. It focuses particularly on the Asian century opportunities and challenges as a strong contextual factor that shapes the ‘responsibility’ of responsible leadership. It fills an important gap in the literature on how Asian cultural factors might influence the predominantly Western developed responsible leadership theory and practice. Impact 4: Featured book review by the <a href="https://uowmailedu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/mariof_uow_edu_au/Documents/ILA%20Feature%20Review.pdf?csf=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Leadership Association</a> (2016). Impact 5: Haque, A., Fernando M and Caputi P. (2017). The relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment and the mediating effect of employee turnover intentions: An empirical study with Australian employees. Journal of Business Ethics. DOI 10.1007/s10551-017-3575-6. This paper reports the findings of the relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment through the mediating role of employee turnover intentions. A web-based online survey was administered to collect data targeting a sample of 200 Australian employees working fultime. The results reveal that perceived responsible leadership significantly influences employees’ organisational commitment and their turnover intentions. Impact 6: Koh, C., Fernando, M. and Spedding, Trevor (2017). Exercising responsible leadership in a Singapore context. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. DOI: 10.1108/LODJ-09-2015-0215. The purpose of this paper was to explore the western developed notion of responsible leadership from a Singapore context. Face-to-face interviews with 20 influential Singaporean leaders were developed into case studies. The findings reveal that the interviewed Singaporean leaders projected traits and values consistent with western definitions of responsible and effective leadership. Singaporean business leaders may need to consider the importance of retaining and developing the national culture and ethos of the nation, since these are the factors that have been identified in this study as key to influencing responsible leadership. 
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Available as Research Supervisor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Machiavellian Leadership in Business Organisations: A Relational Perspective
Doctor of Philosophy	The Privacy Paradox and Information Disclosure in Digital Marketplaces: The Moderating Role of Psychological Distance	Bandara, Heenkenda Mudiyanselage Ruwan Jayawickrama
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Stories of identity management: An ethnographic study of immigrants in Australian workplaces	Gunasekera, Gayani
Doctor of Philosophy	The ethics of food safety: A multi-level analysis of food handling behaviour in hotel restaurants.	Hewa Heenipellage, Anushka
Doctor of Philosophy	Corporate Social Responsibility Attitudes of Board Directors in Australian Firms: The Role of Gender, Ethical Ideology and Spritual Wellbeing	Najafi, Bita

Teaching Overview

Mario's passion for teaching is inspired by transformative learning (Mezirow, 1990). By challenging students to critically reflect on their assumptions, he aims to generate a conscious commitment in the student to engage in responsible executive action.

Mario has taught a range of subjects including strategic human resource management, cross-cultural management, operations and services management, organisational behaviour, organisation analysis, corporate governance and responsible leadership; all integrating content from the areas of international business, strategic management and change management. With his corporate experience in managing relationships and operations in multinational settings, Mario adds value to the teaching of these subjects across a range of different learner types.

Full Name

Professor Mario Fernando

Mailing Address

School of Management, Operations and Management, UOW

Northfields Ave

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Located In Facility

40.143

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-7039 (confirmed)

Research Areas

1503 - BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Research Overview

- Responsible executive action
- Leadership
- Business ethics
- Human resource management

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
China Country
New Zealand Country
Sri Lanka Country
United Arab Emirates Country

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Attended Event

Pitch@Palace, Wollongong 2017 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Responsible leadership, affective commitment and intention to quit: an individual level analysis Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 40 Pages 45 - 64 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2018	Exercising responsible leadership in a Singapore context Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 39 Pages 34 - 50 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2018	Power-Responsibility Dynamics and Consumer Privacy Concerns in the Data-Driven Marketplace Volume 2018 Altmetric
2018	The relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment and the mediating effect of employee turnover intentions: An empirical study with Australian employees Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2017	Impact on employee productivity from presenteeism and absenteeism: Evidence from a multinational firm in Sri Lanka Published In Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Volume Online First Pages 1 - 6 ISSN 1076-2752 Altmetric
2017	Making the cut: occupation-specific factors influencing employers in their recruitment and selection of immigrant professionals in the information technology and accounting occupations in regional Australia Published In International Journal of Human Resource Management Volume 28 Pages 880 - 912 ISSN 1466-4399 Altmetric
2017	The privacy paradox in the data-driven marketplace: The role of knowledge deficiency and psychological distance. Published In Procedia Computer Science Volume 121 Pages 562 - 567 ISSN 1877-0509 Altmetric
2016	Employer perceptions of migrant candidates’ suitability: The influence of decision-maker and organisational characteristics Published In Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources Volume 54 Pages 445 - 464 ISSN 1744-7941 Altmetric
2016	Enacting spiritual leadership in business through ego-transcendence Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 37 Pages 1 - 34 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2016	Teaching and learning responsible decision-making in business: a qualitative research evaluation of a simulation-based approach Published In Journal of Business Ethics Education Volume 13 Pages 293 - 323 ISSN 1649-5195
2015	Describing work as meaningful: towards a conceptual clarification Published In Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance Volume 2 Pages 1 - 38 Altmetric
2015	Fitting the mould: the role of employer perceptions in immigrant recruitment decision-making Published In International Journal of Human Resource Management Volume 26 Pages 2811 - 2832 ISSN 1466-4399 Altmetric
2014	MacIntyrean virtue ethics in business: a cross-cultural comparison Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 132 Pages 185 - 202 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2014	The relationships of empathy, moral identity and cynicism with consumers’ ethical beliefs: the mediating role of moral disengagement Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 124 Pages 677 - 694 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2013	The role of spiritual well-being and materialism in determining consumers’ ethical beliefs: an empirical study with Australian consumers Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 113 Pages 61 - 79 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2013	Transformational leadership and work engagement: the mediating effect of meaning in work Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 34 Pages 532 - 550 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2012	Revealing the screening: organisational factors influencing the recruitment of immigrant professionals Published In International Journal of Human Resource Management Volume 23 Pages 1950 - 1965 ISSN 1466-4399 Altmetric
2012	The organizational virtuousness of strategic corporate social responsibility: a case study of the Sri Lankan family-owned enterprise MAS Holdings Published In European Management Journal Volume 30 Pages 564 - 576 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2011	A Social Innovation Based Transformative Learning Approach to Teaching Business Ethics Published In Journal of Business Ethics Education Volume 8 Pages 1 - 20 ISSN 1649-5195
2011	Strategic ambiguity and leaders’ responsibility beyond maximizing profits Published In European Management Journal Volume 29 Pages 504 - 513 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2011	The spiritual identity of projects Published In International Journal of Project Management Volume 29 Pages 504 - 513 ISSN 0263-7863 Altmetric
2010	Corporate social responsibility in the wake of the Asian tsunami: effect of time on the genuineness of CSR initiatives Published In European Management Journal Volume 28 Pages 68 - 79 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2010	The relationship between spiritual well-being and ethical orientations in decision making: an empirical study with business executives in Australia Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 95 Pages 211 - 225 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2009	Short-termism and genuineness in environmental initiatives: A comparative case study of two oil companies Published In European Management Journal Volume 27 Pages 26 - 35 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2009	The spiritual dimension in leadership at Dilmah Tea Published In Leadership and Organization Development Journal Volume 30 Pages 522 - 539 ISSN 0143-7739 Altmetric
2009	The utility of the assessment of spirituality and religious sentiments (aspires) scale with Christians and Buddhists in Sri Lanka Published In Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Volume 20 Pages 131 - 143
2008	Ethical Ideologies of Senior Australian Managers: An Empirical Study Published In Journal of Business Ethics Volume 82 Pages 145 - 155 ISSN 0167-4544 Altmetric
2008	Survival strategies and characteristics of start-ups: An empirical study from the New Zealand IT industry Published In Technovation Volume 28 Pages 161 - 169 ISSN 0166-4972 Altmetric
2008	The place of self-actualisation in workplace spirituality: Evidence from Sri Lanka Published In Culture and Religion Volume 9 Pages 233 - 249 ISSN 1475-5629 Altmetric
2007	Corporate social responsibility in the wake of the Asian tsunami: a comparative case study of two Sri Lankan companies Published In European Management Journal Volume 25 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 0263-2373 Altmetric
2006	The influence of religion-based workplace spirituality on business leaders' decision-making: an inter-faith study Published In Journal of Management and Organization Volume 12 Pages 23 - 39 ISSN 1833-3672 Altmetric

Book

Year	Title
2018	Leadership: Regional and Global Perspectives Publisher Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781108459297 Pages 456
2016	Leading responsibly in the Asian Century Publisher Switzerland: Springer International Publishing ISBN 9783319217888 Altmetric
2007	Spiritual leadership in the entrepreneurial business: a multifaith study Publisher Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	Interactive dynamic learning environment (IDLE) Published In Lecture Notes in Computer Science Publisher Germany: Springer Pages 207 - 211 ISBN 9783319392936 Altmetric
2015	Cultivation of virtuousness and self-actualization in the workplace Published In Handbook of virtue ethics in business and management Publisher Dordrecht, Holland: Springer Netherlands Pages 1 - 13 ISBN 9789400767294 Altmetric
2011	Spirituality and leadership Published In The SAGE Handbook of Leadership Publisher London: SAGE Publications Ltd Pages 483 - 494
2007	The development and application of creativity in organizations: lessons for workplace spirituality Published In Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives Publisher Beltsville, USA: International Academy of Business Disciplines Pages 703 - 708

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Dynamic Service Analytics Capabilities for Service Systems in the Global Big Data Economy - A Systematic Review and Agenda for Future Research Published In Tension in the Data Environment: Can Organisations Meet the Challenge? Pages 57 - 60
2018	Is the privacy paradox a matter of psychological distance? An exploratory study of the privacy paradox from a construal level theory perspective Published In Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences \| 2018 Pages 3678 - 3687 Altmetric
2018	Retaining a Skilled Healthcare Workforce in Regional Public Hospitals: The Role of Personal and Organisation Based Job Resources Published In 32nd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
2018	‘Covering Up’: An Autoethnography of Identity Work by an Immigrant Business Academic Published In Academy of Management Proceedings Altmetric
2017	Employee connectedness and ethics: the role of moral courage Published In Academy of Management’s Humanistic Management Pre-Conference
2016	Social innovation through responsible leadership Published In International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE) (2016) Pages 1 - 1
2016	The role of ‘passing’ by skilled immigrants and its impact on their employment outcomes and wellbeing Published In British Academy of Management Conference
2015	Corporate social responsibility attitudes of board directors in Australian firms: The role of gender and spiritual wellbeing Published In 5th Annual Australian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference
2015	Ethnicity influence on employer’s perception and recruitment decision-making Published In Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies and European Group of Organisation Studies Conference (APROS/EGOS)
2015	The mediating role of employee turnover intentions on the relationship between HR practices and presenteeism: Evidence from Australian employees Published In 29th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
2015	The relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment with the mediating effect of turnover intentions: An empirical study with Australian employees Published In Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organisation Studies and European Group of Organisation Studies Conference (APROS/EGOS) Pages 1 - 14
2014	A conceptual framework for understanding responsible leadership and presenteeism: the mediating influence of organizational commitment and employee turnover intentions Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Pages 1 - 1

2014	Enacting responsible leadership: the case of Singapore Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Pages 1 - 2
2013	Describing work as meaningful: Towards a conceptual clarification Published In 27th Annual British Academy of Management Conference, University of Liverpool Pages 1 - 34
2013	Social innovation through spiritual leadership Published In Working Papers Series on Social Responsibility, Ethics & Sustainable Business - Volume 2, 2013 Pages 26 - 27
2012	Spiritual leadership: A review of models and themes Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
2012	Virtue in business: a cross-cultural comparison Published In The Fifth International Society of Business Economics and Ethics World Congress, Tradition and New Horizons: Towards the Virtue of Responsibility Page p. 4
2011	Career anchors and job satisfaction: the mediating effect of psychological empowerment Published In Proceedings of the 12th Malaysia-Indonesia International Economics, Management and Accounting Conference: Borderless Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in Southeast Asia Pages 1786 - 1796
2011	The effects of spiritual well-being and materialism on consumers’ ethical beliefs: evidence from Australia Published In 25th Annual Australia New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2011) Page p. 1
2011	Transformational leadership and work-related outcomes: exploring the mediating role of meaning in work and work engagement Published In 25th Annual Australia New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2011)
2010	Embedding notions of community in the teaching–research nexus: A case study Published In HERDSA Annual International Conference Pages 289 - 299
2010	Strategic ambiguity and ethical actions Published In Oxford Business and Economics Conference Pages 1 - 23
2010	Strategic ambiguity and leaders’ responsibility beyond maximising profits Published In European Group of Organization Studies Colloquium Pages 1 - 12
2010	Strategic corporate social responsibility and organizational virtuousness: Evidence from Sri Lanka Published In Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2010 Page p. 1
2010	The Spiritual Identity of Projects Published In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Dare to Care Page p. 1 Altmetric
2010	Transformational leadership, workplace engagement and the mediating influence of meaningful work: Building a conceptual framework Published In Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference Pages 1 - 15
2009	Going beyond climate ethics: virtuousness in climate change initiatives Published In Conference on the International Dimensions of Climate Policies Pages 1 - 14
2009	How context matters in corruption: the case of Wollongong City Council Published In Social Innovation Network Conference Pages 15 - 16
2009	The influence of strategic ambiguity on ethical decision making Published In Social Innovation Network Conference Page p. 15
2008	Connectedness in work relationships and quality of working life: evidence from Australian call centres Published In Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference Pages 1 - 15
2008	Organizational virtuousness and integrity: a longitudinal study of the Asian tsunami relief initiatives Published In European Group of Organization Studies Colloquium Page p. [23]
2007	Short-termism and genuineness in environmental initiatives: A comparative case study Published In Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference Pages 32 - 40 Altmetric
2007	The spiritual dimension in leadership: A case study of Dilmah tea and its founder Published In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Pages 1 - 34

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017	Responsible Business and IT Vlogs Program (ReBitVlogs) - Fashion through an ethical kaleidoscope Awarded by: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Funding Scheme: Council for Australian-Arab Relations

Other Research Activities

$7205 Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF): Promoting Undergraduate student engagement in responsible business and information technology use 2018 - 2019
$17,000 Faculty Seed Funding Research Grant Investigator 2017 - 2019
$31,081.50 Faculty of Business Seed Funding Lead Investigator 2017 - 2019
$42,000 Educational Resource Development Agreement Investigator 2017
$10,000 Global Challenges Seed Funding: Enhancing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing in at-Risk Units at Illawarra Hospitals Lead Investigator 2015 - 2016
$5000 Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF) Sole Investigator 2014
$219,000 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Reference member 2009 - 2012
$10,000 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) 2011
$10,000 Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF) Investigator 2010
$10, 398 Faculty Teaching & Learning Scholar Grant Sole Investigator 2009
$7900 Special Purpose Grant (Faculty of Business) Sole Investigator 2005

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Caring for Carers
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Regional hospitals are currently experiencing skills shortages in many health occupations while facing decreasing employee engagement, wellbeing and high employee turnover. In a research partnership with the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD), the reasons for these are being identified by a team led by Associate Professor Fernando. The partnership started from a pilot project funded by the Faculty of Business and later supported by a Global Challenges grant. The aim of the project was to identify strategies to improve engagement, wellbeing and retention of healthcare professionals. 

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Impact 1: In the <a href="http://globalchallenges.uow.edu.au/transform/UOW202990" title="Caring for the Carer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global Challenges</a> study, the researchers found employee engagement at three regional hospitals was influenced by individual attributes such as emotional health. These issues were more acute in ‘at-risk’ units: emergency, surgical, and intensive care departments. To apply their findings, the team identified specific strategies hospitals could implement to improve engagement and wellbeing. To test these strategies, the team developed a prototype of the simulation model to promote wellbeing in healthcare and three online wellbeing interventions. Impact 2: Prototype simulation model was presented at an invited presentation at Durham University Business School, UK (2016). Impact 3: The Global Challenges findings were presented at the Lunchtime Seminar Series of the Australian Health Services Research Institute (ASHRI) (2017). The seminar produced a lead to access a database of 5000 healthcare professionals to validate the simulation. Impact 4: In a competitive process, the Caring for the Carer research programme was selected to be featured in the <a href="https://issuu.com/uowresearch/docs/finalpartnersforreseach_book_intera" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UOW Research Impact booklet</a> (2017). Impact 5: The simulation was accepted to be further developed by a group of students at the Department of Engineering and Information Sciences (UOW). The simulation was featured in a Tradeposter at a public exhibition where attendees from industry and academia participated. 
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Responsible business in challenging times
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Media reports of corporate scandals such as at Volkswagen highlight the need for acting responsibly when managing others' interests. This research programme examines leading responsibly in organisations. Impacts from this research stem from a book, journal articles, doctoral theses, media exposure and others.

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Impact 1: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bestpractice/responsible-leadership/9011398" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC Radio National interview</a> on responsible leadership. The discussion focused on doing good beyond regulation. Impact 2: The Stand published an interview based article titled "<a href="http://stand.uow.edu.au/trumping-distrust-in-the-corporate-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trumping distrust in the corporate world</a>". It focused on business leadership in crisis and the need to lead responsibly. My views expressed in this publication led to the ABC Radio National interview. Impact 3: Fernando, M. (2016). <a href="http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319217888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leading responsibly in the Asian century</a>. New York: Springer. The book is one of the first to focus on responsible leadership in the contemporary Asian century context. It adopts a unique context driven social innovation based responsible leadership approach to explain how context can impact and shape the theory and practice of responsible leadership. The book appealed to a broad spectrum of researchers and scholars across disciplines with a particular interest in the interplay between leadership, responsibility and ethics. It focuses particularly on the Asian century opportunities and challenges as a strong contextual factor that shapes the ‘responsibility’ of responsible leadership. It fills an important gap in the literature on how Asian cultural factors might influence the predominantly Western developed responsible leadership theory and practice. Impact 4: Featured book review by the <a href="https://uowmailedu-my.sharepoint.com/personal/mariof_uow_edu_au/Documents/ILA%20Feature%20Review.pdf?csf=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Leadership Association</a> (2016). Impact 5: Haque, A., Fernando M and Caputi P. (2017). The relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment and the mediating effect of employee turnover intentions: An empirical study with Australian employees. Journal of Business Ethics. DOI 10.1007/s10551-017-3575-6. This paper reports the findings of the relationship between responsible leadership and organisational commitment through the mediating role of employee turnover intentions. A web-based online survey was administered to collect data targeting a sample of 200 Australian employees working fultime. The results reveal that perceived responsible leadership significantly influences employees’ organisational commitment and their turnover intentions. Impact 6: Koh, C., Fernando, M. and Spedding, Trevor (2017). Exercising responsible leadership in a Singapore context. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. DOI: 10.1108/LODJ-09-2015-0215. The purpose of this paper was to explore the western developed notion of responsible leadership from a Singapore context. Face-to-face interviews with 20 influential Singaporean leaders were developed into case studies. The findings reveal that the interviewed Singaporean leaders projected traits and values consistent with western definitions of responsible and effective leadership. Singaporean business leaders may need to consider the importance of retaining and developing the national culture and ethos of the nation, since these are the factors that have been identified in this study as key to influencing responsible leadership. 
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Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Machiavellian Leadership in Business Organisations: A Relational Perspective
Doctor of Philosophy	The Privacy Paradox and Information Disclosure in Digital Marketplaces: The Moderating Role of Psychological Distance	Bandara, Heenkenda Mudiyanselage Ruwan Jayawickrama
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Stories of identity management: An ethnographic study of immigrants in Australian workplaces	Gunasekera, Gayani
Doctor of Philosophy	The ethics of food safety: A multi-level analysis of food handling behaviour in hotel restaurants.	Hewa Heenipellage, Anushka
Doctor of Philosophy	Corporate Social Responsibility Attitudes of Board Directors in Australian Firms: The Role of Gender, Ethical Ideology and Spritual Wellbeing	Najafi, Bita

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Journal of Business Ethics (Journal)
Leadership Quarterly (Journal)

Professional Service Activities

Business Ethics: A European Review (BEER) Associate Editor 2016 -
European Management Journal (EMJ) Editorial Review Board Member 2015 -
Leadership & Organization Development Journal (LODJ) Editorial Review Board Member 2010 -

Awards And Honors

Best Reviewer, European Management Journal , 2014
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (ALTC Citation) , conferred by Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC), 2011
Best Paper Award, Sustainability and Social Issues in Management Stream, conferred by Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2011
Teaching and Research All-Rounder Performance Award , 2010
Excellence in Teaching and Learning, conferred by Faculty of Business, 2009
Management Educator of the Year, conferred by Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management and Pearson, 2009
Faculty Teaching and Learning Scholar, conferred by University of Wollongong, 2009
Innovations in Teaching, conferred by Faculty of Business, 2008
Research Excellence, conferred by Faculty of Business, 2008
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, conferred by University of Victoria, Canada , 2007
Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning Faculty Award (OCTAL), 2006
High Achiever, Research Outputs, conferred by Faculty of Business, 2005
Four-year University Entrance Merit Scholarship, conferred by Sri Lanka Government, 1984

Teaching Overview

Mario's passion for teaching is inspired by transformative learning (Mezirow, 1990). By challenging students to critically reflect on their assumptions, he aims to generate a conscious commitment in the student to engage in responsible executive action.

Mario has taught a range of subjects including strategic human resource management, cross-cultural management, operations and services management, organisational behaviour, organisation analysis, corporate governance and responsible leadership; all integrating content from the areas of international business, strategic management and change management. With his corporate experience in managing relationships and operations in multinational settings, Mario adds value to the teaching of these subjects across a range of different learner types.

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School of Management, Operations and Management, UOW

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