Professor James Sarros, Acting Head, Department of Management, Monash University

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James is Acting Head of the Department of Management at Monash University. He has taught in universities in the USA and the UK, and has consulted to companies such as AsiaInc, Australian Institute of Management, CEO Institute (Leadership), CEO Roundtable, Committee for Economic Development of Australia and many others. 

His research interests are Leadership; organizational stress and burnout; organizational culture; values. James is frequently invited to provide media commentary on leadership and organisational culture issues, and addresses business, government, and community organisations on these and related topics.

About James Sarros

Professional memberships include the Australian Institute of Management, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, and British Academy of Management.  The Department of Management is the largest management department in an Australian university, with over 80 academic and 25 administration staff, and with academic programs delivered on campuses in Victoria (Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula, Gippsland) and overseas (South Africa, Kuala Lumpur).

Apart from his Head of Department responsibilities, James is the director of the Leadership Research Group in the Department, editorial board member of the International Journal of Organisational Behaviour (NZ), member of the Editorial Review Panel, Tilde University Press, and reviewer of leadership articles in Higher Education Research and Development (UK), Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (UK), Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (Australia), Journal of Leadership Studies (USA), and the Journal of Management and Organization. 

James is also on the Journal of Organizational Behavior (UK) Ad Hoc Review Team. He is a member of the Department of Management’s Organizational Behavior research group, rated a category “5” research group based on the Federal Government’s Research Quality Framework criteria (“5” is the top tier research publication category).  James is an international expert reviewer for the Australian Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council (UK). James has published seven books on executive leadership, written chapters for management texts, published and presented nationally and internationally on leadership issues, and is engaged in various cross-cultural studies of leadership in academe and in the corporate sector. In 1994 he was commissioned by the Federal Government to assist in developing a leadership curriculum for Australian business and University business faculties as part of the Karpin inquiry into Australian business leadership.

He has had published over 70 refereed articles, 40 texts, monographs, and working papers, and 100 conference papers and colloquia. Many of his papers have won best paper awards at international conferences or in relevant management journals. He is a frequent media commentator on executive leadership trends, and has run leadership workshops for industry groups domestically and internationally. James has received numerous competitive research grants (University and ARC) for his work, as well as extensive corporate sponsorship.  His text entitled Leadership-Australia’s Top CEOs won the 1998 HarperCollins Milestones Award for sales exceeding 15,000 copies. His 2006 text, The Character of Leadership, published by Wiley, examines the character profiles of Australian leaders in private, not for profit, and government enterprises. James supervises doctoral students on leadership-specific issues, has supervised 15 PhD students through to completion, and has examined close to 20 PhD theses from universities throughout Australia. 

Selected recent publications (as at November 2007):

Texts

Sarros, James C., Brian K. Cooper, Anne M. Hartican and Carolyn J. Barker. (2006). The character of leadership: What works for Australian leaders -  making it work for you.  Sydney: Wiley.

Santora, Joseph C. and James C. Sarros. (2005).  Josh Martin.  In S. McShane and M. A. Von Glinow.   Organizational Behavior. 3^rd ed. Burr-Ridge, IL.: McGraw- Hill-Irwin, 437-439.

Sarros, James C. and Rosetta Moors. (2001). Right from the top - Profiles in Australian leadership.  Sydney: McGraw-Hill. (192 pages, plus 24 page CD).

Articles

Sendjaya, Sen, Sarros, James C., and Santora, Joseph C. (2008).  Defining and measuring servant leadership behaviour in organizations.  Journal of Management Studies, (forthcoming). (SSCI Impact factor=2.00).

Sarros, James C., Brian K. Cooper and Joseph C. Santora. (2007). The character of leadership.  Ivey Business Journal, Leadership, May/June, 1-9.

Sarros, Anne M. and James C. Sarros. (2007). The first 100 days: Leadership challenges of a new CEO. Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 35(3), 349-371.

Sarros, James C. and Brian Cooper. (2006). Building character: A leadership essential. Journal of Business and Psychology, 21(1), 1-22.

Sarros, James C., Brian K. Cooper and Anne M. Hartican. (2006). Leadership and character.  Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 27(8), 682-699.

Sarros, James C., Judy Gray, Iain L. Densten and Brian Cooper. (2005). The organizational culture profile revisited and revised: an Australian perspective.  Australian Journal of Management, 30(1), 159-182.

Sarros, James C., Robert J. Willis, Robyn Fisher and Adrian Storen.  (2005).  DBA examination procedures and protocols. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 27(2), 151-172. ISSN 1360-080X (print)/ISSN 1469-9508 (online).

Sarros, James C., Robert J. Willis and Gill Palmer. (2005).  The nature and purpose of the DBA: a case for clarity and quality control. Education and Training, 47(1), 40-52.

Sarros, James C., George A. Tanewski, Richard P. Winter, Joseph C. Santora and Iain L. Densten. (2002). Work alienation and organizational leadership.  British Journal of Management, 13(4), 285-304. Best Paper Award.

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