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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 - Organisation and Management (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)
Teaching
Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA):
- GSZ497 - Personal Leadership and Change
- GSZ572 - Integrated Workplace Project
Master of Business Administration (MBA):
- GSN405 - Strategic Management
- GSN497 - Personal Leadership and Change
- GSN415 - Understanding Leadership and Complexity
Public Sector Management Program (PSMP):
- GSZ632 - Managing Self and Others
Enterprise Leadership Program (ELP):
- Leading Strategic Initiatives
- Leader as Coach
- Leading for High Performance
Publications
- Langdon, R. & Collins, M. (2025). All hail the warrior: How reinforcement sensitivity theory and leadership training explain naïve perceptions of military leadership. Military Psychology. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/261357
- Collins, M., (2026). Goal driven and wise: shedding light on the different shades of dark side leadership. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 47(1), 185–212. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/261368
- 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., (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., 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., (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
- 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., 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. & 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
QUT ePrints
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