Ace Volkmann Simpson

Academic Qualifications

2013   Ph.D. (Management) (UTS, Sydney Australia)

2012   Cert IV in Life Coaching (The Coaching Institute, Austrlia)

2009   BHSci (Psychology) (Hons – First Class) (AUT, Auckland New Zealand)

2008   BAppSci (Psychology & Communication Double Major) (OPNZ)

2008   Diplomas in Organizational Psychology, Strategic Communication, Communication Studies (OPNZ 2008)

 

Academic Leadership and Administration
2021-Present	Director of Undergraduate Studies, Brunel Business School, Brunel University London
2019-2021	HRM Programme Lead (Undergraduate), Brunel Business School, Brunel University London (programme design, approval, launch).
2018-2019	South Asia Champion, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
2016	Teaching and Learning Committee – Deputy Chair, UTS Business School
2015-2017	Management Discipline Group Academic Cautions Officer, UTS Business School

 

Academic Career Summary
2019-Present	Reader in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel Business School, Brunel University London.
2015-2019	Senior Lecturer – University of Technology, Sydney, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School.
2013-2014	Lecturer – University of Technology, Sydney, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School.
2010-2013	Sessional Academic – University of Technology, Sydney, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School.
2008-2009	Sessional Academic – Auckland University of Technology, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, School of Psychology.

 

 

 

Teaching Experience

• Postgrad/MBA:
  • MG25577 International and Comparative Human Resource Management. Module Leader (2019-Present), module review, redesign and lecturing. (60-150+ students per term) (Student Agreement to: “Teaching staff are good at Explaining”: 2019.20 100%, 2020.21 97%, 2021.22 94%)
  • 21929 Positive Psychology and the Self. Subject Coordinator (2015-2018), course design and launch (up to 150+ students per term), (Student Feedback Score: 2018 Spring 4.58; 2017 Autumn: 4.45/5).
  • 21800 Management and Organizational Theory, Lecturer (2011-2013), content development (MBA, 120+ students per term).
• Undergrad:
  • MG3109 Innovation and Knowledge Management. Module Leader (2020-Present) (Overall Student Satisfaction: 2020.21 93%, 2021.22 92%)
  • MG2133 Human Resource Management and its International Dimensions. Lecturer (2019-2021) (Student Agreement to “Teaching staff are good at Explaining”: 2020.21 84%)
  • 21440 Management Skills. Subject Coordinator (2017-2018), course redesign, content development and lecturer (400+ students per term), (Student Feedback Score: 2018 Spring 4.43+4.39; 2017 Spring: 4.46).
  • 21654 Socio Political Context of Management. Subject Coordinator (2015-2017), course design and launch (100+ students per term), (Student Feedback Score: 2017 Autumn: 4.47, Spring: 4.37).
  • 21129 Managing People and Organizations. Subject Coordinator (2013-2017), course review, redesign, content development, lecturer (up to 1200+ students per term), (2017 Autumn: 4.2+4.10, Spring: 4.10+3.96+3.95+3.90).
  • 81524 Professional Practice at the Cutting Edge. Lecturer (2017-2018), course design and content development.

 

Publications

 

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Simpson, AV., Rego, A., Berti, M., Clegg, S. and Cunha, MP. 2022, ‘Theorizing compassionate leadership from the case of Jacinda Ardern: Legitimacy, paradox and resource conservation’. Leadership, (in press). pp. 1 – 22. ISSN: 1742-7150

Milton, DS., Cunha, MP., Simpson, AV., Giustinaino, L., Rego, A. and Clegg, S. 2022, ‘Servus or Pater? How paradoxical intent can qualify leadership – Indications from the Kingdom of Bhutan’. Journal of Change Management (in press).

Cunha, MP., Simpson, AV., Rego, A. and Clegg, SR. 2022, ‘Non-naïve organizational positivity through a generative paradox pedagogy’. Management Learning, vol. 53, 1, pp. 15-32.

Berti, M. and Simpson, AV. 2021, ‘On the practicality of resisting pragmatic paradoxes’. Academy of Management Review, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 409–412. ISSN: 0363-7425.

Berti, M. and Simpson, AV. 2021, ‘The dark side of organizational paradoxes: The dynamics of disempowerment’. Academy of Management Review, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 252–274.

Simpson, AV. 2021, ‘Rooting compassionate leadership the NHS context’. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 27 (8). pp. 1 – 2. ISSN: 1358-0574.

Simpson, T. and Simpson, AV. 2021, ‘Emphasising compassion for co-workers in medical school training and healthcare organization to address bullying’. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 82, no. 8, pp. 1-3.

Simpson, AV. and Cunha, MP. 2021, ‘A Bhagavad Gita-inspired Linked Leadership Model’. Journal of Leadership Studies, vol. 15 no. 3, pp. 1 – 6.

Simpson, AV., Berti, M., Cunha, MP. and Clegg, SR. 2021, ‘Art, culture and paradox pedagogy in management learning: The case of Portuguese fado’, Management Learning, vol. 52, no. 5, 630-651.

Cunha, MP., Clegg, S., Berti, M., Rego, A. and Simpson, AV. 2021, ‘Fully embracing the paradoxical condition: Banksy to organization theory’, Organizational Asesthetics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 50-67. ISSN: 2168-8575

Simpson, AV. & Berti, M. 2020, ‘Transcending paradoxes of organizational compassion by enacting wise compassion courageously’, Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 16 – 39.

Giustiniano, L., Cunha, MP., Simpson, AV., Rego, A. and Clegg, S. 2020, ‘Resilient leadership as paradox work: Notes from COVID-19’. Management and Organization Review, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 971 – 975.

Simpson, AV., Reddy, P. & Farr-Wharton, B. 2020, ‘Cultivating organizational compassion in healthcare’, Journal of Management and Organizations, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 340-354.

Rego, A., Owens, B., Yam, KC., Bluhm, D., Cunha, MP., Silard, A., Gonalves, L., Martins, M., Simpson, AV. & Liu, W. 2019, ‘Leader humility and team performance: Exploring the mechanisms of team PsyCap and task allocation effectiveness’. Journal of Management, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1009-1033.

Araújo, M.L., Simpson, AV., Marujo, HA. & Miguel, LP. 2019, ‘Selfless and strategic, interpersonal and institutional: A continuum of paradoxical organizational compassion dimensions.’, Journal of Political Power, vol. 12, no. 1, 16-31.

Cunha, MPE., Simpson, AV., Clegg, S. & Rego, A. 2019, ‘Speak! Paradoxical effects of a managerial culture of ‘speaking up’, British Journal of Management, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 829-846.

Cunha, P.C., Lopez, MP. & Simpson, AV. 2018, ‘Leaders as organizational authors: What kind of story are you writing?’, Organizational Dynamics, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 205-218.

Berti, M., Simpson, AV. & Clegg, S.R. 2018, ‘Making a place out of space: The social imaginaries and realities of a Business School as a designed space’, Management Learning, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 168-186.

Rego, A., Cunha, MP & Simpson, AV. 2018, ‘The perceived impact of leaders humility on team effectiveness: An empirical study’, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 184, no. 1, pp. 205-218.

Cunha, MPE., Clegg, S.R., Costa, C., Leite, A.P., Rego, A., Simpson, AV., Sousa, M.O.D. & Sousa, M. 2017, ‘Gemeinschaft in the midst of Gesellschaft? Love as an organizational virtue’, Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 3-21.

Rego, P., Lopes, MP & Simpson AV. 2017, ‘The Authentic-Machiavellian leadership grid: A typology of leadership styles’, Journal of Leadership Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 48-51.

Simpson, AV., Cunha, MP, & Rego, A. 2015, ‘Compassion in the context of capitalistic organizations: Evidence from the 2011 Brisbane floods’, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 130, no. 3, pp. 683-703.

Simpson, AV., Cunha, MP, & Clegg, S. 2015, ‘Hybridity, sociomateriality and compassion: What happens when a river floods and a city’s organizations respond?’, Scandinavian Journal of Management, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 375-86.

Simpson, AV., Clegg, S., Lopez, MP, Cunha, MP, Rego, A., & Pitsis, T. 2014, ‘Doing compassion or doing discipline? Power relations and the Magdalene Laundries’, Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 253-274.

Simpson, AV., Clegg, S., & Pitsis, T. 2014, ‘“I used to care but things have changed”: A genealogy of compassion in organizational theory’. Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 347-359.

Simpson, AV., Clegg, S., & Pitsis, T. 2014, ‘Normal compassion: A framework for compassionate decision making’, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 119, no. 4, pp. 473-491.

Simpson, AV., Clegg, S., & Freeder, D. 2013, ‘Power, compassion and organization’ Journal of Political Power, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 385-404.

Simpson AV. & Berti, M. 2014, ‘Being social in organizational studies: the early works of Stewart Clegg’, Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 307-318.

Simpson, AV., Clegg, S., & Freeder, D. 2013, ‘Power, compassion and organization’ Journal of Political Power, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 385-404.

Simpson, AV., Clegg, S., & Cunha, MP 2013, ‘Expressing compassion in the face of crisis: Organizational practices in the aftermath of the Brisbane floods of 2011’, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, vol. 21, no 2, pp. 115-124.

Simpson, AV. 2010, ‘What is the best treatment for Nancy in Aotearoa, New Zealand?’, Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 3-8.

 

Papers Under Review

Simpson, AV., Berti, M., Rego, A., Clegg, S. and Cunha, MP. ‘Organizational compassion as a co-constructed communicative process’, Academy of Management Review (Revise & Resubmit Decision, Jan 2022).

Cunha, MP. Rego, A., Berti, M. and Simpson, AV., ‘Distinguishing between generative and paralyzing pragmatic paradoxes’, Organizational Dynamics (Submitted, Jan 2022).

Cunha, MP. Rego, A., and Simpson, AV., ‘Team ground rules: Their nature, types and functions, Organizational Dynamics (Submitted, Jan 2022).

Simpson, T., Simpson AV. and Berti, M., ‘Managing Generative paradoxes made salient by healthcare system reform: The case of the Cyprus GHS’, Health Policy (Submitted, July 2021).

 

Forthcoming Special Issue

Simpson, AV., Panayiotou, A., Berti, M., Cunha, MP, Kanji, S. and Clegg, S. 2023, ‘Improvising as the New Normal during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Organizational learning-by-responding, power and paradox.’ Management Learning.

 

Books

Simpson, AV., Berti, M., Rego, A., Cunha, MP. and Clegg, S. 2023, ‘Organizational Compassion’. London: Routledge.

Berti, M., Simpson, AV., Cunha, M. and Clegg, S. 2021, ‘Elgar introduction to organizational paradox theory’. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Cunha, MP, Rego, A., Simpson, AV., Clegg, S.R. 2020, Positive Organizational Behaviour: A reflective approach, London, UK: Routledge.

Simpson, AV. 2020, Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita, London, UK: Sage.

Pitsis, T., Simpson, AV., & Dehlin, E. (Eds.). 2012, Handbook of organizational and managerial innovation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

 

Book Chapters

Clegg, S.R., Simpson AV., Cunha M., & Rego A, 2020, ‘Hope in business organizing for societal progress: Three narratives’, in D. Ericsson & M. Kostera (eds) Organizing goodness and hope: Narratives beyond interregnum, Edward Elgar, UK.

Clegg, S.R., Berti, M., Simpson AV. & Cunha M. 2020, ‘Artificial intelligence and the future of management’, in B. Schwartz, C. Bernacchio, C. González-Cantón & A. Robson (eds) Handbook of Practical Wisdom in Business and Management, Springer, UK.

Simpson, AV., Farr-Wharton, B., Cunha, MP & Reddy, P. 2019, ‘Organizing organizational compassion subprocesses and mechanisms: A practical model’, in L. Galiana & N. Noemí Sansó (eds) The Power of Compassion (pp. 339-358), Nova, New York, NY.

 

Refereed Conference Presentations

 

Simpson, AV., Rego, A., Berti, M., Clegg, S. and Cunha, MP. 2021, ‘Organizational compassion as a co-communicative enactment’, European Group of Organizational Scholars (EGOS).

Simpson, AV. & Farr-Wharton, B., Reddy, P. 2020, ‘How workplace harassment impacts organizational compassion: A multilevel study from the healthcare context’, British Academy of Management (BAM), Conference in the Cloud.

Simpson, AV. & Farr-Wharton, B., Reddy, P. 2019, ‘Correlating workplace compassion, psychological safety and bullying in the healthcare context’, Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA.

Simpson, AV. & Berti, M. 2019, ‘Exploring the Potential of AI-Assisted Organizational Compassion’, Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA.

Simpson, AV. & Berti, M., & Farr-Wharton, B. 2019, ‘AI-assisted organizational compassion: An exploratory model’, European Academy of Management (EURAM), Lisbon, Portugal. (Accepted)

Simpson, AV. & Farr-Wharton, B., Reddy, P. 2019, ‘Workplace compassion, psychological safety and bullying: A correlational study within the healthcare context’, European Academy of Management (EURAM), Lisbon, Portugal. (Accepted).

Simpson, AV. & Berti, M., & Farr-Wharton, B. 2019, ‘AI-assisted organizational compassion: An exploratory model’, European Group for Organizational Studies, (EGOS), Edinburgh, UK. (Accepted).

Simpson, AV., Farr-Wharton, B., Prichard, R., Hernandez-Grande, A., Reddy,P. 2019, ‘Organizational compassion dampens workplace bullying amongst healthcare staff’, POS Research Conference, Ann Arbor, MA. (Accepted).

Simpson, AV., Reddy, P. & Farr-Wharton, B. 2018, ‘Addressing workplace bullying amongst healthcare staff by cultivating organizational compassion competencies’, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.

Simpson, AV. & Farr-Wharton, B. 2018, ‘Exploring the Antecedents of Compassionate Responding in Organizations’, paper presented to the Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, USA.

Cunha, M., Rego, A. & Simpson, AV., Clegg, S. 2018, ‘Practicing virtues through deliberation: A paradoxical lens, Society for Business Ethics (SBE), Chicago, USA.

Cunha, M., Rego, A. & Simpson, AV., Clegg, S. 2018, Why positive interventions originate organizational contradictions’, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Naples, Italy.

Berti, M. & Simpson, AV. 2018, ‘The dark side of organizational paradoxes: Pragmatic paradoxes and the production of absurdity’, European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), Tallinn, Estonia.

Stein, J. & Hermens, A. 2016, ‘Tradition of innovation and innovation of tradition: Processes of constructive disruption in a family firm’, European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), Naples, Italy.

Simpson, AV. & Farr-Wharton, B. 2017, ‘Organizational Compassion Scale: validity, reliability and correlations’, paper presented to the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), RMIT, Melbourne Australia.

Araújo, M.L., Simpson, AV., Marujo, H.A. & Lopes, MP 2917, ‘Integrating competing dimensions and tensions in organizational compassion: Selfless and strategic, individual and institutional, European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Simpson, AV. & Berti, M., 2017, ‘Navigating dilemmas of organizational compassion by cultivating complimentary virtues of wisdom and power’, Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS), Rome, Italy.

Stein, J.A., Simpson, AV., Berti, M. & Hermens, A. 2017, ”Keeping the axe workshop going’: Australian manufacturing and the hidden maintenance of historical practices’, The Maintainers II: Labor, Technology and Social Order, Stevens Institute of Technology.

Simpson, AV., Berti, M., Stein, J. & Hermens, A. 2016, ‘Tradition of innovation and innovation of tradition: Processes of constructive disruption in a family firm’, European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), Naples, Italy.

Cunha, M., Rego, A. & Simpson, AV. 2016, ‘Why positive interventions originate organizational contradictions’, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Naples, Italy.

Berti, M., Simpson, AV. & Jarvis, W. 2015, ‘Opening governance to co‐designed co‐determination ‐ for economic democracy’, paper presented to the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.

Simpson, AV. 2015, ‘Navigating dilemmas of organizational compassion by cultivating complimentary virtues of wisdom and power’, paper presented to the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.

Berti, M., Simpson, AV. & Clegg, S.R. 2015, ‘Design, designing and designs: “a new school of thought”‘, paper presented to the European Group for Organizational Studies, Athens, Greece.

Simpson, AV., Cunha, MP & Rego, A. 2015, ‘Organizational stewardship and compassion in the 2011 Brisbane Floods’, paper presented to the European Group for Organizational Studies, Athens, Greece.

Simpson, AV. 2014, ‘Augmenting the limitations of organizational compassion with wisdom and power: Insights from Bhutan’, paper presented to the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Sydney, Australia.

Redfern, K,. Simpson, AV. & Zhang, R. 2014, ‘Character strengths in employees in the PRC: Analysing the factor structure of the VIA Inventory of Strengths’, paper presented to the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Sydney, Australia.

Regio, A., Cunha, M. & Simpson, AV. 2014, ‘When the feeling of being humble is not humble: Exploring (im)modesty effects on leaders’, paper presented to the International Conference on Business and Information, Osaka, Japan.

Simpson, AV. & Miguel, E. 2013, ‘The mediating effects of organizational compassion in reducing antisocial withdrawal and promoting pro-social behavior in crisis’, paper presented to the European Academy of Management, Istanbul, Turkey.

Research Grants
2020   2019   2018   2018	$50,000 from New Horizons for a project titled “Enriching Workplace Compassion” $72,000 from the Lower North Shore Health District (Sydney, NSW), for the “Compassion Project” aimed at addressing workplace bullying by enhancing organizational compassion. $20,000 from LiveBetter, for a project titled “Cultivating Workplace Compassion” CBSI grant of $8000 for development of WellCom (Wellbeing and Compassion Research Network). $25,000 from Sydney Water to complete their project on developing effective wellbeing metrics.
2017	UTS Business School Research Grants Scheme – $12,050 for a research project titled ‘Addressing workplace bullying through organizational compassion’ (with Dr Far-Wharton), 2017.
2015	MDG Research Development Grant – $8922 for a research project titled ‘Virtues of Finance’, 2015.
2014	MDG Research Development Grant – $9750 for a research project titled ‘Management/Governance by design’ (with Dr. Berti), 2014.
2014	MDG Research Development Grant, 2014 – $9330 for a research project titled ‘Architectural design as an instrument of change management’ (with Dr. Berti), 2014.
2014	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations research grant – $136,000 for a research project titled ‘Australian Leadership Capability Standard’, (with Professor Jusserand et al.), 2014.
2014	UTS Business School Research Grants Scheme – $9580 for a research project titled ‘Virtues in Finance’ (with Dr. Logue), 2014.
Scholarships and Awards
2021	Prof. Gisela Alves Best Conference Paper Award, with Regio, Simpson, AV., Cunha, M. & Oliviera, E. 2021, ‘Compassionate love in leaders and team performance’, 14th Annual Conference of EuroMed Academy of Business.
2014	Best Paper Award, with Regio, A., Cunha, M. & Simpson, AV. 2014, ‘When the feeling of being humble is not humble: Exploring (im)modesty effects on leaders’, International Conference on Business and Information (BAI), Osaka, Japan.
2010-2013	Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship.
2008-2009	AUT Vice Chancellor’s Doctoral Scholarship, Auckland New Zealand.
2014, 2016 and 2017	Citations by UTS Business School Dean of Teaching and Learning, for “outstanding teaching results” in receiving some of the highest student feedback ratings in amongst the business school faculty.
Affiliations
2021-Present		Editorial Board of the journal Economic Outlook, University of Pristina Faculty of Economics.
2018-Present		Research Advisory Board, Center for Positive Organiztaions. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
2018-2019		Lead Researcher, WellCom (Wellbeing and Compassion Research Network) UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation (CBSI)
2018-2018		Visiting Scholar, Center for Positive Organizations University of Michigan Ross School of Business
2018-Present		Collaborator, Nova School of Business and Economics Research Center, Lisboa Portugal
2014-Present		Member, Academy of Management (AOM)
2014-Present		Member, CompassionLab – Center for Positive Organizations University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
2014-Present		Member, Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
2014-Present		Member, European Group of Organizational Scholars (EGOS)
Professional Association/Accreditation
2020-Present		Academic Fellow CIPD – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
2008-Present		NZCER Psychological Test Centre. Restricted psychological test administrator, Levels A, B, Csp, and C.
PhD Supervision
Hanya El Ghetany (with Dr. Weifeng Chen and Dr. Selcuk Uygur) (2020-Present) Haleh Hashemi Toroghi (with Professor Fiona Denney) (2020-Present) Faiza Nurr (with Professor Shireen Kanjee) (2020-Present) Elizabeth Gordon (with Distinguished Professor Stewart Clegg and Associate Professor Danielle Logue) (2016-Present) Michelle Cai (with Dr Antony Fee and Dr Paul Wang (2017-2021 – Awarded) Isabelle Phillips (with Professor Emmanuel Josserand and Dr. Simone Faulkner) (2015-2020 – Awarded)
External Assessor 2019 – Irish Research Council’s COALESCE 2020 scheme   Ad-hoc Reviewer
2021: Management Learning (MLQ-20-0186.R1, MLQ-20-0186.R2), British Journal of Management (BJM-21-547), British Journal of Healthcare Management (bjhc.2021.0135, bjhc.2021.0135R1). 2020: Journal of Management Studies (W0346a), Management Learning (MLQ-20-0186;  MLQ-19-0100.R2) 2019: Employee Relations (ER-07-2019-0275.R1), Human Relations (HR-2019-0494), Organization Science (OS-MS-19-12404), Journal of Management and Organization (JMO-2018-0353; JMO-2018-0353.R2; JMO-2019-0097.R2; MO-2019-009), Journal of Political Power (XXX); Management Learning (MLQ-19-0100.R1). 2018: Journal of Business Ethics (BUSI-D-17-01559 + BUSI-D-17-01559R1), Management Learning (MLQ-18-0141), British Journal of Management (BJM-17-263.R1), Journal of Political Power (XXX), Organization Studies (OS-18-0648) 2017: Organization Studies (OS-16-0085.R1&2); British Journal of Management (BJM-17-263)2016: Organization Studies (OS-16-0085)2014: Journal of Management Inquiry (JMI-14-0001-E+ JMI-14-0001-E.R1)2013: Journal of Management Inquiry (JMI-13-0131-E)