Roy Smollan

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Senior Lecturer in Management

Phone: +64 9 9219999 – ext : 5390

Email: roy.smollan@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

PhD: Management, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
Master of Arts: Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Master of Arts: Communication, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Higher Education Diploma (Post-graduate), University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Bachelor of Commerce, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Current Research Projects:

Stress and organisational change: Quantitative and qualitative approaches to studying the causes and consequences of the stress employees experience when they face organisational change, and the strategies they use to cope.

Publications:

Recent Research Outputs:

Smollan, R. K. (forthcoming 2012). Emotional responses to the injustice of organizational change: A qualitative study. In N. M. Ashkanasy, C. E. J. Hartel & W. J. Zerbe (Eds.), Research on emotion in organizations, Vol. 8. Emerald Insight: Bingley, UK.
Smollan, R. K. (2011). The multi-dimensional nature of resistance to change. Journal of Management and Organization 17(6), 828-849.
Smollan, R. K. & Parry, K. W. (2011). Follower perceptions of the emotional intelligence of change leaders: A qualitative study. Leadership, 7(4), 437 464.
Smollan, R. K. (2011). Engaging with resistance to change. University of Auckland Business Review, 13(1), 12-14.
Smollan, R. K. (2011). Constructing and deconstructing resistance to organizational change. Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Istanbul, July.
Smollan, R. K. (2011). Trust and the emotions of organizational change: A qualitative study. Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Istanbul, July.
Smollan, R. K., Matheny, J. A. & Sayers, J. G. (2010). Personality, affect and organisational change: A qualitative study. In W. F. Zerbe, N. M. Ashkanasy & C. E. J. Hartel, Research on emotions in organizations, Vol. 6, Emotions and organizational dynamism (pp. 85-112). Emerald Insight: Bingley, UK.
Smollan, R. K., Sayers, J. G. & Matheny J. A. (2010). Emotional responses to the speed, frequency and timing of organizational change. Time & Society 19(1), 28-53.
Smollan, R. K. & Sayers, J. G. (2009). Organizational culture, organizational change and emotions: A qualitative study. Journal of Change Management, 9(4), 435-457.
Smollan, R. K. & Parry, K. W. (2009). The attributed emotional intelligence of change leaders: A qualitative study. Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Melbourne, December. Best paper award in Organisational Change stream.