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Professor Peter Murray

Professor Peter Murray
Name Peter Murray
Position Professor (Management)
Section School of Business
Office T268
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1154
Extension 1154
Email
Qualifications BBus Riverina-MurrayIHE , MCom(Hons) Wollongong , PhD Western Sydney
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/8091x/prof-peter-murray
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Biography

Peter A. Murray is a Professor in the School of Business at University of Southern Queensland. Peter’s research explores sustainable business practices in leadership, organizational behaviour, and information management where he publishes in top quartile journals such as the Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Management Learning, and Journal of Innovation and Knowledge. Professor Murray has a strong history of consultancy practices to many of Australia’s largest companies including Sunrice, Energy Australia, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organization, Hawker de Havilland and many more. Currently Peter is an editorial board member of leading journals including Management Decision, Asia Pacific of Journal of Management and Journal of Innovation and Knowledge. He is also a regular reviewer of top quartile international journals. His most recent books include Strategic Management Essentials (Grant, Murray et al 2021) and The Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management (Syed, Murray et al 2018). Professor Murray’s main teaching interests lie in leadership and strategic change.

Research Career


  • Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  • Business and Management not elsewhere classified ( 150399 )
  • Strategy ( 350799 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  • Strategy ( 350700 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )

High Performance Work Systems (Regional Resilience)
Organizational Resilience
Women in Leadership
Social Capital


Member of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management
Member of the American Academy of Management
Certified Member Australian Human Resources Institute
Member - Rural Economies Centre of Excellence


Member of the Australian Insitute of Management
Member of the Australian Marketing Institute


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  • Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECE)
  • Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)

Teaching


The Leaders Mind
Strategy, Innovation and Business Research
Adaptive Leadership


30 Years


30 Years


Currently Program Director for Graduate Certificate of Leadership and Coaching
Previously Director of MBA
Head of School Management
Program Director for High Performance Work, Australian Center for Sustainable Business Development

Supervision


  • Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  • Business and Management not elsewhere classified ( 150399 )
  • Strategy ( 350799 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  • Strategy ( 350700 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )