UTS Business School Dean Professor Chris Earley is passionate about the opportunity for business education and research to enhance and complement the STEM and health strengths of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
“UTS Business School is part of a world-class university leading innovation across science, engineering, health and design, with strong ties to industry,” says Professor Earley.
“We have a unique opportunity to leverage our strengths as a business school, build integrated degree programs and promote collaborative research to enable greater impact across the university,” he says.
Professor Earley is an expert in organisational behaviour, with a focus on cultural intelligence in the workplace. He has 10 books, 36 book chapters and over 50 peer reviewed journal papers to his name, with more than 23,000 (Google Scholar) citations for his work.
“My primary field of research looks at cultural intelligence – how people can adapt and work effectively across cultural boundaries. I’m also interested in how companies can leverage diversity to create a more effective business environment,” says Professor Earley.
Professor Earley’s research also explores cross-cultural and international aspects of organisations such as the dynamics of multinational teams, negotiation and conflict, the role of ‘face’ in organisations, and motivation across cultures.
Putting research into practice, Professor Earley has worked across four continents, including Deanships in the US at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and the University of Connecticut, and in Asia at the National University of Singapore.
He has also worked in the UK as Chair and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the London Business School, and most recently, as Dean of the School of Business and Economics at the University of Tasmania.
“With my extensive international background, I aim to build on the recognition the UTS Business School has gained across the global community, and enhance international engagement and collaboration,” he says.
Professor Earley points to the school’s integrative approach to research and teaching, links to business and industry, and willingness to push the status quo and do things differently, as keys to success.
“UTS Business School researchers are engaged in compelling work that combines specialised knowledge in key discipline areas with broader, boundary-crossing skills, to drive innovation and insight with real-world impact,” he says.