Kim Southey

Dr. Kim Southey is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the School of Business, University of Southern Queensland. Their research focuses on organizational behavior, gender dynamics in leadership, employment law, and workplace equity. They hold qualifications including a PhD (USQ, 2013) and have supervised over a dozen doctoral students exploring topics like employee engagement in shared services, unfair dismissal arbitration, and gendered career challenges. Affiliated with the Institute for Resilient Regions, their work spans academic administration, ethics review processes, and pandemic-era workplace adaptations. Key contributions include studies on social resources enhancing employee engagement and strategies to support senior women leaders.

• Education:
  • PhD in Management (USQ, 2013)
  • MBusRsch (USQ, 2008)
  • BBus (USQ, 1996)
  • ADipSecSt (DDIAE, 1989)
• Affiliations: Institute for Resilient Regions

Research interests emphasize workplace diversity, gender impacts on career trajectories, and legal frameworks around unfair dismissal. Recent work explores post-pandemic remote work challenges for academics, ethics review board reforms, and strategies to mitigate gender disparities in leadership roles.

Publications span 40+ journal articles and book chapters, with a strong focus on arbitration practices, employee misconduct, and organizational policies. Supervision highlights include studies on workplace learning in multicultural environments and the psychological impact of unfair dismissal.

Award-winning educator, Kim has pioneered teaching methodologies for first-year students and contributed to enhancing ethical review processes in humanities and social sciences research.