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Dr. Anna Kiaos is a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), working within the Discipline of Psychiatry at the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health. Her academic journey includes a PhD in Management from Macquarie University Business School (2022), a Graduate Diploma in Psychology Advanced from Monash University (2023), a Master of Health Communication from the University of Sydney (2018), and a Bachelor of Psychological Science from the University of New England (2014). She collaborates extensively with multiple research centers including the Centre for Healthy Brain and Aging (CHeBA), the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN), and major Medical Research Institutes such as the Black Dog Institute, Ingham Institute, and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).
- PhD Management, Macquarie University Business School (2022)
- Graduate Diploma Psychology Advanced, Monash University (2023)
- Masters Health Communication, University of Sydney (2018)
- Bachelors Psychological Science, University of New England (2014)
Dr. Kiaos is an organizational ethnographer with a passion for psychiatry, psychology, and mental health. Her research explores the boundary between psychological and societal views of the self, with particular focus on managerial ideology, normative control, and cultural systems of meaning. She examines how conceptions of self are enacted in everyday working life and how these reflect self-consciousness across different workplace cohorts. Her work bridges organizational psychology with mental health, particularly investigating psychosocial hazards in workplace settings and men's experiences with grief and emotional expression.
Her recent publications reveal a strong thematic focus on organizational culture dynamics, particularly in public sector contexts. She has conducted extensive ethnographic research on Machinery of Government restructures and their impact on organizational subcultures and employee mental health. Her work consistently applies interpretative frameworks to analyze how cultural conditions shape employee behavior, with special attention to front-stage versus back-stage performances. A significant strand of her research addresses gendered experiences of mental health, particularly examining societal perceptions of men experiencing grief and the stigma surrounding emotional expression in masculine contexts.
Through her consulting work with government agencies, healthcare organizations, consulting firms, and private enterprises, Dr. Kiaos applies her research to assess and improve organizational ideology, culture, culture change management practices, and leadership approaches. Her work has been featured in numerous academic publications and media outlets including SBS, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and various academic journals focusing on organizational psychology, public administration, and health promotion.
