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Dr Azadeh Shafaei Darastani

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3579
Email: a.shafaei@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.370  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-6293

Dr Azadeh Shafaei is a senior Lecturer at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University.

Key Research Areas

  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Ethical and Inclusive Leadership
  • Educational Management and Leadership
  • Employee well-being
  • Green Human Resource Management

Biography

Dr. Azadeh Shafaei is a senior Lecturer at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University. Prior to her current position, she has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Business and Law and a Senior Lecturer at Graduate Research School, Edith Cowan University. She has also worked as a Research Assistant at the School of Business and Law, ECU on different occasions.

Prior to joining Edith Cowan University, Dr Azadeh Shafaei was a Senior Researcher at Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), where she was involved in national and international research projects including a project for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Dr Azadeh Shafaei has been actively involved in several research projects funded by internal and external bodies such as University of Science Malaysia (USM) where she obtained her PhD with full scholarship, Malaysian Ministry of Education, UNESCO Bangkok, and the OECD.

Dr Azadeh Shafaei has successfully collaborated with several scholars from Malaysia and Australia on joint research projects, which have resulted in journal publications and book chapters. She has taught courses on Intercultural Communications, Research Methods and Research Writing and Reading Skills in face-to-face, distance and electronic modes, and has received excellent student and peer evaluation for her teaching. She is currently teaching Cultural Business Intelligence.

Apart from her teaching and research activities, Dr Azadeh Shafaei has also conducted training workshops on quantitative research methodology and data analysis including structural equation modelling, partial least squares (PLS), and analysis software such as SmartPLS.

ECU Research Themes

Theme Two: Society and Culture; Diverse, equitable, informed and productive communities, schools and workplaces. As well as, Individual, economic, organisational, political and social transformation

Awards and recognition

2020 - Management Discipline Award, School of Business and Law, ECU

2017 - Sanggar Sanjung Research Excellence and Publication Award (University of Science Malaysia)

2017 - SSCI Publication Award (University of Science Malaysia)

2015 - Nominee for the Best Research Award (University of Science Malaysia)

2015 - 1st Place Award in 3-Minute Thesis Competition 2015 (University of Science Malaysia)

2015 - 3rd Place Award in 3-Minute Thesis Competition 2015 (National level at University of Technology Malaysia, UTM)

2013 - Global Fellowship (University of Science Malaysia)

2012 - Nominee for the Best Thesis Award (University of Science Malaysia)

Languages spoken
  • English
  • Persian

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy-International Education & Globalisation, Malaysia, 2016.

Research Outputs

2024

Book Chapters

  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2024). Nexus Between Green Human Resource Management, Environmental Culture, Meaningful Work, and Organisational Pride: Empirical Evidence from Australia. Green Human Resource Management: A View from Global South Countries (245–257). Springer. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7104-6_14.

Journal Articles

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Omari, M., Sharafizad, F. (2024). Inclusive Leadership and Workplace Bullying: A Model of Psychological Safety, Self-Esteem, and Embeddedness. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 31(1), 41-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518231209018.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M. (2024). Green human resource management and employee innovative behaviour: does inclusive leadership play a role?. Personnel Review, 53(1), 266-287. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-04-2021-0239.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2023). The Role Of Inclusive Leadership In Fostering Organisational Learning Behaviour. Management Research Review: Communication of emergent international management research, 46(12), 1661-1678. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-10-2022-0716.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M. (2023). Creating Meaningful Work For Employees: The Role Of Inclusive Leadership. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2023(Article in Press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21512.
  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2023). Why do employees respond differently to corporate social responsibility? A study of substantive and symbolic corporate social responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 30(4), 2066-2080. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2474.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Farr-Wharton, B., Omari, M., Pooley, JA., Bentley, T., Sharafizad, F., Onnis, L. (2023). Leading through Tumultuous Events in Public Sector Organizations. Public Performance and Management Review, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2246948.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Tan, PL. (2023). Corporate social responsibility and international students mobility in higher education. Social Responsibility Journal, 19(9), 1632-1653. https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-12-2021-0505.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Franken, E., Bentley, T., Shafaei Darastani, A., Farr-Wharton, B., Onnis, L., Omari, M. (2021). Forced flexibility and remote working: opportunities and challenges in the new normal. Journal of Management and Organization, 27(6), 1131-1149. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2021.40.
  • Teo, S., Nguyen, D., Shafaei Darastani, A., Bentley, T. (2021). High commitment HRM and burnout of frontline food service employees: a moderated mediation model. Employee Relations, 43(6), 1342-1361. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-06-2020-0300.
  • Rasoolimanesh, SM., Tan, P., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2021). Corporate social responsibility and brand loyalty in private higher education: mediation assessment of brand reputation and trust. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2021(Article in Press), 23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2021.1973645.
  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Brown, M., Shafaei Darastani, A., Seet, P. (2021). Employees’ perceptions of corporate social responsibility and ethical leadership: are they uniquely related to turnover intention?. Social Responsibility Journal, 17(2), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-08-2019-0276.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Yusoff, YM. (2020). Green human resource management: A two-study investigation of antecedents and outcomes. International Journal of Manpower, 41(7), 1041-1060. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2019-0406.
  • Teo, S., Nguyen, D., Shafaei Darastani, A., Pick, D. (2020). Participation in change, job characteristics, and hedonic well‐being of senior public managers: The moderation effect of change information. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 79(4), 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12425.

Reports

  • Omari, M., Farr-Wharton, B., Bentley, T., Pooley, JA., Shafaei Darastani, A., Prichard, R., Dick, T. (2020). Literature Review: Work From Alternative Locations and Flexible Work Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. Australia. Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, WA government.
  • Farr-Wharton, B., Omari, M., Shafaei Darastani, A., Bentley, T., Teo, S., Pooley, JA. (2020). Department of Water and Environmental Regulation : Valuing Workers Working from Alternative Locations2020 Final Milestone Report 2020. Australia. Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, WA government.
  • Bentley, T., Farr-Wharton, B., Omari, M., Vassiley, A., Onnis, L., Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Pooley, JA., Devine, A., De Almeida Neto, A. (2020). Flexible work and psychological safety - Best practice to advance psychologically safe solutions from alternate locations: A report on findings from interviews with NSW flexible employees and managers: Phase 2 Report. Australia. Centre for Work Health and Safety NSW.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Maadad, N. (2019). Brand equity of academics: demystifying the process. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 29(1), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2019.1605438.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Razak, NA. (2019). One size does not fit all: multi-group analysis of international students’ cross-cultural adaptation using MICOM. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 42(5), 536-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2018.1496413.

2018

Book Chapters

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Razak, N., Jamil, H. (2018). Sustaining benefits of higher education internationalisation through cross-cultural adaptation. Educational Reciprocity and Adaptivity: International Students and Stakeholders (162-181). Routledge. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/6947.

Journal Articles

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Abd Razak, N. (2018). Out of sight, out of mind: Psychological consequences of attachment and adjustment attitude. Studies in Higher Education, 43(2), 251-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1162780.
  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2018). Leading by example: the influence of ethical supervision on students’ prosocial behavior. Higher Education, 75(1), 75-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0130-4.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Abd Razak, N. (2018). A model of psychological well-being among international students. Educational Psychology: an international journal of experimental educational psychology, 38(1), 17-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2017.1356447.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Abd Razak, N. (2018). What matters most: importance-performance matrix analysis of the factors influencing international postgraduate students’ psychological and sociocultural adaptations. Quality and Quantity: international journal of methodology, 52(1), 37-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-016-0418-y.
  • Lei Mee, T., Shafaei Darastani, A., Rasoolimanesh, SM. (2018). Specifying and Assessing a Multidimensional Friendship Quality Construct. Child Indicators Research, 11(4), 1321–1336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9462-y.

2016

Book Chapters

  • Razak, N., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2016). The variation in teaching and learning practices and their contribution to mathematics performance in PISA 2012. What Can PISA 2012 Data Tell Us?: Performance and Challenges in Five Participating Southeast Asian Countries (123-157). Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-468-8_8.

Journal Articles

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Abd Razak, N. (2016). Internationalisation of higher education: Conceptualising the antecedents and outcomes of cross-cultural adaptation. Policy Futures in Education, 14(6), 701-720. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210316645017.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Razak, NA., Nejati Ajibisheh, M. (2016). Integrating two cultures successfully: Factors influencing acculturation attitude of international postgraduate students in Malaysia. Journal of Research in International Education, 15(2), 137-154. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240916653566.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Abd Razak, N. (2016). International Postgraduate Students’ Cross-Cultural Adaptation in Malaysia: Antecedents and Outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 57(6), 739–767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-015-9404-9.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Abd Razak, N. (2016). Examining the link among cross-cultural adaptation, academic satisfaction and word of mouth in the context of international postgraduate students in Malaysia. International Journal of Management in Education, 10(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIE.2016.073347.
  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Shafaei, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Quazi, A., Von Der Heidt, T. (2016). ‘When in Rome, do as the Romans do’ Do international students’ acculturation attitudes impact their ethical academic conduct?. Higher Education, 71(5), 651-666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-015-9928-0.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Nejati, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2015). The Influence of sustainability on students' perceived image and trust towards university. International Journal of Management in Education, 9(4), 411-425. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIE.2015.072095.
  • Ramayah, T., Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2015). Modelling predictors of blog stickiness and retention by university students. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 20(3), 15-27.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Shafaei Darastani, A., Nejati Ajibisheh, M. (2012). Does students’ empowerment influence their commitment?. International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 3(4), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEED.2012.052311.

2009

Journal Articles

  • Nejati Ajibisheh, M., Nejati, M., Shafaei Darastani, A. (2009). Ranking airlines' service quality factors using a fuzzy approach: Study of the Iranian society. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 26(3), 247-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656710910936726.

Research Projects

  • MARS: Building Work Design Capabilities Using the PHRed-T Model: Pilot Evaluation in the WA Mining Sector, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $67,820.
  • MARS: Advancing Capability for Preventing Workplace Harassment in the Mining Industry - MARS Workplace Barometer Capability Maturity Model Evaluation, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $32,748.
  • MARS: Building a PSC system for the management of psychosocial risks in WA Mining Sector organisations, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $116,612.
  • New approaches to the prevention of workplace bullying , Comcare Australia, Comcare Australia, 2023 ‑ 2024, $122,680.
  • Flexible work and psychological safety: best practice to advance psychologically safe work from alternate locations, NSW Government, Understanding the Changing World of Work (Tender), 2020 ‑ 2021, $135,157.
  • Valuing Remote Workers, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2020, $75,000.
  • The Effect of Inclusive Leadership on Employee Innovative Behaviour, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2019, 2019 ‑ 2020, $4,950.
  • BHP - Heritage: Work and Wellbeing, BHP Billiton, Grant, 2020, $47,989.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Stress and work in virtual teams in the context of the 'new normal': a multilevel study

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Role of Green Human Resource Management Practices in Fostering Employee Green Behaviours and Sustainable Organisational Outcomes: The Moderating Role of CSR, Ethical Leadership, and Inclusive Leadership
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Investigating Green Human Resource Management Practices in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: Insights from Ghana

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Employees' perception of corporate social responsibility, ethical leadership, CSR skepticism and meaningfulness at work: An empirical study of companies in Bhutan
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Understanding workplace bullying in the Pakistani public sector: An ecological systems perspective
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