Charmine E. J. Härtel is Professor of Management and the Management Cluster Leader (Research) in the UQ Business School at The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia. Dr. Härtel is a registered organizational psychologist and a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management. She has 27 years of experience in the public and private sector and is recognized internationally as a leading expert in the areas of organizational and employee development, social inclusion and wellbeing.

Her research and consulting identifies new practices and development initiatives that facilitate organizational performance and promote social and organizational justice, employee and community well being, positive cross-cultural relations and social inclusion. 

Prof. Härtel received her BA in psychology with distinction from the University of Colorado.  She completed her Masters and PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Colorado State University and subsequently was recognized with the Jacob E. Hautaluoma Distinguished Alumni Award for “improving organizations at the team, group, company and international levels, and a dedication towards helping individuals and organizations become more effective and well adjusted.”   She is an Industrial and Organisational Psychologist and is registered with full member status with both the Australian Psychological Association and College of Organisational Psychologists.

Her current research and consulting activities focus on organisational diagnosis and development, development of positive work environments, strategies for enhancing achievement of personal and organisational work goals; social inclusion; leadership development and assessment; team effectiveness; and employee and customer engagement and wellbeing. Her pioneering work on the characteristics of positive work environments has identified a number of the drivers of unhealthy and toxic work environments along with the leadership and human resource management practices, organizational policies and strategies to turn such situations around. Her technical expertise includes quantitative and qualitative research methods, survey development and administration, and application of new technologies to organisational research.

Prof. Härtel is the recipient of several awards including recognition in Who's Who, the Richard M. Suinn Commendation Award for Excellence in Research and the Advancement of Psychology, the Martin E. P. Seligman Applied Research Award, the Distinguished Leadership Award from the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, the Vice Chancellors Award for Postgraduate Supervision, the Jacob E. Hautaluoma Distinguished Alumni Award and the Janet Chusmir Award from the GDO division of the Academy of Management for service as a mentor and role model for others in the field.

Prof. Härtel’s work appears in books and over 70 refereed journal articles, including the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership  Quarterly, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Management, and Human Resource Management Review. She is recipient of numerous research grants and contracts including 9 grants from the Australian Research Council.

Prof. Härtel is co-editor of the annual book series "Research on Emotion in Organizations" and lead author of the textbook: Human Resource Management: Transforming Theory into Innovative Practice. She is Associate Editor of Academy of Management Learning and Education and an Editorial Board member of a number of journals including Human Relations, International Journal of Work and Organisation, Equal Opportunities International, Journal of Managerial Psychology and Journal of Management and Organization. She is also a member of the executive for the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management.