Session Topic: The Emotional Edge: Why Supporting
Employee Wellbeing Drives Success

Matthew (Matt) J. Xerri is an Associate Professor in Human Resources at Griffith University and is currently the Higher Degree Research Convener and Ethics Advisor for the Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources at the Griffith Business School. He joined the Griffith Business School team in June 2014. Dr Xerri is passionate about teaching and has won several awards for his teaching and curriculum development. These include a citation for innovative and engaging teaching and learning development (2017) and a Griffith Business School teaching award (2018), which resulted in Dr Xerri being the Griffith Business School’s teacher of the year in 2018.

Dr Xerri is an emerging international scholar. In 2016, Dr Xerri was awarded the Best Full Paper at the British Academy of Management – Public Management and Governance track. Dr Xerri’s Goolge Scholar H-index is 20, and his work has been cited 1713 times since 2019 (6/9/24). He has published 21 journal articles since 2019 (44 career journal publications) – 13 of the 21 ranked as an A journal by the Australian Business Deans Council. He has attracted over $1,000,000 in grant funding.