Martin Edwards

Martin R. Edwards is a Professor in Management in the UQ Business School, and is a Deputy Head of the Business School, head of the Management, International Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship portfolio. Prior to joining UQ in 2019 he was a Reader in HRM and Organisational Psychology at King's College London Martin has a background in organisational psychology, HRM and industrial relations. He holds degrees in Social Psychology (BSc) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (MSc) from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Organisational Psychology from King’s College London. Before starting his academic career Martin worked for a number of years as an HR consultant in London. Martin’s academic interests include HR Analytics, people analytics, researching organisational identification, employee-organisational linkages, social and multiple identities in organisations, the role of employee and employer branding in organisations, employee responses to mergers and acquisitions as well as employer responses to judgments of their employer’s CSR credentials. He has published in numerous international journals including the Human Resource Management Journal, Human Relations, the Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Management reviews, Economic and Social Democracy, European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, Personnel Review. Martin is an Associate Editor and Editor of Special Issues, Provocations and Reviews for the Human Resource Management Journal. Monitoring and Metrics at work: Examining the impact on employees of the increasing use of automated monitoring and measurement of behaviour/performance, along with the increasing use of performance metrics. Employee responses to mergers and acquisitions: Examing the impact on employees of mergers and acquisitions. In particular tracking employees longitudinally through the integration process The use of Workforce Analytics: Exploring how organisations can use statistics and data science modelling to answer important people related questions at work Employee Identies in the work place: Examining the complexities of multiple identities in the work place Gendered employer brands: Exploring the gendered nature of organisations' employer brands

[2026] Journal Article: Balancing paradoxical outcomes of metricized employee performance systems (MEPS): avoiding de-prioritization of important (non-metricized) job tasks. Edwards, Martin R., Parker, Stacey L., Okimoto, Tyler, Anseel, Frederik and Alvarez, Belen (2026). International Journal of Human Resource Management, 37 (10), 1839-1869. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2026.2711061 [2026] Journal Article: Attributions about organizational motives behind wellness programs: an employee-centered approach. Smidt, Michelle N., Jimmieson, Nerina L., Bradley, Lisa M. and Edwards, Martin R. (2026). Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 31 (4), 302-324. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000432 [2025] Journal Article: A longitudinal study of employee participation in the context of organisational change. Edwards, Ma