Remi Ayoko

Oluremi (Remi) Ayoko (GAICD, SFHEA) is an Associate Professor in Management at the UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. She provides academic leadership in Cyber-risk Behaviours, Managerial Digital Surveillance, Inclusive Leadership, Metaverse in Business, Sustainable Physical Workspaces, Inclusion/Belongingness, Teamwork and Conflict Management. She is also internationally recognised for research that integrates organisational behaviour with workplace design, the future of work and employee wellbeing. Remi completed her PhD on workplace conflict and leadership in diverse teams at the UQ Business School and has since developed a sustained and high-impact research program. Her work is published in leading international journals, including the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organization Studies, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, and the International Journal of Conflict Management. She is a co-recipient of a competitive Australian Research Council Discovery Grant investigating how physical office configurations influence territoriality, collaboration, wellbeing, and productivity. Remi has held significant academic leadership roles, including Management Discipline Leader at UQ Business School and immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management & Organization. She leads UQ’s Next Generation of Workspaces Research Network, a cross-disciplinary platform advancing research on future workplaces, and chairs the UQ Cultural Inclusion Council, strengthening institutional inclusion strategy. An award-winning teacher and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Remi teaches Managing Workplace Conflict and Human Resource Management at UQ. She works closely with Higher Degree by Research candidates, professional staff, industry, and community partners to translate research into measurable workplace outcomes. Her industry engagement is extensive. She has delivered executive training and workshops for the CSIRO, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, multiple Queensland Government sectors, and senior executives from Bhutan and Papua New Guinea. Her work supports organisations to strengthen conflict capability, inclusive leadership, collaboration, and performance in complex environments. Remi is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and a sought-after expert commentator in national and international media on workplace conflict, inclusion, and the future of work. Her scholarship and leadership reflect a strong commitment to advancing evidence-based practice that enhances organisational wellbeing, productivity, and social impact. Workspaces, cyber security behaviours, territoriality, conflict management and inclusion practices. Specifically, my research investigates four related issues towards improving employee well-being and productivity: (1) How team members' differing perspectives trigger conflict and how leaders can better manage interpersonal conflict for positive outcomes, (2) How workspace configurations activate conflict and shape team members' perceptions, behaviours (territoriality), productivity, and well-being, and how we can improve workspace design for positive benefits for employees and their organisations, (3) How cyber security is connected with employee behaviours, hybrid work, AI surveillances, and leadership and (4) How Inclusive leadership shapes the inclusion and belongingness of culturally diverse employees.

[2026] Editorial: Employee well-being and health in a boundaryless workplace [2026] Health crisis and work-family conflict in China: the role of crisis severity, self-efficacy and humor [2026] Leader succession and strategic change: the role of leader's subgroups size [2025] Mapping urban productivity: Design, domestic space and entrepreneurialism for future housing [2025] Housing and small business: Re-imaging domestic spaces for working from and at home [2024] Commitment to organizational change: the role of territoriality and change-related self-efficacy [2023] Diversity, inclusion, and human resource management: a call for more belongingness and intersectionality research [2023] Mindfulness, emotions and leadership [2023] Communicating in space: relating the physical and the social in