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Dr Fleur Sharafizad

Dr Fleur Sharafizad is a Senior Lecturer in Management in the School of Business and Law.

Key Research Areas

  • Gender and Careers
  • Small business
  • Research Methodology

Biography

Dr Fleur Sharafizad was born in the Netherlands and has also lived in Israel and the USA before settling in Australia.

Languages spoken
  • English
  • Dutch

Professional associations
  • Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)

Awards and recognitions
  • 2021, Edith Cowan University School of Business and Law Research Medal

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2020.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Brunetto, Y., Farr-Wharton, B., Hernandez Grande, A., Sharafizad, F., Richman, M. (2025). Antecedents of emergency services’ Street Level Bureaucrats’ (SLBs) delivery of public value: an exploratory study. Public Management Review, 2025(Article in press), 21 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2479872.
  • Franken, E., Hernandez Grande, A., Farr-Wharton, B., Bentley, T., Sharafizad, F. (2025). Seeing the forest for the trees: The role of growth-oriented leadership in shaping public servants’ work experiences. Public Personnel Management, 54(1), 130-154. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260241278378.
  • Sharafizad, F. (2025). “If you’re doing this correctly, there is a cost”: An exploration of the work–family trade-off of female academics in Australia. Gender in Management: an international journal, 2025(Article in Press), 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-09-2024-0532.
  • Hernandez Grande, A., Farr-Wharton, B., Sharafizad, F., Darcy, S., Gavin, M. (2025). Catching on: Work stress, employee wellbeing, and the moderating role of team-level emotional contagion. Journal of Management and Organization, 31(1), 346-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2024.44.
  • Langmann, S., Bezemer, P., Sharafizad, F. (2025). Visualising Community Capacity in Sustainable Development. Journal of Development Studies, 61(4), 493-517. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2445529.
  • Hernandez Grande, A., Sharafizad, F., Farr-Wharton, B., Brunetto, Y., Richman, M. (2025). Managing the impact of workplace trauma for Australian first responders: Harmonising policy and practice. Public Money and Management, 45(5), 414-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2401942.
  • Gander, M., Sharafizad, F. (2025). Progressing gender equity in senior leadership: a systematic literature review. Gender in Management: an international journal, 40(2), 352-369. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-03-2024-0149.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Franken, E., Sharafizad, F., Brown, K. (2024). Gender, vulnerabilities, and how the other becomes the otherer in academia. Gender, Work and Organization, 31(4), 1342-1365. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13096.
  • 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.
  • Sharafizad, F., Hernandez Grande, A., Farr-Wharton, B. (2024). Police leaders’ perspectives on their ability to support employee wellbeing in Australia: Lack of time, training, or support?. Policing: An International Journal, 2024(Article in press), 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-04-2024-0053.
  • Sharafizad, F., Franken, E., Jogulu, U., Teo, S. (2024). “Being a carer, you just get forgotten!”: Exploring the experiences and opportunities of informal primary carers in Australia. International Journal of Care and Caring, 8(3), 510-526. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788223X16789866214981.
  • Sharafizad, F., Brown, K., Jogulu, U., Omari, M. (2024). Avoiding the burst pipeline post-COVID-19: Drivers of female academic careers in Australia. Personnel Review, 53(1), 34-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-12-2021-0909.
  • Sharafizad, F., Brown, K., Jogulu, U., Omari, M., Gander, M. (2024). The holding pattern of the worker Bs: How bifurcation of consciousness impacts female academic career progression. Career Development International, 29(5), 593-612. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-09-2023-0348.

Reports

  • Thyer, L., Baldry, S., Hernandez Grande, A., Sharafizad, F., Aiello, S., Howie, G., Miles, A., Farr-Wharton, B. (2024). Australasian Paramedicine Workforce Survey. Report 2023-2024. Sydney. Australasian College of Paramedicine. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/6307.

2023

Journal Articles

  • 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, 46(6), 1287-1317. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2246948.
  • Sharafizad, F., Brown, K., Jogulu, U., Omari, M. (2023). Letting a Picture Speak a Thousand Words: Arts-based Research in a Study of the Careers of Female Academics. Sociological Methods and Research, 52(1), 438-479. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124120926206.

Reports

  • Sharafizad, F., Farr-Wharton, B., Hernandez Grande, A., Onnis, L., Herlander, E. (2023). Strengthening Recruitment and Retention Processes at WAPOL. A rapid review of evidence evaluating police retention strategies. Joondalup, WA. ECU.
  • Sharafizad, F., Farr-Wharton, B., Hernandez Grande, A., Onnis, L., Herlander, E. (2023). Strengthening Recruitment and Retention Processes at WAPOL. A rapid review of evidence evaluating technology-enriched police training initiatives. Joondalup, WA. ECU.
  • Sharafizad, F., Farr-Wharton, B., Hernandez Grande, A., Onnis, L., Herlander, E. (2023). Strengthening Recruitment and Retention Processes at WAPOL. A rapid review of evidence evaluating police recruitment strategies. Joondalup, WA. ECU.
  • Sharafizad, F., Hernandez Grande, A., Farr-Wharton, B. (2023). 2019-2023 Wellbeing at Work: Final Report, Ambulance Tasmania and the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management. Joondalup, WA. ECU.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Brown, K., Jie, F., Le, T., Sharafizad, J., Sharafizad, F., Parida, S. (2022). Factors Impacting SME Business Resilience Post-COVID-19. Sustainability, 14(22), article number 14850. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214850.

Reports

  • Sharafizad, F., Hernandez Grande, A., Farr-Wharton, B. (2022). 2022 Wellbeing at Work: Pulse Check Report #4, Ambulance Tasmania and the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management. Joondalup, WA. ECU.

2021

Reports

  • Sharafizad, F., Farr-Wharton, B., Brown, K. (2021). 2021 Ready for Response Program Evaluation Ambulance Tasmania and the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management. Australia. Ambulance Tasmania and the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Sharafizad, F., Paull, M., Omari, M. (2011). Flexible work arrangements: Accessibility in a university environment. Australian Universities' Review, 53(2), 43-49.

2009

Conference Publications

  • Paull, M., Omari, M., Sharafizad, F. (2009). Flexible Work Arrangements in Higher Education : A Tale of Two Groups. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2009) (1-13). Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd.

Research Projects

  • MARS: Better Together Platform, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, MARS - Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $204,001.
  • Empowering Women in Western Australia to Achieve Economic Independence Through Entrepreneurship, Department of Communities (WA), Grants for Women Program, 2024 ‑ 2026, $75,000.
  • MARS: Supervisor impact on company gender equity initiatives: a pilot project, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, MARS - Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $51,754.
  • An Online Learning Resource and Evaluation for Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Hospitality, Healthy Mind Menu, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $44,600.
  • City of Vincent - 34hr Working Week Evaluation, City of Vincent, Grant , 2024 ‑ 2025, $21,445.
  • MARS: Advancing female inclusion and diversity in the mining sector – What’s working and what’s not, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, MARS - Grant, 2024, $11,882.
  • MARS: The role of team belongingness in shaping mental health for fly-in/fly-out workers on remote mine sites, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, MARS - Grant, 2024, $51,059.
  • Wellbeing Evaluation Tender Proposal: Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management, Tasmanian Government , Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management Tasmania, Tender, 2019 ‑ 2023, $200,867.
  • Strengthening Retention and Recruitment at WAPOL - a scoping study, WA Police, Grant, 2023, $14,450.
  • Ready For Response Evaluation Quotation, Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management Tasmania, Tender, 2021, $35,443.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, FIFO (Fly in Fly Out) Workers – FIFO Spouses: Understanding the experiences and the indirect labour exclusion of female FIFO-partnered caregivers

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The rise of women in mining - How to improve inclusion and diversity through organisational programs
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