Herman Tse is a Professor of Leadership at Monash Business School and a former Director of the Early Career Academics (ECA) Network. He earned his PhD from the University of Queensland and is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders. His research spans leadership effectiveness, team development, emotional dynamics, psychological well-being, and workplace health and safety.

Herman has made significant contributions to his field with over 80 publications in top-tier academic journals, leading conference proceedings, and prestigious books. His work has earned him 14 distinguished national and international awards, including the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management's (ANZAM) Early Career Researcher Award, Best Doctoral Student Paper Award, and Best Paper Awards, as well as Griffith University's Teaching Citation Award, Monash Business School's Research Excellence Award, and Teaching Excellence Award. He has also received the US Center for Creative Leadership's Kenneth Clark Leadership Research Award.

His research has been featured in respected books such as the Oxford Handbook of Leader-Member Exchange, Research Companion to Emotions in Organizations, and Research on Emotion in Organizations: The Effect of Affect in Organizational Settings. Additionally, his work has been published in leading journals like the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Management, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. His insights have also been highlighted in major media outlets including ABC Radio, Campus Morning Mail, 6PR Radio, 2SER, and 3AW, reflecting the practical significance of his research.

Herman has a robust track record in securing competitive research grants, totaling over $400,000 from international funding bodies, government departments, corporations, and universities. He has successfully supervised 10 doctoral dissertations to completion and his work has garnered over 5,600 citations on Google Scholar. Notably, he was ranked among the top 20 most productive leadership authors globally from 2011 to 2017 and was the leading author in Australia and Asia, according to the Leadership Quarterly. During his tenure as ECA Director, he significantly increased ECA funding applications, including those for ARC DECRA, discovery and linkage, and industry-based research contracts, leading to projects funded in excess of $8 million.

Beyond academia, Herman has engaged in impactful industry-based projects and corporate training programs in Australia and China. His research on leadership frameworks and team effectiveness, using data from major banks and large family-owned restaurants, has informed leadership development and team dynamics. He has also collaborated with government bodies and various organizations to create evidence-based frameworks and practical guidelines for the design and implementation of human-robot collaborative workplaces.

Media Press: Business Insights

My research encompasses three critical areas with both theoretical and practical implications: 1) leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships, 2) multilevel leadership frameworks, and 3) human-robot collaboration for enhancing workplace effectiveness. I am dedicated to advancing these fields by developing evidence-based and cutting-edge frameworks  through diverse innovative research designs and techniques.

My work significantly impacts the fields of leadership effectiveness, future of work and interpersonal work relationships. As organizations increasingly recognize the importance of fostering agile, sustainable, inclusive, and innovative workplaces, my research provides valuable insights and practical solutions to meet these evolving needs.

I have developed a contingency supervision approach to manage supervisor-student relationships according to the students' personality, ability and attitude. My former students' comments on this approach include: “Herman’s leadership, and knowledge of supervising research students have enabled me to navigate around many problems that were encountered in the course of my thesis". "Herman taught me to think critically and developed my knowledge and skills in conducting high quality research". "His effective responses to my queries and sharp critiques of my thesis have opened my eyes to the process of academic research".

I am currently available to supervise Honors or PhD projects in the areas of  leadership effectievness, interpersonal relationships, emotions in teams and multilevel research issues in organisations. 

• MGF 5670 - Leadership
• MGX 3991 - Leadership Principles and Practices

Herman is committed to promoting community engagement via his ongoing involvement in and services to a few professional and government bodies.

• Associate Editor of Journal of Organisational Behvaior 
• Advisory Council Member of Havard Business Review
• Editoral board member of A* and A journals including the Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Research and Management Organisation Review.
• Chair of the Leadership and Corporate Governance Stream in the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference.
• Assessor of the Australian Research Council evaluating discovery and linkage funding applications.
• Regular reviewer for leading management journals - the Academy of Management Journal and the Academy of Management Review.
  
• External examiner of doctoral disserations submitted by students in top Australian universities such as UNSW, ANU etc....