Rate My Professor Donella Caspersz

Associate Professor Donella Caspersz holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia and serves in the Management and Organisations discipline at the UWA Business School, University of Western Australia. Prior to her academic appointment, she worked in the Western Australian Public Service and the non-profit sector. Her research specializations encompass employment relations, family business dynamics, prosocial behaviour, temporary labour migration, and the psychological contracts of skilled migrants. Caspersz has made significant contributions through numerous publications. Notable works include 'Dissenting Discourse: Exploring Alternatives to the Whistleblowing/Silence Dichotomy' (2011), 'Principles and Guidelines in Managing Student Teams' (2005), 'The influence of gender and country-of-origin effects on student processes in team projects' (2002), 'Why do students differ in the value they place on pro-social behaviors within student team projects?' (2013), 'The role of context in the psychological contract of skilled migrants' (2023), 'Perceived Organisational Justice by Appointed Non-Family CEOs in Family Firms: the moderating role of family governance' (2020), 'Group social capital and the employment prospects of temporary migrants' (2022), and 'Family ties: how generational dynamics affect CEO resilience' published in Sage Journals (2025). Her scholarship has garnered over 980 citations, reflecting impact in areas such as migrant worker precarity, organisational justice in family firms, and student team management.