Biography

Dr. Karryna Madison is a leadership researcher and educator in the Research School of Management at the Australian National University. She researches how leaders are perceived and how they influence others, and how these processes are shaped by gender. Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed management journals, including The Leadership Quarterly and the Journal of Business Research. Her research has received notable international recognition, including Best Paper nominations in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division at the Academy of Management (2023 and 2024) and the Greenleaf Scholars Award in 2021.

As a leadership educator, Karryna prioritizes creating inclusive learning environments that empower students to cultivate their own leadership styles while critically examining existing leadership paradigms. Her teaching has earned her high praise and recognition receiving the 2023 Vice-Chancellor's Citation (Monash University) and 2022 Dean’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as a Teaching Associate (Monash Business School) and the 2025 Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Australian National University).

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Research publications

Peer-review journal articles 

1. Madison, K., Eva, N., Goh., Z., & De Cieri, H. (2026) Social Exchange Theory in Leadership Research: A Problematizing Review. The Leadership Quarterly.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2025.101924
2. Neely., B, Eva., N., Madison., K., & van Vugt., M. (2026) The Face of Leadership: Inferences, Impressions, and Behavioral Consequences. The Leadership Quarterly.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2025.101925
3. Wolfram Cox, J., Madison, K., & Eva, N. (2022) Revisiting emergence in emergent leadership: An integrative, multi-perspective review. The Leadership Quarterly, 33(1), 101579.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101579
4. Eva, N., Sendjaya, S., Prajogo, D., & Madison, K. (2021). Does organizational structure render leadership unnecessary? Configurations of formalization and centralization as a substitute and neutralizer of servant leadership. Journal of Business Research, 129, 43-56.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.02.023

Book chapters 

1. Madison, K., Fernando, J., Robberts, J., Eva, N. (2023) From Hero to Humility: Critical Approaches to Teaching Servant Leadership. New Directions of Student Leadership.
2. Eva, N., & Madison, K. (2023) Servant Leadership. In G. R. Goethals, S. T Allison, & G. J. Sorenson, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies. SAGE
3. Madison, K. & Eva, N. (2019) Social exchange or social learning: A theoretical fork in the road for servant leadership researchers. Leading for High Performance in Asia: Contemporary Research and Evidence-Based Practices. Sendjaya, S. (ed). Springer

Grants

Grants 

2024 – 2026 ANU Futures Scheme (AUD$160,000)

Research Awards 

2024 Best Paper Nomination, Academy of Management
2024 Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award, International Leadership Association
2023 Best Paper Nomination, Academy of Management
2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award, DEI Division at the Academy of Management
2023 Postgraduate Publication Award (AUD$5,733)., Monash University
2023 Graduate Completion Award (AUD$4,442), Monash University
2021 Greenleaf Scholars Award (USD$2,500)

Teaching

MGMT8270 – Leading People and Change
MGMT3021 – Leadership

Teaching Awards

2025 Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, ANU College of Business and Economics
2023 Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Monash University       
2023 Monash Student Association Teaching Excellence Award                                 
2022 Dean’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as a Teaching Associate