Deshani Ganegoda

Deshani Ganegoda is an Associate Professor of Management at Melbourne Business School.

Deshani Ganegoda is an Associate Professor of Management at Melbourne Business School. She completed her PhD in Organisational Behaviour at the University of Central Florida and subsequently held lecturer and senior lecturer positions at the Australian National University’s Research School of Management. She has also held visiting scholar positions at the University of Pennsylvania (2015), the Australian National University (2026), London Business School (2026), and the University of Cambridge (2026).

Deshani’s research focuses on behavioural ethics, organisational justice, negotiation and conflict management, and workplace deviance. Her work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Organisational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Human Relations, and other distinguished outlets. Her research has also been featured in the Australian Financial Review.

At Melbourne Business School, Deshani teaches in the Full-time and Part-time MBA programs, as well as across a range of Executive Education programs. Her teaching excellence was recognised with the Dean’s Excellence Award for Teaching in 2025.

Deshani previously served as PhD Program Director at Melbourne Business School and received the Dean’s Excellence Award for Service to MBS in 2022 for her contributions in this role. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Management’s Organisational Behaviour, Conflict Management, and Social Issues in Management divisions. She currently serves as Australia and New Zealand Editor of the Journal of Business Ethics Education, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics, and Program Chair-Elect of the Academy of Management’s Conflict Management Division.

Most Notable Research

Ganegoda, D. B., Shukla, J., & Shapiro, D. L. (2024). Garnering support for social justice: When and why is “Yes” likelier for “Allies” versus “Disadvantaged Group Advocates”? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 182, 104332.

Ma, C., Ganegoda, D. B., Chen, Z. X., Zhao. J., Jiang, X., & Zhang, X. (2023). To stand out or fit in? How perceived overqualification motivates proactive and affiliative performance. Human Resource Management, 62, 953-970.

Ma, C., Ganegoda, D. B., Chen, Z.X., Jiang, X., Dong, C. (2020). The effects of perceived overqualification on career distress and career planning: The mediating role of career planning and the moderating role of leader humility. Human Resource Management, 59, 521-536.

Ambrose, M. L. & Ganegoda, D. B. (2020). Abusive according to whom? Manager and subordinate perceptions of abusive supervision and supervisors’ performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41, 737-756.

Ganegoda, D. B., & Bordia, P. (2019). I can be happy for you, but not all the time: A contingency model of envy and positive empathy in the workplace. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104, 776-795. 

Ganegoda, D. B., Latham, G. P., & Folger, R. (2016). The effect of a consciously set and a primed goal on fair behavior. Human Resource Management, 55, 765-943.

Ganegoda, D. B. & Folger, R. (2015). Framing effects in justice perceptions: Prospect theory and counterfactuals. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 126, 27-36.

Folger, R., Ganegoda, D. B., Rice, D., Taylor, R., & Wo, X. (2013). Bounded autonomy and behavioral ethics: Deonance and reactance as competing motives. Human Relations, 66, 905-924.

Welsh, E. T., Ganegoda, D. B., Arvey, R. D., Wiley, J., & Budd, J. W. (2012). Definitely smoke, but is there fire? A study of executive compensation and employee attitudes. Personnel Review, 41, 260-282.

Wang, C. S., Sivanathan, N., Narayanan, J., Ganegoda, D. B., Bauer, M., Bodenhausen, G.V., Murnighan, K. (2011). Cool it off: Delay reduces ultimatum rejections. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 116, 46-54.