Dr Rachel Maunganui Wolfgramm

Biography

Rachel  is an interdisciplinary researcher chiefly involved in scholarly/policy and applied research investigating economies of wellbeing. Current projects include NZ Principal Investigator and international collaborator on a USA Global Fulbright  awarded to Dr Isabel Hawkins, and  Lead Principal Investigator of a Nga Pae o te Maramatanga Whai Rawa project examining Māori leadership and economies of wellbeing. Her publications  advance knowledge on how businesses and organizations are providing leadership through scaling up pro-social and pro-environmental outcomes via innovation.  She extends theorising in social ecological systems, and  indigenous ecological knowledge, particularly matauranga Māori.   In application, her work offers  insights  used to harness social and cultural innovation to advance resilience and economies of well-being.

Rachel is of Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Whakatohea, Tongan, German, English, Scottish and Irish descent. As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and International Business at the University of Auckland Business School, she teaches undergraduate courses in intercultural communication and postgraduate courses in Sustainability and Business Ethics. Her doctoral, masters and honours supervisions focus on topics relating to sustainability, leadership, distributive innovation, food security and food sovereignty, Māori and indigenous leadership and business ethics.

NZ Co-Principal Investigator: US Global Fulbright Awardee Dr Isabel Hawkins : The Pleiades in Polynesia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes: Cross-Cultural Connections and the Science of Ancestral Timekeeping: (2018-2020)

Lead Principal Investigator: Nga Pae o te Maramatanga New Zealand Centre for Māori Research Excellence: Promoting effective Māori leadership and decision making for prosperous economies of wellbeing (2017-2020) Whai Rawa

Lead Principal Investigator: Faculty Development Research Fund ​Sustainability in lifestyle consumption:  

Lead Principal Investigator: Faculty Development Research Fund  Status and Sustainability in Consumption: 

Awardee: Te Whare Kura Funding (TRI UoA) Professional Development Workshop United Nations Global Compact PRME, Advancing Indigneous Perspectives; Academy of Management, Vancouver: 

Associate Investigator: Royal Society Marsden Fund (Glamour and Grind; New Creative workers in the film industry: Māori perspectives with Dr Ella Henry) Principal Investigators: Associate Professor Deborah Jones, Professor Judith Pringle

Invited Participant: Nga Pae o te Maramatanga International Writing Retreats Series: Centre of Research Excellence (CORE) 

Principal: World University Network (WUN) UoA Representative: Bridging health promotion and Sustainability science: Transition to the green economy: Professor Maurice Mittelmark (Head, Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Norway)  

Ph.D: Management , UoA. (Continuity and vitality of worldviews in organisation culture: towards a Māori perspective) 

Senior Research Associate: Mira Szászy Research Centre for Māori and Pacific Economic Development 

Research Assistant: Tertiary Education Commission: Māori Governance in Tertiary Institutions 

Research Assistant: James Henare Research Centre, Māori Sustainable Business Development – Ngati Whatua Business Focus (Foundation Research Science and Technology, FORST) 

 

Research | Current

Journal articles 

Spiller, C, Wolfgramm, R.M., Henry, E., & Pouwhare, R (2019). Paradigm Warriors: advancing a radical ecosystems approach of  Collective Māori Leadership. Human Relations. SAGE.

Wolfgramm, R.M., Spiller, M.M., Henry, E., Pouwhare, R (2019). Māori Relational Economies of Wellbeing. Nga Hono Ohanga Oranga, AlterNative. SAGE.

Tuazon, G. F., Wolfgramm, R., & Whyte, K. P. (2019). Can You Drink Money? Integrating Organizational Perspective-Taking and Organizational Resilience in a Multi-level Systems Framework for Sustainability Leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-22.

Vu, M. C., Wolfgramm, R., & Spiller, C. (2018). Minding Less; Organizational mindfulness and mindlessness: the art of non-attachment in Buddhist skillful means, Journal of Management Learning

Wolfgramm, R. (2016). Honoring the past, present and future. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Volume 2016, Number 62, pp.

Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C., & Voyageur, C. (2016). Indigenous Leadership Special Issue (Editors Commentary). Leadership. SAGE. Vol. 12(3) 263–269. DOI: 10.1177/1742715016646930

Henry, E., Wolfgramm, R. (2015). Relational leadership: an indigenous Māori perspective. Leadership. SAGE.

Wolfgramm, R., Flynn-Coleman, S., & Conroy, D. (2013). Dynamic Interactions of Agency in Leadership (DIAL): An Integrative Framework for Analyzing Agency in Sustainability Leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-14. 10.1007/s10551-013-19777

Wolfgramm, R., Conroy, D.M. (2011). “Status and Sustainable Consumption in Life Style Events, conspicuous to conscious consumption” International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability Vol 7 (2) pp 301-312. Common Ground.

Wolfgramm, R (2008). Creativity and Institutional Innovation in intercultural research, Māori and Indigenous Review, Issue 3, pp169-182, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, National Centre for Research Excellence for Māori Development, Aotearoa, New Zealand

Books 

Spiller, C & Wolfgramm, R. (2015). Indigenous spirituality at work, transforming the spirit of enterprise, A volume in Advances in Workplace Spirituality: Theory, Research and Application, Louis W. Fry, Series Editor, International Age Publishers ,Charlotte, NC, USA

 Book Chapters

Wolfgramm, R., & Spiller, C. Calling our Ancestors of Tomorrow (in press) in Nelson, M. (ed). “What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?” Anthology, Chicago University Press.

Spiller, C., Mudford, M., & Wolfgramm, R. (2019). Mana and the Existence of Leadership. In J. Marques (Ed), The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality.

Wolfgramm, R, Spiller, C, Houkamau, C & Henare, M. (2018). Home; resistance, resilience and innovation from a Māori economy perspective in Traditional ecological knowledge and Sustainability. Eds. Nelson& Schilling, Cambridge University Press

Wolfgramm, R & Henry, E. (2015). Wahine Toa, Māori women warrior leaders in the screen industry, in Women and Leadership around the world, Eds. Madsen and Longman, International Leadership Association, Information Age Publishing

Spiller, C & Wolfgramm, R. (2015). Integrating Indigenous Spiritualities at work; reflections and future directions in “Indigenous Spiritualities at work” Eds. Spiller & Wolfgramm, Information Age Publishing, USA

Wolfgramm, R & Waetford, C. (2015) Interpreting god narratives as a spiritual resource; in “Indigenous Spiritualities at work” Eds. Spiller & Wolfgramm, Information Age Publishing, USA

Pringle, J, Wolfgramm R & Henry E (2010). Expanding Diversity research through cross-ethnic research partnerships, in Working for Inclusion and Diversity: Positive Experiences from Academics across the world: Eds: Katila, S, Merilainen, S and Tiernari, J, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom

Pringle, J, Wolfgramm R (2004). Gender and ethnicity in women’s businesses in New Zealand, in International Handbook of Women in small business entrepreneurship, Eds: Fielden, S and Davidson, M,  Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom

Conferences, Symposia, Forums

Henry, E., Wolfgramm, R.M., Spiller, M.M., Pouwhare, R, Crothers,C (2019) Promoting effective Māori leadership and decision making for prosperous economies of wellbeing, Australia New Zealand Academy of Management, Cairns, Australia (3-6 December)

Ella Henry; Maggie Walter; Carla Houkamau; Rachel Wolfgramm; Charles Crothers (2019),Developing Indigenous Quantitative Research: Voices from Australia and New Zealand,Australia New Zealand Academy of Management, Cairns, Australia (3-6 December) PANEL

Wolfgramm, R, Plester, B, Bolden, R, Rolfe, J, Tuazon, G, Sutherland, N (2019) Ghost Leadership, Now you see me, now you don’t; Standing Conference Organization Symbolism SCOS Ghosts, Kings Manor, York University, York UK, (July 8-11, 2019)

Wolfgramm, R. Spiller, C, Henry, E., Pouwhare, R., Reid, N. (2018). Paradigm Warriors, Getting real about collective leadership. International Indigenous Research Conference, Tamaki Makarau. Aotearoa New Zealand.

Wolfgramm, R, Spiller C, Henry, E, Pouwhare, R. (2018) Dynamic and Resilient ecological knowledge in indigenous organization and leadership, 7th Latin American Management and Organization Studies (LAEMOS) “Organizing for Resilience: Scholarship in Unsettled Times”, that will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Gerson, T, Wolfgramm R,M. (2018) Recalibrating Sustainability Leadership integrating perspective taking, World Social Science Forum, Fukuoka, Japan (September 25-29).

Wolfgramm, R, Conroy D, Flynn-Coleman S & Houkamau (2018). To have and to hold; to love and to cherish; transitioning identities and consumer behavior in weddings, Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, (SCOS) Wabi-Sabi, Meiji University, Tokyo (August 15-19, 2018).

Vu, M. C., Wolfgramm, R., & Spiller, C. (2016). Organizational mindfulness and mindlessness: the art of non-attachment in Buddhist skillful means, European Group Organization Studies (EGOS), Universite Fredrico, Naples, Italy, (6-9 July)

Vu, M. C., Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C. & Kriger, M. (2016). Skillful means, right action and mindfulness; a Buddhist approach to creating meaningful organizations. Academy of Management, Anaheim. (6-8 August)

Henry, E., Wolfgramm, R., Pringle, J. & Jones, D. (2015). Indigenous identity and career enactment: the cultural context of Māori in screen production. EGOS Conference, Athens, Greece (4-7 July)

 

Teaching | Current

Positions Held:

From To Institution Position Held

2009	Present	The University of Auckland	Senior Lecturer, Management and International Business
2004	2008	The University of Auckland	Lecturer, Te Whakahaere Huanga Māori, Graduate School of Management, Business Culture Society
2001	2004	The University of Auckland	Lecturer, Organisation Behaviour

Teaching:

2019	GLMI707	Business and Sustainability
2018	Reseach Study Leave	Doctoral Supervisions
2017	GLMI707	Business and Sustainability
2017	GenEd151G	Intercultural Communication
2016	MGMT 737	Sustainability and Business
2016	GenEd151G	Intercultural Communication
2015	MGMT 737	Sustainability and Business

Postgraduate supervision

Selected  Doctoral and Postgraduate Supervisions

Gerson Tuazon - LMX Leader Member Exchange and Perspective Taking

Varun Bhadwaj - Sacred Cows; A comparative study of dairy industries in New Zealand and India

Regan Duff- Social transformation and community resilience in global crises  

Dr Mariaelena Huambachano - Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Aotearoa and Peru : Presidential Post Doctoral Scholarship, Brown University, USA

Dr Mai Vu - Interpretations of Bhuddhist Philosophy in Business Leadership (PhD - transfer to Durham University)

Dr Peter McGill - Spirituality at work (Primary supervisor, Dr Ross McDonald)

Anika Benthim- A critical approach to diversity (MCom)

Rangimarie Hunia - Māori tribal development and leadership - Ngati Whatua o Orakei Economic Rennaissance(MCom)

Soren Groetzner - Benchmarking sustainable consumption in major events - Rugby World Cup 

Kaisa Sahi - Welcome to the winners circle; inspiring leadership in business  (MCom)

Nicholas Fong - Ecopreneurship; motivations and opportunity constructs (MCom)

Richard Aitken - New Patterns of sustainable consumption (BComHons)

Lucy Clarke - Sustainability in the fashion industry (MCom)

Gary Thomson - A Māori leadership legacy (MCom)

Cheryl Moana Rowles-Waetford - Spiritual capital (BcomHons)

Gig Hui - Organization citizenship and spiritual efficacy (BComHons)

Youmee Lee - Spirituality and team efficacy at work (BComHons)

Kaisa Sahi - Sustainability Leadership Awards : inspiring industry wide change (BComHons)

 

Distinctions/Honours

• 2010 Vice Chancellor Strategic Development Fund
• 2008 Te Amorangi National Māori Academic Excellence, 2007
• 1994-1998 Nga Tauira Māori Scholarship Undergraduate Commerce 

Responsibilities

Editorial contributions

Editor, Leadership (SAGE) Special Issues Indigenous Leadership

Special Editor: Journal of Management and Organisation

Associate Editor: Journal of Information Communication Ethics and Sustainability – Special Edition

Editorial Team Member: Alternative, International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 

Journal Reviewer

Human Relations

Journal of Business Ethics

British Journal of Sociology

Journal of Management and Organization

Leadership

AlterNative: Journal of Indigenous Studies

Journal of Management, Religion and Spirituality

MAI: Maori and Indigeous Review

Journal of Management Education, Special Issue, Indigenous Education

Conference Chair, International Review, Science and Abstract Committees

Academy of Management (USA), speciality stream, Management, Spirituality and Religion 

Academy of Management International Carolyn Dexter Awards

Australia New Zealand Academy of Management; Specialist editor: Spirituality, Organisation

Behaviour and Indigenous Development

IFSAM (International Federation of Scholars Academy Management) Review Committee 

ILA International Leadership Association

European Group Organization Studies (EGOS)

British Academy of Management (BAM)

Areas of expertise

Sustainability Leadership;Sustainable Business Innovations;Economies of Wellbeing;

Maori Leadership and Decision Making

 

Committees/Professional groups/Services

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• Member of the College of Assessors (MBIE, 2016-2020)
• Monitor and Panel Member NZQA ITP (2011-2016)
• Co-chair Universitas 21 Sustainability Project
• Member, United Nations Habitat University Partnership Steering Committee
• Member and key contact, SRG, Sustainability Research Group, Business School
• Member of the Business School Arts and Sculpture Committee
• Director, Tuakana Navigating Futures Programme, University of Auckland Business School 2010,2011
• Acting Director, Mira Szsazsy Research Centre(2015)