About Joan Marques

Joan Marques, PhD, EdD, serves as Dean of Woodbury University's School of Business, and Professor of Management. Her teaching focuses on leadership, ethics, and organizational behavior, and her research interests pertain to the same areas with specific focus on workplace spirituality, leadership awareness and Buddhist Psychology in Management. She has been widely published in prestigious scholarly journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Development, Business and Society, Journal of Organizational Analysis, Organization Development Journal, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Global Responsibility, Journal of Communication Management, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, and many others. Joan has authored/co-authored/co-edited more than 20 books on management and leadership topics, including Ethical Leadership (2017), Leadership: Finding Balance between Ambition and Acceptance (2016), Business and Buddhism (2015) and Leadership and Mindful Behavior Action, Wakefulness (2014). She is also the co-author/co-editor of, among others, Engaged Leadership, Transforming Through Future-Oriented Design Thinking (2018) and Leadership Today, Practices for Personal and Professional Performance (2017). Joan frequently presents and conducts workshops on international forums, most recently at the Academy of Management (US) and the Center for Communications and Public Relations (Suriname). More info about Joan Marques is available on her website, joanmarques.com.