About
Anna Kiaos Ph.D. is a critical ethnographer with a passion for psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Her research explores the boundary between the psychological and societal focused views of the self. Specifically, her PhD research encompassed several interconnected topics, notably, managerial ideology, normative control, the underlying systems of cultural and subcultural meaning with a particularly strong focus on conceptions of self enacted in everyday working life and how such enactments reflect self consciousness from the perspective of various cohorts in the workplace.
Dr Kiaos trained under Professor Gideon Kunda, Tel Aviv University. She has consulted with organisations in a variety of industries, including government, healthcare organisations, consulting firms and private enterprise to assess and improve an organisation’s ideology, culture, culture change management practices and approaches to leadership.
Dr Kiaos received her Ph.D. from Macquarie University Business School and her Master of Health Communication from the University of Sydney. Dr Kiaos also holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science from the University of New England and a Graduate Diploma of Psychology Advanced from Monash University.
Dr Kiaos is heavily involved with leading projects within mental health. As such, her work involves collaboration across ample research centres and groups, including the Centre for Healthy Brain and Aging (CHeBA), the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN) along with the Discipline's Medical Research Institutes, notably, Black Dog Institute, Ingham Institute and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).
Methods, Research and Consulting Expertise
Methods
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Critical ethnography
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Organisational ethnography
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Social constructionism
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Realism
Research and Consulting
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Organisational cultures
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Organisational subcultures
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Organisatonal microcultures
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Presentation ritual
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Managerial ideology
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Normative control
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Front stage sites of enactment
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Back stage sites of enactment
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Psychosocial hazards and emerging mental health risks
Cultural Reviews
Dr Kiaos will assess workplace dynamics and culture where it is suspected that inappropriate behaviours, management practices or underlying tensions exist between staff or within reporting lines.
Staff may be unwilling to come forward or the organisation may be looking to avoid an escalation of the situation and formal complaints. If these concerns are not addressed, it may lead to further risk and damage in the long term.
As an investigator of complex workplace matters, Dr Kiaos will conduct the assessment in an integrated and holistic manner, examining specific allegations or concerns, as well as factors such as workplace culture, leadership style, change and operational issues.