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I am a Lecturer in Leadership at the School of Business. I joined the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2022 and have held positions at Nottingham Trent University and The University of Sheffield. Before moving to the United Kingdom, I worked as a researcher at Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, and the University of Lagos, Nigeria. I also have industry experience having previously worked with Nestle Nigeria Plc and PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc in the manufacturing and sales departments respectively. I hold a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Lagos State University, an M.Sc. in Organisational Behaviour (distinction graded) from the University of Lagos, and a PhD in Management (with an emphasis on Work Psychology) from The University of Sheffield, UK. My research interests are in the areas of organisational leadership, followership and work psychology. My research have been published in peer-reviewed journals. 

My research interests are in organisational leadership and followership (bright and dark sides of leadership), workplace relationships, team working, and employee well-being. More closely, I research the Dark Side of Leadership (e.g., narcissism). My research around narcissism stems from my PhD where I examined the effect of leader narcissism on individual and team well-being, with quantitative data from leaders and individuals nested in teams. Some of my research outputs are listed below:

Journal articles

Ani, U. C., Akaighe, G. O, & Opeyemi, T. (2025). The roles of leader-member exchange and resistance to change in shaping organisational learning and citizenship behaviours. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 1-18.

Akaighe, G. O, Roodbari, H., Pepple, D. G., Opeyemi, T., & Orekoya, I. O. (2025). Too stressed to be psychologically present at work? Employees job stress and psychological withdrawal behaviours in organisations. Human Resource Development International, 1-12

Okon, S.E., Dakare, O., Akaighe, G. O., & Adebiyi, S.O. (2025). Organisational career growth and work engagement: A moderated mediation study. Career Development International, 30(3), 239-254

Pepple, D.G., Akaighe, G., Sambo, A., George-Aremu, O., Bosah, G., Trollman, H., & (2025). Using guest lectures to enhance student employability: Pedagogical considerations. Cogent Education, 12(1), 2452076.

Georgellis, Y., Roodbari, H., Akaighe, G. & Oraee, A. (2025). Beyond the ideal: Unravelling the complexities of overqualification, employee volunteering, and job satisfaction. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 12(4), 1095-1112.

Ambilichu, C., Akaighe, G.O., & Pepple, D.G. (2024). Performance appraisal as a determinant of employee commitment: a mediated mediation analysis. Journal of Organisational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 11(4), 987-1004.

George, O.J., Okon, S.E & Akaighe, G.O. (2023). Psychological capital and work engagement among employees in the Nigerian Public Sector: The mediating role of emotional intelligence. International Journal of Public Administration, 46(6), 445-453.

George, O. J., Okon, S.E., & Akaighe, G. (2022). Emotional intelligence and work engagement: a serial mediation model. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 9(2), 193-211.

Hildenbrand, K., Daher, P., & Akaighe, G. (2021). Authentic leadership and employee health: a conditional process model. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 6(3), 241-257.

Anibaba, Y. & Akaighe, G. (2018). Dynamics of decision making in cross-functional teams. Contemporary Economics, 12(4), 485-496.

Book chapters

Akaighe, G. & Adisa, I. (2025). The toxic triangle of leadership: In: Oyewunmi, A., Owens, G., & Adeola, O. (eds) “The Dark Side of Leadership: A Cross-cultural compendium”. (pp. 82-93). New York: Productivity Press.

Akaighe, G., & Okon, S.E. (2021). Driving Green Marketing in Emerging Markets Through Green Leadership. In: Hinson, R.E., Adeola, O., Adisa, I. (eds) Green Marketing and Management in Emerging Markets. Palgrave Studies of Marketing in Emerging Economies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.  pp. 59-72.

Anibaba Y., & Akaighe G. (2020). African Women’s Participation in Business and Politics: Challenges and Recommendations. In: Adeola O. (eds) Empowering African Women for Sustainable Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

I am happy to supervise PhDs and discuss research proposals and collaborations in the following areas:

• Leadership and followership
• Leader and follower narcissism
• Individual and team well-being
• Workplace interactions/relationships
• Identity/social identity
• Gender in leadership

• MN7407: Management in Practice (PG)
• MN7005: Leading, Managing and Developing People (PG; co-module convener)
• MN3013: Research Methods (UG)
• MN1012: Human Resouce Management (UG)

• 2024 -present: Member, European Academy of Management
• 2023- present: Associate Editor, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance August 2023-Date
• 2022- present: Member, Academy of Management
• 2021- present: Member, European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology

• 2020- present: Peer reviewer for journals including British Journal of Management, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Applied Psychology, Journal of Organisational Effectiveness: People and Performance, and International Journal of Stress Management 
• 2020- present: Peer reviewer for Conferences including Academy of Managment Conference, European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, and European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology (EWAOP) Conference

• British Academy of Management: Global Talent Exceptional Promise 
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2025)
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
• Sheffield University Management School PhD Scholarship 2018-2021.
• Best graduating student, Master of Science, University of Lagos 2014.
• Chief Poly Emenike price of 100,000 Nigerian Naira for the best graduating student, MSc Organisational Behaviour, University of Lagos, Nigeria 2014.
• Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (2015)
• Best graduating student, Bachelor of Science, Lagos State University March 2010
• Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (2010)

• Pepple, D.G., Sambo, A. & Akaighe, G.O. (2025). Organisational self-identity policy analyser: An Artificial Intelligence-Driven Approach. Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge (ACIEK) University of Alcala Conference on AI Beyond the Frontiers of Technology and Knowledge. Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain: 18-20 June 2025.

• Akaighe, G., Okon, E., Pepple, D.G., & Ambilichu, C. A. (2024). The Dark Side of Follower Narcissism: Follower narcissism and psychological withdrawal behaviours in the organisational context: EURAM (European Academy of Management) Conference, Bath, UK. 25-28 June 2024. Sub-theme: Fostering Innovation to address Grand Challenges: Leadership.
• Akaighe, G. O, Roodbari, H., Ogbonnaya, C., Pepple, D. G., Opeyemi, T., & Orekoya, I. O. (2024). Too stressed to be psychologically present at work? Employee job stress and psychological withdrawal behaviours in organisations. 16^th EAHOP (European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology) Conference, Granada, Spain. 5-7 June, 2024. Sub-theme: Contributions of OHP to social justice: Antecedents of stress and well-being.
• Akaighe, G., Topakas, A., & Hildenbrand, K. (2020). An individual-level model of the effects of narcissism on leadership processes and wellbeing. I co-organised the symposium “The Dark Side of Leadership” (Contributors: B. Schyns, J. Schilling, D. Day, A. Schutz, B. Wisse, K. Breevaart) at the Institute of Work Psychology Biannual Conference), Sheffield, UK: 20-25 June 2020.
• Akaighe, G.O. (2019). Narcissistic leaders and teammates: A toxic combination? 3^rd Sheffield University Management School Annual Doctoral Research Conference. Sheffield: United Kingdom. 18 September 2019.
• Akaighe, G.O. (2019). Narcissistic leaders and teammates: A toxic combination? 8^th Annual White Rose Social Science Doctoral Research Conference. Leeds: United Kingdom. 19 June 2019.
• George, O.J., Osayande, N., & Akaighe, G.O. (2019). Announcing the arrival of social performance from corporate social responsibility via corporate social performance: The Shell Nigeria experience: International Conference on Business, Management, and Finance, London: United Kingdom. 7-9 March 2019.
• Anibaba, Y., & Akaighe, G. (2018). Group decision making in cross-functional teams: An experiment. 8^th Global Innovation & Knowledge Academy (GIKA) Conference Valencia, Spain, 25-27 June 2018.
• George, O.J., Akaighe, G.O. & Yusuff, K.M. (2016). Announcing the arrival of strategic HRM from personnel management via HRM: A qualitative approach: International Academic Business Conference Las Vegas, United States of America. 2-5 October 2016.
• Uche, C.B.N., Oghojafor, B.E.A., & Akaighe, G.O. (2016). A comparative analysis of managerial behaviour in the public and private sectors in Nigeria. Conference on National Sustainable Development and Disaster Management (NSDDM 2016), De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. 3-5 August 2016. 

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic and Professional Practice, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, UK, 2025

• PhD in Management-The University of Sheffield, UK, 2022

• M.Sc. in Organisational Behaviour-University of Lagos , 2015

• B.Sc. in Business Administration- Lagos State University, 2010