Ela Kavousi

Biography

Elahe Kavousi holds a PhD in Human Resource Management and is pursuing a second PhD at Southern Cross University. Her research focuses on leadership, stress regulation, employee well-being and retention. She has over ten years of HR experience across industrial, high-tech and FMCG sectors, alongside academic teaching and research experience.

Research

Her research interests include leadership under pressure, neuroleadership, stress regulation, employee well-being and retention, strategic human resource management, organisational behaviour, psychological resources, and the ways leadership and workplace practices shape employee experiences. She is also interested in evidence synthesis and mixed-methods research.

Community engagement

She contributes to the academic community through peer review for international scholarly journals and research dissemination through conference presentations.

Teaching

Elahe teaches and assesses in Positive leadership course and Human Resource Management at Southern Cross University. Her teaching interests include strategic HRM, leadership, organisational behaviour, employee engagement and retention, talent management, performance management, organisational change, and employee well-being.

Other

Elahe has published research on neuroleadership, employee turnover, compensation, work-life quality and technology transfer. In 2026, she received third place in Southern Cross University’s Graduate Researcher One-Minute Research Reel Competition.