Tagged with organisational behaviour

Five minutes with…Ashlea Troth

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
Associate Professor Ashlea Troth has always been interested in people. She likes to know what makes them tick!! We spend a lot of time in the workplace, she says, and how one thinks and feels at, and about work, has a huge impact. So we spent five minutes with Ashlea to learn a little more […]

Post-doc research continues to break down employee voice

Business and government
Published AuthorBart Padjasek
After wrapping up her PhD dissertation on the management of employee voice, the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing welcomes Dr Paula Mowbray as Griffith University’s newest Postdoctoral Research Fellow. “It’s fantastic. It’s the ideal opportunity!” said Mowbray. “It’s brilliant to continue with the flow of what I have been doing [as a PhD candidate] […]

Five minutes with…Zhou Jiang

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
Dr Zhou Jiang joined the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing in early 2016. Although his interests are broad, and span continents(!), Zhou’s research primarily considers the areas of career development, organisational behaviour, and wellbeing. We spent five minutes with him to learn a little more… In what area/s does your current research interests lie? […]

The state of work-life balance across Australasia

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
Work-life balance (WLB) research employs multiple definitions and means of measurement. Essentially though it is the interaction of demands that arise from work and non-work environments, and the variation of these demands between countries and cultures is the focus of a recently co-authored book chapter by Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) and Menzie’s […]

The good and bad of organisational change: Resistance, transformation, insomnia, wellbeing

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
Prompted by the limitations of current research which looks only at organisational change attitudes at a single point in time; omits employees’ subjective experience of change; and, likewise, the role of psychological mechanisms as mediators between the two with one’s health and wellbeing, Associate Professor Alannah Rafferty (UNSW) has, with colleague, Professor Nerina L. Jimmieson […]

Five minutes with…Dr Herman Tse

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
The relationship between workers and supervisors has long been an interest for Organisational Studies researchers. But what impact does it have on the relationship between co-workers? Such interactions are the focus of Dr Herman Tse’s research. We spent five minutes with him to learn a little more…. In what area/s does your current research interests […]

Five minutes with…Paula Brough

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published AuthorCentre Manager
For over 20 years, Professor Paula Brough’s research has focussed on evaluating and enhancing the psychological health of workers. She is the leader of the Behavioural Basis of Health (research centre’s) Social and Organisational Psychology Research Unit, and WOW’s newest academic member. We spent five minutes with (a very busy) Paula to learn a little […]