Fields of Research

Higher education
Organisational behaviour
Leadership
Economic development policy
Education assessment and evaluation
Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy
Human resources management
Mental health services
Health informatics and information systems
Research, science and technology policy
Entrepreneurship
Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
Health services and systems
Consumer-oriented product or service development
Management accounting
Preventative health care
Human information behaviour
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Ethical use of new technology
Educational administration, management and leadership
Information security management
Personality and individual differences
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Sustainability accounting and reporting
Mental health nursing
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Higher education
Expanding knowledge in education
Management, resources and leadership
Learner and learning
Pedagogy
Other education and training
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Management
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Mental health
Technological and organisational innovation
Policies and development
Publishing and print services
Women's and maternal health
Teacher and instructor development
Workplace and organisational ethics (excl. business ethics)
Marketing
Information services
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Internet, digital and social media
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Mental health services
Teaching and instruction technologies
Expanding knowledge in economics
Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture
Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies

Career Best Publications

A systematic review of online examinations: a pedagogical innovation for scalable authentication and integrity; Computers and Education
COVID-19: 20 countries' higher education intra-period digital pedagogy responses; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Do we measure leadership effectively? Articulating and evaluating scale development psychometrics for best practice; The Leadership Quarterly

Research Publications

A leadership revolution is required
A message to graduates: be the generation that sows seeds for the future
A quantitative study on Australian doctoral students' perceptions of employability preparedness: how gender and age matter; Journal of Further and Higher Education
A systematic review of online examinations: a pedagogical innovation for scalable authentication and integrity; Computers and Education
Academic leadership during COVID-19 in higher education: technology adoption and adaptation for online learning during a pandemic; International Journal of Leadership in Education
An integrated approach to workplace mental health
Australian postgraduate student experiences and anticipated employability: a national study from the students’ perspective; The Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability
Authentic Leaders and Business Tourism: An Exploration of Authentic Relationships; Accelerating Knowledge Sharing, Creativity, and Innovation Through Business Tourism
Authentic Leadership in Immersive Learning Environments: Teachers as Affective, Cognitive, and Pedagogical Enablers; Cognitive and Affective Perspectives on Immersive Technology in Education
Conceptualising authentic followers and developing a future research agenda; Authentic leadership and followership: International perspectives
COVID killed the on-campus lecture, but will unis raise it from the dead?
COVID-19 and Australian Higher Education; Higher Education's Response & Preparation to Pandemics: Perspectives, Policy, and Practice
COVID-19 and Higher Education; Education under COVID-19: Problems, Solutions, Perspectives, Research
COVID-19 in Higher Education Literature Database (CHELD V1): An open access systematic literature review database with coding rules; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
COVID-19: 20 countries' higher education intra-period digital pedagogy responses; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Creating an international COVID-19 pandemic learning community; Teaching Matters 2020 – Learning in 2021: Strengthening connections
Decentralisation of federal agencies, relocation to Launceston
Decentralise offices, and do it strategically
Defining Post-Pandemic Work and Organizations: The Need for Team Belongingness and Trust; Leadership - New Insights
Developing Authentic Leadership and Fostering Social Entrepreneurial Innovation; Reshaping Entrepreneurship Education With Strategy and Innovation
Digitally empowered students through teacher leadership: The role of authentic leadership; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Digitally Empowered Workers and Authentic Leaders: The Capabilities Required for Digital Services; Leadership, Management, and Adoption Techniques for Digital Service Innovation
Digitally empowering students through authentic leadership; Teaching Matters 2019
Do we measure leadership effectively? Articulating and evaluating scale development psychometrics for best practice; The Leadership Quarterly
Do we understand the complexity of being a doctoral candidate? Probably not
Doctoral employability: A systematic literature review and research agenda; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Doctoral futures: are PhD candidates ready to work?; Teaching Matters 2019
Drowning in the shallows: an Australian study of the PhD experience; European Conference on Educational Research - ECER 2108
Drowning in the shallows: an Australian study of the PhD experience of wellbeing; Teaching in Higher Education
During and beyond a pandemic: publishing learning and teaching research through COVID-19; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
Ecotourism Emergence in Tasmania Through Social Entrepreneurs and Authentic Leaders; Global Entrepreneurial Trends in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Editorial 17.5. Strengthening our focus for a post-COVID-19 environment: learnings from a pandemic in higher education; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
Emergency remote teaching or andragogical innovation? Higher education in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Enabling cross-cultural student voice during COVID-19: a collective autoethnography; Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
Evaluating leadership, wellbeing, and belonging in students over teaching periods; Teaching Matters 2019: Our distinctive future
Evaluating leadership, wellbeing, and belonging in students over teaching periods; Teaching Matters
Evaluating leadership, wellbeing, engagement, and belonging across units in higher education: a quantitative pilot study; Journal of Applied Teaching and Learning
Examining changes to student leadership, wellbeing, and engagement for the duration of a course: a quantitative study; ISSOTL21
Exploring climate change adaptation with Australian wine consumers; 22nd International Farm Management Association Congress
Exploring the Impact of SoTL on Day-to-Day Learning and Teaching: A Conceptual Framework for Professional Development and Quality Improvement; Evidence-Based Faculty Development Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Flourishing in leadership: Understanding the role of virtues in crafting your leadership philosophy; 35th ANZAM Conference
Following Through the Good and the Bad? Building a Positive Change Culture With Authentic Followers; Leadership and Followership in an Organizational Change Context
Green inclusive leadership and employee green behaviors in the hotel industry: does perceived green organizational support matter?; International Journal of Hospitality Management
Higher Education in Singapore during Covid-19; Transformations and Consequences in Society due to COVID-19 Pandemic
JUTLP Editorial 17.3: connection, digital education, and student-centric teaching practice before COVID-19; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
Learning from Tasmania: designing a distinctive student learning experience; Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
Negative feedback is part of academia (and life) - these 6 strategies can help you cope
On editor decisions: a framework of best practice; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
Postgraduate experience survey
Professional Learning and Development for the Health Information Workforce; The Health Information Workforce: Current and Future Developments
Putting Students at the Fore of Curriculum Design in the Degrees of Difference; Teaching Matters 2017: Making a Difference
Putting the leader back into authentic leadership: reconceptualising and rethinking leaders; Australian Journal of Management
Social media usage and acceptance in higher education: a structural equation model; Frontiers in Education
Social media use in higher education: building a structural equation model for student satisfaction and performance; Frontiers in Public Health
Strategies connect for the city of Launceston
Student belongingness in higher education: lessons for professors from the COVID-19 pandemic; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
Sustainability in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review; Sustainability
The cascading effect of unethical leadership; Organizational Behavior
The EdTech difference: digitalisation, digital pedagogy, and technology enhanced learning; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
The peer review system is broken. We asked academics how to fix it
Understanding the organizational climate of unethical leadership in the Australian Football League; Journal of Leadership Studies
Update of the COVID-19 Higher Education Literature Database (CHELD v2); Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching
What Does It Take to Be a Social Entrepreneur? Authentic Leaders and Their Effect on Innovation; Leadership Styles, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Digitalization
What student evaluations are not: scholarship of teaching and learning using student evaluations; Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
What student evaluations are not: scholarship of teaching and learning using student evaluations; Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
Working from home, telework, and psychological wellbeing? A systematic review; Sustainability
Working together to improve the peer review mechanism
Workplace mental health: Co-production of an action plan for Australia; Work, Stress, and Health Conference: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities
Writing together to foster wellbeing: doctoral writing groups as spaces of wellbeing; Higher Education Research and Development
Yes, uni students say some awful things in teaching surveys, so how can we use them to improve?
“I had the right skills at the right time”: Interview with Joseph Crawford (Joey), Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice”

Research Projects

Creation of a Tasmanian University Union summer research program pilot
Developing a student-led, student-centric program for unpacking student matters of wellbeing, sustainability, and engagement
Organisational Response to the BreastScreen Tasmania Assessment Clinic Survey
Student Leadership Project

Research Candidate Supervision