Fields of Research

Organisational behaviour
Occupational and workplace health and safety
Industrial and employee relations
Aged health care
Organisation and management theory
Mental health services
Service oriented computing
Exercise physiology
Organisational planning and management
Health services and systems
Business systems in context
Higher education
Workforce planning
Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
Injury prevention
Human resources management
Business and labour history
Health and community services
Employment equity and diversity
Child and adolescent development
Corporate governance
Maritime transportation and freight services

Research Objectives

Workplace safety
Employment patterns and change
Workplace and organisational ethics (excl. business ethics)
Occupational health
Health related to ageing
Work and labour market
Behaviour and health
Mental health
Industrial relations
Economic growth
Employment services
Injury prevention and control
Coastal sea freight transport
Workforce transition and employment
Provision of health and support services
Management

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A Cognitive Behavioural Intervention Programme to Improve Psychological Well-Being; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Administering the cost of death: organisational perspectives on workers' compensation and common law claims following traumatic death at work in Australia; International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
An analysis of factors associated with older workers’ employment participation and preferences in Australia; Frontiers in Psychology
An appraisal of key factors in the implementation of occupational stress interventions; Work and Stress
Bereaved families and the coronial response to traumatic workplace fatalities: Organizational perspectives; Death Studies
Bereaved Family Members’ Views of the Value of Coronial Inquests Into Fatal Work Incidents; Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
Core self-evaluation as a predictor of strength training adoption in older adults; Maturitas: International Journal for The Study of The Climacteric
COVID-19 and the future of work in Tasmania
Death at work: Improving support for families – Consultation report
Death at work: Improving support for families – Financial consequences for families
Disability and job search among older workers: a narrative review; International Journal of Disability Management
Effects of Disability on Job Search Among Older Workers; International Journal of Disability Management
Effects of supervisor support and coping on shiftwork tolerance; Journal of Human Ergology
Efficacy and feasibility of a novel tri-modal robust exercise prescription in a retirement community: a randomized, controlled trial; American Geriatrics Society. Journal
Employer and union responses to traumatic death at work: evidence from Australia; New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
Enhancing the health and employment participation of older workers; Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities
Evaluating the consistency between conceptual frameworks and factors influencing the safe behavior of iranian workers in the petrochemical industry: mixed methods study; JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Evaluating two morningness scales with item response theory; Personality and Individual Differences
Extended shifts in ambulance work: influences on health; Stress and Health
Extending a model of shift-work tolerance; Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Factors associated with unsafe work behaviours in an Iranian petrochemical company: perspectives of workers, supervisors, and safety managers; BMC Public Health
Financial planning for retirement village living: a qualitative exploration; Journal of Housing for The Elderly
Flexible work in call centres: working hours, work-life conflict & health; Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society
Health and safety of homecare workers engaged by temporary employment agencies; Journal of Industrial Relations
Health and Social Effects of Downsizing: A Review; Economic and Labour Relations Review
Health and well-being of older workers: comparing their associations with effort-reward imbalance and pressure, disorganisation and regulatory failure; Work and Stress
Hidden costs, hidden lives: financial effects of fatal work injuries on families; Economic and Labour Relations Review
Housing choice in retirement: community versus separation; Housing Studies
Information needs of bereaved families following fatal work incidents; Death Studies
Injury rates and psychological wellbeing in temporary work: a study of seasonal workers in the New Zealand food processing industry; New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
Investigation and prosecution following workplace fatalities: responding to the needs of families; Economic and Labour Relations Review
Job quality: the impact of work organisation on health; Job Quality in Australia
Job Sharing in Australia: Possibilities, Problems and Strategies; Economic and Labour Relations Review
Managing Occupational Health and Safety: A Multidisciplinary Approach; Macmillan Publishers Australia
Matching work capacity and job demands: toward an enhanced measure of work ability; Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Modelling occupational stress and employee health and wellbeing in a Chinese higher education institution; Higher Education Quarterly
Modelling occupational stress and employee health and wellbeing in a Chinese higher education institution; Psychological Stress, Resilience and Wellbeing
Morningness or morning affect? A short composite scale of morningness; Chronobiology International
Organizational influences on the work life conflict and health of shiftworkers; Applied ergonomics
Overstretched and unreciprocated commitment: reviewing research on the occupational health and safety effects of downsizing and job insecurity; The Financial and Economic Crises and Their Impact on Health and Social Well-Being
Overstretched and unreciprocated commitment: reviewing research on the occupational health and safety effects of downsizing and job insecurity; International journal of health services
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Prolonged Grief Disorder in families bereaved by a traumatic workplace death: the need for satisfactory information and support; Frontiers in Psychiatry
Precarious employment, working hours, work-life conflict and health in hotel work; Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society
Promoting worker resilience over the lifecourse; Resilience in Aging: Concepts, Research, and Outcomes
Psychometric evaluation of the early/late preferences scale; Ergonomics
Re-invigorating industrial relations as a field of study: changes at work, substantive working conditions and the case of OHS; New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
Scheduling matters – Some potential requirements for future rostering competitions from a practitioner’s view; 12th International Conference of the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling
Short trips and long days: Safety and health in short-haul trucking; Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Social and Family Issues in Shift Work and Non Standard Working Hours; Switzerland
The adequacy of institutional responses to death at work: experiences of surviving families; International Journal of Disability Management
The global expansion of precarious employment, work disorganization, and consequences for occupational health: A Review of recent research; International Journal of Health Services
The global expansion of precarious employment, work disorganization, and consequences for occupational health: placing the debate in a comparative historical context; International Journal of Health Services
The health and safety effects of job insecurity: An evaluation of the evidence; Economic and Labour Relations Review
The impact of night work on psychological well-being; Ergonomics
Time to call it quits? The safety and health of older workers; International Journal of Health Services
Transcultural properties of the composite scale of morningness: the relevance of the 'morning affect' factor; Chronobiology International
Traumatic death at work: consequences for surviving families; International Journal of Health Services
Under pressure, out of control, or home alone? Reviewing research and policy debates on the occupational health and safety effects of outsourcing and home-based work; International Journal of Health Services
Walking to wellness in an ageing sedentary university community: design, method and protocol; Contemporary Clinical Trials
Which resources moderate the effects of demanding work schedules on nurses working in residential elder care? A longitudinal study; International Journal of Nursing Studies
Work ability in Australia - pilot study: A report to Safe Work Australia
Work fatalities, bereaved families and the enforcement of OHS legislation; Journal of Industrial Relations
Work organisation, bullying and intention to leave in the hospitality industry; Employee Relations
Work-life conflict in ‘flexible work’: precariousness, variable hours and related forms of work organization; Social and Family Issues in Shift Work and Non Standard Working Hours
Working hours, work-life conflict and health in precarious and 'permanent' employment; Revista De Saude Publica
Working time society consensus statements: evidence-based effects of shift work and non-standard working hours on workers, family and community; Industrial Health
Working time society consensus statements: psychosocial stressors relevant to the health and wellbeing of night and shift workers; Industrial Health
Workplace bullying: Building a conceptual framework and a research agenda; Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions

Research Projects

Improving return-to-work outcomes for workers experiencing mental health conditions; WorkCover Tasmania (WCT)
A consumer-adoption study: Exercise training for the healthy elderly in an Australian retirement community setting
A flexible and efficient computer system for the generation and optimisation of shift rosters
Age, work ability and work-related injury in Australian workers
Atypical employment survey
Australian work ability pilot survey: A report to Safe Work Aust.
Caring for the carers: Occupational health and safety in homecare
Design of work and the health of the Australian workforce
Development of a nationally-accredited postgraduate training module in occupational health and safety management
Economic, environmental and social psychological evaluation of independent senior living alternatives in Australia
Effects of long distance commuting on work/non-work conflict & health.
Employment Precarity and Poverty in Southern Ontario
Enhancing the health, well-being, job satisfaction and retention of hospital-based registered and enrolled nurses on shiftwork
Flexible work, ageing, work organisation and occupational health and safety
Health and Work Research Network
Individual differences in adaptation to shiftwork
Managing work/non-work conflict in shiftwork: Implications of gender, marital status and dependents for shift roster design and implementation.
Personal and organisational implications of precarious employment: Refining a model
Precarious employment: New knowledge, new solutions
Redesigning work for an ageing society
Relative effects of employment status and perceived precariousness on occupational health and safety
Shift rostering & work organisation during the “Shut”: Callide B power station.
The effects of precarious employment on occupational health and safety in three industry sectors: road transport, hotels and call centres
Traumatic work-related death: Assessing and improving institutional responses to the needs of surviving families
Well@Work
Work ability assessment and change among NSW employers
Work psychology and the management of occupational health
Work/non-work conflict in shiftwork: The effects of gender, marital status and dependent children
Working longer: Policy reforms and practice innovations

Research Candidate Supervision