A5008051288- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Technostress in Professional Settings
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Vascular Procedures and Complications
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Air Traffic Management and Optimization
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Business Law and Ethics
University of South Australia
2016-2025
Enterprise Community Partners
2024
University College Cork
2022
University of Nottingham
2022
Flinders University
2022
National occupational health and safety (OHS) policy (e.g., legislation) underpins worker protection is imperative for healthy safe working populations. In the interest of bolstering mental through decent work, this study undertakes a global analysis OHS develops validates short tool quantifying national approaches—the Policy Index (NPI, health). Data were collected across 45 countries from 164 experts (and/or expert groups) to capture presence, priority action areas, drivers barriers...
National or jurisdictional occupational health and safety (OHS) policy is the foundation of organisational protection required to ensure healthy safe workers. For implementation OHS be most effective, action needed via various key stakeholders. To unpack within organisations—and roles those responsible—we draw on Theory Planned Behaviour understand attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural controls, intentions that representatives (HSR) hold in relation proposed Psychological Health...
Abstract Background and aims Despite the last decade's significant development in scientific study of work addiction/workaholism, this area research is still facing a fundamental challenge, namely need for valid reliable measurement tool that shows cross-cultural invariance and, as such, allows worldwide studies on phenomenon. Methods An initial 16-item questionnaire, developed within an addiction framework, was administered alongside job stress, satisfaction, self-esteem measures total...
Healthcare sector organizations have long been facing the issue of productivity loss due to presenteeism which is affected by psychosocial safety climate (PSC) and work intensification. Presenteeism has visibly increased among nurses during COVID-19 pandemic period. Grounded in COR theory sensemaking theory, current study aimed examine role PSC plays as driver or moderator reduce lessening intensification over time impact on pandemic. Adopting a time-lagged research design, this gathered...
We assess if ultrasound surveillance of newly-created arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) can predict nonmaturation sufficiently reliably to justify randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation ultrasound-directed salvage intervention.
We explore how digital communication relates to worker health and wellbeing within Australian universities prior COVID-19. To investigate effects of we sought perspectives senior Human Resource personnel for semi-structured interviews. Analyses revealed that creates both negative positive aspects work, leading differing outcomes wellbeing. Themes emerged included flexibility, collaboration access resources, a sense continual accessibility connectivity information overload interpersonal...
The aim of the present study was to explore impact COVID-19 pandemic on financial well-being older Australian retirees.Thirty retirees (16 females and 14 males), than 65 years age, were asked 'Have your finances been affected by events surrounding COVID-19?'. Data analysed using Braun Clarke's six-step approach, Bronfenbrenner's socio-ecological model utilised analyse thematic responses at individual, household, community societal levels.Two COVID-19-related themes emerged from interviews:...
Worker psychological health is a significant global imperative which requires national policy action and stakeholder engagement. While critical lever for improving worker health, some countries are more progressive than others in relation to development and/or implementation. At the Joint Congress of International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee Work Organization Psychosocial Factors Asia Pacific Academy Tokyo (September 2023), Global Roundtable was designed initiate...
The regulation of psychosocial hazards and risks, for the protection psychological health, is a highly debated issue within work health safety (WHS). Increasing work-related illness injury, alongside growing academic evidence community awareness, has fuelled need to better prevent regulate risks. Research must clarify challenges improvements policy practice from stakeholder perspectives. We conduct qualitative interview-based investigation with 25 informed participants on effectiveness...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, number of employees in flexible work from home has increased markedly along with a reliance on information communication technologies. This study investigated role an organisational factor, psychosocial safety climate (PSC; for worker psychological health and safety), as antecedent these new kinds demands (specifically digital job demands) their effect work-life conflict. Data were gathered via online survey 2,177 37 Australian universities. Multilevel modelling...
This paper explores practices and policies for managing information communication technologies (ICTs) ensuring healthy productive work environments in higher education settings. was informed by: (1) semi-structured interviews with 12 senior Human Resource Wellbeing personnel recruited from 11 public Australian universities; (2) a review of policy documents that address ICTs/digital sourced 37 universities. Analyses revealed ICT management involved balancing flexibility boundaries...
Australian universities have undergone considerable restructuring within the last few decades such as downsizing, unit amalgamations and adopting new digital work practices. This article draws together industrial relations organisational psychology literature, exploring effects universities. It presents national data on university restructuring, levels of psychosocial safety climate (PSC), burnout from 2020 to 2022, workers’ perspective. Survey responses were collected across 39 at 3 time...
Abstract Background On top of decades restructuring, the Australian university sector faced unprecedented turmoil during COVID crisis. Through cost-cutting, around 20% staff in lost employment and those who remained significant demands. Yet finances rebounded Vice Chancellor (VC) salaries greater than AUD$1m (10x average lecturer salaries) prevailed. Alongside evidence employees are at high risk for psychological distress given low psychosocial safety climate (PSC) compared to other...
Abstract Introduction National occupational health and safety (OHS) policy (e.g., legislation) underpins worker protection is imperative for healthy safe working populations. In the interest of bolstering mental through decent work, this study undertakes a global analysis OHS develops validates short tool quantifying national approaches—the Policy Index (NPI, health). Method Data were collected across 45 countries from 164 experts (and/or expert groups) to capture presence, priority action...
Abstract Australia Day continues to be a divisive event in Australia. The contentious public holiday currently falls on January 26, date which marks the beginning of colonisation and subsequent persecution Australian First Nations peoples. Despite date's controversial historical ties, some Australians remain support ‘saving date’. current study aimed deepen understanding Australians' thoughts opinions regarding Day, including their reasons changing or saving 26 date. Responses from 208...
Figure 8 plastic-insulated telephone cables, both shielded and nonshielded, have been developed incorporating a jacketed messenger connected to the cable jacket by an integral web. Field trials laboratory tests shown that multiwire must be sealed provide corrosion resistance. This figure construction facilitates time-saving simultaneous placing of using substantially same equipment practices as conventional cable. The non-shielded type provides improved mechanical electrical characteristics...