Mikaela Owen

ORCID: 0000-0002-8346-6943
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Research Areas
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Dental Education, Practice, Research
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
  • Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Simulation Techniques and Applications
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Emotional Labor in Professions
  • Occupational health in dentistry

University of South Australia
2015-2024

The rise in working university students is a global phenomenon with more than half of the student population while studying at university. Within this trend dual participation, face unique stressors such as work–study conflict and facilitation. Work–study drives students’ poor health, whereas facilitation positive academic outcomes. In article, we review critique several interface models proposed to explain development consequences these stressors. uncovers important omissions limitations...

10.1177/0894845317720071 article EN Journal of Career Development 2017-07-13

Longitudinal studies are the gold standard of empirical work and stress research whenever experiments not plausible. Frequently, scales used to assess risk factors their consequences, cross-lagged effects estimated determine possible risks. Methods translate into ratios facilitate assessment do yet exist, which creates a divide between psychological epidemiological research. The aim present paper is demonstrate how can be ratio different levels psychosocial safety climate (PSC) in...

10.1080/02678373.2017.1395926 article EN Work & Stress 2017-11-28

Recently there has been an increase in the population of older adults; however, this not reflected helping professions. The aim study was to qualitatively investigate barriers working with adults within human service An online survey sent students, academic faculty, and practitioners from disciplines social work psychology throughout Australia, addressing issues related adults. Thematic analysis used extract themes subthemes responses (N = 252). most important finding that a barrier appears...

10.1080/02701960.2015.1009054 article EN Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 2015-03-31

There has been an increased interest in the study of emotional demands (ED) at work and its impact on workers’ well-being. However, ED have conceptualized as a unitary concept, focused interactions with clients, excluding other potential sources work. Therefore, aim current is to explore relation between from different relational (clients/patients/customers colleagues, supervisors, employees) service exhaustion engagement. Cross-sectional data sample 2742 workers were analysed using...

10.3390/ijerph17217738 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-10-22

Previous research suggests that co-worker social support predicts burnout, but this relationship may be far more complex, with the potential for a reciprocal cycle of loss. Leading on loss spirals has explicitly called interindividual factors such as and, by extension, how interventions operate these interpersonal resources could play role in primary and secondary prevention (i.e., intervening cycles loss). In study, we explore between burnout support, psychosocial safety climate (PSC) an...

10.3390/healthcare11243168 article EN Healthcare 2023-12-14

ChatGPT, at the forefront of artificial intelligence advancement, has caused excitement and scepticism within academic spheres due to its potential affect processes. Understanding attitudes towards ChatGPT could help manage expectations concerns for in academia, predict behaviour inform policy. This study aimed develop an understanding university academics’ ChatGPT. A total 11 academics participated semi-structured interviews. Data analysis found three main themes: (a) ethics, (b) changes...

10.14742/ajet.9456 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 2024-10-28

Abstract Background Welfare societies like Sweden face challenges in balancing the budget while meeting demand for good quality healthcare. The aim of this study was to analyse whether care quality, operationalized as survival dental fillings, is predicted by workplace social capital and if effect direct or indirect (through stress and/or job satisfaction among staff at clinic), controlling patient demographics. Methods prospective design includes A) work environment data from surveys 75...

10.1186/s12889-021-11320-8 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2021-07-05

Abstract Introduction Sleep inertia (SI) poses challenges in safety-critical and high-performance environments. restriction is known to exacerbate SI. To minimise the experience of SI under conditions sleep restriction, we assessed role two quick easily implementable reactive countermeasures – light odour increase alertness on waking. Methods N=31 (20F, 25.13±5.72y, 24.36±2.1kg/m2) were monitored at home for a week with actigraphy then laboratory underwent an initial night 7h, followed by 4...

10.1093/sleep/zsae067.0142 article EN SLEEP 2024-04-20

Maritime industries utilize many different watch keeping schedules to maintain vigilance and crew safety around the clock. These can be fatiguing, negatively impacting vigilant attention. This has led consideration of that might allow for more sleep time, but how these impact higher order cognitive function remains unclear. require assessment with tasks are relevant real-world operations on maritime vessels. study investigated effect four function.

10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae044 article EN cc-by SLEEP Advances 2024-01-01

Mental disorders impact a large proportion of individuals worldwide, with young adults being particularly susceptible to poor mental health. Past research shows that help-seeking self-stigma plays vital role in deterring among adults; however, this relationship has primarily been examined the context human-delivered psychotherapy. The present study aimed understand how adults' perceptions associated different modes psychotherapy, specifically and artificial intelligence (AI)-delivered,...

10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100086 article EN cc-by Computers in Human Behavior Artificial Humans 2024-07-25

Dental caries is a health problem that can be prevented. The aim of this study to analyse if the quality leadership, in Swedish Public Health clinics, influences extent which patients with receive preventive care, and any such effect mediated through collaborative work climate, clear role expectations low average level burnout among staff.The multilevel cross-sectional design includes environment data from surveys 75 general public dental register-based on measures provided 5398 who received...

10.1080/00016357.2022.2111345 article EN Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 2022-08-18

The aim of this study was to investigate staff-assessed care quality at the clinic as a predictor stress and moderator between job demands (quantitative role conflict) among dental professionals an example human service workers. Cross-sectional questionnaire data from 1012 (i.e., dentists, hygienists nurses) working 99 clinics were analysed by confirmatory factor analysis two-level hierarchical linear model. Stress, quantitative conflict measured Swedish standard version COPSOQ III three...

10.3390/ijerph191912795 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022-10-06

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate staff‐assessed care quality as an indicator register‐based measures at dental clinics, more specifically survival fillings and initiation preventive treatments for caries patients. Methods This prospective includes data from cross‐sectional workplace psychosocial risk assessment surveys clinics register on fillings, treatment patients obtained the Swedish Quality Registry Caries Periodontal Disease (SKaPa) Demographic background age,...

10.1111/cdoe.12543 article EN cc-by Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology 2020-05-29

Abstract Background Mental health disorders are a major public issue accounting for 10% of the global burden disease and single largest contributor to disability. An important social determinant worker mental is corporate climate psychological (i.e., Psychosocial Safety Climate, PSC). This study aimed develop PSC-4 risk levels predicting job strain ill-health determine population attributable (PAR) these criteria PSC. Method Australian Workplace Barometer survey interviews were used yielding...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1379315/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2022-03-11

Abstract Introduction A substantial number of workers post-COVID-19 now work at home. Remote allows for greater flexibility in timing including the preference to bedtime. Thus, increasing likelihood digital device use bedtime with possible negative consequences sleep, job recovery and, turn, performance. This interplay remains be tested. Methods 202 university (54M, 144F; mean age (SD) = 48.38 ± 10.23y) completed a 10 day diary over two working weeks (Oct/Nov 2021) assessing use, workload,...

10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.165 article EN cc-by-nc-nd SLEEP Advances 2023-10-01

The global aging workforce necessitates new approaches in designing work environments to cater the needs of increasingly age-diverse groups. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has reaction outlined that organizations need provide age-inclusive support their multigenerational workforce, ensure sustainability profitability. To capture age inclusiveness environment, present study proposes validates an "environment check" referred as Age-Inclusive Work Environment...

10.1093/geroni/igac066 article EN cc-by Innovation in Aging 2022-10-01

Background: Mental health disorders are a major public issue (1) accounting for 10% of the global burden disease (2), and single largest contributor to disability (3). An important social determinant worker mental is corporate climate psychological (i.e., Psychosocial Safety Climate, PSC). This study aimed develop PSC-4 risk levels predicting job strain ill-health determine population attributable (PAR) these criteria PSC. Methods: Australian Workplace Barometer survey interviews were used...

10.2139/ssrn.3919695 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2021-01-01
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