Five minutes with…Peter Creed

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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Professor Peter Creed began professional life as a practitioner working with adolescents and adults who were displaced, confused about their life direction, or struggling with their careers. These interests carried over to research in the areas of career development, career progress, and career achievement. We spent five minutes with Peter to learn a little more…. […]

Staying flexible: meeting the needs of employees and businesses

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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As the workforce evolves, and new pressures build on employees, the need for a better work-life balance can be more apparent in many industries today. That was a key discussion point at the Griffith Business School Alumni Network & Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’s seminar on flexible working arrangements Friday. “There’s quite a bit […]

Flexible workplaces deliver optimal employee performance

Business and government
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In today’s increasingly global, 24/7 workplace, the need for maintaining a work-life balance has never been more important. The Griffith Business School Alumni Network and theCentre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) will explore issues related to flexible working arrangements for the Australian workforce with an interactive panel over breakfast tomorrow (Friday 12 August) in […]

Five minutes with…Zhou Jiang

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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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? […]

Medical trainee attrition: The link between training stress, coping and thoughts of dropping out

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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Five hundred and five (505) medical students and 349 junior doctors are the subject of an Australian study conducted by Griffith University researchers to identify the coping mechanisms used to deal with training stress, and whether a link exists between these strategies and their thoughts about dropping out of medicine. “Even though there is some […]