Five minutes with…Amanda Biggs

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published
Understanding the relationship between employee-employer interactions, employee health and employer-level mechanisms such as policies, leadership style and culture, underpins Dr Amanda Biggs’ research. We spent five minutes with Amanda to learn a little more… In what area/s do your current research interests lie? In addition to examining the mechanisms underlying the [aforementioned] relationships, I am […]

Five minutes with….Rebecca Loudoun

Business and government
Published
The health of a workplace is considered through many a lens: its operations, procedures, infrastructure, equipment and people (to name a few). In the broader sense, Dr Rebecca Loudoun’s research looks at how these aspects are managed. We spent five minutes with Rebecca to learn a little more… In what area/s does your current research […]

New book explores psychology of safety and risk

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
Published
Risk and safety permeate humanity’s experiences and perceptions through many channels, including legislation, policies and governance, communication, and cultural-, group- and self-censored pragmatics. The Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing’s (WOW) Associate Professor Ian Glendon, with colleague, Professor Sharon Clarke (University of Manchester, UK), recently published the third edition of their well-cited book, Human Safety […]