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Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP)
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Homepage: http://www.management.unimelb.edu.au/staff/staffPage.cfm?StaffId=14
Work: +61 3 8344 0050
Room: 714
Level: 07
Building: Babel Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
unemployment, mentoring, careers, management education Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Boston University Exchange, Research
Australia Deakin University Exchange, Research
Australia Griffith University Exchange, Research
United States Northern Illinois University Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy Deakin University 31-Dec-1999

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Member 01-Jan-2004
Member Australian Psychological Society Full Member 01-Jan-1999
Member College of Organisational Psychology Full Member 01-Jan-1999
Member American Academy of Management Full Member 01-Jan-1999
Registered Victorian Psychological Council Registered Psychologist 01-Jan-1996
Senior Member Work/Life Association Vice president 01-Jan-1999 31-Dec-2000
Associate Australian Psychological Society Associate Member 01-Jan-1993 31-Dec-1995

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Individual Award for Good Teaching and Innovation 31-Dec-2001
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Award of Good Teaching 31-Dec-2000
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 31-Dec-2005
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching 31-Dec-2005
Other (Award) Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Awarded 'Management Educator of the Year' 31-Dec-2004
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Edward Brown University Teaching Award 31-Dec-2004
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching 31-Dec-2004
Other (Award) American Academy of Management (Career's Division) Best Paper Award at Annual Meeting (with Muller, J.) 31-Dec-2004
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Individual Award for Innovation in Teaching 31-Dec-2002
Other (Award) American Academy of Management (Career's Division) Best Paper based on a dissertation 31-Dec-2000
Other (Award) Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne Dean's Award of Good Teaching 31-Dec-1999
Prize Deakin University Isi Liebler Prize - Best PhD in the area of Community Relations 31-Dec-1999
Scholarship Deakin University Australian Postgraduate Research Award 01-Jan-1994

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Employability during unemployment: adaptability, career identity and human and social capital
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Vocational Behavior
    Volume: 71
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 247 - 264
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  • Experimental differences between voluntary and involuntary job redundancy on depression, job-search activity, affective employee outcomes and re-employment quality
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 279 - 299
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Mentor-protege perceptions of values similarity: the role of values congruency on mentoring functions
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 7th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference and 1st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology
    Conference Publication: 7th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference and 1st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology
    Page numbers: 1 - 10
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Gender Differences in the Impact of the 'Work for the Dole' Programon wellbeing and access to latent benefits
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Career Development
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 46-54
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  • Workaholic worker type differences in work-family conflict: the moderating role of supervisor support and flexible work scheduling
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Career Development International
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 418-439
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • The Development and Preliminary Testing of a Scale to Measure the Latest Manifest Benefit of Employment
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Psychological Assessment
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 191-198
    Publisher: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers(Kirkland)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Evaluating work for the dole in Australia: Do women get a fair go?
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 6th Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference
    Conference Publication: Abstracts of the 6th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference
    Page numbers: 139-140
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Melbourne)
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  • Organisational cynicism and participative work climates: Evidence from the public sector
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Shifting the boundaries of employment and work - Proceedings for the inaugural conference for the Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW)
    Conference Publication: Monash University - Events Management Office
    Page numbers: 1-23
    Publisher: Monash University Press(Clayton)
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  • Workaholism and work-family conflict
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian Psychological Society
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 40th APS Annual Conference
    Page numbers: 283-287
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Careers and academic research collaborations: An inductive framework for understanding successful collaborations.


    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Vocational Behavior
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 308-319
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  • Protégé-mentor fit in perceptions of the provision of psychosocial support: The role of personality, job involvement, workload, and the mentoring relationship.


    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Vocational Behavior
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 519-532
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  • Web-delivered, problem-based learning in organisational behaviour: a new form of CAOS
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Higher Education Research and Development
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 413-431
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(London)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Employee involvement. Does being a union member make a difference?
    Year: 2004
    Event name: ANZAM 2004
    Conference Publication: ANZAM Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: Collection ANZAM(Sydney)
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  • Voluntary and involuntary job redundancy: hope or helplessness?
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Academy of management
    Conference Publication: Academy of Management Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: Academy of Management(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Money or Time? Comparing the Effects of Time Structure and Financial Deprivation on the Psychological Distress of Umemployment Adults
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Psychology
    Volume: 55
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 166-175
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Carlton)
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  • Work for the Dole: A pathway to self-esteem and employment commitment, or the road to frustration?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Youth Studies Australia
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 19-26
    Publisher: Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Psychological adjustment to unemployment: Interactions between gender and employment status on self-esteem.


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Employment Counseling
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 171-189
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  • Psychological health and coping: A comparison of unemployed and re-employed people.


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Organizational Behavior
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 593-604
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  • Reducing latent deprivation during unemployment: The role of meaningful leisure activity
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
    Volume: 75
    Page numbers: 15-32
    Publisher: British Psychological Society
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  • The role of formal mentoring on business success and self-esteem in participants of a new business start-up program
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Business and Psychology
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 107-121
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(New York)
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  • The role of human resource practices in reducing occupational stress and strain: An examination of employees in Singapore.  
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Stress Management
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 207-226
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Coping with economic deprivation during unemployment
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Economic Psychology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 461-482
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