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Psychological Capital, Adaptability, Coping With Change, And Employee Engagement In A Multinational Company, Richard E. Hicks, Eva-Maria Knies
Psychological Capital, Adaptability, Coping With Change, And Employee Engagement In A Multinational Company, Richard E. Hicks, Eva-Maria Knies
Richard Hicks
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) affected many organizations across the world. There are numerous studies that have examined the financial impacts on organizations and employees but few that have investigated the human capabilities and qualities of employees who survived the crisis. The current study examined the relationships among Psychological Capital (PsyCap: involving self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resilience), individual and organizational adaptability in handling change, and employee engagement after the GFC of 2009, in a multinational organization with headquarters in Europe. The sample totaled 183 employees from across Europe, the US, and Asia. The Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Utrecht Work Engagement …
Exploring The Effectiveness Of Motivational Interviewing In Re-Engaging People Diagnosed With Severe Psychiatric Conditions In Work, Study, Or Community Participation, Margaret Hampson, Richard Hicks, Bruce Watt
Exploring The Effectiveness Of Motivational Interviewing In Re-Engaging People Diagnosed With Severe Psychiatric Conditions In Work, Study, Or Community Participation, Margaret Hampson, Richard Hicks, Bruce Watt
Richard Hicks
Motivational interviewing has been used effectively to promote positive change in a variety of clinical settings. Several authors have suggested that motivational interviewing also be used to improve vocational outcomes among people living with a serious mental health condition. This study investigated the effectiveness of motivational interviewing in improving employment-related outcomes among people living with a persisting mental health condition. Twenty-six volunteers diagnosed with long-term mental health conditions were assigned to two groups: The experimental group received a brief motivational interviewing intervention while control group members were mailed information to assist them to return to paid or unpaid work. Both …
Assessing Differences In Emotion Recognition, Non-Verbal Memory And Verbal Memory Between Young, Middle And Older Adults., Victoria Alexander, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Assessing Differences In Emotion Recognition, Non-Verbal Memory And Verbal Memory Between Young, Middle And Older Adults., Victoria Alexander, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
Deficits in emotion recognition may provide a window into what is occurring in the ageing brain. We investigated whether changes in recognition of emotion could be attributed to a decline in memory processes. Sixty-two participants recruited from South-Eastern Queensland Australia divided into young (19-49), middle old (49-64) and old (65 and above) cohorts were administered computer administered tasks assessing emotion recognition, verbal and non-verbal memory. Emotion recognition declined in older adults for angry, surprised and fearful faces. Age related decline in verbal memory was also observed. This suggests some common element present in verbal memory may be involved in the …
Assessing Stress At Work Across Occupations And Cultures Using The Occupational Stress Inventory Revised, Richard Hicks, Ali Sabanci, Mark Bahr
Assessing Stress At Work Across Occupations And Cultures Using The Occupational Stress Inventory Revised, Richard Hicks, Ali Sabanci, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
Workplace stress is common across occupations and across nations. However, there has been limited research examining the similarities and differences across cultures, and none that seem to have used a direct comparison across one professional area using the same extensive and validated questionnaire. One such questionnaire is the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised (OSI-R: Osipow 1998) which assesses three main dimensions related to stress: "occupational roles" (stressors), "personal strain" (experienced stress), and "personal resources" (coping resources). The current study examined a cross-national application of the OSI-R among Australian and Turkish teachers to identify whether patterns of latent structure of the OSI-R were …
Can Procrastination Be Effective? A Study Of White-Collar Employees And University Students, Richard Hicks, James Storey
Can Procrastination Be Effective? A Study Of White-Collar Employees And University Students, Richard Hicks, James Storey
Richard Hicks
Procrastination is normally related to debilitating and restricted productivity, but can there be ‘effective procrastination’. The present study compared different theoretical aspects of procrastination (including active and passive forms) in relation to personal self-efficacy in workplace and university contexts. A sample of 185 participants comprising 59 white-collar workers and 126 university undergraduate and postgraduate students completed a survey measuring general procrastination, passive procrastination, active delay, and self-efficacy. University students exhibited higher general procrastination scores while white-collar workers showed higher active procrastination (active delay) scores. Self-efficacy was negatively associated with general and passive procrastination, and positively with active procrastination. It seems …
Relationships Among Transformational And Transactional Leadership Styles, Role Pressures, Stress Levels, And Coping Resources In Senior Queensland Catholic Education Executives, Lynette Hand, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Relationships Among Transformational And Transactional Leadership Styles, Role Pressures, Stress Levels, And Coping Resources In Senior Queensland Catholic Education Executives, Lynette Hand, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
There is considerable research available on general organizational leadership but limited research in relation to religious educational organizations and the leadership styles of executive staff. The Queensland Catholic Education (QCE) executives are thought to emphasize transformational more than transactional leadership styles but little information is available on the relationships of these styles to stress within the faith-based organizations, and to the role stressors faced and levels of coping resources. This paper reports on a study of 136 QCE executive leaders (of the total 220 executives) relating leadership styles adopted, strain (stress) experienced, personal coping resources, and selected role stressors (role …
Investigating The Relationship Between Social Support And Durable Return To Work, Bruce Watt, Lucas Ford, Rebekah Doley, Sabrina Ong, Richard Hicks, Katarina Fritzon, Tony Cacciola
Investigating The Relationship Between Social Support And Durable Return To Work, Bruce Watt, Lucas Ford, Rebekah Doley, Sabrina Ong, Richard Hicks, Katarina Fritzon, Tony Cacciola
Richard Hicks
The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between social support and durable return to work (RTW) post occupational injury. A total of 1,179 questionnaires were posted to clients previously receiving vocational rehabilitation services from the Return to Work Assist program in Queensland, Australia. Participants were asked to indicate their current RTW status, in addition to completing questionnaires measuring their relationship with their superior, relationships with colleagues, and social support external to the workplace. The statistical analysis included 110 participants. An ANOVA indicated that participants in the RTW group reported significantly better relationships with their superiors and …
Explaining Why Some Students Procrastinate Successfully: Adaptive Perfectionism And Psychological Capital As Predictors, Richard Hicks, F. Wu
Explaining Why Some Students Procrastinate Successfully: Adaptive Perfectionism And Psychological Capital As Predictors, Richard Hicks, F. Wu
Richard Hicks
Despite contrary observations in traditional literature, many students who procrastinate do so successfully – they are active and effective delayers in handling their own academic deadlines. Some research studies have supported a distinction between active (adaptive) and passive (traditional,dysfunctional) procrastination and found active procrastinators to be effective in time management and outcomes (cf., Chu & Choi, 2005). One recent study has examined the relationship between perfectionism, self-efficacy and academic procrastination but there are no studies examining psychological capital and its four component parts in relation to perfectionism and procrastination. We set out to examine this relationship and to differentiate outcomes …
Workplace Stress, Personality, Personal Resources And Mindfulness Practices Of 21 Australian Based Counsellors, Richard Hicks, Clive Jones, Victoria Alexander
Workplace Stress, Personality, Personal Resources And Mindfulness Practices Of 21 Australian Based Counsellors, Richard Hicks, Clive Jones, Victoria Alexander
Richard Hicks
There have been several older studies of counsellors at work in Australia but none recently that have examined the relationships of full-time practising counsellors in the light of their experienced stress, their personality patterns and their resources including mindfulness attributes. The current study set out to gather extensive information on how counsellors experienced their work roles and relationships and how they coped with the circumstances they faced. A series of questionnaires was used in the study including the Occupational Stress Inventory- Revised (which yielded responses on stressors at work related to the role of the counsellor, experienced stress or strain …
Psychological Capital, Adaptability, Engagement And Performance In A Multinational Company Following The Gfc, Richard Hicks, Eva Knies
Psychological Capital, Adaptability, Engagement And Performance In A Multinational Company Following The Gfc, Richard Hicks, Eva Knies
Richard Hicks
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) affected many organizations across the world. There are numerous studies that have examined the financial impacts on organizations and employees but few that have investigated the human capabilities and qualities of employees who survived the crisis. The current study examined the relationships among Psychological Capital (PsyCap: involving self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resilience), employee engagement and employees’ self-perceptions of performance and of personal adaptation after the GFC, in a multinational organization with headquarters in Europe. The sample totaled 183 employees from across Europe, the US and Asia, enabling cross-cultural comparisons of the relationships among PsyCap, engagement, …
Personality And Individual Differences: Current Directions, Richard Hicks
Personality And Individual Differences: Current Directions, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
Extract: Interest and research in personality and individual differences, in why people behave the way they do and the implications for life and living, remain unabated around the world. Human beings are fascinated by how they are similar to one another and how they are different. The similarities and differences underpin many implicit and espoused theories of behaviour and of personal and professional practice, informing the decisions that we all make on what we will do and when.
Assessing Stress At Work Across Occupations And Cultures Using The Occupational Stress Inventory Revised, Richard Hicks, Ali Sa Banci, Mark Bahr
Assessing Stress At Work Across Occupations And Cultures Using The Occupational Stress Inventory Revised, Richard Hicks, Ali Sa Banci, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
Workplace stress is common across occupations and across nations. Culture is thought to impact on stress levels including what are common stressors, how the stress is experienced and what coping mechanisms or resources are used. However, there has been limited research examining these differences or supposed differences across cultures, and none that seem to have used a direct comparison across one professional area using the same extensive and validated questionnaire. One questionnaire that has potential for such direct comparison is the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised (OSI-R: Osipow, 1999) which assesses three main dimensions related to stress: “occupational roles” (stressors), “personal strain” …
Are You A Perfectionist And Does It Matter? Depression And Perfectionism In Australian University Students, Maryke Mead, Richard Hicks
Are You A Perfectionist And Does It Matter? Depression And Perfectionism In Australian University Students, Maryke Mead, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
This study examined the relationships that exist between depression and adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism among university students. There has been earlier evidence that depression in a general population is related to maladaptive perfectionism, but first, would this be the case among university students and second, would adaptive perfectionism be related positively to wellbeing (i.e., be related negatively to depression). This current study examined these questions in a sample of 215 university students across three Australian states. The links between maladaptive perfectionism and poorer mental health were confirmed, but there was no significant relationship found between adaptive perfectionism and depression or …
Introduction: Context And Background To Australian Research In Personality And Individual Differences, Richard Hicks
Introduction: Context And Background To Australian Research In Personality And Individual Differences, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
Extract: Interest and research in personality and individual differences, in why people behave the way they do and the implications for life and living, remain unabated around the world. Human beings are fascinated by how they are similar to one another and how they are different. The similarities and differences underpin many implicit and espoused theories of behaviour and of personal and professional practice, informing the decisions that we all make on what we will do and when.
Coping Strategies Employed By University Students In Handling Their Occupational Role Stress, Tanya Paspaliaris, Richard Hicks
Coping Strategies Employed By University Students In Handling Their Occupational Role Stress, Tanya Paspaliaris, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
Research has reported that high levels of stress exist among university students and that the common coping strategies used by the students add to their stress. Stress associated with student role requirements appears not unlike stress experienced in occupational roles in the workplace. However, no previous research in Australia has investigated the relationships among combined facets of the work environment (roles and related stresses) of university students, the types of coping strategies used and the relationship to stress and to depression. This study addressed this gap by using a workplace stress inventory, the Occupational Stress Inventory - Revised, the Ways …
Personality And Task Performance, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks
Personality And Task Performance, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
While the positive effects of goal setting and self-efficacy on performance are well established (Bandura, 1997; Locke & Latham, 1990) and it is known that task anxiety can lead to detriments in performance (Locke & Latham, 1990); it is not known which variable affects task performance the most. The present study aimed to identify the strongest predictor of task performance among self-efficacy, goal setting and task anxiety. The study was conducted with a total of 80 participants who were students from an Australian university. It was hypothesised that self-efficacy, goal setting and task anxiety would be significant predictors of task …
Work Motivation, Personality, And Culture: Comparing Australia And India, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Work Motivation, Personality, And Culture: Comparing Australia And India, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
The influences of motivation and personality in relation to performance have been examined extensively in the research literature, but there has been only limited attention given to the influence of these facets on performance across cultures. There is an increasing use of international resources and alliances aimed at better economic management in many global companies, but more needs to be known about how cultural issues are related to individual motivation, personality and perceptions of performance. Moreover, there are several theories of motivation, but the transferability of these theories to different cultures has been questioned. Thus, a model of motivation, personality …
Peer Attachment And Career Indecision, Richard Hicks, Victoria Alexander
Peer Attachment And Career Indecision, Richard Hicks, Victoria Alexander
Richard Hicks
Parental attachment has long been recognised as impacting on life styles, decision-making and emotional regulation throughout life. Peer attachment has been suggested as being more important than the parental attachment styles as adolescents and young adults seek to clarify their identity and choose career paths and romantic partners into early adulthood stages and beyond, though little has been written about peer attachment compared with parental attachment influences. This is especially the case in respect to deciding on a career. There have been many studies on career indecision (and career certainty), linking career indecision with intrapersonal variables such as personality and …
Organisational Engagement And Its Driving Forces: A Case Study In A Retail Travel Organisation With International Outreach, Richard Hicks, G. O'Reilly, Mark Bahr
Organisational Engagement And Its Driving Forces: A Case Study In A Retail Travel Organisation With International Outreach, Richard Hicks, G. O'Reilly, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
The Organisation Engagement Survey (OES) was designed to measure engagement and its predictors (drivers) within a large retail travel organisation in Australia. It includes a specially-developed 5-item engagement scale (ES) and a forty-item 8-factor drivers-of-engagement scale (the eight factors are: senior leadership, team leadership, continuance, work support, work demands, employee empowerment, customer focus, financial rewards). This paper reports findings in this case study of the organisation on what were the drivers or predictors of engagement within the organisation (of over 4000 people, as obtained from over 400 responses reasonably representative of the overall organisation). It also provides some insights into …
Can Procrastination Be Effective? A Study Of White-Collar Employees And University Students, Richard Hicks, James Storey
Can Procrastination Be Effective? A Study Of White-Collar Employees And University Students, Richard Hicks, James Storey
Richard Hicks
No abstract provided.
Relationships Among Transformational And Transactional Leadership Styles, Role Pressures, Stress Levels, And Coping Resources In Senior Queensland Catholic Education Executives, Lynette Hand, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Relationships Among Transformational And Transactional Leadership Styles, Role Pressures, Stress Levels, And Coping Resources In Senior Queensland Catholic Education Executives, Lynette Hand, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
No abstract provided.
Reflections On The Factor Structure Of The Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised, Richard Hicks
Reflections On The Factor Structure Of The Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
Many studies have identified jobs or occupations where incumbents are most at risk of occupational stress, though stress appears endemic across the whole spectrum of work. The oft cited jobs whose members are most ’at risk’ include those of air traffic controllers, nurses and other health professionals, the police, those in management, teachers, and more. But trying to understand the factors involved that lead to the stressful outcomes, even when people are selected for their jobs on relevant criteria, remains a problem. A difficulty lies in the fact that findings from studies of the relationships between stress and well-being at …
Validation Of The Revised Job Seeker Classification Instrument Among Australian Unemployed, Richard Hicks, Alexander Robey
Validation Of The Revised Job Seeker Classification Instrument Among Australian Unemployed, Richard Hicks, Alexander Robey
Richard Hicks
The Revised Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI-R) was introduced in July 2009 as part of Job Services Australia's aim to help individuals in their attempts to find work. The JSCI-R classified job seekers into one of four 'streams' based on individual circumstances and predicted long term unemployment. The purpose of this research was to establish if differences in psychological wellbeing existed between unemployed Australians in each of the four streams. Psychological wellbeing was tested with negative indicators of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Negative affect and with positive indicators of General Self Efficacy, Satisfaction with Life, Positive Affect and Work Efficacy. …
Goal Setting, Feedback, And Task Performance: A Laboratory Experiment, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks
Goal Setting, Feedback, And Task Performance: A Laboratory Experiment, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
The present study investigated the effects of goal setting and feedback on task performance among university students. The study was conducted in two phases with a total of 80 participants. Locke and Latham’s (1990) goal setting theory states that assigning a specific and difficult goal and provision of feedback leads to higher performance. It was hypothesized that when assigned a specific, difficult goal on a complex task and (1) only provided with outcome feedback, higher performance would not result and (2) when provided with both outcome and process feedback, higher performance would result. A 2 x 2, between subjects ANOVA …
Work Motivation And Desirable And Undesirable Personality Traits According To Indian Students And Employees, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Work Motivation And Desirable And Undesirable Personality Traits According To Indian Students And Employees, Trishita Mathew, Richard Hicks, Mark Bahr
Richard Hicks
The last few years have seen a salient increase in trade relations between Australia and India (Hebbani, 2008). India is Australia’s fastest growing major export market and investments between Australia and India are also increasing (Rudd, 2008). India is a lucrative market as it has a growing middle class of 300 million people with a growing purchasing power of approximately 85 billion Australian dollars (Harcourt, 2007). As trade relations between Australia and India are on the rise, understanding what motivates Indians and what they consider desirable and undesirable personality characteristics will provide a competitive edge to organizations in Australia looking …
Item Formats And Social Desirability In Personality Assessment: A Review Of The Place Of Forced-Choice Items, Richard Hicks
Item Formats And Social Desirability In Personality Assessment: A Review Of The Place Of Forced-Choice Items, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
Impression management is an issue in recruitment and selection and in other areas in the workplace. Often we teach people how to present themselves to best advantage of self or the company. However, problems related to impression management might well be seen when personality questionnaires are used as part of the process of selection. Falsification or distortion of responses to items in personality questionnaires is part of impression management (or social desirability responding) and test-users often wish to take into account the extent of any such distortion. Attention has been given to item formats in personality questionnaires over many years. …
Low Emotional Intelligence And Maladaptive Perfectionism, Mark Jackson, Richard Hicks
Low Emotional Intelligence And Maladaptive Perfectionism, Mark Jackson, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
Emotional intelligence (EI) and maladaptive perfectionism have direct links to the development of psychopathology, but the exact relations are unclear (Mikolajczak, Luminet, Leroy & Roy, 2007). The current study examined the relationship between EI and perfectionism, especially low EI and high maladaptive perfectionism, and their affect on psychopathology. Fifty one males and 92 females (N= 143) completed the brief Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Petrides & Furnham, 2006), the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost, Marten, Lahart & Rosenblate, 1990), and the short version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). Subjects were placed in a low or high …
Perfectionism, Occupational Stress And Depression Among Australian University Students, Margaret Christopoulos, Richard Hicks
Perfectionism, Occupational Stress And Depression Among Australian University Students, Margaret Christopoulos, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
The present study examined the role perfectionism plays in University students by investigating its relationship with occupational stress and depression in the context of an Australian university student population. 116 students were recruited through convenience and snow-balling sampling method. Students completed the General & Biodata Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost et al., 1990), the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised (Osipow, 1998), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). As expected maladaptive perfectionism significantly correlated with occupational stress and depression; however, unexpectedly adaptive perfectionism did not correlate significantly with occupational stress and depression. Also, as expected the Ethnic minority …
The Big Five In Predicting Leadership Styles Of University Students, Justine Ebenreuter, Richard Hicks
The Big Five In Predicting Leadership Styles Of University Students, Justine Ebenreuter, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which the Five-Factor model of personality was useful for the assessment of leadership styles of university students. To do this, three specific leadership styles were assessed: Transformational, Transactional and Laissez-faire Leadership. Due to an increase in the understanding of the elements which constitute leadership, researchers have asked, given the contingencies and employment demands leaders typically face, whether different personality attributes are related to these styles (Bass et al., 1994). This query has resulted in a significant amount of research into the fundamental impact of leadership on institutional performance (Guastello, …
Do Smoking Cues Make You Want To Smoke? And Is It Your Parents’ Fault?, S. Thorpe, Richard Hicks
Do Smoking Cues Make You Want To Smoke? And Is It Your Parents’ Fault?, S. Thorpe, Richard Hicks
Richard Hicks
No abstract provided.