Centre News 5/6

Mar 27, 2017

Proficiency, adaptivity and proactivity: The cornerstones of work performance?

We are pleased to announce the most recent publication by Centre members Joseph Carpini, Sharon Parker, and Mark Griffin which will...

Mar 25, 2017

How will the digital era change work design? A research talk by visitor Tanja Schwarzmüller

We currently have a visitor at the Centre for Transformative Work Design – Tanja Schwarzmüller, who is a research associate at the TUM...

Mar 5, 2017

"Psychology at Work" about to re-start!

Want to learn more about motivation, leadership, safety, teams, work design, and related topics?? The next run of our free, openly...

Mar 3, 2017

Does being proactive at work come at a cost?

This week we received the good news that our publication on potential personal costs of being proactive at work was accepted for...

Mar 3, 2017

CTWD moves to its new home

This week the Centre for Transformative Work Design officially moved to its new "wing" in the UWA Business School. There are nine...

Mar 3, 2017

First Post-doc in!

Dr Daniela Andrei has officially joined our team starting this month. Daniela is originally from Romania, where she completed her...

Jan 30, 2017

New "go to handbook" on proactivity released!

Sharon Parker and Uta Bindl are excited to announce that their new Routlege book on proactivity at work has recently been released....

Dec 12, 2016

What makes a resilient team? A project in the army

A resilient team is a team that can bounce back, that is, withstand or recover from adverse events and stressors. Team resilience is...

Nov 21, 2016

Supporting the success for future submarines- A new grant

We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Transformative Work Design will be a partner in an exciting new project. Led by CI Karina...

Nov 20, 2016

Work design, beer and chocolate in Brussels

Hosted by Dr Anja van den Broeck (shown here), Professor Sharon Parker visited Brussels this week in her role as Visiting Scholar for the...

Nov 10, 2016

Bringing the physical and psychosocial together

This week, Professor Sharon Parker gave a key note presentation at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia's (HFESA) 51st...

Nov 5, 2016

Work design - an untapped opportunity for organisational psychologists?

Professor Sharon Parker presented at a recent professional development event of the College of Organizational Psychologists in Western...

Nov 1, 2016

High profile award to our colleague Dr Alex Luksyte

Dr Alexandra Luksyte from the Management & Organisations School, UWA Business School has been awarded a highly prestige "DECRA" award...

Oct 29, 2016

"Lauries" Get Together In Canberra

Last week, Sharon Parker attended 2 two day event at the Australian Research Council offices for ARC Laureate Fellows (referred to by the...

Oct 18, 2016

Ensuring Safer Births: Obstetricians, Gynaecologists, & Psychologists Come Together

The Centre for Transformative Work Design seeks to bridge the gap between research and practice, as well as to build links with other...

Oct 12, 2016

Great Reviews for "Psychology at Work"

This year, we launched an online course called "Psychology at Work". Hosted by Coursera, our free six week course covers the topics of...

Oct 10, 2016

Raine Work Design Study Presented to The Governer

Anu Bharadwaj, a PhD student supervised by Patrick Dunlop and Sharon Parker, presented a talk at the annual Raine Study Scientific...

Oct 10, 2016

UWA Business School Research Showcase 2016

Karina Jorritsma, Co-Director of the Accelerated Learning Laboratory and Joseph Carpini (PhD Student, Centre for Transformative Work...

Oct 9, 2016

Announcement of A New ARC Centre of Excellence, Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)

CEPAR, the Centre for Population Ageing Research, has been awarded $27.25 million dollars in national competitive research funding to...

Oct 9, 2016

Centre PhD Student Runner-Up in 3 Minute Thesis Competition

Georgia Hay, a PhD student in the Centre for Transformative Work Design supervised by Sharon Parker and Patrick Dunlop, wowed audiences...