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Jan 6, 2021
Office pressure sours WFH for many
Article by Business News on Wellness@Work (2020 edition) Featuring Dr Caroline Knight, Research Fellow The enforced experiment of WFH has...


Jan 6, 2021
Poor job design has ripple effect on health
Article by Business News on Wellness@Work (2020 edition) Featuring Professor Sharon Parker, CTWD Director Despite research showing a...


Jan 6, 2021
The rise of insecure work - Podcast
So much has changed since the year 2000. We’re no longer texting using the number pad of an old-school Nokia. For some of us, our smart...


Oct 9, 2020
WFH challenges and opportunities
Published in Business News on 7 October 2020 In the third instalment of the WFH Series, Business News explores how managers can ensure...


Sep 23, 2020
Sharon Parker recognised as one of Australia’s leading researchers in business,economics &management
Published in The Australian on 23 September , Julie Hare Sharon Parker was acknowledged in The Australian’s Lifetime Achievers...


Jun 25, 2020
Why managers need to trust, not tether
How do you manage your staff when they are not in the room? And how do you measure their productivity? Indeed how can you even know...

May 19, 2020
How the pandemic may reshape the future of business and the workplace - "The Future of" podcast
Automation and AI were tipped to revolutionise the workplace, but it’s been a virus that’s brought real change. COVID-19 has stalled the...


Jul 5, 2019
Research Fellow, Gigi Petery interviewed in article about upskilling mature workers
In a Seniors News article, Gigi Petery shared insights about the future of work and the value that mature workers bring to organisations....


Nov 27, 2018
What is proactivity, why is it good for workplaces and what are its limitations?
As part of their business segment, Taking Care of Business, Jane Hebiton from RTR FM interviewed Professor Sharon K Parker about her...


Jul 30, 2018
The Taboo Workplace Topic that Threatens the Careers of Nearly Half of Mature Workers – Organization
As industries and governments across Australia and around the world grapple with how to best meet the needs of an ageing workforce, one...

Oct 22, 2017
Doing Time: The Work Design of Fremantle Prisoners
This weekend, one of the Centre Post Docs and a holidaying Dutch Scholar, Professor Maria Tims, took time out to explore the underground...

Oct 11, 2017
Working 9 to 5 is for losers … in Silicon Valley. And not only there, we suspect!
One of the overarching research questions that we are trying to pursue here, at the Centre for Transformative Work Design is “Why poorly...

Sep 29, 2017
Work Design in the Media - Reflections from PSYC5515 Students
UWA's PSYC5515 (Organisational Development and Work Design) students were challenged to apply work design principles to media pieces -...

Sep 26, 2017
Time for Uber to redesign it's work practices?
Transport for London (TFL) has said that it will not be renewing Uber London's private hire operator license due to "public safety and...

Sep 22, 2017
Our Take on The Australian's Take on Future Work
A recent article in The Australian was an opinion piece regarding the future of work. Where will human skills would be used when machines...

Sep 16, 2017
Transforming workplace health through interventions
From the Financial Times, September 13, 2017 It has been recognized globally that illness is not merely an employee’s personal problem...

Sep 5, 2017
Telecommuting can improve productivity and engagement... If it's done right.
From Forbes, 31 Aug 2017 Out of the 11.6 million employed people in Australia, 3.5 million are telecommuters. In other words, about three...

Aug 27, 2017
4 Insights from Work Design for Your Self-Managing Organizational Structure
If you're an employee, CEO, researcher, or consultant, here are some insights for you about how to be 1) reliable and 2) adaptive in your...

Aug 20, 2017
Have the jobs of the future been invented yet?
21st of August 2017 From the BBC World Service, More or Less May 30th 2017 Are we prepared for the future of work? This radio show...

Aug 14, 2017
1 in 4 Australians take a sick day a month due to bad sleep. How can work design change this?
From the Sleep Health Foundation, July 2017 Sick leave costs Australian employers $32.5 billion every year. In a recent study, the Sleep...
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