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 Meeting on September 30, 2016 on behalf of the 'Personality, Work and Wellbeing' research team. The team is working on an ARC-funded project to understand the quality of young adults' work design, and the impact of work design on these individuals' health, work stress, job performance, and moral development.

Anu described the participant engagement initiative that the team used for the 'Personality, Work and Wellbeing' survey, which included personalised feedback reports and interactive workshops with Raine participants.

The Scientific Meeting was officially opened by the Governor of Western Australia, the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AC, who has had a long-standing relationship with the Raine Study since its inception 27 years ago.

UWA Business School Research Showcase 2016

Karina Jorritsma, Co-Director of the Accelerated Learning Laboratory and Joseph Carpini (PhD Student, Centre for Transformative Work Design/ UWA Business School), participated in the UWA Business School's first ever Research Partners Showcase.

The event was held at the beautiful City of Perth Library on September 6th. Academics came together with industry leaders from a variety of sectors including mining and resources, banking, and consulting, to learn more about research in the Business School.

The event featured 14 posters representing academic work completed at the Business School as well as an engaging presentation by Professor Cristina Gibson on the value of collaborations between industry and academia.

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 continue its research into one of Australia’s most pressing issues – our ageing population. The Centre will investigate the economic and social challenges of population ageing over the next seven years.

CEPAR is the only Centre of Excellence to be hosted by a Business School. It is a collaboration involving five Australian universities, the University of Manchester, the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School. Industry and government partners include major Commonwealth policy departments, large corporates, and the NSW Government. CEPAR also has strong support and engagement with the World Bank, OECD and COTA. Together, this powerful coalition will contribute over $40 million in additional cash and in-kind support.

Sharon Parker, Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design, is a CI in the extended CEPAR. She will lead one of the four research streams, Organisations and the Mature Workforce.

An ageing population means that it is vital that people stay in work longer. The research will look at how to ensure that work is meaningful and healthy for mature workers, as well as how to reduce discrimination and stereotypes about older workers. A further important topic of enquiry concerns what organisations can do to support mature workers (usually women) who need to care for elderly dependents at the same time as working.

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