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In this episode of Science of Business Podcast we will be talking about the Work Design in hard reality of #remotework. My guest - prof. Sharon Parker is one of the most influential scientists in the world according to Web of Science Group. Her work was cited over 32 000 times and her interests beyond work design also include proactivity, mental health and job performance. Prof. Parker is the Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University and as part of her work she consults widely with industry and government on work-related issues. During our talk, we will search for answers to the following questions: ▶ How to use work design to shape the reality of our employees in remote and hybrid environments? ▶ How to manage social support in remote environment? Take a look at the two major papers we will cover, and don't hesitate to share your questions we should also answer: 📌 Knight, C., Kaur, S., & Parker, S. K. (2021). Work Design in the Contemporary Era. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management. 📌 Wang, B., Liu, Y., Qian, J., & Parker, S. K. (2021). Achieving effective remote working during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A work design perspective. Applied psychology, 70(1), 16-59. The podcast will be streamed on Valueships Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Valueships-102350488313639/ Valueships YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRfYdBFaBDcMzwGPO6zJXGQ and soon to be shared on our Spotify channel: https://open.spotify.com/show/1zO6Vuz7ZNOh1sglA8UQWj"

The Digital Agenda: A SMART Work Design Perspective - Diginomics Brownbag Seminar on May 23rd by Prof. Sharon K. Parker from Curtin University

Without notice, the coronavirus pandemic forced many companies to radically change how their people work. How well did your organisation pivot? Many challenges surfaced including trust issues between remote managers and staff working from home. The cost of working in isolation and losing the social aspect of the office also became apparent. Diverse professionals experienced deep exhaustion and burnout. A recent survey, from FlexJobs and Mental Health America (MHA) reported that 75% of workers experienced burnout, and 40% of those polled said it was a direct result of the pandemic. The demands facing leaders have been particularly grueling. Their balancing act has included being caring and comforting while sustaining performance, staying connected to their teams without micro-managing and offering hope and reassurance when no clear answers where available. Even with a vaccine on the way, organisations the world over, are recalibrating working life. Let’s seize this opportunity to engineer wiser ways of working. In this episode, Sharon Longridge turns to the science of work design in this timely conversation with the Director of the Center for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University, Dr Sharon Parker. Dr Parker is an acclaimed expert on organisational behaviour and she has created the ‘SMART' work design model. If you haven’t come across it then you must stay turned. Sharon explains that this evidence-based model can positively impact companies’ engagement, performance and retention and that it's ideally suited to reshaping our post-pandemic work life. What we cover: - Why managers working remotely have trust issues with their employees - What effective remote work looks like for a company - Decoding the ‘SMART' model and its advantages and benefits - The risks involved with companies going into a 100% remote work mode - Check-in rather than check-up: how managers can offer support - Acceleration of digitalisation and AI algorithms: the effects on the post-pandemic world - The importance of recovery activities: the power of micro-breaks Resources: - Connect with Sharon Parker at https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com - Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/sharonkparker - The University of Western Australia: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/sharon-parker - Australian Academy of Science: https://www.science.org.au/covid19/experts/sharon-parker - Connect with Leadium at https://www.leadium.com.au - Mental Health in the Workplace https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/flexjobs-mha-mental-health-workplace-pandemic/ - Here are the Top Five Leadership Challenges During the Pandemic by Nihar Chhaya, https://www.forbes.com/sites/niharchhaya/2020/03/23/here-are-the-top-five-leadership-challenges-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?sh=3d2435b75984

Research that helps people to thrive in changing work environments has seen Business and Law Faculty Professor Sharon Parker awarded Curtin’s highest honour for academic staff: the title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor. Through her research at the university, Professor Parker developed the SMART model, which helps workers to achieve an experience in their work that is stimulating, promotes mastery, allows a sense of agency, fosters relationships and has tolerable demands. Explore more about the SMART model, visit https://www.futureofworkinstitute.com.au Excited about research? See what else we are doing... http://research.curtin.edu.au Or explore more about the John Curtin Distinguished Professor awards https://secretariat.curtin.edu.au/awards/distinguished-visiting-professor.cfm

In this week's episode, you hear from Sharon Parker, Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University. Sharon is a highly distinguished Professor of Organisational Behaviour and an ARC Laureate Fellow. In 2019, she was named among the world’s most influential Scientists by the Web of Science Group. In this episode, we discuss: • The ‘future of work’ - how digitisation and automation are impacting on jobs and skills of the future; • The responsibility managers have to use technology as a force for good and not evil; • The concept of ‘work design’ and the ‘SMART’ work design framework that Sharon has developed; and What managers can do to become better remote managers. To find out why Sharon is so well regarded and to get the practical tips you can use to better design work for your team, make sure to listen to this episode. References: • BJ Fogg - Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything. https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Habits-Changes-Change-Everything/dp/0358003326/ • Business.com - Management Theory of Frederick Taylor. https://www.business.com/articles/management-theory-of-frederick-taylor/ • Carol Dweck - Decades of Scientific Research that Started a Growth Mindset Revolution. https://www.mindsetworks.com/science/ • Centre for Transformative Work Design - “Solving the Unsolvable”: Uncovering the Active Ingredients in the WA. https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/udp • Centre for Transformative Work Design - Tips on Working from home. https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/working-from-home • Colonnade - 171% More Productive Call Center Employees?. https://www.coladv.com/171-productive-call-center-employees/ • Jeffrey Pfeffer - Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance - and What We Can Do About It. https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Paycheck-Management-Employee-Performance/dp/0062800922/ • SMART Work Design Survey. https://www.smartworkdesign.com.au/ • Undiagnosed Diseases Program. https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/udp Contact Sharon Parker: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonkparker/ Centre for Transformative Work Design: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/ Contact Growth Generators: • This podcast is brought to you by Growth Generators, a consulting firm that helps CMOs design and build modern teams that drive growth. Find out how Ty and Growth Generators can help you create the future-fit team you need to achieve your growth goals. Website: https://growthgenerators.io/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyhayes/ — Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/lean-mean-marketing-teams/id1540536454 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZWFubWVhbm1hcmtldGluZ3RlYW1zLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cqtzSMzJ9EOrWYp7pyqOi If you enjoy this episode please remember to subscribe, share and leave us a review! — About Lean Mean Marketing Teams: In today’s fast-paced world, your team is your ultimate competitive advantage. Discover how to create a high-performance marketing team by joining Ty Hayes as he interviews leading CMOs, authors and experts at the top of their game. You’ll explore the dynamic team structures, agile practices, leadership and culture behind some of the world’s most successful brands and the teams driving their marketing. If you’re a marketer looking to enhance your leadership and boost your team’s capability, then this is your must-listen podcast. Host Ty Hayes is an award-winning former CMO, turned business founder, who built and led the #1 Marketing Team in Australia (AMI Awards) and was ranked the #10 CMO in Australia (CMO50), whilst CMO for a global university. — Connect with us on Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leanmeanmarketingteams LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growth-generators #GrowthGenerators #LeanMeanMarketingTeams #MarketingLeadership #MarketingPodcast #ModernMarketing

At this event, we heard from internationally renowned work design expert Professor Sharon K. Parker on how the principles of good work design could help you and your teams thrive by enhancing and protecting employees’ psychological and physical health. Professor Parker provided evidence-based practical steps for leaders to support their teams and colleagues to thrive at work. A John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University and Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD), Professor Parker aims to transform work and the workplace to protect and promote worker health and well-being, create agile and digitally-ready organisations, and develop worker capability. See more on this event here: https://sa.ipaa.org.au/events/profsharonparker/

Creating quality work that is healthy and productive. World-leading researcher, ARC Laureate Fellow Sharon Parker, outlines the importance of work design for multiple work outcomes using the SMART model at this EAWOPii webinar on 29 March 2022. Plus we launched our serious educational game SuperbMarket, drawing on the science concerning living wages and decent work. Those watching the webinar will gain insight of how to develop and design work to enhance employee productivity, well-being and retention. The webinar is led by Prof Rosalind Searle, (Director of the EAWOP Impact incubator and Prof of HRM and organisational psychology, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow). Chapters in video: 00:00 Start of video 01:00 Prof Rosalind Searle gives general background info chat to guests 03:15 Prof Rosalind Searle welcomes guests from around the world 05:30 Prof Rosalind Searle introduction 11:20 Prof Sharon Parker (Curtin University, Australia) -- Prof Parker outlines the importance of work design for multiple work outcomes, including job performance, innovation, well-being, mental health, and safety. -- She unpacks the SMART work design model (S= Stimulating, M = Mastery, A = Agency, R = Relational, T = Tolerable); a model which synthesizes years of research on this topic. -- She provides examples of how this model can be applied to remote working during the pandemic, as well as to topics such as digitalization, and examples as to how work can be redesigned to become SMARTer. 48:35 Prof Sharon Parker and Prof Rosalind Searle follow up discussion. 1:05:20 Short break 1:09:50 Prof Rosalind Searle launches the serious educational game, “Superbmarket” which draws on the science concerning living wages and decent work. -- Dr Ishbel McWha-Hermann (University of Edinburgh Business School and EAWOP Impact Incubator Decent work topic lead) was due to lead the presentation but unfortunately was unable to, due to Covid-19. -- Prof Rosalind Searle reviews the game and shows how it can be used to develop understanding of the impact of poor quality and low paid work for employees and their leaders. 1:26:05 Wrap up by Prof Rosalind Searle ============================== SuperbMarket can be accessed online at https://bit.ly/superbmarket

Hear from Professor Sharon Parker, Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design, as she unpacks their latest research results on how COVID-19 has affected how we work. This session provided evidence-based practical steps to address some of the issues associated with COVID such as isolation, work stress, the need for good organisational support, and communication. With the lens firmly pointed on the importance of flexible work and good work design, Sharon talks us through how to achieve your own SMART work design. She discusses the role of work design in fostering healthy, safe, and productive work, both when working at home and in the office. Sharon also explores the future of working from home - what new possibilities are being created and how our work will continue to be impacted.

State of Affairs: Workplace mental health and psychological injury in the NSW Healthcare and Social Assistance (H&SA) industry Date: Tuesday 15 November Location: The University of Sydney - CBD Campus Having a healthy and thriving workforce is critical in the Healthcare and Social Assistance (H&SA) area – aged care workers, disability workers, and other professionals in this sector carry out some of the most important work in our society. Yet, the H&SA industry is facing a serious crisis, with deteriorating mental health and increasing psychological injury amongst its workforce. To begin to address this challenge, we need a clear and comprehensive picture of work-related mental health claims and risk factors for psychological injury within this industry. Join us at this informative in-person breakfast event, where Professor Alex Collie from Monash University, and the Healthy Working Lives Research Group, will present findings from the latest and most comprehensive analysis of psychological injury claims in the NSW H&SA industry. Following the presentation, a panel of industry representatives will unpack the research findings and provide their perspective and insights from the ground. Read the full report here: https://transformativeworkdesign.com/smart-design-for-care-findings/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Welcome by Associate Professor Anya Johnson (University of Sydney) 04:25 Introduction of the Design for Care by Project Lead, Professor Sharon Parker (Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University) 07:48 Keynote speech by Professor Alex Collie (Healthy Working Lives Research Group, Monash University) 29:35 Panel discussion 1:03:40 Closing by Associate Professor Anya Johnson and Associate Professor Helena Nguyen (University of Sydney) KEYNOTE SPEAKER Professor Alex Collie (Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group, Monash University) MODERATOR Professor Sharon Parker (Project Lead, Design for Care and Director, Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University) PANELISTS - Professor Alex Collie (Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group, Monash University) - Lucinda Brogden AM (Director, Australian Unity and Former Chair, National Mental Health Commission) - Brad Wakeling (National Manager, Workplace Health and Safety, Regis Aged Care) - Suzanne Becker (Chief Executive Officer, Lifestart) ABOUT DESIGN FOR CARE Design for Care is a collaborative research project led by Curtin University's Centre for Transformative Work Design in collaboration with University of Sydney, Monash University and a range of industry partner organisations, with funding support from icare NSW. The research aims to understand and improve workplace mental health and well-being in Australia’s Healthcare and Social Assistance (H&SA) industry by developing evidence-based work design interventions to prevent psychological injury, which include but not limited to burnout and sustained work stress. At the heart of Design for Care is the prevention of psychological injury through good work design. For more information, visit https://transformativeworkdesign.com/smart-design-for-care/

Sharon Parker shares her thoughts on being an effective mentor : "Your topic or theirs?" More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/supervising-mentoring-scholars #mentor #balance

Sharon Parker shares her thoughts on evidencing your publication track record in grant and funding applications. Visit www.WomeninResearch.org.au for more. #trackrecord #mentor #benchmarks

Maintaining #Motivation Sharon Parker talks about learning orientation and performance orientation at Monash University. Visit WomeninResearch.org.au for more evidence-based resources.

Years of research have indicated that work that is stimulating, promotes mastery, has agency, is relational, and has tolerable demands tends to result in positive outcomes for workers and organisations. We like to call this SMART work design. So, what do we mean by positive outcomes? In the field of organisational science, most of the outcomes we care about can be sorted into one of two categories. The evidence that well-designed work promotes health and wellbeing is quite strong. What hasn’t been so clear however is how work design influences performance. This question is important - if work design positively affects performance, this means that designing better work is an important tool for achieving more effective and profitable organisations. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0018726719865604

An animated video summarising our award-winning paper, where we propose a three‐level hierarchical structure of job crafting and identify the aggregate/superordinate nature of each major job crafting construct. Citation: Zhang, F., & Parker, S. K. (2018). Reorienting job crafting research: A hierarchical structure of job crafting concepts and integrative review. Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 40(2). Read the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.2332 Awards: 2019-2020 Wiley top cited paper 2019 JOB best paper award 2018-2019 Wiley top downloaded paper

Ever wondered how team briefings can be implemented in operating theatres to improve teamwork and work outcomes? Let Dr Steadyhands take you through the five simple steps of team briefings in operating theatres.

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The Minister for Health, Hon. Roger Cook, visited the Centre for Transformative Work Design to announce an exciting partnership between the Centre and the WA Mental Health Commission (MHC).

Hawa Muhammad Farid, Research Officer at FOWI, and Lisette Kanse, Lecturer at UWA, take you through how they used the Communication Analysis Tool in a project on productivity and wellbeing in a mining organisation. FULL REFERENCE: Kanse, L., Muhammad Farid, H., & Klonek, F. (2020). Facilitating the tasks of observers and observees. In R. Charles & D. Golightly (Eds.), Proceedings of Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors Conference 2020 & the 13th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management (ODAM2020) (pp. 332-333), 28-29 April 2020, Stratford-upon-Avon / virtual. Birmingham, UK: Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.

In this virtual lecture, Meredith Carr, Registered Psychologist and Research Officer at the Future of Work Institute, gives an in-depth introduction to the Communication Analysis Tool (CAT) and how it can be used to capture team dynamics. Visit https://cat.ctwd.com.au/ for more information.

Employees working in ‘virtual teams’ can overcome performance difficulties to work effectively if they have positive feedback, social support and job autonomy in their tasks and jobs, new research involving Curtin University has found. Media article: https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/virtual-teams-can-overcome-barriers-to-thrive-study-finds/ The paper was led by Lisa Handke from Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. The paper titled, ‘Interactive effects on team virtuality and work design on team functioning,’ can be found online: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UNVYMFRWAWFJKR5EIKCS/full

"My tips for being productive as an academic would be to make lots of friends as it is a lot easier to do things when you've got support, and that quality of research papers, in the long run, will always win over quantity." - Robyn Owens. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/robyn-owens

Building Your Reputation and Network 👭 Actively seeking out new connections and getting to know contacts professionally as well as personally help build a strong and supportive #networks. Christine Beveridge, Jolanda Jetten, Sue O'Reilly and Hilary Charlesworth shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/building-networks

The importance of targets and quotas in achieving #gender #equality. Implementing policies and approaches aimed at addressing gender inequalities in the workplace is the most effective way that institutions can encourage gender equality. Joy Damousi, Hilary Charlesworth, Margaret Jolly and Lisa Kewley shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/targets-quotas

The importance of having a #mentor. Developing relationships with the right mentors for you is very important, and can have positive outcomes for both our career and your mental well-being. Mahananda Dasgupta, Xinhua Wu, Hilary Charlesworth and Tessa Morris-Suziki shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/mentoring-sponsorship

"What can institutions do to address women's experiences of inequality in academia?" Institutions have an important role to play in achieving gender equality; embedding gender equity policies within funding and hiring practices can make a significant difference for women in academia. Lisa Kewley, Glenda Sluga, Lesley Head, and Leann Tilley shared their thoughts. Visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/targets-quotas for more on this topic.

#Leading Others "What are the qualities of an effective #leader?" Michelle Simmons, Branka Vucetic, Sue O'Reilly, and Robyn McConchie shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/effective-leader

Partner #support in achieving #success. Choose your partner carefully, and make sure that your expectations around career and family life align. Michelle Simmons, Hilary Charlesworth, Katherine Demuth and Glenda Sluga shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/home-work-challenges

In this video, Jennifer Martin talked about the focus of her #Laureate #research, some of the reasons for women's continued #inequality in academia, what her strategies are for influencing others and she explained how she manages the home/work balance. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/jennifer-martin

In this video, Hilary Charlesworth talked about the focus of her #Laureate #research, what her strategies are for maintaining #productivity, and what changes she would like to see in the awarding of #ARC Laureate Fellowships. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/hilary-charlesworth

The importance of having a #mentor. Developing relationships with the right mentors for you is very important, and can have positive outcomes for both our career and your mental well-being. Mahananda Dasgupta, Xinhua Wu, Hilary Charlesworth and Tessa Morris-Suziki shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/mentoring-sponsorship

Strategies for Writing Productively Embedding writing in your daily routine is key to maintaining your #productivity; it's also important to receive feedback from people you trust. Glenda Sluga, Lesley Head, Tessa Morris-Suziki and Hilary Charlesworth shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/writing-strategies #writingstrategies

Strategies for Writing Productively Embedding writing in your daily routine is key to maintaining your #productivity; it's also important to receive feedback from people you trust. Glenda Sluga, Lesley Head, Tessa Morris-Suziki and Hilary Charlesworth shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/writing-strategies #writingstrategies

Dealing with #Setbacks in your Career Hilary Charlesworth, Glenda Sluga, Lisa Kewley and Robyn McConchie shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/being-assertive

Partner #support in achieving #success. Choose your partner carefully, and make sure that your expectations around career and family life align. Michelle Simmons, Hilary Charlesworth, Katherine Demuth and Glenda Sluga shared their thoughts. More on this topic: https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/home-work-challenges

In this video, Kerrie Wilson talked about her area of #research, what are her strengths, why it is important for #academics to consider the impact of their research and how she has developed effective #networking and #sponsoring relationships with senior women. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/kerrie-wilson

In this video, Branka Vucetic talked about the focus of her #research, what helped her become #successful and what her experience has been as a #woman in a male-dominated field. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/branka-vucetic

In this video, Jill Bennett talked about why the use of immersive technologies are important, how #parenting has impacted her #academic #career and how she encourages the development of a positive culture within an institution. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/jill-bennett

In this video, Joy Damousi talked about the significance of her #Laureate #research, how she builds #resilience and how she decides which #leadership roles to take on. For more stories, visit https://www.womeninresearch.org.au/joy-damousi

Meet our researchers as they give you an overview of some of the exciting projects they are currently working on. Florian Klonek: Work design for skill use and development MK Wark: Designing entrepreneurs' jobs for the future Yukun Liu: Boosting employee work performance via 'job crafting' Caroline Knight: 20 year longitudinal study of how work changes over lives and careers (Working Across Life & Careers - WALC) Gigi Petery and Daniela Andrei : 'Improving how organisations manage their mature workforce Karina Using our research to create healthy, thriving WA workers -- The Centre for Transformative Work Design is a Research Centre where passionate organisational psychology researchers and professionals are working together to transform work under the directorship of Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Professor Sharon K. Parker. We conduct high quality, independent and innovative research to understand the role of work design in generating healthy and productive work. We are committed to fostering the design of good work across all industries. Good work design creates healthier lives, unlocks human capability and supports a skilled economy.

Our new research report to help improve the mental health and well-being of FIFO workers has found a third, 33 per cent, experience high levels of psychological distress compared to only 17 per cent of non-FIFO workers. The research report, Impact of FIFO work arrangements on the mental health and well-being of FIFO workers, was funded by the Mental Health Commission and is one of the most comprehensive FIFO research studies undertaken in Australia.

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Caroline received PhD at the Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield Management School, UK, in 2016. In this video, Caroline tells us more about her current role at the Centre for Transformative Work Design, including her involvement in setting up a large longitudinal survey. This survey aims to look at how work design changes across the adult life, what causes these changes, and the impact of work on important outcomes such as health and wellbeing, and cognition and memory. Besides this, Caroline is also investigating the role of work design interventions on performance. You can learn more about Caroline’s work at: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/our-people

In April 2016, Florian completed his PhD in which he investigated a socio-interactional intervention (i.e., motivational interviewing) within a large university change-management project.In this video, Florian explains how he bridges methodological approaches from different disciplines including psycholinguistics, change management, and computer science to better understand interactional dynamics in a variety of organizational and social settings. His research interests include team dynamics, leader-follower interactions, training transfer, and effective career guidance. He has a passion for using systematic observational instruments to shed light on the temporal dynamics of social behavior. Most recently, he has investigated dynamic sequential patterns of teams within a series of industry project team-meetings. Florian has also provided training and conducted research in motivational interviewing - an intervention to increase intrinsic motivation and foster behavior change. You can learn more about Florian at https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/our-people

Fangfang Zhang is currently in the third year of her PhD, under the supervision of Sharon Parker. In this video, Fangfang’s explains that her PhD research focuses on job crafting specifically but she is also interested in other proactive behaviors. In her research, she aims to reconcile different job crafting perspectives, to investigate new types of job crafting and their mechanism, and to understand how different types of job crafting related using a person-centered approach. You can learn more about Fangfang at: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/our-people

Dr Laura Fruhen is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Transformative Work Design. Laura received her PhD from University of Aberdeen in the UK in 2012, and her work has been funded by the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL), Shell, and the Mental Health Commission of Western Australia. In this video, Laura explains her research interests, which include teamwork, leadership and management influences on safety, health and wellbeing at work. She has studied teams and leaders at various levels in organisations, ranging from the most senior individuals to those at the sharp end. Laura’s current projects focus on team coordination in operating theatres, and the role of work design in FIFO mental health. She has conducted her research in the energy sector, the aviation sector, healthcare, construction, and firefighting.

In this video, PhD student Georgia Hay explains how work is designed in today's globalised, tech-based, interdisciplinary working world. She is conducting three case studies of organisations who are (re)designing work, utilising interviews, team observation, and surveys to understand how managers and executives make decisions about work design and how employees respond to these decisions -- and why. To do this, Georgia draws from her background in psychology and the literature on culture, social identity, and socio-cognitive biases. This research spans re-design in the operating theatre, in diagnostic teams, and in the higher education sector. Through her research, Georgia aims to bridge the academic literature on work design and social psychology, and to contribute to policy and practice such that organisations around the world are better equipped to design good work and effective organisations. To learn more, visit https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/our-people

The Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) invites you to a breakfast event at which the findings of its ground-breaking research report*, Impact of FIFO work arrangements on the mental health and wellbeing of FIFO workers, will be unpacked by the lead authors, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Professor Sharon K. Parker, and Dr Laura Fruhen, and a panel of leading stakeholder representatives: Tony Wittcomb (Head of Health and Safety, Roy Hill), Michael O'Hanlon (Workplace Engagement Manager, Beyond Blue) and Glenn McLaren (Assistant State Secretary, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union). While the research found that FIFO workers are twice more likely to experience high levels of psychological distress than non-FIFO workers, there is reason for hope. The report included 18 detailed recommendations which, if acted on together by employers, managers, FIFO workers and their families, will prevent the emergence of mental ill-health amongst FIFO workers. * CTWD would like to acknowledge that the research would not have been possible without the funding provided by the WA Mental Health Commission and the input of many FIFO workers and their families. Date: Thursday, March 21 2019 Time: 7.15am for a 7.30am start (until 9.00am) Venue: Pan Pacific Perth, Grand River Ballroom, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth Cost: $70 per person Proceeds will go towards FIFO research being carried out by CTWD Register here: https://payments.curtin.edu.au/OtherTransactions/booking?UDS_ACTION_DATA=FV4jBUc0WHZOKSYES0JDDFggQgw9WTcbWTFEXg8zXUYAMC1S

Meet our researchers as they give you an overview of some of the exciting projects they are currently working on. Florian Klonek: Work design for skill use and development MK Wark: Designing entrepreneurs' jobs for the future Yukun Liu: Boosting employee work performance via 'job crafting' Caroline Knight: 20 year longitudinal study of how work changes over lives and careers (Working Across Life & Careers - WALC) Gigi Petery and Daniela Andrei : 'Improving how organisations manage their mature workforce Karina Using our research to create healthy, thriving WA workers -- The Centre for Transformative Work Design is a Research Centre where passionate organisational psychology researchers and professionals are working together to transform work under the directorship of Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Professor Sharon K. Parker. We conduct high quality, independent and innovative research to understand the role of work design in generating healthy and productive work. We are committed to fostering the design of good work across all industries. Good work design creates healthier lives, unlocks human capability and supports a skilled economy.

This is a true story. We can't change what has happened but what can we learn? What could have been done?