PhD at FOWI

Project title: Adapting to new technologies in multidisciplinary healthcare units 

Natayla is investigating the introduction of two new technologies: Remote Monitoring System, designed to improve the quality of healthcare by 24/7 monitoring of acute patients, and the Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP), designed to increase the diagnostic rate of rare diseases.

Supervisors: Professor Mark Griffin, Professor Marylene Gagne and

Project title: The role of leadership in managing an ageing and age-diverse workforce

Eva investigates the role of different leadership behaviours in managing the challenges and opportunities associated with age and age-diversity at work, and how to best develop leaders in the capabilities required.

Supervisors: Professor Sharon Parker and Dr Daniela Andrei

Project title: The Communication Dynamics Behind Team Motivation Emergence

Dan is investigating productivity of interdependent teams and understanding what might contribute to productive collaboration. An important piece of that puzzle is the motivational state of a team and how this develops, and if a newly formed system of communication emerges between team members.

Supervisors: Professor Marylene Gagne, Dr Florian Klonek and Associate Professor Thomas O'Neill.

Project title: Want more Leaders? Think Enriched Work Design

Ilker is investigating whether enrichment of one's work design (which basically means the "awesomeness level" of one's work in terms of psychological factors) affects one's aspirations to become a leader (i.e.., leadership motivation, intentions and actual emergence), which may help us tackle the leadership shortage.

Supervisors: Professor Sharon Parker, Dr Florian Klonek and Dr Anu Jolly.

Project title: The Role of Work Design in the Technology Implementation Process in Healthcare

In collaboration with Perth Children’s Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital, Annika is investigating how a new technology introduced at work changes existing work design and how existing work design impacts the technology implementation process.

Supervisors: Professor Sharon Parker, Dr Madison Kho and Dr Gareth Baynam.

Project title: The social class effect on employee selection

Rachel's thesis aims to investigate how job candidates' social class signals influence recruiters' hiring evaluation and decisions, with the ultimate goal of helping organisations develop effective practices to mitigate unintentional discrimination and improve hiring quality.

Supervisors: Professor Patrick Dunlop, Professor Amy Tian and Associate Professor Serena Wee.

Project title: Employee Recruitment Messaging, Anticipated Universal Needs Satisfaction, Value Congruence, and Individual Characteristics

Shannon is investigating if employee recruitment activities, including information provided on career websites and job advertisements impacts jobseeker attraction and pursuit intentions through a motivation and fit perception lens.

Supervisors: Professor Patrick Dunlop and Professor Marylene Gagne.

Project title: Understanding how Generative AI Tools Influence Task Performance: The Role of Skill Level and Human Learning

Yijing's research employs a range of experimental interventions to explore how Generative AI tools can impact workers learning or 'skill levelling'. 

Supervisors: Professor Sharon Parker, Dr Claire Mason and Professor Eva Kyndt.

Project title: Will AI Hire Me? - How and when AI Decisions Affect Applicant's Psychological Mechanisms, Reactions, and Intentions

Guofan is exploring how AI decisions affect workers' psychological mechanisms, reactions, and intentions, as well as providing intervention measures to alleviate workers' negative reactions.

Supervisors: Professor Sharon Parker, Dr Fangfang Zhang, and Professor Patrick Dunlop.

Project title: A Unified Cognitive Model for Understanding Human Operators' use Automated Advice

Wanghaun is using computational models to explore the affects of automation on human learning and decision-making, her research will examine if an over-reliance and dependance on information aids can influence cognitive processes, and whether key task-related factors such as workload and time pressure are impacted.

Supervisors: Dr Luke Strickland and Professor Mark Griffin.