B Arts, M Science, PhD
Professor, School of Psychology
Contact details for Professor Paula Brough
Research expertise
- Professor Brough is an Industrial and Organisational Psychologist specialising in occupational stress and psychological health.
- Research areas include: occupational stress, coping, the psychological health of high-risk workers (e.g., emergency service workers, correctional workers), work-life balance (assessing how best to manage work and non-work demands for both individual workers and their employers), and the effective measurement of psychological constructs.
- Professor Brough has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters based on her research, is the Chief Investigator on numerous local, national and international research grants, and supervises both post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
- Professional responsibilities include: Editorial Board memberships, reviewer for psychology academic journals, industry adviser, and assessor for both University and national rersearch grants.
Current teaching areas
- Professor Brough teaches Industrial and Organisational Psychology at both the under-graduate and post-graduate levels.
- This includes convening the undergraduate Occupational Psychology course and several courses in the postgraduate Organisational Psychology Program including Work, Stress and Health and Advanced Research methods.
- Professor Brough normally supervises several Honours, Masters and PhD research students within her research area each year and has won University for the high quality of her research supervision.
Recent Publications
1. Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M., Kalliath, T., Cooper, C.L., & Poelmans, S. (2009). Workplace psychological health: Current research and practice. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK.
2. Kalliath, T., Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M., Manimala, M., & Siu, O. L. (2010). Organisational Behaviour: An Organisational Psychology Perspective. McGraw-Hill Publishers: Melbourne.
Book chapters
1. O’Driscoll, M.P., Brough, P. & Haar, J. (2011). The work-family nexus and small-medium enterprises: Implications for worker well-being. In Kelloway, E.K. and Cooper, C.L. (Eds.). Occupational health and safety for small and medium sized enterprises (pp. 106-128). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
2. O’Driscoll, M. & Brough, P. (2010). Work organisation and health. In S. Leka & J. Houdmont (Eds). Occupational health psychology. (pp. 57-87). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Brough, P., & Biggs, A. (2010). Occupational stress in police and prison staff. In J. Brown and E. Campbell (Eds). The Cambridge handbook of forensic psychology. (pp. 707-718). Cambridge University Press.
4. O’Driscoll, M. & Brough, P., Timms, C., & Sawang, S. (2010). Engagement with information and communication technology and psychological well-being. In P. L. Perrewé and D. C. Ganster (Eds). New developments in theoretical and conceptual approaches to job stress. (pp. 269-316). Volume 8. Emerald.
5. O’Driscoll, M., Brough, P., & Kalliath, T. (2009). Stress and coping. In S. Cartwright & C, Cooper. The Oxford handbook of organizational well being. (pp. 237-266). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Journal articles
1. Yang, S.I., Spector, P. E., Allen, T. D., Poelmans, S., Lapierre, L. M., Cooper, C. L., O’Driscoll, M., Sanchez, J. I., Abarca, N., Alexandrova, M., Beham, B., Brough, P., Ferreiro, P., Fraile, G., Lu, C-Q., Lu, L., Moreno-Velazques, I., Pagon, M., Pitariu, H., Salamtov, V., Shima, S., Simoni, A. S., Siu, O. L., Widerszal-Bazyl, M. (2012). Individualism-collectivism as a moderator of work demands: A cross-level and cross-national examination. Journal of International Business Studies.
2. Shochet, I.M., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Craig, C., Roos, C., Wurfl, A., Hoge, R., Young, R.M., Brough, P. (2012). The development and implementation of the Promoting Resilient Officers (PRO) program. Traumatology.
3. Timms, C., Brough, P., & Graham, D. (2012). Burnt-out but engaged: The co-existent of psychological burnout and engagement. Journal of Educational Administration.
4. Masuda, A., Poelmans, S., Allen, T., Spector, P., Lapierre, L., Cooper, C., Abarca, N., Brough, P., Ferreiro, P., Fraile, G., Lu, L., Lu, C., Siu, O., O'Driscoll, M.P., Simoni, A., Shima, S., & Moreno-Velasquez, I. (2012). The relationship of flexible work arrangements with work-to-family conflict, job satisfaction and turnover intentions: a comparison of three country clusters. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 61(1), 1-29.
5. Brough, P., Johnson, G., Drummond, S., Pennisi, S., & Timms, C. (2011). Subjective and objective comparisons of ability and job performance of older and younger workers. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 30(2), 105-126.
6. Brough, P., & O’Driscoll, M. (2010). Organisational interventions for balancing work and home demands: An overview. Work & Stress, 24, 280-297.
7. Siu, O.L., Lu, J.F., Brough, P., Lu, C-Q., Bakker, A.B., Kalliath, T., O’Driscoll, M., Chen, W.Q., Lo, D., Sit, C., & Shi, K. (2010). Role resources and work-family enrichment: The role of work engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77, 470-480.
8. Brough, P., & Barbour, J. (2010). Police stress research: Moving beyond surveys and counselling. The Journal for Women and Policing, 25, 11-14.
9. Martin, A., Sanderson, K., Scott, J., & Brough P. (2009). Promoting mental health in small-medium enterprises: An evaluation of the “Business in Mind” program. Public Health, 9:239.
10. Brough, P., & Kalliath, T. (2009). Editorial: Work–life balance: Theoretical and practice advancements. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30(5), 581-585.
11. Westman, M., Brough, P., & Kalliath, T. (2009). Expert commentary on work–life balance and crossover of emotions and experiences: Theoretical and practice advancements. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30(5), 587-595.
12. Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M.P., & Biggs, A. (2009). Parental leave and work-family balance among employed parents following childbirth: An exploratory investigation in Australia and New Zealand. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 4: 71–87.
Current/recent externally funded research grants:
1. Martin, A., Sanderson, K.A., Scott, J. & Brough, P. (2009-2012). Promoting employee mental health through the development of managers’ psychological capital: A controlled field experiment. Australian Research Council Linkage Project.
2. Shochet, I., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Young, R., Craig, C., & Brough, P. (2008-2011). Promoting resilience in employees working in high-stress occupations. Australian Research Council Linkage Project .
3. Brough, P. (2008-2011). Healthy Workplaces: An intensive organisational health and performance program. Queensland Government Smart State Fellowship.
4. Brough, P., Kalliath, T., & O’Driscoll, M., Aryee, S., & Siu, O. L. (2007-2010). An international evaluation of work-family balance: Validation of the work-family balance measure and theoretical model. Australian Research Council Discovery Project.
5. Brough, P., Kendall, E., O’Driscoll, M., Myors, B., & Gehrke, C. (2005-2008). An empirical evaluation of an innovative occupational stress intervention to improve the health and retention of high-risk employees. Australian Research Council Linkage Project.
Current/recent PhD supervisions:
- Amanda Biggs: Occupational stress intervention with correctional workers
- Jennifer Barbour: Occupatioanl stress intervention with police workers
- Suzie Drummond: Proactive appraisal and coping
- Vicki Webster: Dark side of leadership
- Laura Rasmussen: Work-life conflict, personailty & coping