BA, PGDip(Psych), PhD(OrgPsych)
Centre and Program Director for Organisational Psychology, UQ
Research expertise
Collaborating with a range of public- and private-sector organisations, Associate Professor Jimmieson's research program aims to increase the capacity of employers to identify and manage psychosocial risk factors in the workplace, with a view to promoting employee health and organisational effectiveness. Her research has attracted competitive national funding in excess of $1,000,000 and her work has been published in leading international books and journals in the fields of organisational psychology and human resource management.
Current teaching areas
- Organisational Behaviour
- Change Management
- Personnel Selection and Assessment
Publications
- Bradley, G. L., McColl-Kennedy, J. R., Sparks, B. A., Jimmieson, N. L., & Zapf, D. (2010). Service encounter needs theory: A dyadic, psychosocial approach to understanding service encounters. In W. J. Zerbe, C. E. J. Hartel, & N. M. Ashkanasy (Eds.), Research on emotions in organizations. Volume 6. Emotions and creativity, learning, change and development. Bingley. UK: Emerald Group Publishers/JAI.
- Jimmieson, N. L., Peach, M., and White, K. M. (in press). Utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior to inform change management: An investigation of employee intentions to support organizational change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
- Johnston, V., Jimmieson, N. L., Jull, G., and Souvlis, T. (in press). Quantitative sensory measures distinguish office workers with varying levels of neck pain and disability. Pain.
- O'Brien, A. T., Terry, D. J., and Jimmieson, N. L. (2008). Negative affectivity and responses to work stressors: An experimental study. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 21, 55-83.
- Allen, J., Jimmieson, N. L., Bordia. P., and Irmer, B. E. (2007). Uncertainty during organizational change: Managing perceptions through communication. Journal of Change Management, 7, 187-210.
- Johnston, V., Jimmieson, N. L., Souvlis, T., and Jull, G. (2007). Interaction of psychosocial risk factors explain increased neck problems among female office workers. Pain, 129, 311-320.
- Amiot, C. E., Terry, D. J., Jimmieson, N. L., and Callan, V. J. (2006). A longitudinal investigation of coping processes during a merger: Implications for job satisfaction and organizational identification. Journal of Management, 32, 552-574.
- Jimmieson, N. L. (2005). The role of event characteristics and situational appraisals in the prediction of employee adjustment to change and change implementation success. In A. S. G. Antoniou and C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Research companion to organizational health psychology (pp. 3-19). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Jones, R. A., Jimmieson, N. L., and Griffiths, A. (2005). The impact of organizational culture and reshaping capabilities on change implementation success: The mediating role of readiness for change. Journal of Management Studies, 42, 361-386.
- Jimmieson, N. L., Terry, D.J., and Callan, V. J. (2004). A longitudinal study of employee adaptation to organizational change: The role of change-related information and change-related self-efficacy. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 9, 11-27.
- Jimmieson, N. L. (2000). Employee reactions to behavioral control under conditions of stress: The moderating role of self-efficacy. Work and Stress, 14, 262-280.