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PhD (University of Queensland), PostGradDip(Psych) (University of Queensland), BA (University of Queensland)
Nerina Jimmieson conducts a program of both basic and applied research on (1) occupational stress and employee health and (2) organisational change management designed to improve workplace effectiveness, at the individual, group, and organisational levels. She employs multiple methodologies, including laboratory-based task simulations, organisational surveys, diary studies, and interviews.
She has 100+ publications as journal articles and book chapters. In addition to academic dissemination of her research, findings and recommendations are reported directly to her industry collaborators in the form of technical reports and other deliverables (assessment tools, training materials, how-to guides, tip sheets, case studies).
Her research program is well supported through competitive and commercial funding, totalling 5 million dollars to date, having been a Chief Investigator on 11 ARC-funded research projects (both Discovery and Linkage), and a NHMRC Partnership Project.
In 2012-2015, she held an Australia Research Council Future Fellowship for a project titled: ‘Supervisor strategies for managing employee stress and strain: A national approach to psychosocial risk management’.
She is an Associate Editor for Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Journal of Applied Behavioural Science. She serves on the Editorial Board for Journal of Business and Psychology and Journal of Change Management.