Evidence-based research on the modern workforce
The Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing boasts a wide range of expertise. Find out more about our staff and their research strengths.
Centre leadership
Professor Paula Brough
Director
Paula’s primary research and teaching areas are occupational stress and coping, employee mental health and wellbeing, work engagement, work-life balance, workplace conflict (bullying, harassment, toxic leadership), and the psychosocial work environment.
Professor Ashlea Troth
Deputy Director
Ashlea's research interests include multi-level and multi-method approaches to examining emotional regulation and emotional intelligence in workplaces, and the impact of these phenomena on wellbeing and performance outcomes.
Academic staff
- Dr Peyman Abkhezr
- Professor Michael Barry
- Prof Nick Barter
- Dr Amanda Biggs
- Professor Stephen Billett
- Dr Charlotte Brakenridge
- Professor Paula Brough
- Professor Nicholas Buys
- Dr Carys Chan
- Professor Peter Creed
- Dr Elizabeth Elder
- Associate Professor Patrick Fong
- Dr Jane Gifkins
- Associate Professor Michelle Hood
- Associate Professor Luke Houghton
- Professor Kate Hutchings
- Professor Peter Jordan
- Dr Maria Khan
- Professor Mark Loon
- Associate Professor Rebecca Loudoun
- Professor Jennifer Loy
- Professor Ruth McPhail
- Dr Ricardo Mahshi
- Dr Amber Marshall
- Dr Ellie Meissner
- Dr Paula Mowbray
- Dr Rawan Nimri
- Professor Emeritus David Peetz
- Dr Anya Phelan
- Associate Professor Katrina Radford
- Associate Professor Alannah Rafferty
- Dr Vishal Rana Dr Susan Ressia
- Dr Andrew Rixon
- Dr Victoria Ross
- Professor Stephanie Schleimer
- Dr Julienne Senyard
- Dr Sudong Shang
- Associate Professor Amie Shaw
- Professor Emeritus Glenda Strachan
- Dr Jiraporn (Nui) Surachartkumtonkun
- Associate Professor Mohan Thite
- Professor Dian Tjondronegoro
- Professor Keith Townsend
- Professor Ashlea Troth
- Professor Adrian Wilkinson
- Dr Darren Wishart
- Dr Matthew Xerri
- Dr Hongmin (Jess) Yan
Research Fellows
- Dr Adam Robertson
Adjuncts
- Professor Peter Ackers
- Associate Professor Ariel Avgar
- Professor Catherine Cassell
- Professor Fang Lee Cooke
- Dr Rebecca Cozens
- Professor Pauline Dibben
- Dr Sheetal Gai
- Dr Rob Godby
- Professor David Grant
- Emeritus Professor David E. Guest
- Leah Hague
- Dr Karin Högberg
- Dr Carol Hon
- Dr Sheree Lloyd
- Professor Aoife McDermott
- Dr Wendy Muller
- Professor Karina Nielsen
- A/Professor Josephine Pryce
- Dr Mitchell Raper
- Professor Jason Shaw
- Dr Caroline Smith
- Dr Edwin Trevor-Roberts
- Dr Kristy Ward
- Dr Vicki Webster
- Professor Geoffrey Wood
Research Assistants
- Adam Robertson
Centre Manager
- Brooke Murphy
Contact details
- Phone
- (07) 3735 3714
- wow@griffith.edu.au
- Address
- Room 1.17, Business 3 Building (N63)
- Griffith University
- 170 Kessels Road
- Nathan QLD 4111
- Office hours
- 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
- Monday – Friday