Principal speaker
Professor Kerrie Unsworth
Abstract:
How do our goals relate to what we do? More specifically, how do the multitude of things that we are trying to juggle affect whether or not we engage in pro-environmental behaviour?
In this presentation, Professor Unsworth will outline a series of research projects that examine this question. She will talk about how interventions can be thwarted because of goal conflict; about how the salience of green goals affects our views on how we cope with climate change; and about what characteristics of goal networks affect engagement in environmental behaviours.
Speaker:
Kerrie Unsworth is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at UWA Business School (University of Western Australia), an Associate Editor with the Journal of Organizational Behavior and the treasurer for the Academy of Management Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) division. Her primary research interests concern improving employee motivation, creativity and well-being. Specifically, she has published on goal hierarchy and motivation, self-leadership, well-being, creativity and innovation.
Kerrie has been developing novel methodologies for researching goal hierarchy and has been extending the framework to new domains, including pro-environmental work behaviours. She has published in a range of top academic journals and her work has received more than 1000 citations. She has also won in excess of AUS$1.6m in public and private sector research funding. She is currently Associate Dean (International Relations) for the UWA Business School and the Deputy Head of Discipline for the Management and Organisations Discipline within the School.
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