Principal speaker
Professor Kerrie Unsworth
Abstract:
Being a PhD student and academic means doing a wide variety of tasks with a very wide variety of skills involved. For those who know about job design, this means that the job is exciting, interesting and intrinsically motivating. For those who know about HR, it also means that it can create qualitative work overload and be very overwhelming.
In this workshop, we look at the range of skills that are needed to be successful at designing different types of research, writing, reviewing, getting grants, teaching and so on. We will explore your strengths and work out how you can work to these strengths while becoming a successful academic.
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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