Professor Nerina Jimmieson
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Biography
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. Across both research agendas, she employs multiple methodologies, including laboratory-based task simulations, organisational surveys, diary studies, and interviews.She has 120+ 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 (e.g., assessment tools, training materials, how-to guides, tip sheets, and 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 (2012-2015) for a project titled: ‘Supervisor strategies for managing employee stress and strain: A national approach to psychosocial risk management’.
She served 10 years as an Associate Editor for Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (2015-2024). She has been an Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Behavioural Science since 2021. She currently serves on the Editorial Board for Journal of Business and Psychology (since 2016) and was a past Editorial Board Member for Journal of Change Management (2009-2020).
Commencing in 2025, she is a Chief Investigator with the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Human-Robot Teaming (HRT) for Sustainable and Resilient Construction, led by UTS. Her research is focusing on the psychosocial benefits and risks associated with the deployment of HRT in construction workplaces.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Research field
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- PostGradDip(Psych) (University of Queensland)
- BA (University of Queensland)
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Nerina, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- A multi-level approach to the management of demands and resources to minimise the risk of psychosocial injury in the workplace
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP120100575
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Organisational Psychology; Organisational Behaviour; Occupational Stress; Employee Well-being
- Title
- Supervisor strategies for managing employee stress and strain: a national approach to psychosocial risk management
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FT110100083
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Organisational Psychology; Organisational Behaviour; Occupational Stress
- Title
- The Antecedents and Outcomes of Affective and Cognitive Readiness for Organisational Change
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP130101680
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- Organisational Behaviour; Attitudes toward organisational change; Readiness for organisational change
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.