Employee Relations and Motivation

Employee relations and motivation

Application of techniques to improve interpersonal relationships between workers and enhance individual and organisational performance through increased willingness to act in a certain manner.

Key Tasks

• Employee assistance programmes
• Conflict resolution
• Performance incentive systems, i.e. remuneration.
• Performance management programmes
• Fostering health and well-being among employees, including stress and stress management.

NZ Research

Bullying and Conflict

• • Counterproductive Workplace Behaviours
  • Dianne Gardner, Tim Bentley, Bevan Catley, Helena Cooper-Thomas, Michael O’Driscoll & Linda Trenberth (2013).Ethnicity, workplace bullying, social support and psychological strain in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 42 (2).
  • Balmforth, K and Gardner, D. (2006). Conflict and Facilitation between Work and Family: Realizing the Outcomes for Organizations. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 35 (2).

Engagement, Motivation and Satisfaction

• • Capon, J., Chernyshenko, O.S., Stark, S. (2007). Applicability of Retention Theory in the New Zealand Military. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 36, (1).
  • Rundle-Gardiner, A. C. & Carr, S. C. (2005). Quitting a workplace that discourages achievement motivation: Do individual differences matter? New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34, 3, 149-154.
  • Mace, K.A., Atkins, S., Fletcher, R., and Carr, S.C. (2005). Immigrant Job Hunting, Labour Market Experiences, and Feelings about Occupational Satisfaction in New Zealand: An Exploratory Study. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34, (2).
  • Brough, P. (2005). A Comparative Investigation of the Predictors of Work-related Psychological Well-being within Police, Fire and Ambulance Workers. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34, (2).
  • Brough, P. and Frame, R. (2004). Predicting Police Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions: The role of social support and police organisational variables. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33, (1).
  • Morrison, R. (2004). Informal Relationships in the Workplace: Associations with Job Satisfaction, Organisational Commitment and Turnover Intentions. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33, (3).
  • Patterson, J M (1986). An assessment of the usefulness of Kanungo’s conceptualisation and measurement of job and work involvement. Masters Thesis. University of Waikato
  • Paton, D., Jackson, D. & Johnston, P. (2003). Work attitudes and values. In M. O’Driscoll, P. Taylor, & T. Kalliath (Eds.). Organisational Psychology in Australia and New Zealand (pp. 127-149). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Bond, T. and Kemp, S. (1991). Are women perceived as underpaid? Magnitude estimation of the value of male and female dominated occupations. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 20, (2).

Stress and Stress Management

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Renzo Bianchi, Irvin S.Schonfeld, Eric Mayor and Eric Lauren (2016). Burnout-depression overlap: A study of New Zealand schoolteachers. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 45 (3).

• • Joana R.C. Kuntz, Katharina Näswall, Sanna Malinen, Quyen Nguyen (2016). Employee resilience and leadership styles. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 45 (2).
  • Deborah L. Snell, Lois J. Surgenor, Martin J Dorahy, E. Jean C. Hay-Smith (2014).Coping and adjustment in New Zealand Police staff 12-18 months after the Canterbury earthquakes: A directed qualitative content analysis. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 43 (3).
  • Joana R.C. Kuntz, Katharina Näswall & Amanda Bockett (2013).Keep Calm and Carry On? An Investigation of Teacher Burnout in a Post-disaster Context. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 42 (2).
  • Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin & Michael P. O’Driscoll (2012). Work Overload, Parental Demand, Perceived Organisational Support, and Work-Family Conflict among New Zealand and Malaysian Academics. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 41, (1).
  • Veronica Hopkins & Dianne Gardner (2012). The Mediating Role of Work Engagement and Burnout in the Relationship between Job Characteristics and Psychological Distress among Lawyers. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 41, (1).
  • The Earthquake’s Psychological Impact, Deak Helton
  • John Fawcett (2011). Organisational and Cultural Factors that Promote Coping: With Reference to Haiti and Christchurch. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 40, (4).
  • Carston, M.C. & Gardner, D. (2009). Cognitive Hardiness in the New Zealand Military. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 38, (3).
  • Johnstone, A. and Johnston, L. (2007). The Relationship between Organisational Climate, Occupational Type and Workaholism. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34, (3).
  • McGowan, J., Gardner, D., and Fletcher, R. (2006). Positive and Negative Affective Outcomes of Occupational Stress. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 35 (2).
  • Haar, J.M. (2004). Work-Family Conflict and Turnover Intention: Exploring the moderation effects of perceived work-family support. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33, (1).
  • McGowan, J., and Gardner, D. (2006). Positive and Negative Affective Outcomes of Occupational Stress. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 35 (2).
  • Kalliath, T.J., and Beck, A. (2001). Is the Path to Burnout and Turnover Paved by a Lack of Supervisory Support? A structural equations test. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 30 (2).
  • Geare, A.J. (1990). New Zealand Managers and Job Stress: Testing the Simulation-Strain Theory. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 19, (1).

Wellbeing

• Aidan S. Tabor, Taciano L. Milfont, Colleen Ward (2015).Developing Mahi Oranga: A Culturally Responsive Measure of Maori Occupational Stress and Wellbeing. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 44 (2).
• Mami Yamaguchi & Jamin Halberstadt (2012). Goals and Well Being in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 41, (2).
• Nikhil K. Sengupta, Danny Osborne, Carla A. Houkamau, William J. Hoverd, Marc Stewart Wilson, Lara M. Greaves, Tim West-Newman, Fiona Kate Barlow, Gavin Armstrong, Andrew Robertson and Chris G. Sibley (2012). How much happiness does money buy? Income and subjective well-being in New Zealand Sibley . New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 41, (2).
• Smith, J. and Gardner, D. (2007). Factors Afflecting Employee Use of Work-Life Balance Initiative. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 36, (1).
• Wright,S.L., Burt, C.D.B, and Strongman, K.T. (2006). Loneliness in the Workplace: Construct Definition and Scale Development. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 35 (2).
• Palmer, S. D. (2004). Homai te Waiora ki Ahau: A tool for the measurement of wellbeing among Maori – the evidence of construct validity. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33 (2).
• Brough, P., and Kellig, A. (2002). Women, Work & Well-Being: The Influence of Work-Family and Family-Work Conflict. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 31 (1).
• Oliver, J. and Brough, P. (2002). Cognitive Appraisal, Negative Affectivity and Psychological Well-being. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 31 (1).
• Allpass, F., Neville, S., and Flett, R. (2000). Contribution of Retirement-related Variables to Well-being in an Older Male Sample. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 29 (2).

Other Activities

• Ask a peer to critically review your work
• Prepare or review a best practice guideline in the area
• Aim to read an article regularly and review it for the practical implications for your work
• Canvas a post graduate University Course to refresh your approach and be exposed to the latest literature