Professor Sharon Parker | Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Publications

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Parker, S. K., and U. K. Bindl. 2016. "Proactivity at work: A big picture perspective on a construct that matters." In Proactivity at Work: Making Things Happen in Organizations, 1-20
Parker, S. K., and F. Zhang. 2016. "Designing work that works in the contemporary world: Future directions for job design research." In Psychosocial Factors at Work in the Asia Pacific: From Theory to Practice, 135-150
Parker, S. K., and J. Liao. 2016. "Wise proactivity: How to be proactive and wise in building your career." Organizational Dynamics 45 (3): 217-227.
Collins, C. G., C. B. Gibson, N. R. Quigley, and S. K. Parker. 2016. "Unpacking team dynamics with growth modeling: An approach to test, refine, and integrate theory." Organizational Psychology Review 6 (1): 63-91.
Badham, R. J., W. R. Carter, L. J. Matula, S. K. Parker, and P. L. Nesbit. 2016. "Beyond Hope and Fear: The Effects of Organizational Theatre on Empowerment and Control." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 52 (1): 124-151.
Parker, S. K. 2016. "The psychology of work design what we know & new directions."
Parker, S., and J. Fuller. 2016. "Are nurses well placed as care co-ordinators in primary care and what is needed to develop their role: a rapid review?." HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 24 (2): 113-122.

2015

Strauss, K., M. A. Griffin, S. K. Parker, and C. M. Mason. 2015. "Building and Sustaining Proactive Behaviors: The Role of Adaptivity and Job Satisfaction." Journal of Business and Psychology 30 (1): 63-72.
Wu, C. H., M. A. Griffin, and S. K. Parker. 2015. "Developing agency through good work: Longitudinal effects of job autonomy and skill utilization on locus of control." Journal of Vocational Behavior 89: 102-108.
Wu, C. H., A. Luksyte, and S. K. Parker. 2015. "Overqualification and Subjective Well-Being at Work: The Moderating Role of Job Autonomy and Culture." Social Indicators Research 121 (3): 917-937.
de Jong, J. P. J., S. K. Parker, S. Wennekers, and C. H. Wu. 2015. "Entrepreneurial Behavior in Organizations: Does Job Design Matter?." Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice 39 (4): 981-995.

2014

Mason, C., M. Griffin, and S. Parker. 2014. "Transformational leadership development: Connecting psychological and behavioral change." Leadership and Organization Development Journal 35 (3): 174-194.
Wu, C. H., S. K. Parker, and J. P. J. de Jong. 2014. "Need for Cognition as an Antecedent of Individual Innovation Behavior." Journal of Management 40 (6): 1511-1534.
Wu, C. H., S. K. Parker, and J. P. J. de Jong. 2014. "Feedback seeking from peers: A positive strategy for insecurely attached team-workers." Human Relations 67 (4): 441-464.
Warr, P., U. K. Bindl, S. K. Parker, and I. Inceoglu. 2014. "Four-quadrant investigation of job-related affects and behaviours." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 23 (3): 342-363.
Parker, S. K. 2014. "Beyond motivation: Job and work design for development, health, ambidexterity, and more."
Parker, S. K., D. Andrei, and W. D. Li. 2014. "An overdue overhaul: Revamping work design theory from a time perspective." In Time and Work: How Time Impacts Individuals, 191-228

2013

Wu, C. H., S. K. Parker, and U. K. Bindl. 2013. "Who is proactive and why? Unpacking individual differences in employee proactivity." Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology 1: 261-280.
Parker, S. K., A. Johnson, C. Collins, and H. Nguyen. 2013. "Making the most of structural support: Moderating influence of employees' clarity and negative affect." Academy of Management Journal 56 (3): 867-892.
Wu, S. J., C. C. Liaw, S. Z. Pan, H. C. Yang, and L. T. Ng. 2013. "Phellinus linteus polysaccharides and their immunomodulatory properties in human monocytic cells." Journal of Functional Foods 5 (2): 679-688.

2012

Strauss, K., M. A. Griffin, and S. K. Parker. 2012. "Future work selves: How salient hoped-for identities motivate proactive career behaviors." Journal of Applied Psychology 97 (3): 580-598.
Cordery, J. L., and S. K. Parker. 2012. "Work design: Creating jobs and roles that promote individual effectiveness." In The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology Kozlowski, S. W. J., 247-284: Oxford University Press.
Wu, C., and S. K. Parker. 2012. "Proactivity in the Workplace: Looking Back and Looking Forward." In The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship
Parker, S. K., and S. Ohly. 2012. "Designing motivating jobs: An expanded framework for linking work characteristics and motivation." In Work Motivation: Past, Present, and Future, 233-284
Bindl, U. K., and S. K. Parker. 2012. "Affect and employee proactivity: A goal-regulatory perspective." Research on Emotion in Organizations 8: 225-254.
Atkins, P. W. B., and S. K. Parker. 2012. "Understanding individual compassion in organizations: The role of appraisals and psychological flexibility." Academy of Management Review 37 (4): 524-546.
Bindl, U. K., S. K. Parker, P. Totterdell, and G. Hagger-Johnson. 2012. "Fuel of the self-starter: How mood relates to proactive goal regulation." Journal of Applied Psychology 97 (1): 134-150.
Wu, C. H., and S. K. Parker. 2012. "The role of attachment styles in shaping proactive behaviour: An intra-individual analysis." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 85 (3): 523-530.
Hershcovis, M. S., T. C. Reich, S. K. Parker, and J. Bozeman. 2012. "The relationship between workplace aggression and target deviant behaviour: The moderating roles of power and task interdependence." Work and Stress 26 (1): 1-20.

2011

Parker, S. K., and M. A. Griffin. 2011. "Understanding active psychological states: Embedding engagement in a wider nomological net and closer attention to performance." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 20 (1): 60-67.
Johnson, A., H. Hong, M. Groth, and S. K. Parker. 2011. "Learning and development: Promoting nurses' performance and work attitudes." Journal of Advanced Nursing 67 (3): 609-620.
Fuller, J. D., D. Perkins, S. Parker, L. Holdsworth, B. Kelly, R. Roberts, L. Martinez, and L. Fragar. 2011. "Building effective service linkages in primary mental health care: a narrative review part 2." BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 11
Fuller, J. D., D. Perkins, S. Parker, L. Holdsworth, B. Kelly, R. Roberts, L. Martinez, and L. Fragar. 2011. "Effectiveness of service linkages in primary mental health care: a narrative review part 1." BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 11

2010

2009

Grant, A. M., S. Parker, and C. Collins. 2009. "Getting credit for proactive behavior:supervisor reactions depend on what you value and how you feel." Personnel Psychology 62 (1): 31-55.
Grant, A. M., and S. K. Parker. 2009. "Redesigning Work Design Theories: The Rise of Relational and Proactive Perspectives." ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT ANNALS 3: 317-375.

2008

Cordery, J. L., and S. K. Parker. 2008. "Work organisation." In Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management Boxall, P., J. Purcell, and P. Wright., 247-284: Oxford University Press.
Vough, H. C., and S. K. Parker. 2008. "Work design: Still going strong." In The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior: Volume I - Micro Approaches, 410-426
Parker, S. K., P. W. B. Atkins, and C. M. Axtell. 2008. "Building Better Workplaces through Individual Perspective Taking: A Fresh Look at a Fundamental Human Process." In International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008, 149-196
Griffin, M. A., S. K. Parker, and A. Neal. 2008. "Is Behavioral Engagement a Distinct and Useful Construct?." INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 1 (1): 48-51.
Cline, G. R., J. D. Sedlacek, S. L. Hillman, S. K. Parker, and A. F. Silvernail. 2008. "Organic management of cucumber beetles in watermelon and muskmelon production." HORTTECHNOLOGY 18 (3): 436-444.

2007

Griffin, M. A., A. Neal, and S. K. Parker. 2007. "A new model of work role performance: Positive behavior in uncertain and interdependent contexts." Academy of Management Journal 50 (2): 327-347.
Williams, H. M., S. K. Parker, and N. Turner. 2007. "Perceived dissimilarity and perspective taking within work teams." Group and Organization Management 32 (5): 569-597.
Kulik, C. T., M. B. Pepper, L. Roberson, and S. K. Parker. 2007. "The rich get richer: Predicting participation in voluntary diversity training." Journal of Organizational Behavior 28 (6): 753-769.
Axtell, C. M., S. K. Parker, D. Holman, and P. Totterdell. 2007. "Enhancing customer service: Perspective taking in a call centre." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 16 (2): 141-168.
Parker, S. K. 2007. "'That is my job': How employees' role orientation affects their job performance." Human Relations 60 (3): 403-434.

2006

Parker, S. K., H. M. Williams, and N. Turner. 2006. "Modeling the antecedents of proactive behavior at work." Journal of Applied Psychology 91 (3): 636-652.

2005

Morrison, D., J. Cordery, A. Girardi, and R. Payne. 2005. "Job design, opportunities for skill utilization, and intrinsic job satisfaction." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 14 (1): 59-79.
Parker, S. K., and C. G. Collins. 2005. "Proving oneself or developing oneself? How goal orientations relate to proactive behaviour at work.": WILEY.
Parker, S. K., and C. G. Collins. 2005. "Beyond task and citizenship performance: The importance of proactive behaviour at work.": WILEY.
Parker, S. 2005. "Work design and well-being: A model incorporating time and dynamic effects.": WILEY.

2003

Axtell, C. M., and S. K. Parker. 2003. "Promoting role breadth self-efficacy through involvement, work redesign and training." Human Relations 56 (1): 113-131.
Parker, S. K. 2003. "Longitudinal effects of lean production on employee outcomes and the mediating role of work characteristics." Journal of Applied Psychology 88 (4): 620-634.
Williams, H. M., S. K. Parker, and N. Turner. 2003. "The interactive effect of surface- and deep level dissimilarity in predicting within-team perspective taking.": AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
MacCormick, J., and S. K. Parker. 2003. "Exploring paradox: The joint effect of internal and externally-focused practices on perceived organisational effectiveness.": AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Collins, C. C., and S. K. Parker. 2003. "Designing project teams to enhance their collective efficacy.": AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.

2002

Parker, S. K., M. A. Griffin, C. A. Sprigg, and T. D. Wall. 2002. "Effect of temporary contracts on perceived work characteristics and job strain: A longitudinal study." Personnel Psychology 55 (3): 689-719.
Parker, S. K., and M. A. Griffin. 2002. "What is so bad about a little name-calling? Negative consequences of gender harassment for overperformance demands and distress." Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 7 (3): 195-210.

2001

Parker, S. K., T. D. Wall, and J. L. Cordery. 2001. "Future work design research and practice: Towards an elaborated model of work design." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 74 (4): 413-440.
Nadin, S. J., P. E. Waterson, and S. K. Parker. 2001. "Participation in job redesign: an evaluation of the use of a sociotechnical tool and its impact." Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing 11 (1): 53-69.
Parker, S. K., C. M. Axtell, and N. Turner. 2001. "Designing a safer workplace: importance of job autonomy, communication quality, and supportive supervisors." Journal of occupational health psychology 6 (3): 211-228.
Parker, S. K., and C. M. Axtell. 2001. "Seeing another viewpoint: Antecedents and outcomes of employee perspective taking." Academy of Management Journal 44 (6): 1085-1100.
Parker, S. K. 2001. "Proactivity and adaptability at work.": WILEY.

2000

Sprigg, C. A., P. R. Jackson, and S. K. Parker. 2000. "Production teamworking: The importance of interdependence and autonomy for employee strain and satisfaction." Human Relations 53 (11): 1519-1543.
Parker, S. K. 2000. "From passive to proactive motivation: The importance of flexible role orientations and role breadth self-efficacy." Applied Psychology 49 (3): 447-469.

1999

Parker, S. K., and C. A. Sprigg. 1999. "Minimizing strain and maximizing learning: The role of job demands, job control, and proactive personality." Journal of Applied Psychology 84 (6): 925-939.
Teuchmann, K., P. Totterdell, and S. K. Parker. 1999. "Rushed, unhappy, and drained: an experience sampling study of relations between time pressure, perceived control, mood, and emotional exhaustion in a group of accountants." Journal of occupational health psychology 4 (1): 37-54.
Landsbergis, P. A., P. S. Adler, S. Babson, J. Johnson, M. Kaminski, N. Lessin, J. P. Macduffie, K. Nishiyama, S. Parker, and C. Richardson. 1999. "Lean production and worker health: A discussion." New Solutions 8 (4): 499-523.
Parker, S. K., and C. A. Sprigg. 1999. "Minimizing strain and maximizing learning: The role of job demands, job control, and proactive personality." In 13th Annual Conference of the Society-for-Industrial-and-Organizational-Psychology, Apr 24, 1998, DALLAS, TEXAS: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC.
Whybrow, A. C., and S. K. Parker. 1999. "Introducing teamworking: managing the process of change." In 2nd International Workshop on Teamworking, UNIS S AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA: ST MARTINS PRESS INC.
Jackson, P. R., C. A. Sprigg, and S. K. Parker. 1999. "Interdependence as a key requirement for the successful introduction of teamworking: a case study." In 2nd International Workshop on Teamworking, UNIS S AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA: ST MARTINS PRESS INC.

1998

Holdaway, S., and S. K. Parker. 1998. "Policing women police: Uniform patrol, promotion and representation in the CID." British Journal of Criminology 38 (1): 40-60.
Parker, S. K. 1998. "Enhancing role breadth self-efficacy: The roles of job enrichment and other organizational interventions." Journal of Applied Psychology 83 (6): 835-852.

1997

Parker, S. K., N. Chmiel, and T. D. Wall. 1997. "Work characteristics and employee well-being within a context of strategic downsizing." Journal of occupational health psychology 2 (4): 289-303.
Parker, S. K., T. D. Wall, and P. R. Jackson. 1997. ""That's not my job": Developing flexible employee work orientations." Academy of Management Journal 40 (4): 899-929.

1996

Norman, P., and S. Parker. 1996. "The interpretation of change in verbal reports: Implications for health psychology." Psychology and Health 11 (2): 301-314.
Wall, T. D., P. R. Jackson, S. Mullarkey, and S. K. Parker. 1996. "The demands-control model of job strain: A more specific test." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 69 (2): 153-166.
Parker, S. K. 1996. "Investigation of attitudes amongst production employees." The International journal of human factors in manufacturing 6 (3): 281-303.
Parker, S. K. 1996. "An investigation of attitudes Amongst production employees." Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing 6 (3): 281-303.

1995

Mullarkey, S., P. R. Jackson, and S. K. Parker. 1995. "Employee reactions to JIT manufacturing practices: A two-phase investigation." International Journal of Operations and Production Management 15 (11): 62-79.

1994

Parker, S. K., S. Mullarkey, and P. Jackson. 1994. "Dimensions of Performance Effectiveness In High‐Involvement Work Organisations." Human Resource Management Journal 4 (3): 1-21.
PARKER, S. K., T. D. WALL, and P. R. JACKSON. 1994. "JOB DESIGN AND WORK ORIENTATIONS IN MODERN MANUFACTURING - A COMPARATIVE CASE-STUDY." In Ergonomics-Societys 1994 Annual Conference - Contemporary Ergonomics 1994: Ergonomics for All, Apr 19, 1994, UNIV WARWICK, COVENTRY, ENGLAND: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
JACKSON, P. R., S. MULLARKEY, S. K. PARKER, and T. D. WALL. 1994. "ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND THE CHANGING NATURE TO WORK." In 4th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing and Hybrid Automation, Jul 6, 1994, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: I O S PRESS.
PARKER, S. K., and P. R. JACKSON. 1994. "FACILITATING NEW SHOPFLOOR ROLES WITHIN MODERN MANUFACTURING." In 4th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing and Hybrid Automation, Jul 6, 1994, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: I O S PRESS.

1993

Cordery, J., P. Sevastos, W. Mueller, and S. Parker. 1993. "Correlates of Employee Attitudes Toward Functional Flexibility." Human Relations 46 (6): 705-723.
PARKER, S. K., P. R. JACKSON, and T. D. WALL. 1993. "AUTONOMOUS GROUP WORKING WITHIN INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING - A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF EMPLOYEE ROLE ORIENTATIONS." In 5th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 93), Aug 8, 1993, ORLANDO, FL: ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBL B V.

1978

BENNETT, R. D. 1978. "ORIENTATION TO WORK AND JOB-WORK DESIGN." MANAGEMENT DECISION 16 (6): 338-349.