BA (UNE) PG Cert.Ed (London) MA (South Africa) D.Litt.et Phil (South Africa) Fellow Australian Psychological Society Fellow British Psychological Society Fellow Australian Institute of Management Richard Hicks brought extensive experience in the management and teaching of applied psychology when he arrived at Bond University in 1998. Beginning with training in mathematics and psychology from the University College of Newcastle, NSW he continued his training as a secondary school teacher in Africa, and in due course received masters and doctoral degrees from the University of South Africa. His career has taken him from Zambia to Papua New Guinea and back to to Australia, eventually becoming Head of the Faculty of Social Science, Queensland University of Technology. Aside from his time at Bond and QUT, Richard has taught at several universities including The University of Queensland and San Jose State University in California. He has extensive experience in research supervision and is a member of the California Psychology Association and the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology.
Articles
The occupational stress inventory-revised: Confirmatory factor analysis of the original inter-correlation data set and model (with Mark Bahr and Daisure Fujiwara), Personality and individual differences (2009)
Stress levels are said to be rising in many different occupations but one problem for...
My next client: Understanding the Big Five and positive personality dispositions of those seeking psychosocial support interventions. (with Karen D. Klockner), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether individuals who sought out psychosocial...
Identifying patients with asthma whose beliefs and attitudes may place them at risk: the development and initial validation of the Asthma Navigator, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2001)
Asthma prevalence appears to be increasing in Australia and elsewhere and any methods that can...
The psychological impacts of long-term unemployment, sex differences and activity: a case study analysis (with Juanita Muller, Brian Delahaye, and Sharon Winocur), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1996)
There is renewed interest in the use of qualitative methods in the unemployment research arena...
Personality characteristics of human services students and the selection of adult applicants for professional training (with Glen Guy), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1995)
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In 1990, the School of Social Science at the Queensland University of Technology introduced an...
Book Chapters
Item formats and social desirability in personality assessment: A review of the place of forced-choice items, Personality down under: Perspectives from Australia (2008)
Impression management is an issue in recruitment and selection and in other areas in the...
Low emotional intelligence and maladaptive perfectionism (with Mark Jackson), Personality down under: Perspectives from Australia (2008)
Emotional intelligence (EI) and maladaptive perfectionism have direct links to the development of psychopathology, but...
Perfectionism, occupational stress and depression among Australian university students (with Margaret Christopoulos), Personality down under: Perspectives from Australia (2008)
The present study examined the role perfectionism plays in University students by investigating its relationship...
The Big Five in predicting leadership styles of university students (with Justine L. Ebenreuter), Personality down under: Perspectives from Australia (2008)
The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which the Five-Factor model...
Conference Papers
Work motivation and desirable and undesirable personality traits according to Indian students and employees (with Trishita Mathew and Mark Bahr), 27th international congress of applied psychology (2010)
The last few years have seen a salient increase in trade relations between Australia and...
Goal setting, feedback, and task performance: A laboratory experiment (with Trishita Mathew), 7th Australian conference on personality & individual differences (2008)
The present study investigated the effects of goal setting and feedback on task performance among...
Family history of breast cancer, health beliefs and knowledge in the practice of breast self-examination (with Jennifer Stephan), 43rd Australian Psychological Society's (APS) Annual Conference (2008)
The present study investigated the relationship between frequency of breast self-examination (BSE), family history of...
Can work preferences (personality based) differentiate between employees scoring high or low in general mental health? (with Genevieve V. Colling), 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference 2007 (2007)
Objectives – The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personal work...