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
Coping strategies and health among call centre operators (with Verity Stoker-Biersteker), Wayfinding through life's challenges: Coping and survival (2011)
One of the most demanding jobs that modern workers have to cope with is that...
Dealing with uncertainty in life commitment: Deciding on a career (with Victoria Alexander and Dee Bartrum), Continuity versus creative response to challenge: The primacy of resilience and resourcefulness in life and therapy (2011)
Resilience and resourcefulness are needed in dealing with major life issues. One such issue faced...
Reflections on the factor structure of the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised, Personality and individual differences: Theory, assessment and application (2011)
Many studies have identified jobs or occupations where incumbents are most at risk of occupational...
Resilience in university students: Academic success, recollected parental style, and coping strategies (with Abby McCann), Wayfinding through life's challenges: Coping and survival (2011)
Coping with challenges is important for finding one's way in life and for success in...
Sense of humor, personality, and happiness (with Alice Saver), Continuity versus creative response to challenge: The primary of reseilience and resourcefulness in life and therapy (2011)
We are all interested in humor and happiness. We want to be happy and to...
Conference Papers
Validation of the revised job seeker classification instrument among Australian unemployed (with Alexander Robey), 13th Path to Full Employment Conference and 18th National Conference on Unemployment (2011)
The Revised Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI-R) was introduced in July 2009 as part of...
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...