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...
Family history of breast cancer, health beliefs and knowledge in the practice of breast self-examination (with Jennifer Stephan), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
The present study investigated the relationship between frequency of breast self-examination (BSE), family history of...
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...
Item formats and social desirability in personality assessment: A review of the place of forced-choice items, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (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), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)
Emotional intelligence (EI) and maladaptive perfectionism have direct links to the development of psychopathology, but...