Amy Zadow

Dr Amy Zadow

Senior Lecturer

School of Psychology

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr Amy Zadow is an Organisational Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia. Her PhD research focused on psychosocial safety climate theory, psychosocial risk factors, work injuries, and organisational stress interventions. Dr Zadow also specialises in meta-analytic research involving the calculation of combined effects across multiple studies to quantify the efficacy of different approaches to improve workplace mental health.
 
Dr Zadow was  a Postdoctoral Fellow for a Future Industries project identifying factors that influence stress, engagement and innovation in highly dynamic technological work contexts examining the impact of workplace digitalisation on workplace psychological health.
 
Dr Zadow has published widely in the area of workplace mental health including a recent publication with the WHO and ILO examining the relationship between long working hours and depression. Dr Zadow has also presented at the International Commission on Occupational Health: Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, and the International Association of Applied Psychology.

Year Citation
2026 Oginska, O., McArthur, M., Zadow, A., Gibson, N., & Cake, M. (2026). A cross-sectional study exploring associations between psychological safety, employee turnover intention and feedback skills in veterinary organisations.. Vet Rec, 10 pages.
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2026 Oginska, O., McArthur, M., Cake, M., & Zadow, A. (2026). Scoping review of the impact of emotional intelligence on behaviours in human and veterinary healthcare teams. Veterinary Record, 198(2), e68-e79.
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2025 Davis, K. A. S., Mirza, L., Clark, S. R., Coleman, J. R. I., Kassam, A. S., Mills, N. T., . . . Hotopf, M. (2025). Unlocking mental health insights with UK Biobank data: Past use and future opportunities.. Psychol Med, 55, e244.
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2025 Potter, R., Afsharian, A., Richter, S., Neser, D., Zadow, A., Dollard, M. F., & Lushington, K. (2025). Longitudinal investigation of restructuring, psychosocial safety climate and burnout in Australian universities during COVID-19 2020–2022. Journal of Industrial Relations, 67(2), 224-248.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2024 Dollard, M. F., Loh, M., Becher, H., Neser, D., Richter, S., Zadow, A., . . . Potter, R. (2024). PSC as an organisational level determinant of working time lost and expenditure following workplace injuries and illnesses. Safety Science, 177(106602), 106602.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2024 Luu, X., Rathjens, C., Swadling, M., Gresham, B., Hockman, L., Scott-Young, C., . . . Kent, L. (2024). How university climate impacts psychosocial safety, psychosocial risk, and mental health among staff in Australian higher education: a qualitative study. Higher Education, online(5), 1-18.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2023 Idris, I., Idris, A. M., Syed-Yahya, S. N. N., & Zadow, A. (2023). Longitudinal Effects of Quantitative Job Demands (QJD) on Presenteeism and Absenteeism: Role of QuanJI and QualJI as Moderators.. International Journal of Stress Management, 30(2), 195-208.
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2023 Zadow, A., Loh, M. Y., Dollard, M. F., Mathisen, G. E., & Yantcheva, B. (2023). Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1082283), 1-19.
DOI Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC3
2022 Parkin, A. K., Zadow, A. J., Potter, R. E., Afsharian, A., Dollard, M. F., Pignata, S., . . . Lushington, K. (2022). The role of psychosocial safety climate on flexible work from home digital job demands and work-life conflict. Industrial Health, 61(5), 307-319.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC2
2022 Potter, R. E., Dollard, M., Pignata, S., Zadow, A., & Lushington, K. (2022). Review of practice & policy strategies for managing digital communication and ICT use in Australian universities. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 5(100160), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2021 Potter, R. E., Zadow, A., Dollard, M., Pignata, S., & Lushington, K. (2021). Digital communication, health & wellbeing in universities: a double-edged sword. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 44(1), 72-89.
DOI Scopus24 WoS14
2021 Rugulies, R., Sørensen, K., Di Tecco, C., Bonafede, M., Rondinone, B. M., Ahn, S., . . . Pega, F. (2021). The effect of exposure to long working hours on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury. Environment International, 155(106629), 37 pages.
DOI Scopus70 WoS59 Europe PMC57
2021 Zadow, A. J., Dollard, M. F., Dormann, C., & Landsbergis, P. (2021). Predicting new major depression symptoms from long working hours, psychosocial safety climate and work engagement: A population-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(6, article no. e044133), 1-14.
DOI Scopus41 WoS37 Europe PMC28
2020 Gupta, C. C., Dorrian, J., Coates, A. M., Zadow, A., Dollard, M., & Banks, S. (2020). The impact of dayshifts and sleepover nightshifts on the eating and driving behaviours of residential support workers: An exploratory workplace study. Work, 66(4), 827-839.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2019 Rugulies, R., Ando, E., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Bonafede, M., Cabello, M., Di Tecco, C., . . . Zadow, A. (2019). WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: Protocol for systematic reviews of exposure to long working hours and of the effect of exposure to long working hours on depression. Environment International, 125, 515-528.
DOI Scopus39 WoS39 Europe PMC34
2018 Afsharian, A., Zadow, A., Dollard, M. F., Dormann, C., & Ziaian, T. (2018). Should psychosocial safety climate theory be extended to include climate strength?. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23(4), 496-507.
DOI Scopus27 WoS20 Europe PMC5
2017 Zadow, A. J., Dollard, M. F., McLinton, S. S., Lawrence, P., & Tuckey, M. R. (2017). Psychosocial safety climate, emotional exhaustion, and work injuries in healthcare workplaces. Stress and health, 33(5), 558-569.
DOI Scopus112 WoS95 Europe PMC48

Year Citation
2025 Afsharian, A., Crispin, C., David, G., Potter, R., Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. (2025). A Five-Year Continuous Improvement Intervention: Increasing Psychosocial Safety Climate, Reducing Emotional Exhaustion and Stablizing Work Engagement. In Research Handbook on Psychosocial Conditions at Work Interventions to Prevent Recognised and Emerging Psychosocial Risks (pp. 183-212). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2024 Loh, M. Y., Potter, R., Afsharian, A., Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. (2024). Work stress. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology (pp. 729-735). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2023 Dollard, M., Zadow, A., Pignata, S., & Bailey, T. (2023). Stress Management. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration Public Policy and Governance (pp. 12412-12420). Springer International Publishing.
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2023 Loh, M. Y., Potter, R., Afsharian, A., Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. (2023). Stress. In M. Bal (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Organizational Psychology. Edward Elgar.
2023 Afsharian, A., Dollard, M., Zadow, A., Loh, M. Y., Potter, R., Parkin, A., . . . Rainbow, J. (2023). Psychosocial Safety Climate. In J. de Jonge, T. Taris, & M. Peeters (Eds.), An Introduction to Contemporary Work Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 387-408). US: Wiley-Blackwell.
2020 Loh, M. Y., Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. (2020). Psychosocial safety climate and occupational health: what we know so far. In T. Theorell, & T. Töres (Eds.), Source details - Title: Handbook of Socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Health (pp. 1-27). Switzerland: Springer.
2019 Tuckey, M., Zadow, A., Li, Y., & Caponecchia, C. (2019). Prevention of workplace bullying through work and organizational design.. In P. D'Cruz, E. Noronha, C. Caponecchia, J. Escartin, D. Salin, & M. Tuckey (Eds.), Dignity and inclusion at work.
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2019 Zadow, A., Dollard, M. F., Parker, L., & Storey, K. (2019). Psychosocial Safety Climate: A Review of the Evidence. In M. Dollard, C. Dormann, & M. Awang Idris (Eds.), Psychosocial Safety Climate: A New Work Stress Theory (pp. 31-75). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
DOI Scopus28
2018 McLinton, S. S., Zadow, A., Neall, A. M., Tuckey, M. R., & Dollard, M. F. (2018). Violence and psychosocial safety climate; quantitative and qualitative evidence in the healthcare industry. In R. J. Burke, & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Violence and Abuse in and around Organisations (pp. 41-58). London: Routledge.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2018 Dollard, M., Zadow, A., Pignata, S., & Bailey, T. (2018). Stress Management. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration Public Policy and Go with 294 Figures and 229 Tables (pp. 5799-5807). Springer International Publishing.
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2016 Afsharian, A., Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. F. (2016). Psychosocial safety climate from two different cultural perspectives in the Asia Pacific: Iran and Australia Hospitals. In A. Shimazu (Ed.), Source details - Title: Psychosocial factors at work in the Asia Pacific: from theory to practice (pp. 187-201). Switzerland: Springer.
DOI Scopus18
2016 Dollard, M., Zadow, A., Pignata, S., & Bailey, T. S. (2016). Stress management. In A. Farazmand (Ed.), Source details - Title: Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy and governance (pp. 1-9). Switzerland: Springer International Press.
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2015 Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. F. (2015). Psychosocial Safety Climate. In S. Clarke (Ed.), Source details - Title: The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Occupational Safety and Workplace Health (pp. 414-436). UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
DOI Scopus24 WoS17

Year Citation
- Lushington, K., Zadow, A., Potter, R., Parkin, A., Neser, D., Afsharian, A., . . . Bakker, A. (n.d.). Australian University Staff Work, E-Stress and Wellbeing Survey Data.
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  • Measuring Organisational Psychosocial Safety Climate, CMTEDD ACT Treasury, 01/08/2024 - 01/08/2026

  • PSC Intervention Study Department of Education, Cwth Dept of Education, Skills & Employment, 30/07/2021 - 30/06/2023

  • Rapid review of the literature relating to workplace health and wellbeing (measurement tools and evidence), Preventive Health SA, 29/05/2020 - 31/07/2020

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Principal Supervisor Investigating how psychosocial safety is created in workplaces for employees with living with mental health and neurodivergent conditions. - Master Part Time Mr Gerry Doyle
2025 Co-Supervisor A study of the workplace factors associated with work addiction and depression in mothers. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Sara El-Kaissi
2025 Principal Supervisor An Organisational Approach to Workplace Mental Health Stigma: Harnessing Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) to Build Stigma Prevention Framework in Workplaces Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Sophia Song
2025 Principal Supervisor Policy translation for mental health at work: A focus on empowering key stakeholders Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ash Grace Friebel
2025 Principal Supervisor An Organisational Approach to Workplace Mental Health Stigma: Harnessing Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) to Build Stigma Prevention Framework in Workplaces - Doctorate Full Time Ms Sophia Song
2025 Co-Supervisor A study of the workplace factors associated with work addiction and depression in mothers. - Doctorate Full Time Miss Sara El-Kaissi
2025 Principal Supervisor Policy translation for mental health at work: A focus on empowering key stakeholders - Doctorate Full Time Ms Ash Friebel
2024 Co-Supervisor The impact of emotional intelligence (EQ) of veterinary leaders on psychological safety Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Olivia Joanna Oginska
2024 Co-Supervisor The impact of emotional intelligence (EQ) of veterinary leaders on psychological safety - Doctorate Full Time Mrs Olivia Joanna Oginska
2023 Co-Supervisor 111140 - Mind the Worker: Transformative Change for a Human-Centred Corporate Climate - Doctorate Full Time Mrs Dinethi Jayarathna
2022 Co-Supervisor Aligning perceptions to build psychosocial safety climate - Doctorate Part Time Mrs Gemma David
2019 Co-Supervisor Work-related digital communication: antecedents and implications for the intersection between work and life domains - Doctorate Part Time Miss Amy Kaye Parkin

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor The Mind of the Cynical Employee: Development and Validation of Multidimensional Scales to Measure the Cognitive Underpinnings of Organisational Cynicism University of South Australia - Doctorate - Kathryn Stephenson
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor E-mail load, stress and engagement of university staf University of South Australia - Doctorate - Amy Parkin
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Aligning Perceptions to Build Psychosocial Safety Climate University of South Australia - Doctorate - Gemma David
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Employee Well-being in Hybrid Work Environments: A Multilevel Investigation of National Culture, Leadership Styles, and Psychosocial Safety Climat University of South Australia - Doctorate - Dinethi Subasingha
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor The Mind of the Cynical Employee: Development and Validation of Multidimensional Scales to Measure the Cognitive Underpinnings of Organisational Cynicism University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Kathryn Stephenson
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor E-mail load, stress and engagement of university staf University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Amy Parkin
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Aligning Perceptions to Build Psychosocial Safety Climate University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Gemma David
2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Employee Well-being in Hybrid Work Environments: A Multilevel Investigation of National Culture, Leadership Styles, and Psychosocial Safety Climate University of South Australia - Doctorate Full Time Dinethi Subasingha

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