Ali Afsharian

Dr Ali Afsharian

Research Fellow

School of Psychology

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Ali Afsharian, BA and MA in clinical psychology (USWR, Iran); His PhD (UniSA, Australia) focus was on Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) from composition and dispersion perspectives to highlight and prevent psychosocial risk factors at national and international levels at work. He investigated and compared PSC in different cultural contexts; Australian and Iranian workplaces. He is currently working as an academic researcher at Centre for Workplace Excellence at UniSA.
Ali’s research interests are mainly organisational and clinical psychology, psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial risk factors, employees' variability of underlying perception of managerial policies and management plans to design working environments; psychosocial health issues and risk factors at work, cross-cultural prevention and intervention for work health and safety and refugees’ education, mental health and employment.

Year Citation
2025 Loh, M. Y., Lee, M. C. C., Dollard, M., Gardner, D., Kikunaga, K., Tondokoro, T., . . . Forsyth, D. (2025). The Generality of Psychosocial Safety Climate Theory—A Fundamental Element for Global Worker Well-Being: Evidence From Four Nations. Stress and Health, 41(4), 18 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Afsharian, A., Loh, M. Y., & Dollard, M. F. (2025). Investigating the Impact of Prolonged Exposure to Low Psychosocial Safety Climate on Serious Depressive Symptoms. Safety and Health at Work, 16(4), 485-492.
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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
2025 Potter, R. E., Loh, M. Y., Dollard, M. F., Friebel, A., Neser, D., Afsharian, A., . . . Iles, R. (2025). Australia's national laws for worker psychological health: a policy evaluation and psychosocial safety climate analysis. Safety Science, 191(106899), 106899-1-106899-19.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2025 Jurek, P., Olech, M., Afsharian, A., & Dollard, M. F. (2025). Validating the polish version of the psychosocial safety climate PSC-12 scale (PSC-12-PL): a multisample and multilevel study. Safety Science, 191(106956), 12 pages.
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2025 McLinton, S. S., Loh, M. Y., Dollard, M. F., Afsharian, A., & Tuckey, M. M. R. (2025). A ‘living intervention’: Evaluating a real-time feedback system to help teams co-create psychosocial safety climate. Safety Science, 190(106901), 11 pages.
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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 Scopus4 WoS4
2023 Crispin, C. N., Afsharian, A., Loh, M. Y., Dollard, M. F., Dormann, C., Glozier, N., . . . Taylor, A. W. (2023). Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) and working conditions, predictors of mental health and antidepressant and opioid use in Australia: a study protocol for longitudinal data linkage. BMJ Open, 13(12), e074235-1-e074235-8.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2023 Ziaian, T., Puvimanasinghe, T., Miller, E., de Anstiss, H., Esterman, A., Dollard, M., & Afsharian, A. (2023). Family influence on refugee youth education and employment aspirations and choices. Journal of Family Studies, 29(1), 115-133.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2023 Afsharian, A., Dollard, M., Dormann, C., Ziaian, T., & Winefield, T. (2023). PSC through the lens of a dispersion-composition model: the beneficial effects of PSC ideal as a high and strong PSC signal. Work and Stress, 37(2), 171-194.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2023 Afsharian, A., Dollard, M. F., Glozier, N., Morris, R. W., Bailey, T. S., Nguyen, H., & Crispin, C. (2023). Work-related psychosocial and physical paths to future musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Safety Science, 164(106177), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus33 WoS20
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 Scopus9 WoS10 Europe PMC2
2022 Bouzikos, S., Afsharian, A., Dollard, M., & Brecht, O. (2022). Contextualising the Effectiveness of an Employee Assistance Program Intervention on Psychological Health: The Role of Corporate Climate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 15 pages.
DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC7
2021 Afsharian, A., Dollard, M., Miller, E., Puvimanasinghe, T., Esterman, A., De Anstiss, H., & Ziaian, T. (2021). Refugees at work: The preventative role of psychosocial safety climate against workplace harassment, discrimination and psychological distress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10696-1-10696-14.
DOI Scopus18 WoS15 Europe PMC10
2021 Ghafurian, M. M., Dastjerd, F. T., Afsharian, A., Esfahani, F. R., Niazmand, H., Behzadnia, H., . . . Mahian, O. (2021). Low-cost zinc-oxide nanoparticles for solar-powered steam production: Superficial and volumetric approaches. Journal of Cleaner Production, 280, 124261.
DOI Scopus28
2019 McLinton, S. S., Afsharian, A., Dollard, M. F., & Tuckey, M. M. R. (2019). The dynamic interplay of physical and psychosocial safety climates in frontline healthcare. Stress & health, 35(5), 650-664.
DOI Scopus25 WoS22 Europe PMC15
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 Scopus25 WoS18 Europe PMC4
2018 Ziaian, T., Puvimanasinghe, T., Miller, E., De Anstiss, H., Dollard, M., Esterman, A., . . . Afsharian, A. (2018). Challenges, facilitators and enablers of conducting research with youth from refugee backgrounds. The Australian Community Psychologist, 29(2), 56-73.
WoS7
- Viseu, J., Borralho, L., Afsharian, A., & Domingues, T. (2025). Psychosocial Safety Climate as an Enabler of Teacher Health and Occupational Well-Being. Universitas Psychologica, 24.
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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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  • Facilitator and Research Partner for Mind Your Head Program SA, SA Unions, 06/05/2025 - 31/12/2026

  • Comprehensive Psychosocial Safety Climate and Psychosocial Risks Assessment Report for KiwiRail (New Zealand), KiwiRail Holdings Limited, 01/08/2024 - 31/12/2025

  • Maggie Beer Foundation analysis and review, The Maggie Beer Foundation Ltd, 09/10/2020 - 01/03/2021

Courses I teach

  • BEHL 1005 Applied Psychology (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Dinethi Jayarathna
2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Rushna Preena
2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Sasuli Vidana

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