Dr Amy Zadow
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychology
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD as Principal Supervisor - 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.
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| 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. DOI Scopus2 |
| 2025 | Afsharian, A., Crispin, C., David, G., Potter, R., Zadow, A., & Dollard, M. (2025). A fve-year continuous improvement intervention: increasing psychosocial safety climate, reducing emotional exhaustion and stablizing work engagement. In C. Biron, J. Dextras-Gauthier, & C. Cooper (Eds.), RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDITIONS AT WORK (pp. 183-212). EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD. WoS2 |
| 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. DOI |
| 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. |
| 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. DOI |
| 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 | 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 Scopus31 |
| 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. DOI |
| 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. DOI |
| 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. DOI |
| 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 Scopus26 WoS20 |
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| 2025 | Lushington, K., Zadow, A., Potter, R., Parkin, A., Neser, D., Afsharian, A., . . . Bakker, A. (2025). Australian University Staff Work, E-Stress and Wellbeing Survey Data. DOI |
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| 2026 | Dollard, M., Neser, D., Lushington, K., & Zadow, A. (2026). Australian University Census on Staff Wellbeing: Sector Results and Technical Report. DOI |
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Measuring Organisational Psychosocial Safety Climate, CMTEDD ACT Treasury, 01/08/2024 - 01/08/2026
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PSC Intervention Study Department of Education, Cwth Dept of Education, Skills & Employment, 30/07/2021 - 30/06/2023
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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 |
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| 2026 | Principal Supervisor | Investigating how psychosocial safety is created in workplaces for employees with living with mental health and neurodivergent conditions. | Master of Research | Master | Part Time | Mr Gerry Doyle |
| 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 | Ms Sophia Song |
| 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 | Policy translation for mental health at work: A focus on empowering key stakeholders | Doctor of Philosophy | 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 |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | 111140 - Mind the Worker: Transformative Change for a Human-Centred Corporate Climate | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Dinethi Jayarathna |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Aligning perceptions to build psychosocial safety climate | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mrs Gemma David |
| 2019 | Co-Supervisor | Work-related digital communication: antecedents and implications for the intersection between work and life domains | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Miss Amy Kaye Parkin |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
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| 2020 - 2024 | Co-Supervisor | The mind of the cynical employee: development and validation of a multidimensional scale to measure the cognitive underpinnings of organisational cynicism | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Kathryn Stephenson |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
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| 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 |