
Dr Jaime Auton
Lecturer
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Jaime is a registered organisational psychologist and human factors researcher. Her primary research interests lie in the assessment and development of expertise of operators working within high-risk, high-consequence technical environments. Together with her collaborators at Macquarie University, Sydney, Jaime has contributed to the development of the EXPERT Intensive Skills Evaluation (EXPERTise 2.0) software which has been used to assess the diagnostic skills of practitioners across a range of domains, including electricity transmission and distribution control, electrical rail control, emergency medicine, audiology and hydroelectric power generation. Jaime has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has presented her research at both domestic and international conferences. Jaime received her BA (Hons in Psychology) from the University of Sydney and completed her combined PhD/Master of Organisational Psychology degree and subsequent post-doctoral research fellowship at Macquarie University in Sydney.
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2010 - 2014 Macquarie University Australia Master of Organisational Psychology/Doctor of Philosophy 2005 - 2009 University of Sydney Australia Bachelor of Arts (Hons Class I in Psychology) -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country — Registered Organisational Psychologist Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Australia — Board Approved Supervisor Australian Psychological Society Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 Thacker, J., Sturman, D., & Auton, J. (2021). Predictors of social distancing compliance in an Australian sample. Health Education Research, 36(6), 601-614.
WoS12021 Sturman, D., Wiggins, M. W., Helton, W. S., & Auton, J. C. (2021). The development and validation of a short-duration sustained visual search task for process control environments. Applied Ergonomics, 91, 103302-1-103302-7.
2021 Sturman, D., Auton, J. C., & Thacker, J. (2021). Knowledge of Social Distancing Measures and Adherence to Restrictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(2), 344-351.
Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC62020 Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J. C., Bayl-Smith, P., & Carrigan, A. (2020). Optimising the future of technology in organisations: A human factors perspective. Australian Journal of Management, 45(3), 449-467.
Scopus12020 Oxlad, M., Roberts, R., Chur-Hansen, A., Proeve, M., Auton, J., Sarris, A., & Tabe, A. (2020). Employing Multiple Mini Interviews in Selection Processes for Psychology Professional Training Programs: Ten Tips for Effective Implementation. MedEdPublish, 9, 192.
2019 Yee, D., Wiggins, M., Auton, J. C., Warry, G., & Cklamovski, P. (2019). Technical and Social Cue Utilization in Expert Football Coaches. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9(1), 73-86.
Scopus32019 Sturman, D., Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J. C., Loft, S., Helton, W. S., Westbrook, J. I., & Braithwaite, J. (2019). Control room operators’ cue utilization predicts cognitive resource consumption during regular operational tasks. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(AUG), 1967-1-1967-9.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC12019 Sturman, D., Wiggins, M., Auton, J. C., & William, H. (2019). Cue utilisation predicts control room operators’ performance in a sustained visual search task. Ergonomics, 63(1), 48-60.
Scopus4 WoS42019 Yuris, N., Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J. C., Gaicon, L., & Sturman, D. (2019). Higher cue utilization in driving supports improved driving performance and more effective visual search behaviors. Journal of Safety Research, 71, 59-66.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC12019 Sturman, D., Wiggins, M., Auton, J. C., & Loft, S. (2019). Cue Utilization Differentiates Resource Allocation during Sustained Attention Simulated Rail Control Tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25(3), 317-332.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC12018 Watkinson, J., Bristow, G., Auton, J. C., McMahon, C., & Wiggins, M. (2018). Postgraduate Training in Audiology improves Clinicians’ Audiology-Related Cue Utilization. International Journal of Audiology, 57(9), 681-687.
Scopus16 Europe PMC12018 Wiggins, M., Whincup, E., & Auton, J. (2018). Cue utilisation reduces effort but increases arousal during a process control task. Applied Ergonomics, 69, 120-127.
Scopus52018 Griffin, B., Auton, J. C., Duvivier, R., Shulruf, B., & Hu, W. (2018). Applicants to medical school: If at first they don’t succeed, who tries again and are they successful?. Advances in Healthy Sciences Education, 24(1), 33-43.
Scopus5 Europe PMC42018 Griffin, B., Auton, J. C., Duvivier, R., Shukruf, B., & Hu, W. (2018). Multiple mini interviews: Revealing similarities and differences that exist beneath the surface. BMC Medical Education, 18(1), Online journal.
Scopus3 Europe PMC22017 Auton, J., Wiggins, M. W., Searle, B. J., & Xu Rattanasone, N. (2017). Utilization of prosodic and linguistic cues during perceptions of nonunderstandings in radio communication. Applied Psycholinguistics, 38(3), 509-539.
Scopus42015 Searle, B. J., & Auton, J. (2015). The merits of measuring challenge and hindrance appraisals. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal, 28(2), 121-143.
Scopus121 Europe PMC182013 Auton, J. C., Wiggins, M. W., Searle, B. J., Loveday, T., & Rattanasone, N. X. (2013). Prosodic cues used during perceptions of nonunderstandings in radio communication. Journal of Communication, 63(3), 600-616.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2020 Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J., & Taylor, M. (2020). Fire fighting and emergency responding. In P. Ward, J. M. Schraagen, J. Gore, & E. Roth (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of expertise (pp. 642-661). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2015 Krebs-Lazendic, L., Xu Rattanasone, N., & Auton, J. (2015). Communication and diagnostic cues. In M. W. Wiggins, & T. Loveday (Eds.), Diagnostic expertise in organisational environments (pp. 27-36). Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2020 W.Wiggins, M., Auton, J., & Sturman, D. (2020). Evaluating Situation Assessment in Distributed Network Electricity Control. In Proceedings of the 2020 HFES 64th International Annual Meeting Vol. 64 (pp. 263-267). virtual online: SAGE Publications.
2019 Auton, J. C., Wiggins, M., & Sturman, D. (2019). The Relationship between Visual and Auditory Cue Utilization. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Vol. 63 (pp. 843-847). online: Sage.
2018 Shekh, S., Auton, J. C., & Wiggins, M. W. (2018). The Effects of Cue Utilization and Target-Related Information on Target Detection during a Simulated Drone Search and Rescue Task. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Vol. 62 (pp. 227-231). online: Sage.
Scopus52018 Sturman, D., Wiggins, M. W., Auton, J. C., & Loft, S. (2018). Cue Utilization Predicts Resource Allocation during Rail Control Simulations: A NIRS Study. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Vol. 62 (pp. 726-730). online: Sage.
Scopus12018 Wiggins, M. W., & Auton, J. (2018). Test-retest reliability of a tool to differentiating experts from experienced practitioners in ergonomic analyses. In Proceedings of SEANES 2018 (pp. 10 pages). online: SEANES. 2014 Auton, J., Wiggins, M. W., & Searle, B. J. (2014). The importance of intonation during perceptions of nonunderstanding during full and partial readback responses in radio communication. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Vol. 58 (pp. 395-399). Online: SAGE Publications.
2012 Auton, J. C., Wiggins, M. W., & Loveday, T. (2012). Prosodic cues that signal non-understandings to power control operators during radio communication. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Vol. 56 (pp. 483-487). SAGE Publications.
As a lecturer and organisational psychologist within the School of Psychology, I teach largely into the Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) degree. In 2021, I am coordinating PSYCHOL 7331 Professional Practice (Summer School), PSYCHOL 7332 Psychological Assessment (Semester 1) and PSYCHOL 7335 Contemporary Organisational Psychology (Semester 2). I am also the Placement Coordinator for all the Master of Psychology (OH&F) students. At an undergraduate level, I also co-coordinate the PSYCHOL 4308 Organisational Psychology Honours elective course (Semester 2) and teach into PSYCHOL 2008 Big Picture Psychology.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Co-Supervisor Development of a mental skills training intervention for the Australian Defence Force: An intervention mapping approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Simon Pietsch -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Individual differences and email characteristics associated with susceptibility to phishing emails University of Adelaide Honours Degree (Psychology) Honours Full Time Oliver Plate & Tazin Tanvir 2020 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Psychological predictors of adherence to social distancing regulations University of Adelaide Honours (Psychology) Honours Full Time Jemma Thacker 2019 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Cue utilisation in medical students: A criterion-related validity study University of Adelaide Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master Part Time Melissa Duras 2019 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Cue utilisation, state anxiety, prospective memory and performance in a novel task University of Adelaide Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master Celine Chong 2019 - ongoing Principal Supervisor The role of cue utilisation and state anxiety in phishing email susceptibility University of Adelaide Honours Annastasia Falkenberg 2019 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Cue utilisation and driver distraction during performance in a driving simulator University of Adelaide Honours Camille Dalgarno 2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Personality and person/organisation fit of aged care workers within an Italian-specific aged care environment. University of Adelaide Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master Carlo Tropiano
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Secretary College of Organisational Psychologists (State Committee SA) Australian Psychological Society Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2010 - ongoing Member Australian Psychological Society Australia 2010 - ongoing Member APS College of Organisational Psychologists Australia
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