Olivia James
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
I am a candidate in the combined Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Organisational & Human Factors), supervised by Professor Paul Delfabbro and Dr Daniel King. My research is in the area of workplace design with a focus on the social and psychological adaptation to open-plan workplace designs.
I am interested in how people deal with and adapt to changing work circumstances and environments. In-particular, why some workers in open-plan work environments score highly on general outcome measures (i.e., productivity, job satisfaction, collaboration and psychological distress) while others do not. I am interested in finding strategies that can be implemented at both an individual and organisational level to help people adapt to, and perform well in their new work environments.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Research Award 3 Minute Thesis Runner UP Australian Psychological Society (APS) 13th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference Australia — 2019 Teaching Award Excellence in Tutoring Award 2018 School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide Australia — 2017 Scholarship Research Training Program Stipend The University of Adelaide Australia — 2016 Scholarship NAGS Student Conference Scholarship National Association For Gambling Studies Inc Australia — 2013 Scholarship AsiaBound Subsidy The University of Adelaide Australia — -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2016 - 2016 The University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science (First Class) 2013 - 2015 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 James, O., Delfabbro, P., & King, D. L. (2021). A Comparison of Psychological and Work Outcomes in Open-Plan and Cellular Office Designs: A Systematic Review. SAGE Open, 11(1), 13 pages.
2019 Academic Tutor for Doing Research in Psychology (Level 2)
2018 Academic Tutor for Foundations Health & Lifespan Development (Level 2)
2017 Academic Tutor for Doing Research in Psychology (Level 2)
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Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2019 - ongoing From struggling to thriving? Adaptation to open-plan work environments: What we know now (3MT presentation) Australian Psychological Society 13th Industrial and Organisational Conference Australian Psychological Society Australia 2018 - ongoing Finding your space: Adapting to open-plan work environments (Poster) 12th annual Florey International Postgraduate Research Conference The University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - ongoing From struggling to thriving? Adaptation to open-plan work environments (3MT presentation) University of Adelaide Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences 3MT Final The University of Adelaide Australia 2016 - ongoing Awareness and Vigilance in Online Gambling National Association for Gambling Studies (NAGS) 26th Annual Conference National Association for Gambling Studies (NAGS) Australia
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