I am an Organisational Psychologist and Associate Professor at UQ's School of Psychology. I research, teach, and consult on a broad range of work and organisational topics. In particular, my research focuses on how to manage stress and improve performance. Through my research, I aim to help organisations and their employees devise new strategies to work healthier while still being productive. My consulting and advisory work has included tackling issues with selection and recruitment, training and development, career management, work design, change management, and operational safety. I have expertise in the conduct of research in a range of high performance settings (e.g., small business owners, professional musicians, elite athletes, and safety critical work in healthcare and transport industries). I serve on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and the European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology.
I completed my PhD in 2012 and joined the UQ School of Psychology in 2013, following a postdoctoral research position at QUT School of Management. Some of my more specific research topics include, but are not limited to: the moment-to-moment physiological impact of work stress (i.e., on cortisol levels, heart rate variability); how employees manage their energy during the work day; how employees recover from work stress in off-the-job time; how jobs and careers can be designed to maximise well-being, motivation, and performance; and I also explore the 'hidden costs' of performance-based pay and compensation systems.
Journal Article: Compassion focused therapy to reduce body weight shame for individuals with obesity: a randomized controlled trial
Carter, Alicia, Steindl, Stanley R., Parker, Stacey, Gilbert, Paul and Kirby, James N. (2023). Compassion focused therapy to reduce body weight shame for individuals with obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy, 54 (5), 747-764. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.02.001
Journal Article: Profiles of diversity and inclusion motivation: Toward an employee‐centered understanding of why employees put effort into inclusion and exclusion
Dawson, Niamh E. A., Parker, Stacey L. and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2023). Profiles of diversity and inclusion motivation: Toward an employee‐centered understanding of why employees put effort into inclusion and exclusion. Human Resource Management. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22186
Journal Article: Recovery from work: advancing the field toward the future
Sonnentag, Sabine, Cheng, Bonnie Hayden and Parker, Stacey L. (2022). Recovery from work: advancing the field toward the future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9 (1), 33-60. doi: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-091355
Well-being and Productivity in Metricised Employee Performance Systems
(2023–2026) ARC Discovery Projects
A dynamic model of work-related effort, recovery, and affective well-being
(2021–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
(2019–2023) Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works
Physiological Recovery on Next-Day Work Performance via Executive Function and Stress
Doctor Philosophy
A dynamic model of work-related effort, recovery, and affective well-being
Doctor Philosophy
Ask, but you might not receive: The consequences of unanswered supervisor support
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
A dynamic model of work-related effort, recovery, and affective well-being
The aim of this project is to develop and test a computational model of work-related effort and recovery that explains how people recover from work demands moment-to-moment and day-to-day. Recovery is essential for well-being. Paradoxically, however, those who need to recover find it hard to put effort into recovery. The model will be tested in a series of naturalistic observational studies and controlled experiments. In each study, subjective and physiological experiences of well-being and recovery are measured as people regulate effort during work and recovery. The result will be a unifying and general model of work recovery, that can inform when and how to intervene to improve employee well-being. This project is in collaboration with Professor Andrew Neal, Professor Nerina Jimmieson, and Professor Sabine Sonnentag.
Requesting and receiving supervisor support and the implications for organizational wellbeing
McIlroy, Thomas D., Parker, Stacey L. and McKimmie, Blake M. (2021). Requesting and receiving supervisor support and the implications for organizational wellbeing. The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Wellbeing. (pp. 1-16) London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529757187.n6
Using heart rate variability measures in social science research
Fooken, Jonas and Parker, Stacey L. (2019). Using heart rate variability measures in social science research. Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research: Theory and Practice. (pp. 305-325) edited by Gigi Foster. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-813092-6.09989-5
A virtuous cycle: how green companies grow green employees (and vice versa)
Norton, Thomas A., Parker, Stacey L., Davis, Matthew C., Russell, Sally V. and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2018). A virtuous cycle: how green companies grow green employees (and vice versa). Research handbook on employee pro-environmental behavior. (pp. 210-228) edited by Victoria K. Wells, Diana Gregory-Smith and Danae Manika. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
The role of implicit leadership theory in employees’ perceptions of abusive supervision
Nguyen, Hieu, Ashkanasy, Neal M., Parker, Stacey and Li, Yiqiong (2018). The role of implicit leadership theory in employees’ perceptions of abusive supervision. Research on emotion in organizations, Volume 14: Individual, relational, and contextual dynamics of emotions. (pp. 119-138) edited by L. Petitta, C. E. J. Härtel, N. M. Ashkanasy and W. J. Zerbe. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1108/S1746-979120180000014014
Resource effects in the caregiving process
Greaves, Claire E., Parker, Stacey L., Zacher, Hannes and Jimmieson, Nerina L. (2017). Resource effects in the caregiving process. The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Oneself and Others at Home and at Work. (pp. 99-125) edited by Ronald J. Burke and Lisa M. Calvano . Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Employee green behavior and aging
Norton, Thomas, Parker, Stacey L. and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2015). Employee green behavior and aging. Encyclopedia of geropsychology. (pp. 769-776) edited by Nancy A. Parchana. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_308-1
Measures of coping for psychological well-being
Greenaway, Katharine H., Louis, Winnifred R., Parker, Stacey L., Kalokerinos, Elise K., Smith, Joanne R. and Terry, Deborah J. (2015). Measures of coping for psychological well-being. Measures of personality and social psychological constructs. (pp. 322-351) edited by Gregory Boyle, Donald H. Saklofske and Gerald Matthews. London, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386915-9.00012-7
Occupational Health Psychology
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Way, Kirsten A. (2013). Occupational Health Psychology. Organisational Psychology: Research and Professional Practice. (pp. 219-242) edited by Sarris, Aspa and Kirby, Neil. Prahran VIC Australia: Tilde Publishing and Distribution.
Carter, Alicia, Steindl, Stanley R., Parker, Stacey, Gilbert, Paul and Kirby, James N. (2023). Compassion focused therapy to reduce body weight shame for individuals with obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy, 54 (5), 747-764. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.02.001
Dawson, Niamh E. A., Parker, Stacey L. and Okimoto, Tyler G. (2023). Profiles of diversity and inclusion motivation: Toward an employee‐centered understanding of why employees put effort into inclusion and exclusion. Human Resource Management. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22186
Recovery from work: advancing the field toward the future
Sonnentag, Sabine, Cheng, Bonnie Hayden and Parker, Stacey L. (2022). Recovery from work: advancing the field toward the future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9 (1), 33-60. doi: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-091355
Parker, Stacey L., Dawson, Niamh, van den Broeck, Anja, Sonnentag, Sabine and Neal, Andrew (2021). Employee motivation profiles, energy levels, and approaches to sustaining energy: a two-wave latent-profile analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 131 103659, 103659. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103659
Experimental evidence for the effects of job demands and job control on physical activity after work
Abdel Hadi, Sascha, Mojzisch, Andreas, Parker, Stacey L. and Häusser, Jan A. (2021). Experimental evidence for the effects of job demands and job control on physical activity after work. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 27 (1), 125-141. doi: 10.1037/xap0000333
McIlroy, Thomas D., Parker, Stacey L. and McKimmie, Blake M. (2021). The effects of unanswered supervisor support on employees’ well-being, performance, and relational outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 26 (1), 49-68. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000270
Physiological fractals: visual and statistical evidence across timescales and experimental states
Kim, Jeffrey J., Parker, Stacey, Henderson, Trent and Kirby, James N. (2020). Physiological fractals: visual and statistical evidence across timescales and experimental states. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17 (167) 20200334, 20200334. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0334
When trust goes wrong: a social identity model of risk taking
Cruwys, Tegan, Greenaway, Katharine H., Ferris, Laura J., Rathbone, Joanne A., Saeri, Alexander K., Williams, Elyse, Parker, Stacey L., Chang, Melissa X-L., Croft, Nicholas, Bingley, William and Grace, Laura (2020). When trust goes wrong: a social identity model of risk taking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120 (1), 57-83. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000243
Neurophysiological and behavioural markers of compassion
Kim, Jeffrey J., Parker, Stacey L., Doty, James R., Cunnington, Ross, Gilbert, Paul and Kirby, James N. (2020). Neurophysiological and behavioural markers of compassion. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 6789, 6789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63846-3
Collateral damage associated with performance-based pay: the role of stress appraisals
Parker, Stacey L., Bell, Katrina, Gagné, Marylene, Carey, Kristine and Hilpert, Thomas (2019). Collateral damage associated with performance-based pay: the role of stress appraisals. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28 (5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/1359432x.2019.1634549
Parker, Stacey L., Sonnentag, Sabine, Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Newton, Cameron J. (2019). Relaxation during the evening and next-morning energy: The role of hassles, uplifts, and heart rate variability during work. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 25 (2), 83-98. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000155
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Amiot, Catherine E. (2019). Persisting with a music career despite the insecurity: when social and motivational resources really matter. Psychology of Music, 49 (1), 030573561984458-156. doi: 10.1177/0305735619844589
Understanding franchisee performance: the role of personal and contextual resources
Parker, Stacey L., Cutts, Sally, Nathan, Greg and Zacher, Hannes (2018). Understanding franchisee performance: the role of personal and contextual resources. Journal of Business and Psychology, 34 (5), 603-620. doi: 10.1007/s10869-018-9558-5
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Techakesari, Pirathat (2017). Using stress and resource theories to examine the incentive effects of a performance-based extrinsic reward. Human Performance, 30 (4), 169-192. doi: 10.1080/08959285.2017.1347174
Parker, Stacey L., Zacher, Hannes, de Bloom, Jessica, Verton, Thomas M. and Lentink, Corine R. (2017). Daily use of energy management strategies and occupational well-being: the moderating role of job demands. Frontiers in Psychology, 8 1477, 1477. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01477
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Amiot, Catherine E. (2017). The motivational mechanisms underlying active and high-strain work: consequences for mastery and performance. Work and Stress, 31 (3), 233-255. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2017.1303551
Greaves, Claire E. , Parker, Stacey L., Zacher, Hannes and Jimmieson, Nerina L. (2017). Working mothers’ emotional exhaustion from work and care: the role of core self-evaluations, mental health, and control. Work and Stress, 31 (2), 164-181. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2017.1303760
Norton, Thomas, A., Zacher, Hannes, Parker, Stacey L. and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2017). Bridging the gap between green behavioral intentions and employee green behavior: the role of green psychological climate. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38 (7), 996-1015. doi: 10.1002/job.2178
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Amiot, Catherine E. (2016). Reactions to changes in work control: implications for self-determined and non-self-determined individuals. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21 (4), 455-467. doi: 10.1037/a0040022
Greaves, Claire E., Parker, Stacey L., Zacher, Hannes and Jimmieson, Nerina L. (2015). Turnover intentions of employees with informal eldercare responsibilities: the role of core self-evaluations and supervisor support. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 82 (1), 79-115. doi: 10.1177/0091415015624418
Employee green behavior: a theoretical framework, multilevel review, and future research agenda
Norton, Thomas A., Parker, Stacey, Zacher, Hannes and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2015). Employee green behavior: a theoretical framework, multilevel review, and future research agenda. Organization and Environment, 28 (1), 103-125. doi: 10.1177/1086026615575773
Zacher, Hannes, Brailsford, Holly A. and Parker, Stacey L. (2014). Micro-breaks matter: a diary study on the effects of energy management strategies on occupational well-being. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85 (3), 287-297. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.08.005
Parker, Stacey L., Laurie, Kaitlan R., Newton, Cameron J. and Jimmieson, Nerina L. (2014). Regulatory focus moderates the relationship between task control and physiological and psychological markers of stress: a work simulation study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 94 (3), 390-398. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.10.009
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L., Walsh, Alexandra J. and Loakes, Jennifer L. (2014). Trait resilience fosters adaptive coping when control opportunities are high: implications for the motivating potential of active work. Journal of Business and Psychology, 30 (3), 583-604. doi: 10.1007/s10869-014-9383-4
Self-determination, control, and reactions to changes in workload: a work simulation
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Amiot, Catherine E. (2013). Self-determination, control, and reactions to changes in workload: a work simulation. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 18 (2), 173-190. doi: 10.1037/a0031803
Parker, Stacey L., Jimmieson, Nerina L. and Johnson, Kathryn M. (2013). General self-efficacy influences affective task reactions during a work simulation: the temporal effects of changes in workload at different levels of control. Anxiety Stress and Coping, 26 (2), 217-239. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2011.651616
Parker, SL, Jimmieson, NL and Amiot, CE (2010). Self-determination as a moderator of demands and control: Implications for employee strain and engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76 (1), 52-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.06.010
Parker, SL, Jimmieson, NL and Amiot, CE (2009). The Stress-Buffering Effects of Control on Task Satisfaction and Perceived Goal Attainment: An Experimental Study of the Moderating Influence of Desire for Control. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 58 (4), 622-652. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00367.x
The impact of performance Monitoring & Metric systems
Edwards, M.R., Parker, S., Okimoto, T.G. and Anseel, F. (2022). The impact of performance Monitoring & Metric systems. European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 11-14 January 2022.
Nguyen, H., Ashkanasy, N., Li, Y. and Parker, S. L. (2016). Affect and coping in response to abusive supervision: the role of employees’ implicit leader theories. 29th Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 2-4 December 2015.
Norton, Thomas A., Parker, Stacey L., Zacher, Hannes and Ashkanasy, Neal M. (2015). Employee Green Behavior: A Theoretical Framework, Multilevel Review, and Future Research Agenda (Supplementary Material). The University of Queensland. (Collection) doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.308
Work stress and self-determination: a person-environment fit explanation of strain and motivation
Parker, Stacey Louise (2012). Work stress and self-determination: a person-environment fit explanation of strain and motivation. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.
Well-being and Productivity in Metricised Employee Performance Systems
(2023–2026) ARC Discovery Projects
A dynamic model of work-related effort, recovery, and affective well-being
(2021–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
(2019–2023) Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works
(2018) Laureate Education Services Australia
COMPASS - passport processing research project
(2017–2019) Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
COMPASS - passport processing research project
(2015–2017) Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Daily management of and recovery from work stress
(2015) UQ Early Career Researcher
(2011–2012) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Note for students: Associate Professor Stacey Parker is not currently available to take on new students.
Physiological Recovery on Next-Day Work Performance via Executive Function and Stress
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
A dynamic model of work-related effort, recovery, and affective well-being
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
From Intent to Impact: Spotlighting the Understudied Role of Employee Inclusivity
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
BURDEN: Burnout and engagement of doctors and nursing staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Ask, but you might not receive: The consequences of unanswered supervisor support
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The role of personal and contextual resources for employees with caregiving responsibilities
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
A multilevel perspective on employee green behaviour
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Compassion Focused Therapy for Body Weight Shame
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Neurophysiological Correlates of Compassion
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive
or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Associate Professor Stacey Parker is not
currently available to take on new students.
A dynamic model of work-related effort, recovery, and affective well-being
The aim of this project is to develop and test a computational model of work-related effort and recovery that explains how people recover from work demands moment-to-moment and day-to-day. Recovery is essential for well-being. Paradoxically, however, those who need to recover find it hard to put effort into recovery. The model will be tested in a series of naturalistic observational studies and controlled experiments. In each study, subjective and physiological experiences of well-being and recovery are measured as people regulate effort during work and recovery. The result will be a unifying and general model of work recovery, that can inform when and how to intervene to improve employee well-being. This project is in collaboration with Professor Andrew Neal, Professor Nerina Jimmieson, and Professor Sabine Sonnentag.