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Staff Members
Dr Donald A J Cable
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Lecturer |
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BBS, DipSocSci, MA, PGCertPracPsyc, PhD |
| Email: |
dcable |
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K1.01 |
| Contact: |
+64 7 838 4466 ext. 8296 Mob - 027 574 1948 |
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Research Interests:
As well as the general areas of Personnel Selection, Personnel Training and Development, and Career Development and Management, I am available to supervise student research in the areas of:
Structured Employment Interviews - Practice Effects
Sick Building Syndrome - Psychological Symptoms
Organizational Commitment and its relationship to Person-Job Fit (demand/abilities & need/supplies)
The influence of age on attitudes toward training/development
Underemployment/Overqualification (Employer & Employee perspectives)
The Psychological Contract - Formation and Content
Survivor Syndrome - Individuals surviving organizational restructuring
Processes underlying career decision making
The predictive validity of Structured Referee Interviews
and would welcome the opportunity to discuss these topics with interested students
Selected Publications:
Research:
"Plateau and Transition. Career Dynamics in a Changing World of Work". (1999. Masters thesis)
"The Psychological Contract: The Development & Validation of a Managerial Measure." (2008. PhD thesis)
Publications:
Berry, J. and Cable, D. (2010). The humble position description - Still a valuable resource. Human Resources, 15 (2), 16-17.
Cable, D. A. J. (2010). A methodological approach to developing a measure of the psychological contract for managers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology, 3 (1), 21-31.
Cable, D. & Hendy, D. (2009). What to do with the overqualified candidate. Human Resources, 14 (5), 8-9.
Taylor, P. & Cable, D. (2004). Using the occupational information network (O*Net) in New Zealand. Human Resources, 9 (2), 26-29.
Cable, D. (2003). Why get out of bed in the morning? People and Performance, 10 (6), 14-18.
Press:
Wollaston, C. (2006, 25 January). Nothing to fear - psychometric tests can't be failed. Bay of Plenty Times, p. 29.
North, R. (2003, 6 February). Mental health risked in unhappy workplace. Waikato Times, p. 7.
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