Staff Members

Professor Michael P O'Driscoll

Role: Convenor of Organisational Psychology program Qualifications: BSc(Hons)WAust, PhD Flin, FNZPsS Email: m.odriscoll@waikato.ac.nz Location: J 1.03 Contact: 8899

Research Interests:

Employee well-being, including stress at work. Current projects examine factors which contribute to job stress and bullying at work, along with individual coping strategies and organizational interventions.

Other research explores various work attitudes and their correlates, with a particular emphasis on organizational commitment, job involvement and satisfaction, and psychological "ownership" of the job and organization, as well as the relationship between work experiences and life outside of the job (for example, job-family enhancement and conflict).

Selected Publications:

Some recent publications:

Cooper,C.L., Dewe,P.J. and O’Driscoll,M.P.(2011). Employee assistance programs: Strengths, challenges and future. In J.Quick and L.Tetrick (Eds.). Handbook of occupational health psychology (2nd edition, pp. 337-356). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Dewe,P.J., O’Driscoll,M.P. and Cooper,C.L.(2010). Coping with work stress: A review and critique. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

O’Driscoll, M.P., Brough, P., Timms, C. and Sawang, S. (2010). Engagement with information and communication technology and psychological well-being. In P. L. Perrewe and D. C. Ganster (Eds.). Research in occupational stress and well-being. Volume 8: New developments in theoretical and conceptual approaches to stress. (pp. 269-316). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

O’Driscoll,M.P. and Brough,P.(2010). Work organization and health. In S.Leka and J.Houdmont (Eds.). Occupational health psychology (pp. 57-87). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Siu,O-L., Lu,J-f., Brough,P., Lu,C-q., Bakker,A.B., Kalliath,T., O’Driscoll,M.P., Phillips,D.R., Chen,W-q., Lo,D., Sit,C. and Shi,K.(2010). Role resources and work-family enrichment: The role of work engagement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77(3), 470-480.

Brough, P. and O’Driscoll, M.P. (2010). Organizational interventions for balancing work and home demands: An overview. Work & Stress, 24(3), 280-297.

Cable, D. and O’Driscoll, M.P. (2010). The practice of industrial/organisational psychology in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 39(1), 12-18.

Kalliath, T., Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M.P., Manimala, M. and Siu, O-L. (2010). Organisational behaviour: A psychological perspective for the Asia-Pacific. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.

Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M.P., Kalliath, T., Cooper, C.L. and Poelmans, S.A. (2009). Workplace psychological health: Current research and practice. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

O’Driscoll, M.P., Biron, C. and Cooper, C.L. (2009). Work-related technological change and psychological well-being. In Y. Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.). Technology and well-being. (pp. 106-130. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

O’Driscoll, M.P., Brough, P. and Kalliath, T. (2009). Stress and coping. In Cartwright, S. and Cooper, C.L. (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of organizational well-being. (pp. 236-266). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M.P. and Biggs, A. (2009). Parental leave and work-family balance among employed new parents: An exploratory investigation in Australia and New Zealand. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences, 4(1), 71-87.

Lu, L., Kao, S-F., Cooper, C.L., Allen, T.D., Lapierre, L.M., O’Driscoll, M.P., Poelmans, S.A., Sanchez, J.I. and Spector, P.E. (2009). Work resources, work-to-family conflict and its consequences: A Taiwanese-British cross-cultural comparison. International Journal of Stress Management, 16(1), 25-44.

LaPierre, L.M., Spector, P.E., Allen, T.D., Poelmans, S., Cooper, C.L., O’Driscoll, M.P., Sanchez, J.I., Brough, P. and Kinnunen, U. (2008). Family-supportive organization perceptions, multiple dimensions of work-family conflict, and employee satisfaction: Test of a model across five samples. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73(1), 92-106.

Allis, P. and O’Driscoll, M. (2008). Positive effects of nonwork-to-work facilitation on well-being in work, family and personal domains. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 23(3), 273-291.

McMillan, L. and O’Driscoll, M.P. (2008). The wellsprings of workaholism: A comparative analysis of the explanatory theories. In R.J. Burke and C.L. Cooper (Eds.). The long work hours culture: Causes, consequences and choices (pp. 85-111). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Spector, P.E., Allen, T.D., Lapierre, L.M., Poelmans, S., Cooper, C.L., O’Driscoll, M.P., Sanchez, J.I. et al. (2007). Cross-national differences in relationships of work demands, job satisfaction and turnover intentions with work-family conflict. Personnel Psychology, 60(4), 805-835.

Evans, I.M., Rucklidge, J.J. and O’Driscoll, M. (2007, Eds.). Professional practice of psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Psychological Society.

Gardner, D. and O'Driscoll, M. (2007). Professional wellbeing. In Evans, I.M., Rucklidge, J.J. and O’Driscoll, M. (2007, Eds.). Professional practice of psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp.245-258). Wellington: New Zealand Psychological Society.

O’Driscoll, M.P. and Taylor, P.J. (2007). Industrial and organisational psychology. In A. Weatherall, D. Harper, M. Wilson, and J. McDowall (Eds.). An introduction to psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 103-108). Auckland: Pearson Education.

Brough, P., O’Driscoll, M., & Kalliath, T. (2007). Work-family conflict and facilitation: Achieving work-family balance. In A.I. Glendon, B.M. Thompson and B. Myors (Eds.), Advances in organisational psychology (pp. 73-92). Bowen Hills, Queensland: Australian Academic Press.

O'Driscoll, M.P. (2007). Organisational psychology in Australia and New Zealand: Reflections on the recent past and issues for future research and practice. In A.I. Glendon, B.M. Thompson, and B. Myors (Eds.). Advances in organisational psychology (pp. 465-481). Bowen Hills, Queensland: Australian Academic Press.

McMillan, L. and O’Driscoll, M.P. (2006). Exploring new frontiers to generate an integrated definition of workaholism. In R.J. Burke (Ed.). Research companion to working time and work addiction. (pp. 89-107). Cheltenham , UK: Edward Elgar.

O’Driscoll, M.P., Pierce, J.L. and Coghlan, A-M. (2006). The psychology of possession: Work environment structure, organizational commitment and citizenship behavior. Group & Organization Management, 31 (3), 388-416.

O’Driscoll, M., Brough, P. and Kalliath, T. (2006). Work-family conflict and facilitation. In F. Jones, R. J. Burke & M. Westman (Eds.). Managing the work-home interface. (pp. 117-142). Hove, Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.

O’Driscoll, M.P. (2006). Locus of control. In J. Greenhaus and G. Callanan (Eds.). Encyclopedia of career development. (pp. 480-482). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Professor Michael P O'Driscoll

General Interests:

Organisational psychology
Work-related stress and stress management
Work/life balance
Bullying and anti-social work behaviour

Expertise:

Research interests focus on work attitudes, motivation and behaviour, employee job stress and well-being, and the interface between job experiences and life off the job (especially family commitments and responsibilities).

He is available to supervise graduate research in these and other areas within the field of organizational psychology.