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Associate Professor Kate Blackwood

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: k.blackwood@ecu.edu.au

Kate is a Senior Industry Collaboration Fellow and Deputy Director and Centre Coordinator of the Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Centre within the School of Business and Law.

Biography

Kate is an experienced researcher and educator, specialising in the field of healthy work and employee wellbeing. Her research centres around industry engagement, working with organisations and government agencies on initiatives to improve work practices for managing psychosocial risks and fostering healthy work. She joined the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University as Senior Industry Collaboration Fellow in the Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Centre in 2023. Prior to joining SBL, Kate worked at Massey University in New Zealand, where she was co-director of the Healthy Work Group and co-director of the Bachelor of Business program. She has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Management & Organization, and Co-Editor for the New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management. Her work is published in a range of academic and industry outlets, including Personnel Review and Safety Science, and she has received approximately AU$1.5M of external funding in support for her research.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, New Zealand, 2016.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Roche, M., Shang, S., Bentley, T., Catley, B., Blackwood, K., Teo, S., Sutton, A. (2023). Mindfulness older workers and relational leadership. Journal of Management and Organization, 29(3), 571-588. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2022.11.

Reports

  • Bentley, T., Onnis, L., O'Neill, S., Brunetto, Y., Blackwood, K., Bezemer, P., Franken, E., Farr-Wharton, B., Hernandez Grande, A., Huuskes, L. (2023). Strengthening the Priority of WHS for Business Leaders. Phase 2 Report. Joondalup, WA. ECU.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Teo, S., Bentley, T., Nguyen, D., Blackwood, K., Catley, B. (2022). Inclusive leadership, matured age HRM practices and older worker wellbeing. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 60(2), 323-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12304.

2021

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Bentley, T., Teo, S., Nguyen, D., Blackwood, K., Catley, B., Gardner, D., Forsyth, D., Bone, K., Tappin, D., D'souza, N., Port, Z. (2021). Psychosocial influences on psychological distress and turnover intentions in the workplace. Safety Science, 137(May 2021), Article number 105200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105200.

2020

Journal Articles

  • D'souza, N., Forsyth, D., Blackwood, K. (2020). Workplace cyber abuse: challenges and implications for management. Personnel Review, 50(45511), 1774-1793. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-03-2020-0210.
  • Lempp, F., Blackwood, K., Gordon, M. (2020). Exploring the efficacy of mediation in cases of workplace bullying. International Journal of Conflict Management, 31(5), 665-685. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-09-2019-0145.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Bentley, T., Teo, S., Catley, B., Blackwood, K., Roche, M., O’driscoll, M. (2019). Factors influencing leave intentions among older workers: a moderated-mediation model. Personnel Review, 48(4), 898-914. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-03-2018-0095.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Blackwood, K., Bentley, T., Catley, B. (2018). A victims search for resolution: Conceptualising workplace bullying and its intervention as a process. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 34(1), 7-31.
  • Forsyth, D., Alhaseny, S., Catley, B., Blackwood, K. (2018). Contextual differences in relation to attitudes and understanding of workplace bullying in New Zealand: Insights from the Hospitality and Education sectors. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 34(3), 261-282.
  • Odedra, N., Blackwood, K., Thorn, K. (2018). The Career Experiences of Skilled Migrant Women in New Zealand: A Career Theory Perspective. New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management, 18(2), 43-59.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Blackwood, K., Bentley, T., Catley, B., Edwards, M. (2017). Managing workplace bullying experiences in nursing: the impact of the work environment. Public Money and Management, 37(5), 349-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2017.1328205.
  • Catley, B., Blackwood, K., Forsyth, D., Tappin, D., Bentley, T. (2017). Workplace bullying complaints: lessons for “good HR practice”. Personnel Review, 46(1), 100-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-04-2015-0107.

2016

Book Chapters

  • Bentley, T., Blackwood, K., Catley, B., O'Driscoll, M., Roche, M., Teo, S., Twiname, L. (2016). The role of human resource practices and other factors influencing the continuing work participation of older workers in New Zealand. The Aging Workforce Handbook: Individual, Organizational, and Societal Challenges (213-239). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781786354471.

Research Projects

  • The Critical Impacts of Psychosocial Risk Factors on Workers' Behaviours in Mining Industry, Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia, PhD Scholarship, 2025 ‑ 2028, $162,977.
  • MARS: Building Work Design Capabilities Using the PHRed-T Model: Pilot Evaluation in the WA Mining Sector, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $57,647.
  • MARS: Better Together Platform, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $96,804.
  • MARS: Advancing Capability for Preventing Workplace Harassment in the Mining Industry - MARS Workplace Barometer Capability Maturity Model Evaluation, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $27,836.
  • MARS: Supervisor impact on company gender equity initiatives: a pilot project, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $43,911.
  • MARS: Building a PSC system for the management of psychosocial risks in WA Mining Sector organisations, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $116,612.
  • New approaches to the prevention of workplace bullying , Comcare Australia, Comcare Australia, 2023 ‑ 2024, $122,680.
  • Crafting a psychosocial risk taxonomy for the Mining Sector, Fortescue Metals Group, Health & Safety Division, 2024, $57,050.
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