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Dr Sarah Louise Wright

Management

Fields of Research

  • Emotions in organisations
  • Employee retention
  • Employee selection and validation
  • Human relations research
  • Loneliness in the workplace
  • Occupational stress
  • Organisational climate
  • Organisational psychology
  • Social relationships at work

Researcher Summary

Research interests include emotions in organisations, social relationships in the workplace, loneliness, employee selection, assessment and validation, emotional climate in organisations, occupational stress and employee performance.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Future Research

  • Loneliness in the workplace
  • The effects organisational climate and social factors have on employee retention

Key Methodologies

  • Factor analyses
  • Regression analyses
  • Structural equation modelling

Affiliations

Publications


  • Cooper-Thomas, H.D. and Wright, S. (2013) Person-environment misfit: the neglected role of social context. Journal of Managerial Psychology 28(1): 21-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683941311298841. (Journal Article)
  • Malinen, S., Wright, S.L. and Cammock, P. (2013) What drives organisational engagement? A case study on trust, justice perceptions and withdrawal attitudes. Evidence-based HRM 1(1): 96-108. (Journal Article)
  • Baruch, Y., Wordsworth, R., Wright, S. and Mills, C.M. (2012) Career Attitudes and Outcomes of Blue-Collar Workers: The Impact of Chance Event. Boston, MA, USA: Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 3-7 Aug 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wright, S. (2012) Is it Lonely at the Top? An Empirical Study of Managers' and Nonmanagers' Loneliness in Organizations. The Journal of Psychology 146(1-2): 47-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2011.585187. (Journal Article)
  • Lips-Wiersma, M. and Wright, S. (2012) Measuring the meaning of meaningful work: Development and validation of the comprehensive meaningful work scale (CMWS). Group Organization Management 37(5): 655-685. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059601112461578. (Journal Article)
  • Malinen, S., Wright, S.L. and Cammock, P. (2011) Organisational engagement during times of change: its antecedents and influence on turnover intentions. Brisbane, Australia: 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP), 23-26 Jun 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Wright, S.L. and Lund-Dean, K. (2011) Transforming a large class lecture theatre into an active learning environment. Milwaukee, WI, USA: Organizational Behaviour Teaching Conference, 8-11 Jun 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Baruch, Y., Wordsworth, R., Wright, S. and Mills, C. (2010) Career attitudes of bus drivers. Lisbon, Portugal: 26th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, 28 Jun-3 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wright, S. and Morrison, R. (2010) It's so lonely being the king of all the wild things: All Max needed was a friend.... Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Cooper-Thomas, H.D. and Wright, S. (2010) The influence of co-worker relationships on person-organisation misfit. Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Wright, S. and Cooper-Thomas, H. (2009) Co-Worker Relations and Person-Organization Misfit. Fit Island, Second Life: 3rd Global e-Conference on Fit, 11-13 Dec 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4988. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Morrison, R.L. and Wright, S.L. (Ed.) (2009) Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A Work Psychology Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. xiii+254pp. (Edited Book)
  • Wright, S. (2009) In a Lonely Place: The Experience of Loneliness in the Workplace. In R. Morrison and S. Wright (Ed.), Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A work psychology perspective: 10-31. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wright, S. (2009) Social relationships in the workplace and employee retention. New Orleans, LA, USA: 24th Annual SIOP Conference, 2-4 Apr 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3481. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Morrison, R. and Wright, S. (2009) The Organizational Chart's 'White Spaces'. In R. Morrison and S. Wright (Ed.), Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A work psychology perspective: 1-9. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wright, S. and Hornblow, A. (2008) Emerging needs, evolving services: the health of Pacific peoples in New Zealand. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences 3(1): 21-33. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3908. (Journal Article)
  • Cooper-Thomas, H.D. and Wright, S. (2008) Industrial-Organisational Psychology in New Zealand: Who are we and where are we going? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology Online(1): 12-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/ajop.1.1.12. (Journal Article)
  • Wright, S. (2008) Loneliness in the Workplace. Saarbrücken: VDM Publishing. 229pp. (Authored Book)
  • Brooks, I. and Wright, S. (2007) A Survey of Executive Coaching Practices in New Zealand. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 5(1): 30-41. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1949. (Journal Article)
  • Carr, S., Cooper-Thomas, H., Morrison, R., O'Driscoll, M. and Wright, S. (2007) How to conduct networked research: The Australasian Small Business Owner. Adelaide, Australia: 7th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology (IOP) Conference, 28 Jun-1 Jul 2007. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Wright, S. (2007) Loneliness in employees. Adelaide, Australia: 7th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology (IOP) Conference, 28 Jun-1 Jul 2007. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Alpass, F., Flett, R., Trlin, A., Henderson, A., North, N., Skinner, M. and Wright, S. (2007) Psychological Wellbeing in Three Groups of Skilled Immigrants to New Zealand. Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling 13(1): 1-13. (Journal Article)
  • Wright, S. (2007) The Experience Of Loneliness In Organisations. Paris, France: European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM 2007), 16-19 May 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wright, S.L., Burt, C.D.B. and Strongman, K.T. (2006) Loneliness in the Workplace: Construct Definition and Scale Development. New Zealand Journal of Psychology 35(2): 59-68. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2751. (Journal Article)
  • Wright, S.L. (2005) Loneliness in the workplace. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Wright, S.L. (2005) Organisational Climate, Social Support and Loneliness in the Workplace. In N. Ashkanasy, C. Härtel and W. Zerbe (Ed.), The Effect of Affect in Organizational Settings: Research on Emotion in Organizations, Volume 1. Oxford: JAI Press. (Chapter in Book)