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Associate Professor Christopher Burt

Psychology

Fields of Research

  • Autobiographical memory
  • Donations
  • Eyewitness testimony
  • Recruitment advertising
  • Team safety
  • Time management

Researcher Summary

Research interests include work place health/safety/stress, attitude scale construction, time management, charity donations, employee recruitment,  and autobiographical memory, temporal memory & eyewitness memory.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Future Research

  • Temporal memory
  • Employee recruitment
  • Team safety
  • Charity donation on the Web

Key Methodologies

  • Autobiographical memory
  • Eyewitness testimony
  • Time management
  • Warning symbol design
  • Experiments
  • Field surveys

Publications


  • Burt, C.D.B. and Williams, S. (2012) Donor specified fund splitting: The influence of charity expenditure information. Bangkok, Thailand: Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research Conference (SIBR), 7-9 Jun 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Burt, C.D.B. (2012) Episodic memory. In P. Robinson (Ed.), The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Second Language Acquisition: 211-213. New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Williams, S. (2012) Managing the public's trust in non-profit organizations: Use of a donation splitting technique. University of Limerick, Ireland: 11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, 26-29 Jun 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Williams, S. and Wallis, D. (2012) New recruit safety expectations: Relationships with trust and perceived job risk. Safety Science 50(4): 1079-1084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2011.11.019. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B. (2012) The Importance of Trust to the Funding of Humanitarian Work. In S.C. Carr, M. MacLachlan and A. Furnham (Ed.), Humanitarian Work Psychology: 317-331. UK: Palgrave-MacMillian. (Chapter in Book)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Williams, S. and Wallis, D. (2011) New recruit safety expectations. Brisbane, Australia: 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP), 23-26 Jun 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Carr, S. (2011) Organizational psychology and poverty reduction: The multi-dimensionality of the aid worker experience. Journal of Managerial Psychology 26(6): 444-452. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683941111154329. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Gibbons, S. (2011) The effects of donation button design on aid agency transactional trust. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing 16(2): 183-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.412. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Westrate, A., Champion, F. and Brown, C. (2010) Development of the Time Management Environment (TiME) Scale. Journal of Managerial Psychology 25(6): 649-668. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683941011056978. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C. and Hislop, H. (2010) Does trust in selection and induction procedures compromise safety? Sheffield, UK: 2nd Biennial Institute of Work Psychology International Conference on Work, Well-being & Performance (IWP 2010), 29 Jun-1 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • O'Driscoll, M., Burt, C. D. B., Cable, D., Carr, S., Cooper-Thomas, H., Gardner, D. and Lobb, B. (2010) I/O psychology programmes at New Zealand universities: Contributions to the profession and to organisations in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Psychology Aotearoa 2(2): 90-92. (Journal Article)
  • Carr, S., Dalal, A., Mpofu, E., Louis, W., Fryer, D., McCormack, C., Davidson, G., Marai, L., Burt, C.D.B. and Waldegrave, C. (2010) Official Launch - A Global Special Issue on Psychology and Poverty Reduction: Accelerating input from the entire field of Applied Psychology. Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Halloumis, S.A., McIntyre, S. and Blackmore, H.S. (2010) Using colleague and team photographs in recuitment advertisements: Effects on applicant attraction. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 48(2): 233-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1038411109355358. (Journal Article)
  • Dunham, A. and Burt, C. (2009) Concept Definition in Knowledge Management: The Development of an Organizational Memory Scale. Vicenza, Italy: 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2009), 3-4 Sep 2009. In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management 247-255. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Burt, C., Chmiel, N. and Hayes, P. (2009) Does trust in organizational safety induction procedures compromise safety in works with new recruits? Santiago de Compostda, Spain: 14th European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology, 13-16 May 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Chmiel, N. and Hayes, P. (2009) Implications of turnover and trust for safety attitudes and behaviour in work teams. Safety Science 47(7): 1002-1006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2008.11.001. (Journal Article)
  • Dunham, A. and Burt, C.D.B. (2009) Mentoring and the Transfer of Organizational Memory within the Context of an Aging Workforce: Cultural Implications for Competitive Advantage. In D. Harorimana (Ed.), Cultural implications of knowledge sharing, management and transfer: Identifying competitive advantage: 252-275. Hershey: IGI Gobal Publishing. (Chapter in Book)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Stevenson, R.J. (2009) The relationship between recruitment processes, familiarity, trust, perceived risk and safety. Journal of Safety Research 40(5): 365-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2009.08.002. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Dunham, A.H. (2009) Trust generated by aid agency web page design. International Journal of Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Marketing 14(2: Special Issue on Marketing and Development out): 125-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.338. (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S., Burt, C.D.B. and Furneaux, L. (2008) A test of the peak-end rule with extended autobiographical events. Memory & Cognition 36(1): 132-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/MC.36.1.132. (Journal Article)
  • Forsyth, D.K. and Burt, C.D.B. (2008) Allocating time to future tasks: The effect of task segmentation on planning fallacy bias. Memory & Cognition 36(4): 791-798. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/MC.36.4.791. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Sepie, B. and McFadden, G. (2008) The development of a considerate and responsible safety attitude in work teams. Safety Science 46(1): 79-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2006.10.005. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B. (2008) Time, language and autobiographical memory. In P. Indefrey and M. Gullberg (Ed.), Time to Speak: Cognitive and Neural Prerequisites for Time in Language: 123-141. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. (Chapter in Book)
  • Dunham, A. and Burt, C.D.B. (2007) Development of an organisational memory scale. Sydney, Australia: 21st Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2007), 4-7 Dec 2007. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Dunham, A. and Burt, C.D.B. (2007) Organisational memory and the propensity to mentor. Barcelona, Spain: 8th European Conference on Knowledge Management, 6-7 Sep 2007. 262-267. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Burt, C.D.B. (2007) Time, language and autobiographical memory. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Second A. Guiora Annual Roundtable Conference in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language: Cognitive and Neural Prerequisites of Time in Language, 17-18 Oct 2007. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • 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)
  • Forsyth, D.K. and Burt, C.D.B. (2005) The importance of appropriate temporal boundaries when making expected duration estimates for time management purposes. Australasian Journal of Business and Behavioural Sciences 1(2): 89-100. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Halsegger, E. (2004) Humour as a predictor of workplace bullying. University of Bergen, Norway: 4th International Conference on Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace, Jul 2004. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Kemp, S. and Burt, C.D.B. (2004) Memories of uncertain origin: dreamt or real events. University of Otago: 31st Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Apr 2004. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Kemp, S. and Conway, M.A. (2004) Memory for true and false autobiographical event descriptions. Memory 12(5): 545-552. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B. and Strongman, K. (2004) Use of images in charity advertising: Improving donations and compliance rates. International Journal of Organisational Behaviour 8(8): 571-580. (Journal Article)
  • Rubin, D. C., Burt, C. D. B. and Fifield, S. J. (2003) Experimental manipulations of the phenomenology of memory.. Memory and Cognition 31(6): 877-887. (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S., Burt, C. D. B. and Sheen, M. (2003) Remembering dreamt and actual experiences.. Applied Cognitive Psychology 17(5): 577-592. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.D.B., Kemp, S. and Conway, M.A. (2003) Themes, events and episodes in autobiographical memory. Memory and Cognition 31(2): 317-325. (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S. and Burt, C.D.B. (2002) Altruism in valuing government and market supplied goods. Journal of Socio-Economics 31: 167-169. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C. (2002) Commentary on Pedersen and Wright. Applied Cognitive Psychology 16: 785-787. (Journal Article)
  • Cubitt, S. and Burt, C. (2002) Leadership style, loneliness and occupational stress in New Zealand primary school principals. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 37(2) (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S. and Burt, C.D.B. (2001) Estimation of the value and cost of government and market supplied goods. Public Choice 107: 235--252. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C. and Forsyth, D. K. (2001) Relationships between supervisor behavior, family support and perceived time management ability. New Zealand Journal of Psychology 30: 4--8. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C.B.D., Kemp, S. and Conway, M. A. (2001) What happens if you retest autobiographical memory after 10 years? Memory & Cognition 29(1): 127--136. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C., Kemp, S., Grady, J. and Conway, M.A. (2000) Ordering autobiographical experiences. Memory 8: 323--332. (Journal Article)
  • Strongman, K. and Burt, C. (2000) Taking breaks from work: An exploratory inquiry. The Journal of Psychology 134: 229--42. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C. and Forsyth, D. (1999) Designing materials for efficient time management: Segmentation and planning space. Cognitive Technology 4(1): 11--18. (Journal Article)
  • Lulham, R. and Burt, C. (1999) Marine vessel control using the Tiller-motor System. Applied Ergonomics 30: 331--340. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C., Henningsen, N. and Consedine, N. (1999) Prompting correct lifting posture using signs. Applied Ergonomics 30(4): 353--59. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C. (1999) The effect of categorisation of action speed on estimated duration. Memory 7(3): 345--55. (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S. and Burt, C.D.B. (1999) Why are we reluctant to sell friendship? Journal of Applied Social Psychology 29: 2272--2291. (Journal Article)
  • Henderson, N.J. and Burt, C. (1998) An evaluation of the effectiveness of shift work preparation strategies. New Zealand Journal of Psychology 27: 13--20. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C., Gladstone, K. L. and Grieve, K. R. (1998) Development of the Considerate and Responsible Employee (CARE) Scale. Work and Stress 12: 362--69. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C., Strongman, K.T. and Costanzo, C.L. (1998) Memorial distortions and homesickness following relocation. Australian Journal of Psychology 50: 106--13. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C. and Popple, J. S. (1998) Memorial distortions in donation data. The Journal of Social Psychology 153: 724--733. (Journal Article)
  • Burt, C., Watt, S.C., Mitchell, D. and Conway, M.A. (1998) Retrieving the sequence of autobiographical event components. Applied Cognitive Psychology 12: 321--38. (Journal Article)
  • Kemp, S. and Burt, C.D.B. (1997) The force of events: Cross-modality matching the recency of news events. Memory 6: 297--306. (Journal Article)