Dr Simon Albrecht

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Casual Sessional Academic

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Psychology

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

Research interests

employee engagement

meaningful work

organisational politics

organisational culture and climate

leadership and vision

attitudes to change

individual, team and organisational wellbeing and performance

Teaching interests

Unit Chair for:

HPS721 Organisational Development and Change

HPS785 Research Thesis A

HPS792 Research Thesis B

HPS793 Research Thesis C

HPS794 Research Thesis D

Awards


 

Publications

Filter by

2023

The psychological conditions for employee engagement in organizational change: Test of a change engagement model

S Albrecht, S Furlong, M Leiter

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 1-11, Frontiers in Psychology, Switzerland, C1

journal article

VALIDATING THE INTENTIONAL ADAPTABILITY QUOTIENT FOR USES IN CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY

P Locaso, A Louie, S Albrecht, M De Sanctis

(2023), pp. 1-20, Consulting Psychology Journal, Washington, D.C., C1

journal article

Pro-environmental employee engagement: the influence of pro-environmental psychological capital, pro-environmental job resources, and perceived corporate environmental responsibility

S Albrecht, T Donnelly, M Frenkiel, S Rajic, V Kavadas, M Leiter

(2023), Vol. 4, pp. 1-12, Frontiers in Sustainability, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

journal article
2022

Values assessment for personnel selection: comparing job applicants to non-applicants

J Anglim, K Molloy, P Dunlop, S Albrecht, F Lievens, A Marty

(2022), Vol. 31, pp. 524-536, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, C1

journal article

Pro-environmental employee engagement: The influence of pro-environmental organizational, job and personal resources

S Albrecht, A Bocks, J Dalton, A Lorigan, A Smith

(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1-18, Sustainability, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

The Influence of Change-Related Organizational and Job Resources on Employee Change Engagement

S Albrecht, S Connaughton, M Leiter

(2022), Vol. 13, Frontiers in Psychology, Switzerland, C1

journal article

ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE CAPABILITY: VALIDATION OF A PRACTICE-RESEARCH MEASURE

S Albrecht, I Roughsedge

(2022), Consulting Psychology Journal, C1

journal article
2021

Employee engagement and engagement in change: A research agenda

S Albrecht

(2021), pp. 155-172, A research agenda for employee engagement in a changing world of work, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Meaningful work, job resources, and employee engagement

S Albrecht, C Green, A Marty

(2021), Vol. 13, Sustainability (Switzerland), C1

journal article
2020

Personality, self-efficacy and job resources and their associations with employee engagement, affective commitment and turnover intentions

S Albrecht, A Marty

(2020), Vol. 31, pp. 657-681, International journal of human resource management, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Measuring Values at Work: Extending Existing Frameworks to the Context of Work

S Albrecht, A Marty, N Brandon-Jones

(2020), Vol. 28, pp. 531-550, Journal of Career Assessment, C1

journal article

Change Engagement, Change Resources, and Change Demands: A Model for Positive Employee Orientations to Organizational Change

S Albrecht, S Connaughton, K Foster, S Furlong, C Yeow

(2020), Vol. 11, pp. 1-11, Frontiers in Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

journal article
2019

Perceived organizational politics, engagement, and stress: The mediating influence of meaningful work

E Landells, S Albrecht

(2019), Vol. 10, Frontiers in Psychology, Switzerland, C1

journal article
2018

Employee engagement and emotional exhaustion of fly-in-fly-out workers: a diary study

S Albrecht, J Anglim

(2018), Vol. 70, pp. 66-75, Australian journal of psychology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Organizational resources, organizational engagement climate, and employee engagement

S Albrecht, E Breidahl, A Marty

(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 67-85, Career Development International, C1

journal article

Boards of directors: assessing their functioning and validation of a multi-dimensional measure

S Asahak, S Albrecht, M De Sanctis, N Barnett

(2018), Vol. 9, pp. 1-10, Frontiers in psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

journal article
2017

The positives and negatives of organizational politics: a qualitative study

E Landells, S Albrecht

(2017), Vol. 32, pp. 41-58, Journal of business and psychology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Positive politics, negative politics, and engagement: Psychological safety, meaningfulness, and availability as "black box" explanatory mechanisms

E Landells, S Albrecht

(2017), Vol. 15, pp. 33-49, Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, C1

journal article

The influence of office layout features on employee perception of organizational culture

S Zerella, K von Treuer, S Albrecht

(2017), Vol. 54, pp. 1-10, Journal of environmental psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2016

Salesperson work engagement and flow: A qualitative exploration of their antecedents and relationship

A Medhurst, S Albrecht

(2016), Vol. 11, pp. 22-45, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, C1

journal article
2015

Meaningful work: some key questions for research and practice

S Albrecht

(2015), pp. 210-234, Flourishing in life, work and careers : individual wellbeing and career experiences, Cheltenham, Eng., B1

book chapter

Employee engagement, human resource management practices and competitive advantage

S Albrecht, A Bakker, J Gruman, W Macey, A Saks

(2015), Vol. 2, pp. 7-35, Journal of organizational effectiveness, Bingley, Eng., C1

journal article

Challenge demands, hindrance demands, and psychological need satisfaction: their influence on employee engagement and emotional exhaustion

S Albrecht

(2015), Vol. 14, pp. 70-79, Journal of personnel psychology, Gottingen, Germany, C1

journal article
2014

A climate for engagement : some theory, models, measures, research, and practical applications

S Albrecht

(2014), pp. 400-414, Oxford handbook of organizational climate and culture, Oxford, England, B1

book chapter
2013

Work engagement and the positive power of meaningful work

S Albrecht

(2013), pp. 237-260, Advances in positive organizational psychology, Bingley, England, B1

book chapter

Organizational political climate: shared perceptions about the building and use of power bases

E Landells, S Albrecht

(2013), Vol. 23, pp. 357-365, Human resource management review, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2012

Organizational Politics and Occupational Health Psychology: A Demands-Resources Perspective

S Albrecht, E Landells

(2012), Vol. 2, pp. 1-18, Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, London, Eng., B1-1

book chapter

The influence of job, team and organizational level resources on employee well-being, engagement, commitment and extra-role performance : test of a model

S Albrecht

(2012), Vol. 33, pp. 840-853, International journal of manpower, Bingley, England, C1

journal article
2011

Work engagement: further reflections on the state of play

A Bakker, S Albrecht, M Leiter

(2011), Vol. 20, pp. 74-88, European journal of work and organizational psychology, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Key questions regarding work engagement

A Bakker, S Albrecht, M Leiter

(2011), Vol. 20, pp. 4-28, European journal of work and organizational psychology, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1

journal article

The influence of empowering leadership, empowerment and engagement on affective commitment and turnover intentions in community health service workers: test of a model

S Albrecht, M Andreetta

(2011), Vol. 24, pp. 228-237, Leadership in health services, Bingley, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Salesperson engagement and performance: a theoretical model

A Medhurst, S Albrecht

(2011), Vol. 17, pp. 398-411, Journal of management and organization, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2005

Leadership climate in the public sector: feelings matter too!

S Albrecht

(2005), Vol. 28, pp. 397-416, International journal of public administration, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2003

Trust in public-sector senior management

S Albrecht, A Travaglione

(2003), Vol. 14, pp. 76-92, International journal of human resource management, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2000

Using 3608 feedback and the integral model to develop leadership and management skills

R Cacioppe, S Albrecht

(2000), Vol. 21, pp. 390-404, Leadership & organization development journal, Bingley, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

VPSC People Matter Survey

Dr Simon Albrecht

Victorian Public Sector Commission

  • 2019: $20,000

Industry and Other Funding

Evaluating A Workgroup Civility Intervention:SCORE

Dr Simon Albrecht, Ms Vicki Kavadas, Prof Michael Leiter

PeopleScape Pty Ltd

  • 2019: $25,547
  • 2018: $18,125

Victorian Healthcare Recovery Initiative (VHRI) Workforce Impact: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 and the impact on rural and regional health system workforce.

Prof Alison Hutchinson, Dr Simon Albrecht, Dr Anna Wong Shee, Dr Laura Alston

Western Alliance

  • 2022: $25,000
  • 2021: $25,000

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2017

Erin Marie Landells

Thesis entitled: Perceptions of Organizational Politics: The Positives and Negatives

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

Associate Supervisor
2023

Sarah Fischer

Thesis entitled: Exploring Multidimensional Organisational Trust Between Employees and Leaders

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2022

Joshua Khalif Wood

Thesis entitled: A Less Evaluative Measure of Big Five Personality: Development and Validation in Low-Stakes and High-Stakes Contexts

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2021

Beulah Joseph

Thesis entitled: An exploration of Employee Assistance Programs in the modern workplace

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2019

Sarah Kate Ainsley Wynton

Thesis entitled: Subtask Learning, Strategy Acquisition, and Dynamic Ability-Performance Relationships: Decomposing Skill Acquisition Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology