Biography
Huw Flatau Harrison is a Lecturer in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Huw recently completed a combined PhD and Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University of Western Australia.
His research focusses on how to improve people's safety behaviours at work in safety-critical industries, including examining factors to improve individual safety motivation and an organisation's underlying safety climate/culture. His work has used mining/oil & gas, construction and healthcare settings. He has published in leading international journals such as Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Safety Science and presented at leading international (Academy of Management, US) and domestic (Industrial and Organisational Psychology, AU) conferences.
In addition, he is a Provisional Psychologist registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and Psychology Board of Australia. He is currently in the process of applying for general registration and entrance into the registrar program to become an Organisational Psychologist. Huw uses this professional registration and accreditation to strengthen industry-university ties through consultation and practice.
Read more on Huw's profileResearch interests
- Safety (climate/culture, motivation, behaviour, leadership)
- Research Methods (multilevel modelling, missing data analysis, dispersion measures)
- Organisational Behaviour
Affiliations
- Member, Academy of Management (US).
- Member, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (US).
- Member, College of Organisational Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society (AU).
Teaching interests
- Organisational Behaviour
- Research Methods
- Human Resources
Units taught
- MMM211 - Team Dynamics
- MMH702 - Strategic Staffing
Professional activities
Publications
Wouter Vleugels, H Flatau Harrison
(2023), Vol. 96, pp. 669-677, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, London, Eng., C1
Huw Flatau-Harrison, Micah Wilson, Wouter Vleugels
(2023), Vol. 168, pp. 1-13, Safety Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
H Flatau-Harrison, W Vleugels, S Kilroy, J Bosak
(2022), Vol. 47, pp. 330-339, Health Care Management Review, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
H Flatau-Harrison, M Griffin, M Gagne
(2021), Vol. 36, pp. 679-691, Journal of Business and Psychology, C1
H Flatau-Harrison, M Griffin, M Gagné
(2020), Vol. 121, pp. 485-495, Safety Science, C1
H Flatau Harrison, M Griffin, M Gagne, D Andrei
(2018), Vol. 104, pp. 189-201, Safety Science, C1-1
Safety climate and culture: Integrating psychological and systems perspectives
T Casey, M Griffin, H Harrison, A Neal
(2017), Vol. 22, pp. 341-353, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, United States, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Independent Medical Examiner (IME) Quality Assurance Process redesign.
A/Prof Matt Mount, Prof Judy Currey, Dr Huw Flatau Harrison, Dr Stephanie Sprogis
Victorian Workcover Authority (WorkSafe Vic) - Partnership
- 2021: $20,000
- 2020: $20,000
Independent Medical Examiner (IME) QAP redesign. New Evidence Based Quality Tool Development
Prof Judy Currey, Dr Huw Flatau Harrison
WorkSafe Victoria
- 2022: $58,727
Eastern Health: Enacting and Embedding Safety Culture Change.
Dr Huw Flatau Harrison, Dr Wouter Vleugels, Prof Andrew Noblet
Eastern Health
- 2024: $7,812
- 2022: $77,355
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report