Current Position

Associate Professor in Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, Australia.

Other roles

• Director of the Community and Organisational Research Unit (2005-2007).
• Honours Coordinator (2001-2004)
• Undergraduate Coordinator (from S2, 2004 - 2007).

Educational Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Queensland (1999).  Topic - "Understanding the process of transfer of training in the workplace".
• Master of Arts, University of Queensland (1991)
• Bachelor of Science, University of Queensland (1991)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Queensland (1984)
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland (1983)

Current Fields of Interest

• The role of climate for transfer in supporting transfer of training in the workplace.

• Assessment of occupational well-bring and components of organisational commitment to change.

• Predictors of well-being and reemployment success for the long-term unemployed.

• Evaluation of personality factors contributing to unsafe driving behaviours.

• The importance of work-family interactions in recruiting and retaining health care staff.

Teaching Responsibilities

• 2007 Career Assessment and Development (Undergraduate course)
• 2003 - 2007 Research Methods B (Undergraduate course)
• 2004 - 2004 Psychology Applied to Current Issues (Honours course)
• 1992 - 2002 Industrial and Organisational Psychology (Undergraduate course)
• 1992 - 2003 Personnel and Organisational Psychology (Honours course)
• 1994 - 2003 Group and Organisational Consultation (Masters course)
• 1992 - 1993 Organisational Behaviour (Undergraduate course)

Professional Associations

• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) 
• Member of the APS College of Organisational Psychologists  
• Member of the International Association for Applied Psychology
• International Affiliate of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology
• Registered Psychologist, Queensland

Employment History

• Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Southern Queensland from 1st. Jan., 2007 to current.
• Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the University of Southern Queensland from 1st. Jan., 2001 to 31st Dec., 2006.
• Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the University of Southern Queensland from 17th. Feb., 1992 to 31st Dec., 2000.
• Occupational Psychologist in the Department of Employment, Education and Training from 6th March, 1989 to 14th Feb., 1992.
• Tutorial Fellow in the Psychology Department, University of Queensland from Feb., 1986 to 31st Dec., 1988.
• Job Search Training Coordinator for Ipswich Community Youth Support Scheme from Jan., 1988 to July, 1988.

Consultancies (Total value of my contracted research is over $959,000).

• Queensland Health (2004-2007)
• Queensland Transport (2005-2007)
• Dept of Public Works (2007)
• Dept of Industrial Relations (2003-2005)
• Shared Services Agency (2005-2007)

 Research Grants (Total value of my successful grants is $33,167).

• Co-Investigator for ARC Small Grant in 1998 with Dr Peter Creed, Griffith University. Topic: Improving performance during training, learning outcomes, skills transfer, and employment re-entry of unemployed people attending occupational skill straining courses ($6,208).
• USQ Early Career Researcher Program grant in 1998. Topic: Analysing the training needs of staff employed by providers of employment assistance to the unemployed and their potential access to internet-based courses ($2,500).
• Co-Investigator for Griffith University Research Grant in 2000 with Dr Peter Creed, Griffith University. Topic: Determining the impact of occupational insecurity on well-being ($8,112).
• Principle Investigator for Australian Transport Safety Bureau Road Safety Research Grant in 1999-2000. Topic: Evaluating a non-prescriptive fatigue management strategy for express coach drivers ($16,347).

Papers published and in press:

• Creed. P. A., Hicks, R., & Machin, M. A. (1996). The effect of psychosocial training climate on mental health outcomes for long-term unemployed individuals. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, 4(2), 26-41.
• Creed. P. A., Machin, M. A., & Hicks, R. (1996). Neuroticism and mental health outcomes for long-term unemployed youth attending occupational skills training programs. Personality and Individual Differences, 21, 537-544.
• Machin, M. A., & Albion. M. J. (1997). Career maturity of unemployed youth and mental well-being. Australian Journal of Career Development, 6(1), 48-49.
• Machin, M. A., & Fogarty, G. J. (1997). The effects of self-efficacy, motivation to transfer, and situational constraints on transfer intentions and transfer of training. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 10(2), 98-115.
• Creed. P. A., Hicks, R. & Machin, M. A. (1998). Behavioural plasticity and mental health outcomes for long-term unemployed attending occupational training programs. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 71, 171-191.
• Creed. P. A., Machin, M. A., & Nichols, P. M. (1998). Personal effectiveness training for unemployed people: Where to now? Australian Journal of Career Development, 7(1), 30-34.
• Creed. P. A., Machin, M. A., & Hicks, R. (1999). Improving the mental health status and coping abilities for long-term unemployed youth using cognitive-behaviour therapy based training interventions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 20, 963-978.
• Fogarty, G. J., Machin, M. A., Albion, M. J., Sutherland, L. F., Lalor G. I., & Revitt, S. (1999). Predicting Occupational Strain: The Role of Stress, Coping, and Positive and Negative Affectivity. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 54, 429-452.
• Creed. P. A., Muller, J., & Machin, M. A. (2001). The role of satisfaction with occupational status, neuroticism, financial strain and categories of experience in predicting mental health in the unemployed. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 435-447.
• Kellett, S. & Machin, M. A. (2001). Developing a performance model for express coach drivers as a basis for selection. Faculty of Business & Commerce Management Papers, 9(1), 54-80.
• Creed. P. A., & Machin, M. A. (2002). The relationship between mental health and access to the latent benefits of employment for unemployed and underemployed individuals. Psychological Reports, 90(3 Pt 2), 1208-1210.
• Creed. P. A., & Machin, M. A. (2003). Multidimensional properties of the Access to Categories of Experience Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 19(2), 85-91.

• Machin, M. A., & Creed, P. A. (2003). Understanding the differential benefits of training for the unemployed. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55(2), 104-113.

• Machin, M. A., & Fogarty, G. J. (2003). Perceptions of training-related factors and personal variables as predictors of transfer implementation intentions. Journal of Business and Psychology, 18(1), 51-71.

• Machin, M. A., Fogarty, G. J., & Albion, M. J. (2004). The relationship of work support and work demands to the individual outcomes and the levels of absenteeism of rural nurses. International Journal of Rural Psychology. [Available online: http://www.ruralpsych.com/Members/RefereedArticles/Machin%20Fogarty%20Albion/Machin-Fogarty-Albion.htm ].

• Machin, M. A., & De Souza, J. M. D. (2004). Predicting health outcomes and safety behaviour in taxi drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 7(4-5), 257-270.

• Machin, M. A., & Fogarty, G. J. (2004). Assessing the antecedents of transfer intentions in a training context. International Journal of Training and Development, 8(3), 222-236.

• Albion, M. J., Fogarty, G. J., & Machin, M. A. (2005). Benchmarking occupational stressors and strain levels for rural nurses and other health sector workers. Journal of Nursing Management, 13, 411-418.

• Muller, J., Creed. P. A., Waters, L., & Machin, M. A. (2005). The development, psychometric evaluation and validation of a new scale to measure the latent and manifest benefits of employment. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 21(3), 191-198.

• Hoare, P. N., & Machin, M. A. (2006). Maintaining well-being during unemployment: The role of latent benefits of employment. Australian Journal of Career Development, 15(1), 19-27.

Papers submitted for publication

• Machin, M. A. & Hoare, P. N. The role of adaptive and maladaptive driver coping styles in predicting fatigue, affective well-being and physical strain in bus drivers. (first submitted to Anxiety, Stress and Coping in May, 2003. Revisions submitted in March, 2004 and October, 2005).

• Fogarty, G. J., & Machin, M. A. Discrepancy between preferred and actual levels of exposure to occupational stressors and resulting feelings of strain. (first submitted to Work & Stress in March, 2004. Revisions submitted in March, 2006).

• Machin, M. A. & Sankey, K. S. (2007). Relationships between young drivers’ personality characteristics, risk perceptions, and driving behaviour. (first submitted to Accident Analysis & Prevention in April, 2007).

• Albion, M. J., Fogarty, G. J., Machin, M. A., & Patrick, J. (2007). Predicting absenteeism and turnover intentions in the health professions. (first submitted to Australian Health Review in July, 2007).

Papers in preparation:

Book Chapters and Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Machin, M. A. (2002). Planning, managing, and optimizing transfer of training. In: K. Kraiger (Ed.), Creating, implementing, and managing effective training and development (pp. 263-301). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Machin, M. A. (2003). Evaluating a fatigue management training program for coach drivers. In L. Dorn (Ed.), Driver behaviour and training (pp. 75-83). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
• Hoare, P. N., & Machin, M. A. (2004). Self-esteem, affectivity, and deprivation: Predictors of well-being in the unemployed. In M. Katsikitis (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39^th APS Annual Conference pp. 143-147. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.
• Machin, M. A., & Treloar, C. A. (2004). Predictors of motivation to learn when training is mandatory. In M. Katsikitis (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39^th APS Annual Conference pp. 157-161. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.
• Strahan, J., Fogarty, G. J., & Machin, M. A. (2005). Predicting performance on a Situational Judgement Test: The role of communication skills, listening skills, and expertise. In M. Katsikitis (Ed.), Proceedings of the 40^th APS Annual Conference (pp. 323-327). Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.
• Machin, M. A. & Bannon, S. F. (2005). Australian Public Sector employees’ commitment to organisational change. In M. Katsikitis (Ed.), Proceedings of the 40^th APS Annual Conference (pp. 163-167). Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.
• Machin, M. A. (2005). Predictors of coach drivers’ safety behaviour and health status. In L. Dorn (Ed.), Driver behaviour and training Vol II (pp. 359-372). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
• Machin, M. A. & Sankey, K. S., (2006). Predicting young drivers’ risk perceptions and speeding behaviour. In M. King (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2006 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Gold Coast: Able Video & Multimedia.

• Burns, R. A., & Machin, M. A. (2007). Re-evaluating our conception of well-being in an organisational setting. In M. Dollard, A. Winefield, M. Tuckey, & P. Winwood (Eds.) Proceedings of the 7^th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference/ 1^st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology (pp. 31-35). Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.

• Goh, H. E., Machin, M. A., & Patrick, J. (2007). Attributes of immediate supervisor in promoting trust with employees in a public sector organisation. In M. Dollard, A. Winefield, M. Tuckey, & P. Winwood (Eds.) Proceedings of the 7^th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference/ 1^st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology (pp. 86-88). Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.

• Machin, M. A., & Albion, M. A. (2007). Testing a model of the predictors of change success. In M. Dollard, A. Winefield, M. Tuckey, & P. Winwood (Eds.) Proceedings of the 7^th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference/ 1^st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology (pp.185-189). Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Psychological Society.

   

Workshops and Conference Presentations

• Managerial competencies and work motivation: Do they interact? (presented to the APS National Conference, 1993).
• Using individual differences to improve training effectiveness (presented at USQ Psychology Department seminar, 1993).
• Training effectiveness and transfer of training: New approaches (presented to the NCVER conference on Training Research in University and TAFE, 1994).
• The impact of managerial competencies and job characteristics on personal and work outcomes (presented at USQ Psychology Department seminar, 1994).
• The ability requirements of police work (paper presented at the Inaugural Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Sydney, 14-16 July, 1995).
• Using the ability requirements methodology for job analysis (presented at USQ Psychology Department Seminar, August, 1995).
• The relationship of preferred-actual discrepancy models of person-job fit to occupational stress (presented at the National Occupational Stress Conference, Brisbane, March, 1996).
• An intervention to improve well-being and coping abilities of long-term unemployed (joint presentation with Dr. Peter Creed at the 3rd National Conference on Unemployment, Brisbane, June, 1996).
• Evaluating personal and employment -related outcomes for unemployed individuals attending specially devised Cognitive-Behavioural training programs (joint presentation with Dr. Peter Creed at the 2nd Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, 27-29 June, 1997).
• The effects of self-efficacy, motivation to transfer, and situational constraints on transfer intentions and transfer of training (presented at the 2nd Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, 27-29 June, 1997).
• The role of transfer climate and implementation activities in the transfer of training to the workplace (presented at the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, 9-14 August, 1998).
• Evaluating the impact of self-efficacy training on the learning outcomes, skill transfer, and employment re-entry of unemployed trainees who receive occupational skills training (joint presentation with Dr. Peter Creed at the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, 9-14 August, 1998).
• The impact of self-efficacy enhancement on the psychological well-being of unemployed people (joint presentation with Dr. Peter Creed at the 3rd Biennial Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, 26-27 June, 1999).
• Developing a performance model for express coach drivers as a basis for selection (joint presentation with Sharon Kellett at the 3rd Biennial Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, 26-27 June, 1999).
• The influence of transfer climate and transfer enhancement activities on the implementation of aviation team training (presented at the 3rd Biennial Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, 26-27 June, 1999).
• Strategies for enhancing the transfer of cognitive well-being training (joint presentation with Dr. Peter Creed at the 8th National Vocational Education and Training Conference/Workshop, Toowoomba, 6-9th July, 1999.
• Enhancing the transfer of Aviation Team Training (presented at the Fifth Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium, 20-24 November, 2000 in Manly, Sydney.
• The effect of in-training, transfer enhancing activities on self-efficacy and transfer implementation intentions of computer skills trainees (presented at the 4th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Sydney, 21-24 June, 2001).
• The relationship of work support and work demands to the individual morale, individual distress, and the levels of absenteeism of rural nurses (presented by Prof Gerry Fogarty at the 36th APS Annual Conference, Adelaide, 21-24 September, 2001).
• Driver traits and coping styles as predictors of strain and fatigue in bus drivers (presented at the XXV International Congress of Applied Psychology, Singapore, 7-12 July, 2002).
• Using situational exercises to enhance the efficacy of fatigue management training (presented at the XXV International Congress of Applied Psychology, Singapore, 7-12 July, 2002).

•  Predicting health outcomes and safety behaviour in taxi drivers (presented at the 5th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, 26-29 June, 2003).

• Examining a non-prescriptive approach to fatigue management in coach drivers (presented at the 5th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, 26-29 June, 2003).

• The influence of psychological factors on pre-employment activities in the unemployed (joint presentation with Ms Nancey Hoare at the 5th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, 26-29 June, 2003).
• Predictors of motivation to learn when training is mandatory (presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, 2-4 April, 2004 and represented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Sydney, 29 Sept. - 3 October, 2004).
• Self-esteem, affectivity, and deprivation: Predictors of well-being in the unemployed (presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, 2-4 April, 2004 and represented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Sydney, 29 Sept. - 3 October, 2004).
• Job search activity in the unemployed: The influence of deprivation of the financial and psychosocial benefits of employment (joint presentation with Ms Nancey Hoare at the 6th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Gold Coast, 30 June – 3 July, 2005).
• What’s the role of drivers’ safety behaviour in preventing accidents? (presented at the 6th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference, Gold Coast, 30 June – 3 July, 2005).
• Australian Public Sector employees’ commitment to organisational change (presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Melbourne, 28 Sept. - 2 October, 2005).
• Commitment Profiles and Successful Organisational Change (joint presentation with Dr. Majella Albion at the Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Prato, Italy, 11-14 July, 2006).
• Factors influencing young drivers’ risk perceptions and driving behaviour (presented at the 26^th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, 16-21 July, 2006 and at the 2006 Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.)
• Re-evaluating Our Conception of Well-Being in an Organisational Setting (joint presentation with Richard Burns at the 7th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference and the 1^st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology, Adelaide, 29 June – 2 July, 2007).

• Attributes of Immediate Supervisor in Promoting Trust with Employees in a Public Sector Organisation (joint presentation with Dr Hong Eng Goh and Dr Jeff Patrick at the 7th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference and the 1^st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology, Adelaide, 29 June – 2 July, 2007).

• Testing a Model of the Predictors of Change Success (presented at the 7th Australian Industrial & Organisational Psychology Conference and the 1^st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology, Adelaide, 29 June – 2 July, 2007).
• The impact of informal social support on individual morale, distress, and satisfaction (joint presentation with Gavin Beccaria at the 42^nd APS Annual Conference, Brisbane, 25-29 September, 2007.

Created and maintained by Tony Machin (machin@usq.edu.au)