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Victor Callan

Professor Victor CALLAN

Contact

Telephone +61 7 3365 9009
Facsimile +61 7 3365 6988
Email v.callan@business.uq.edu.au
Location Room 333, Colin Clark Building (39)

Positions Held

Professor of Management
Organisation & Communication Cluster Leader

Academic Qualifications

Degree Institution Field Year
PhD Australian National University Social and Applied Psychology 1979
BA (Hons 1st class) The University of New South Wales Psychology 1976

Memberships

  • Fellow, Australian Institute of Management
  • Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Major Research Grants

Year Title of Grant Granting Agency Amount
2007-2009 Socialisation of new employees ARC SPIRT Grant
2005-2007 Medical networks and health organisations ARC SPIRT Grant
2004-2006 Mining communities and consultation ARC SPIRT Grant
2003-2005 IT driven change ARC SPIRT Grant
2001-2003 Organisational communication and change ARC SPIRT Grant
1998-2000 Organisational communication and change ARC SPIRT Grant
1983-1999 13 other ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants

Field of Current Research

Title of Research Area Brief Description
Organisational change, leadership and communication Special interest in employees experience with large scale organisational change, examining their levels of adaptation, as well as views about the communication and leadership of change.
Interpersonal and intergroup communication Aspects of interpersonal and intergroup communication towards determining aspects of employee identity and commitment.
Vocational education and training Various examinations of skills shortages, strategies around new forms of apprenticeship training, and the professional development requirements of those who operate in public and private training organisations.

Publications

  • (Last 5 years only)
  • Willemyns, M., Gallois, C., & Callan, V.J. (2003) Trust me, I'm your boss: Trust and power in supervisor-supervisee communication. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14, 1-11.
  • Ayoko, O.B., Callan, V.J., & Hartel, C. (2003) Intragroup conflict, emotional reactions to bullying and counterproductive behaviours. International Journal of Organisational Analysis, 11, 283-302.
  • Callan, V.J. (2003) Generic Skills: Understanding Vocational Education and Training Teacher and Student Attitudes. Adelaide: Australian National Training Authority. http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj/nr2200.pdf.
  • Callan, V. J. (2003) Ideas 2 Market: A Commercialisation Guidebook for Queensland Innovators and Entrepreneurs. Brisbane: Department of Innovation and Information Economy. ISBN 0 7242 9705 7 pp58.
  • Callan, V.J., & Ashworth, P. (2004) Working Together: Industry and VET Provider Training Partnerships. Adelaide: Australian National Training Authority. http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj/nr2009.pdf
  • Callan, V.J. (2004) Building Innovative VET Organisations. Adelaide: Australian National Training Authority. http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj/nr3011.pdf
  • Jimmieson, N.L., Terry, D.J., & Callan, V.J. (2004). A longitudinal study of employee adaptation to organisational change: The role of change-related information and change-related self-efficacy. Journal of Occupational Health and Psychology, 9, 3-10.
  • Bordia, P., Hobman, E., Jones, E., Gallois, C., & Callan, V.J. (2004). Uncertainty during organisational change: Types, consequences and management strategies. Journal of Business and Psychology, 18, 507-532.
  • Callan, V.J., Latemore, G., & Paulsen, N. (2004). The best laid plans: Uncertainty, complexity and large-scale organisational change. Mt Eliza Business Review, 7, 10-17.
  • Callan, V.J. (2004) VET teacher and student attitudes about generic skills. In J. Gibb (Ed.), Generic skills in vocational education and training: Research readings (pp. 53-68). Adelaide: Australian National Training Authority.
  • Callan, V.J. (2004) How vocational education and training providers are working innovatively with industry. In S. Dawe (Ed.), Vocational education and training and innovation: Research readings. Adelaide: Australian National Training Authority.
  • Callan, V.J., Christiansen, I., Harris, G., & Cotton CRC National Extension Network (2004) Knowledge management in cotton and grain irrigation. Narrabri: Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre.
  • Callan, V.J. (2005) Why do students leave? Leaving vocational education and training with no recorded achievement. Adelaide: Australian National Training Authority. pp.26.
  • Paulsen, N., Graham, P., Jones, L., Callan, V.J., & Gallois, C. (2005). Organizations as intergroup contexts: Communication, discourse and identification. In J. Harwood & H. Giles (Eds.), Intergroup communication: Multiple perspectives. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Smith, P.B., Peterson, M.F., Ahmad, A.H., Akande, D., Andersen, J.A., Ayestaran, S., Bellotto, M., Bochner, S., Callan, V.J. and others (2005) demographic effects on the use of vertical sources of guidance by managers in widely differing cultural contexts. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 5(1), 5-26.
  • Callan, V.J., & Gardner, J. (2005) Vocational education and training provision and recidivism in Queensland correctional institutions. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. pp.42. www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1592.html
  • Paulsen, N., Callan, V.J., Grice, T., Rooney, D., Gallois, C., Jones, E., Bordia, P., & Jimmesion, N. (2005) Job uncertainty and personal control during downsizing: A comparison of survivors and victims. Human Relations, 58 (4), 463-496.
  • Martin, A.J, Jones, E.S., & Callan, V.J. (2005). The role of psychological climate in facilitating employee adjustment during organisational change. European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, 14 (3), 263-289.
  • Callan, V.J., & Gardner, J. (2006) The role of VET in recidivism. In S.Dawe (Ed.), VET and adult prisoners and offenders: Research readings. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education and Training.
  • Martin, A.J., Jones, E.S., & Callan, V.J. (2006) Status differences in employee adjustment during organisational change. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21 (2), pp. 145-162.
  • Amiot, C.E., Terry, D.J., Jimmieson, N.L., & Callan, V.J. (2006) A longitudinal investigation of coping processes during a merger: Implications for job satisfaction and organisational identification. Journal of Management, 32, 552 - 574.
  • Bordia, P., Jones, E., Gallois, C., Callan, V.J., & DiFonzo, N. (2006) Management are aliens!: Rumors and stress during organizational change. Group and Organization Management, 31, 601-621.
  • Grice, T. A., Jones, E., Gallois, C., Paulsen, N., & Callan, V. J. (2006). "We do it but they don't": Multiple categorizations and work team communication. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 34, 331-348.
  • Callan, V.J. (2006) Ready, willing and capable: Teaching capabilities for the Queensland Vocational Education and Training Sector (VET). Brisbane: Department of Education, Training and the Arts. pp.54.
  • Lawrence, S.S., Gardner, J.M., & Callan, V.J. (2007). The support appraisal for work stressors inventory: Construction and initial validation. Journal of Vocational Behaviour, 70, 172-204.
  • Callan, V.J. (2007). Understanding and resolving the skills shortage in the Australian printing industry. Adelaide: Department of Education, Employment and Science and National Centre for Vocational Education Research pp.46. http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1733.html
  • Amiot, C.E., Terry, D.J., & Callan, V.J. (2007) Status, fairness, and social identification during an intergroup merger: A Longitudinal study. British Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 557-577.
  • Hornsey, M., Jetten, J., Paulsen, N., Grice, T., & Callan, V.J. (2007) Group-directed criticisms and recommendations for change: Why newcomers arouse more resistance than old-timers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1036-1048.
  • Callan, V.J., Mitchell, J., Clayton, B., & Smith, L. (2007) Approaches for sustaining and building management and leadership capability in VET providers. Adelaide: Department of Education, Science and Training, and National Centre for Vocational Education Research. http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1802.html
  • Callan, V.J., & Gardner, J. (2007) The role of VET in recidivism. In S.Dawe (Ed.), Vocational education and training for adult prisoners and offenders in Australia: Research readings. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education and Training.
  • Callan, V.J., Gallois, C., Mayhew, M.G., Grice, T.A., Tluchowska, M., & Boyce, R. (2007) Restructuring the multi-professional organization: Professional identity and adjustment to change in a public hospital. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 29, 448-477.
  • Callan, V.J. (2008). Intergroup dimensions of organisational life. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopaedia of Communication. Vol 6. New York: Blackwell.
  • Ayoko, R., Callan, V.J., & Hartel, C.E.J. (2008) The influence of team emotional intelligence climate on conflict and team members' reactions to conflict. Small Group Research, 39, 121-149.
  • Callan, V.J. (2008) Accelerated apprenticeships: Apprentice, employer and teaching staff perceptions. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research. http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1991.html
  • Jones, L., Watson, B., Hobman, E., Bordia, P., Gallois, C., & Callan, V.J. (2008) Employee perceptions of organisational change: Impact of hierarchical level. Leadership and Organisation Development Journal, 29 (4), 294-316.
  • Lawrence, S., & Callan, V.J. (in press) Job and organisational satisfaction and health. In Cartwright, S., & Cooper, C.L. (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of organisational well-being. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Gallois, C., & Callan, V.J (in press). Interethnic accommodation: the role of norms. In N. Coupland and A. Jaworski (Eds.), Sociolinguistics: Critical Concepts, London: Routledge.

Distinctions

  • Elected Fellow of the Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervision, The University of Queensland
  • Over a dozen Best Paper Awards at national and international conferences in management, business and psychology

Research Interests

  • Organisations Dynamics and Change

Academic Cluster

Organisation and Communication

Absences

Nil.
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