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Joanne (Jo) Earl

Lecturer

Research Areas: Organisational psychology and career development. Accuracy of self-rated abilities. Retirement decision-making. Career decidedness as a predictor of organizational outcomes.

Academic Career:

Bachelor of Education, Psychology, Flinders University
BA (Hon), Psychology, Macquarie University
Masters of Applied Psychology, UNSW
PhD, UNSW

Selected Publications:

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Wong, J.Y. & Earl, J.K. (2009). Towards an integrated model of individual, psychosocial, and organizational predictors of retirement adjustment. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 75, 1-13.
  • Petkoska, J. & Earl, J.K. (2009). Understanding the influence of demographic and psychological variables on retirement planning. Psychology and Ageing, 24(1), 245-251.
  • Ng, J.R. & Earl, J.K. (2008). Accuracy in self-assessment: The role of ability, feedback, self-efficacy and goal orientation. Australian Journal of Career Development, 17 (3), 39-50.
  • Earl, J.K. & Bright, J.E.H. (2007). The relationship between career decision status and important work outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 71(2), 233-246.
  • Bright, J.E.H., Pryor, R.G.L., Wilkenfeld, S. & Earl, J. (2005). The Role of Social Context and Serendipitous Events in Career Decision Making. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 5 (1), 19-36.
  • Earl, J. & Bright, J. (2004). The Impact of Work Quality and Quantity on the Development of Career Decision Status. Australian Journal of Career Development. 13 (1), 15-22. Winner of best article 2004 .
  • Earl, J. & Bright, J. (2003). Undergraduate level, age, volume and pattern of work as predictors of career decision status. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55 (2), 83-88.
  • Earl, J. & Bright, J. (1998). ‘In my opinion… What gets graduate résumés shortlisted? Australian Journal of Career Development, 7 (1), 15-19.
Refereed Presentations

  • Earl, J.K., Muratore, A., & Petkoska, J. (2009). Measuring retirement planning behaviour. Proceedings of the 8th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference 2009, Sydney, Australia.
  • Fong, Y., Earl, J.K., & Langford, P. (2008). Improving the Validity of Self-Ratings of Abilities: The Impact of Rating Format and Order. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference 2008, Hobart, Australia.
  • Earl, J. & Bright, J.E.H. (2003). Investigating the effect of Undergraduate experience on the development of career maturity. Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference 2003. Melbourne, Australia.
  • Earl, J. & Bright, J.E.H. (2003). Self-estimates of ability: The role of career maturity in determining accuracy of ratings. Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference 2003. Melbourne, Australia.
  • Bright, J.E.H., Pryor, R.G.L., & Earl, J.K. (2003). The ecological theory applied to student decision-making. Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference 2003. Melbourne, Australia.
  • Bright, J., Earl, J. & Adams, A (1997). ‘It’s too short!’: The impact on résumé screening decisions of age, experience, format and content. Winner of Best Paper award. Proceedings 2nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Society 1997, Melbourne, Australia.
Course Co-ordinator and Lecturer:

PSYC3141: Behaviour in Organisations
PSYC7100: Psychology of Organisations I
PSYC7115: Career Choice and Development
PSYC7117: Advanced Topics in Organisational Psychology

Selected Links:

Thanks for participating in our recent retirement survey. Updates on the results of our research will be provided later in the year.

Contact Details:

Office: Mathews, Room 904
Telephone: (61-2) 9385-3017
Fax: (61-2) 9385-1193
Email: jearl@psy.unsw.edu.au