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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, Finders University
BA (Hon), Psychology, Macquarie University
Masters of Applied Psychology, UNSW
PhD, UNSW

Selected Publications:

Refereed Journal Articles

  • 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 written by an Australian and published in the Australian Journal of Career Development.
  • 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. & Bright, J.E.H. (2004). The relationship between career decision status and important work outcomes. Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Australian Association of Career Counsellors 2004. Coolangatta, Australia.
  • Earl, J. & Bright, J.E.H. (2003). Career maturity: Predictors, relationship to work outcomes and applications for career practitioners. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the Australian Association of Career Counsellors 2003. Adelaide, 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., Adams, A., Earl, J. & Davies, F (1996). Recruiters’ Perceptions of Résumés. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference 1996. Sydney, Australia.
RETIREMENT PLANNING BEHAVIOURS – 45 years+:

Results of our pilot study suggest that the following questionnaire helped people to think about the range of planning behaviours necessary for retirement. For more information and to participate in the survey, please click on the link below:

http://www.surveys.unsw.edu.au/survey/154283/1af1/

The survey will close 5pm July 25th, 2008.

Contact Details:

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