Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Hegarty T., Wright S., Wordsworth R. and Lord B. (2023) Deferential Tailoring: a grounded theory of how women respond and adapt to social conditions and gender-related challenges in the New Zealand construction industry. Construction Management and Economics 41(2): 138-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2022.2137880.

• Gottfredson RK., Wright SL. and Heaphy ED. (2022) A critical review of relationship quality measures: Is a fresh start needed? An agenda to move forward. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 95(3): 624-659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joop.12395.

• Wright S., Dean KL. and Forray JM. (2022) Negative student emotions and educator skill in experiential education: a taxonomy of classroom activities. Higher Education 83(5): 987-1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00720-9.

• Wright S. and Silard A. (2021) Distinctly Lonely: How Loneliness at Work Varies by Status in Organizations. Management Research Review: Communication of emergent international management research http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MRR-05-2021-0379.

• Wright S. and Silard A. (2021) Unravelling the antecedents of loneliness in the workplace. Human Relations 74(7): 1060-1081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726720906013.

• Dean KL., Wright S. and Forray JM. (2020) Experiential learning and the moral duty of business schools. Academy of Management Learning and Education 19(4): 569-583. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMLE.2018.0335.

• Gottfredson RK., Wright SL. and Heaphy ED. (2020) A critique of the Leader-Member Exchange construct: Back to square one. Leadership Quarterly 31(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101385.

• Silard A. and Wright S. (2020) The price of wearing (or not wearing) the crown: The effects of loneliness on leaders and followers. Leadership 16(4): 389-410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742715019893828.

• Wright S., Forray JM. and Lund Dean K. (2019) Experiential Learning and the Moral Duty of Business Schools. Academy of Management Proceedings 2019(1): 10207-10207. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.10207abstract.

• Wright SL. and Kaupins G. (2018) “What About Us?” Exploring what it Means to be a Management Educator with Asperger’s Syndrome. Journal of Management Education 42(2): 199-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562917747013.

• Wright SL., Lips-Wiersma M. and Haar J. (2018) The effect of Fairness, Responsible Leadership and Worthy Work on Multiple Dimensions of Meaningful Work. Journal of Business Ethics http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3967-2.

• Wright SL., Lund Dean K. and Forray J. (2018) From Advocacy to Accountability in Experiential Learning Practices. Management Learning.

• Lund Dean K. and Wright S. (2017) Embedding engaged learning in high enrollmentlecture-based classes. Higher Education 74(4): 651-668. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-0070-4.

• Martin J. and Wright SL. (2017) The Application of Cameron’s Positive Leadership Model in a New Zealand Law Enforcement Organisation. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 43(1): 36-55.

• Baruch Y., Wordsworth R., Mills CE. and Wright SL. (2016) Career and work attitudes of blue-collar workers and the impact of a natural disaster chance event on the relationships between intention to quit and actual quit behaviour. European Journal of Work and Organization Psychology 25(3): 459-473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2015.1113168.

• Lips-Wiersma M., Wright S. and Dik B. (2016) Meaningful work: differences among blue-, pink-, and white-collar occupations. Career Development International 21(5): 534-551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CDI-04-2016-0052.

• Wright SL. and Katz JA. (2016) Protecting Student Intellectual Property in the Entrepreneurial Classroom. Journal of Management Education 40(2): 152-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562915622665.

• Jamieson I., Kirk R. and Wright S. (2015) Generation Y New Zealand Registered Nurses views about nursing work: A survey of motivation and maintenance factors. Nursing Open 2(2): 49-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.16.

• Lips-Wiersma M., Souter A. and Wright S. (2015) The Lived Experience of Meaningful Work. New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management 15(2): 134-150.

• Cooper-Thomas HD. and Wright S. (2013) Person-environment misfit: the neglected role of social context. Journal of Managerial Psychology 28(1): 21-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683941311298841.

• Malinen S., Wright S. and Cammock P. (2013) What drives organisational engagement? A case study on trust, justice perceptions and withdrawal attitudes. Evidence-based HRM 1(1): 96-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20493981311318638.

• Wright S. and Wordsworth R. (2013) Teaching Through 10,000 Earthquakes: Constructive Practice for Instructors in a Post-disaster Environment. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 25(2): 144-153.

• (2012) Is it lonely at the top? An empirical study of managers' and nonmanagers' loneliness in organizations.. The Journal of psychology 146(1-2): 47-60.

• Lips-Wiersma M. and Wright S. (2012) Measuring the meaning of meaningful work: Development and validation of the comprehensive meaningful work scale (CMWS). Group Organization Management 37(5): 655-685. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059601112461578.

• Wright S. (2012) Is it Lonely at the Top? An Empirical Study of Managers' and Nonmanagers' Loneliness in Organizations. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied 146(1-2): 47-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2011.585187.

• Cooper-Thomas HD. and Wright S. (2008) Industrial-Organisational Psychology in New Zealand: Who are we and where are we going? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology Online(1): 12-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/ajop.1.1.12.

• Strongman K. and Wright S. (2008) The emotional labour of accountancy. Pacific Accounting Review 20(2): 102-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01140580810892454.

• Wright S. and Hornblow A. (2008) Emerging needs, evolving services: the health of Pacific peoples in New Zealand. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences 3(1): 21-33.

• Alpass F., Flett R., Trlin A., Henderson A., North N., Skinner M. and Wright S. (2007) Psychological Wellbeing in Three Groups of Skilled Immigrants to New Zealand. Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling 13(1): 1-13.

• Brooks I. and Wright S. (2007) A Survey of Executive Coaching Practices in New Zealand. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 5(1): 30-41.

• Wright SL., Burt CDB. and Strongman KT. (2006) Loneliness in the Workplace: Construct Definition and Scale Development. New Zealand Journal of Psychology 35(2): 59-68.

• Cubitt S. and Burt C. (2002) Leadership style, loneliness and occupational stress in New Zealand primary school principals. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 37(2).

Edited Volumes

• Forray J; Leigh J; Wright S (Ed.) Cooper J., Yoder M. and Watson S. (2021) Computer Simulation and gaming. Edward Elgar.

• Forray J; Leigh J; Wright S (Ed.) Lund Dean K., Niemi N. and Fornaciari C. (2021) Course Design and Assessment. Edward Elgar.

• Wright S; Forray J; Leigh J (Ed.) Foster M., Fairbanks Taylor V. and Walker J. (2021) Experiential Exercises in the Classroom. Edward Elgar.

• Wright S; Forray J; Leigh J (Ed.) Bolinger A. and Stanton J. (2020) Role Play Simulations. Edward Elgar.

• Wright S; Forray J; Leigh J (Ed.) Thomas D. and Chappell S. (2020) Classroom as Organization. Edward Elgar.

• Morrison RL. and Wright SL. (2009) Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A Work Psychology Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 254pp.

Chapters

• Wright SL. (2015) Coping With Loneliness at Work. In Sha'ked A; Rokach A (Ed.), Addressing Loneliness: Coping, Prevention and Clinical Interventions: 123-134. New York: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2604.0807.

• Wright SL. and Soutter AK. (2015) Women and Retirement. In Pachana NA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geropsychology: 9. Singapore: Springer.

• Morrison R. and Wright S. (2009) The Organizational Chart's 'White Spaces'. In Morrison R; Wright S (Ed.), Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A work psychology perspective: 1-9. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Wright S. (2009) In a Lonely Place: The Experience of Loneliness in the Workplace. In Morrison R; Wright S (Ed.), Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A work psychology perspective: 10-31. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Wright SL. (2005) Organisational Climate, Social Support and Loneliness in the Workplace. In Ashkanasy N; Härtel C; Zerbe W (Ed.), The Effect of Affect in Organizational Settings: 22pp. Oxford: JAI Press.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Brady L. and Wright S. (2022) Workplace Loneliness: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis. In https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.17338abstract Academy of Management Proceedings. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.17338abstract.

• Wright S. and Silard A. (2022) Loneliness in young adult workers. In Only available to conference attendees.

• Silard A. and Wright S. (2017) Lonely, but Different, at the Top and Bottom.. In https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.11673abstract 2017(1): 11673-11673.

• Wright S., Gottfredson R. and Heaphy E. (2017) Measuring the Quality of Work Relationships: A Critical Review of Survey Instruments. In https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.14263abstract 2017(1) Academy of Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.14263abstract.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Wright S. (2022) The lived experience of loneliness at work for young adult workers. Online: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/sites/psychiatry/files/lsimhrn_summer_showcase_symposium_-_: LSIMHRN Summer Showcase Symposium, 15-15 Jun 2022.

• Hegarty T., Wright S., Lord B. and Wordsworth R. (2021) The glass scaffold: How women in construction respond to industry conditions. Kent, United Kingdom: Gender Work and Organization Conference, 30 Jun-2 Jul 2021.

• Veit K., Wright S., Decker E. and Klavohn K. (2019) Predicting workplace loneliness from personality and person-environment fit. Chicago, IL, USA: American Psychological Association, 8-11 Aug 2019.

• Wright SL. and Silard A. (2018) "LONELINESS IS SUCH A SAD AFFAIR”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORKPLACE LONELINESS. Chicago, USA: EMONET XI Conference, 8-9 Aug 2018.

• Lund Dean K. and Wright SL. (2016) Embedding engaged learning in high enrollment lecture-based classes. Los Angeles, CA, USA: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 5 Aug-9 Sep 2016.

• Malinen S., Wright SL. and Cammock P. (2011) Organisational engagement during times of change: its antecedents and influence on turnover intentions. Brisbane, Australia: 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP), 23-26 Jun 2011.

• Wright SL. and Lund-Dean K. (2011) Transforming a large class lecture theatre into an active learning environment. Milwaukee, WI, USA: Organizational Behaviour Teaching Conference, 8-11 Jun 2011.

• Baruch Y., Wordsworth R., Wright S. and Mills C. (2010) Career attitudes of bus drivers. Lisbon, Portugal: 26th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, 28 Jun-3 Jul 2010.

• Cooper-Thomas HD. and Wright S. (2010) The influence of co-worker relationships on person-organisation misfit. Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010.

• Wright S. (2010) The king of all the wild things: Loneliness and friendship at work. Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010.

• Wright S. and Morrison R. (2010) It's so lonely being the king of all the wild things: All Max needed was a friend... Melbourne, Australia: 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 Jul 2010.

• Wright S. (2009) Social relationships in the workplace and employee retention. New Orleans, LA, USA: 24th Annual SIOP Conference, 2-4 Apr 2009.

• Wright S. and Cooper-Thomas H. (2009) Co-Worker Relations and Person-Organization Misfit. Fit Island, Second Life: 3rd Global e-Conference on Fit, 11-13 Dec 2009.

• Carr S., Cooper-Thomas H., Morrison R., O'Driscoll M. and Wright S. (2007) How to conduct networked research: The Australasian Small Business Owner. Adelaide, Australia: 7th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology (IOP) Conference, 28 Jun-1 Jul 2007.

• Wright S. (2007) Loneliness in employees. Adelaide, Australia: 7th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology (IOP) Conference, 28 Jun-1 Jul 2007.

• Wright S. (2007) The Experience Of Loneliness In Organisations. Paris, France: European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM 2007), 16-19 May 2007.

Authored Books

• Nelson DL., Quick JC., Wright S. and Adams C. (2011) ORGB Asia-Pacific Edition. 341.

• Wright S. (2008) Loneliness in the Workplace. Saarbrücken: VDM Publishing. 229pp.

Reports

• Marks B. (2023) It’s Time For Coworking 2.0. In It’s Time For Coworking 2.0: WHITE PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF “COMMUNITY WORKSPACES”, #WorkAnywhere Campaign. Commissioned by #WorkAnywhere.

• Badcock J., Badcock A., Lim M. and Wright S. (2022) Self-care toolkit for managing loneliness in healthcare professionals.. In Self-care toolkit for managing loneliness in healthcare professionals, Ending Loneliness Together. Commissioned by Ending Loneliness Together.

• Hadley C., Wright S. and Perry E. (2022) Social Connection in Remote Work Report 2022. In Social Connection in Remote Work Report 2022, Commissioned by WorkAnywhere.

• Wright S. and O'Driscoll M. (2009) Validation of the Firefighter Recruitment and Selection Programme. New Zealand Fire Service Commission Research Report Number 96.Commissioned by New Zealand Fire Service. 38pp.

Theses / Dissertations

• Wright SL. (2005) Loneliness in the workplace. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.

Student Supervision

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Current
• PhD - Hegarty T: Women's experiences in the construction industry
• PhD - Zimmerman N: Belonging in Organisations
Completed
• PhD - Jamieson I: 2008-PhD/DMA/EdD-Jamieson, Isobel (2014)
• PhD - Martin R: 2009-PhD/DMA/EdD-Martin, Regina (2015)
• PhD - Wordsworth R: When the shaking stops, the thinking starts:A grounded theory of turnover decision making in the context of a significant extra-organisational shock (2017)
• Masters - Flanagan K: 2007-Masters Thesis-Flanagan, Kerren (2008)
• Masters - Loader J: The Impact of Mental Health Campaigns on Attitudes and Help Seeking Behaviours in New Zealand Rugby Union Players (2018)
• Masters - Melhuish L: 2007-Masters Thesis-Melhuish, Lynette (2007)
• Masters - Mills T: Organisational flattening and the implications for internal stakeholders and communication: A systematic literature review (2019)
• Masters - Murdoch A: 2015-Masters Thesis-Murdoch, Alisha (2016)
• Masters - Murdoch A: The direct and indirect influences of workplace social inclusion and work engagement on organisational citizenship behaviour (2016)
• Masters - Oakley F: 2014-Masters Thesis-Oakley, Florence (2015)
• Masters - Xie X: TO CONNECT OR NOT TO CONNECT: EXPLORING COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR INTERNAL ORGANISATIONAL COMMUNICATION (2018)
• Honours - Rochford K: 2009-Honours-Rochford, Kylie (2009)
• Honours - van Vuuren L: 2007-Honours-van Vuuren, Lisa (2007)

Review and Refereeing

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• Journal of Business and Psychology ( 2007 - 2023)
• Journal of Management Education ( 2007 - 2023)
• Journal of Managerial Psychology ( 2007 - 2023)
• New Zealand Journal of Psychology ( 2007 - 2023)
• New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences ( 2007 - 2023)

Future Research

• Loneliness in the workplace
• Organisational climate and social factors in organisations
• Relationship quality in organisations