Professor Cameron Newton

Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Biography
Cameron is currently the Head of the School of Management at QUT. He commenced his professional life in the finance services sector where he held various management positions following completion of a Bachelor of Commerce. He later completed a conjoint Masters and PhD in Organisational Psychology at The University of Queensland before joining the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, later moving to the School of Management. Cameron is actively involved in research related to organisational culture, organisational effectiveness, innovation, and clean energy market development. He is a Chief Investigator in the Centre for METS Business Innovation. He is also co-lead of the Market and Sector Development Program in the Future Energy Exports CRC. He has received more than 45 small and large external grants totalling over $5.2MPersonal details
Positions
- Head of School
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Keywords
biofeedback, employee well-being, governance, heart rate variability, occupational stress, organisational culture, volunteer behaviour
Discipline
Business and Management
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- BA (Hons) (Psychology) (University of Queensland)
- BCom (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
Academy of Management (USA)
Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management
Australian Hum an Resources Institute (MAHRI)
Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agengy - Psychologist (Registration PSY0000957520)
Teaching
Teaching Interests
- Organisational Behaviour
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Business Intelligence
Selected publications
- Newton C, Teo S, (2014) Identification and occupational stress: A stress-buffering perspective, Human Resource Management, 53 (1), pp. 89-113.
- Newton C, Becker K, Bell S, (2014) Learning and development opportunities as a tool for the retention of volunteers: a motivational perspective, Human Resource Management Journal, 24 (4), pp. 514-530.
- Newton C, Jimmieson N, (2009) Subjective fit with organisational culture : an investigation of moderating effects in the work stressor-employee adjustment relationship, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 20 (8), pp. 1770-1789.
- Newnam S, Newton C, McGregor-Lowndes M, (2009) Predicting the safety performance of volunteers: Does motivation for volunteering influence driving behaviour?, Safety Science, 47 (8), pp. 1090-1096.
- Newnam S, Greenslade J, Newton C, Watson B, (2011) Safety in occupational driving: Development of a driver behavior scale for the workplace context, Applied Psychology, 60 (4), pp. 576-599.
- Newton C, Mazur A, (2016) Value congruence and job-related attitudes in a nonprofit organization: a competing values approach, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27 (10), pp. 1013-1033.
- Newton C, Teo S, Pick D, Yeung M, Salamonson Y, (2013) Flexibility in change practices and job outcomes for nurses: exploring the role of subjective fit, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69 (12), pp. 2800-2811.
- Sawang S, Newton C, Jamieson K, (2013) Increasing learners' satisfaction/intention to adopt more e-learning, Education And Training, 55 (1), pp. 83-105.
- Leiter J, Newton C, (2010) Nonprofit organizational behaviour : sociological and psychological approaches. In RA List, HK Anheier & S Toeplar, International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Springer, pp. 1076-1088.
- Nicholson G, Newton C, McGregor-Lowndes M, (2012) The nonprofit board as a team: Pilot results and initial insights, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 22 (4), pp. 461-481.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Cameron, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Research projects
- Title
- The Value of Financial Planning Advice - Process and Outcome Effects on Consumer Well-Being
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP110200616
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Financial Advice; Well-Being; Investment; Consumer Protection
- Title
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Coaching in Reducing Workplace Stress: Laboratory and Field Investigations
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP110100616
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Biofeedback; Occupational Stress; Stress Management; Wellbeing
- Title
- Using Heart Rate Variability Measurements To Identify The Effects Of Stress On Decision Making
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0884074
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Experimental Economics; Neuroeconomics; Organizational Design
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Assessing Vulnerability to Safety and Security Disruptions in Australian Airports (2016)
- You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Impact of Business Motivations On Alternative Outcomes (2016)
- Corporate reputation and financial performance: Underlying dimensions of corporate reputation and their relation to sustained financial performance (2014)
- Financial literacy and superannuation investment decision-making in a choice environment: An exploratory study (2014)
- Organisational Culture, Change Readiness And Retention: A Human Services Perspective (2014)
- Risk Management and High Reliability: A Case Study of Australian Airport Management (2014)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Fostering Organisational Citizenship Behaviour for the Environment: Employee Discretionary Green Behaviour in a School-Based Setting (2018)
- Intentional Change Theory, Coaching and Leader Effectiveness (2018)
- First Principles at Work; Self Determination Theory and the Mechanism of Organismic Integration over Individual Dispositions in Entrepreneurship (2016)
- Critical Success Elements for the Design and Implementation of Organisational E-learning (2012)