Nick Turner

Nick Turner’s fields of interest include leadership, work design, and occupational health and safety. His research often integrates these areas to explore the psychological predictors and consequences of “healthy work” – work that promotes psychological well-being and physical safety. In recent years, his research has focused on the relationship between leadership and mental health, young workers and safety, and the relationship between workplace injuries and mental health.

Nick received his PhD in psychology from University of Sheffield (UK) in 2003. Prior to coming to University of Calgary in 2015, he taught at Queen’s University (Canada) and University of Manitoba. He has held a number of research fellowships and visiting professorships. He is currently the Distinguished Research Chair in Advanced Business Leadership, and was most recently visiting professor at Leeds University Business School (UK).

In Haskayne School of Business, Nick offers an undergraduate course on ethical leadership and graduate courses in organizational behavior and occupational health psychology. He is also an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Psychology, University of Calgary.

Academic Publications (since 2015):

Epitropaki, O., & Turner, N. (in press). Commentary: Grey zones in leadership and safety. Academy of Management Discoveries. Link to article: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amd.2019.0119

Granger, S., Neville, L., & Turner, N. (in press). Political knowledge at work: Conceptualization, measurement, and applications to follower proactivity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Link to article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joop.12293

Lyubykh, Z., Hershcovis, M.S., & Turner, N. (in press). Understanding the role of affect in workplace aggression. In L.Q. Yang, R. Cropanzano, C. Daus, & V. Martinez-Tur (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Link to chapter: https://tinyurl.com/yygar753  

Turner, N., Deng, C., Barling, J., & Spencer, K. (in press). Differential mental health consequences of strikes and lockouts. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000161

Turner, N., Tucker, S., & Deng, C. (2020). Revisiting vulnerability: Comparing young and adult worker safety voice intentions under different supervisory conditions. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 135, 105372. Link to article:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457519312758?via%3Dihub

Stackhouse, M., & Turner, N. (2019). How do organizational practices relate to perceived system safety effectiveness? Perceptions of safety climate and co-worker commitment to safety as workplace safety signals. Journal of Safety Research, 70, 59-69. Link to article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437518303645

Casey, T.W., Krauss, A.D., & Turner, N. (2018). The one that got away: Lessons learned from evaluation of a psychology-based safety training intervention in the Australian prawn fishing industry. Safety Science, 108, 218-224. Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.08.002

Pek, S., Turner, N., Tucker, S., Kelloway, E.K., & Morrish, J. (2017). Injunctive safety norms, young worker risk-taking, and workplace injuries. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 106, 202-210. Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.06.007

Turner, N. (2017). Social relations in and around work. Human Relations, 70, 3-6. Link to article: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0018726716678367

Barling, J., & Turner, N. (2016). Workplace injuries. In S.G. Rogelberg (Ed.) Encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology (2nd ed.). (pp. 1778-1779). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Link: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-industrial-and-organizational-psychology/book245378 

Barling, J., & Turner, N. (2016). Workplace safety. In S.G. Rogelberg (Ed.) Encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology (2nd ed.). (pp. 1783-1785). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Link to encyclopedia: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-industrial-and-organizational-psychology/book245378

McCaughey, D., Turner, N., Kim, J., DelliFraine, J.L., & McGhan, G.E. (2015). Physical hazard risk perceptions and employee outcomes in the long-term care industry. Safety Science, 78, 190-197. Link to article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753515001058

Tucker, S., & Turner, N. (2015). Sometimes it hurts when supervisors don’t listen: Antecedents and consequences of safety voice among young workers. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 20, 72-81.  Link to article: http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2014-34862-001/

Turner, N., Tucker, S., & Kelloway, E.K. (2015). Prevalence and demographic correlates of microaccidents and reactions to dangerous work among young workers in Canada. Journal of Safety Research, 53, 39-43. Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002243751500016X

Current Professional Roles:

Distinguished Research Chair in Advanced Business Leadership: https://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ccal 

Editor-in-Chief, Human Relations: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/hum

Editorial board memberships: Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business & Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Management Inquiry, Occupational Health Science

I'm very interested in working with research students (BA psychology or BCom co-majoring in psychology, MSc I/O psychology, PhD I/O psychology or Management) on research projects related to transformational leadership and the psychology of occupational health (e.g., mental health at work) or safety (e.g., work-related injuries). If these topics interest you, please contact me.

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