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 safety, 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 currently holds the Distinguished Research Chair in Advanced Business Leadership working with the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership in Business.

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, and a member of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health.

Research Articles (last 5 years):

Casey, T.W., Turner, N., Hu, X., & Bancroft, K. (in press). Making safety training stickier: Towards a richer model of safety training transfer. Journal of Safety Research.

Granger, S., Turner, N., & Grocutt, A. (in press). The next best safety dollar: Using evidence to decide how to invest in workplace safety. Organizational Dynamics.

Grocutt, A., Gulseren, D., Weatherhead, J., & Turner, N. (in press). Can mentoring programmes develop leadership? Human Resource Development International.

Gulseren, D., Lyubykh, Z., & Turner, N. (in press). Reimagining safety behaviors in light of COVID-19. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.

Turner, N., Barling, J., Dawson, J.F., Deng, C., Parker, S.K., Patterson, M.G., & Stride, C.B. (in press). Human resource management practices and organizational injury rates. Journal of Safety Research.

Turner, N., Granger, S., Tucker, S., Deng, C., & Kelloway, E.K. (in press). Parents’ work injuries and children’s mental health: The moderating role of children’s work centrality. Journal of Safety Research.

Wong, J.H.K., Turner, N., Kelloway, E.K., & Wadsworth, E. (in press). Tired, strained, and hurt: The indirect effect of negative affect on the relationship between poor quality sleep and work injuries. Work & Stress.

Lyubykh, Z., Turner, N., Barling, J., Reich, T.C., & Batten, S. (2021). Employee disability disclosure and managerial prejudices in the return to work context. Personnel Review, 50, 770-788.

Arnold, K.A., Turner, N., Barling, J., & Iverson, R.D. (2020). Feeling safe while doing sex work: Motivation for entering sex work moderates the relationship between perceptions of physical danger and desire to leave sex work. Safety Science, 129, 104795.

Bruning, P.F., Turner, N., & Lin, H. (2020). Transformational leadership, group affective tone, and group member social inferences: A leadership complementarity perspective. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 37, 383-395.

Epitropaki, O., & Turner, N. (2020). Gray zones in leadership and safety: Commentary on Katz-Navon, Kark, and Delegach (2020). Academy of Management Discoveries, 6, 142-145. 

Granger, S., Neville, L., & Turner, N. (2020). Political knowledge at work: Conceptualization, measurement, and applications to follower proactivity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 93, 431-471.

Stoesz, B., Chimney, K., Deng, C., Grogan, H., Menec, V., Piotrowski, C., Shooshtari, S., & Turner, N. (2020). Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of non-fatal work-related injuries among older workers: A review of research from 2010-2019. Safety Science, 126, 104668. 

Turner, N., Deng, C., Barling, J., & Spencer, K. (2020). Differential mental health consequences of strikes and lockouts. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 52, 149-153.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Turner, N. (2017). Social relations in and around work. Human Relations, 70, 3-6. 

Current Professional Roles:

Area Chair, Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Area Group 

Current Editorial Board Memberships: Group & Organization Management, Human Relations, 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 BComm 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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