Faculty Profile

Rick Iverson

Professor
Director, Centre for Workplace Health and Safety
PhD (Iowa); MA (Monash); BA (Monash)

Burnaby Phone: 778-782-4150
Burnaby Office: WMC 4327

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Biography

Rick Iverson is a Professor of Human Resource Management at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. He received his PhD in Industrial Sociology from the University of Iowa.

Rick has published over 50 refereed research articles and book chapters. He has undertaken more than a dozen consultancy projects on the causes and intervention strategies for the management of absenteeism and turnover in private and public sector organizations in Australia, Canada, and the US.

Rick joined SFU Business in 2001 from the University of Melbourne. He was awarded the Best Convention Paper by the HR Division at the National Academy of Management meetings in the US in 1999, 2000, and 2004. Rick currently serves on the editorial boards of Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and the International Journal of Selection and Assessment. Rick is the recipient of the Faculty of Business Administration’s Annual Excellence in Research Award for 2005 and the TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award for 2004.

Specialization and Research Interests

Human resource management and organizational performance; high performance work systems; occupational injury; absenteeism, turnover, and downsizing; organizational, union and dual commitment, psychological contracts and change management.

Selected Publications

Iverson, R.D. & Zatzick, C. D. (2007). High-commitment work practices and downsizing harshness in Australian workplaces. Industrial Relations. 46 (3), 456-480.

Buttigieg, D.M., Deery. S.J., & Iverson, R.D.(2007). An event history analysis of union joining and leaving. Journal of Applied Psychology. 92 (3), 829-839.

Zatzick, C.D., & Iverson, R.D. (2006). High-commitment management and workforce reduction: competitive advantage or disadvantage? Academy of Management Journal. 49 (5), 999-1015.

Deery, S.J., Iverson, R.D., & Walsh, J. (2006). Towards a better understanding of psychological contract violation: A study of customer service employees. Journal of Applied Psychology. 91 (1), 166-175.

Deery, S.J. & Iverson, R.D. (2005). Union management relations and their impact on organizational performance: A longitudinal study. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 58 (4), 588-609.

Zacharatos, A., Barling, J., & Iverson (2005). High performance work systems and occupational safety. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90 (1), 77-93.

Barling, J., Kelloway, E.K., & Iverson, R.D. (2003). High quality work, job satisfaction and occupational injuries. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88 (2), 276-283.

Iverson, R.D., & Currivan, D.B. (2003). Union participation, job satisfaction, and employee turnover: An event history analysis of the exit -voice model. Industrial Relations, 42(1), 101-105.

Iverson, R.D. & Deery, S.J. (2001). Understanding the 'personalogical' basis of employee withdrawal: The influence of affective disposition on employee tardiness, early departure, and absenteeism. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86 (5), 856-866.