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Dr Yong Goh

Name :	Dr Yong Goh
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Psychology)
Section :	Faculty of Sciences Psychology
Office :	A312
Location :	Springfield Campus
Phone :	+61 7 3470 4420
Extension :	4420
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA, MPsych, PhD Qld

Professional Memberships

Psychology Board of Australia (Member)

Professional Affiliations

Martial Arts Industry Association (Member-Level 1 Instructor)

Research Interests

-Occupational stress, appraisal and coping.
-Organisational factors and their impact on the transactional process of stress and coping.
-Cross cultural psychology.
-Impact of mindfulness on the cognitive, behavioural and emotional aspects of stress.
-Meditation and Martial Arts on the stress and coping process.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Goh, Y.W., Sawang, S., Oei, T.P.S., & Ranawake, D.S. (2012). An Asian perspective of occupational stress and coping model: A case study of Sri Lankan employees, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology, July, pp.1-7.

Watson, S., Goh, Y. W., & Sawang, S. (2011) Gender influences on the work-related stress-coping process. Journal of Individual Differences, 32(1), pp. 39-46.

Goh, Y. W., Sawang, S., & Oei, T. (2010) The Revised Transactional Model (RTM) of occupational stress and
coping : an improved process approach. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology,3, pp. 13-20.

Most notable :

Sawang, S., Oei, T., Goh, Y. W., Wilman, M., Markhum, E., & Ranawake, D. (2010) Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Way of Coping Checklist-Revised (WCCL-R) in the Asian Context. Applied Psychology : An International Review, 59(2), pp. 202-219.

Sawang, S, Goh, Y. W, & Oei, T. (2006) Are country and cultural values interchangeable?: A case example using
occupational stress and coping. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 6(2), pp. 205-219.
(Awarded Citation of Excellence from Emerald Management Reviews as one of the top fifty management articles of 2006)

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

-Industrial and Organisational Psychology
-Social Processes of Behaviour
-Cross Cultural and Indigenous Psychology
-Psychology Complementary Studies B
-Research Methods A & B
-Multivariate Statistics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 18 years
Other : 5 years

Administrative Responsibilities

-Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
-Member, Faculty of Sciences Learning and Teaching Committee.
-Representative, Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), Psychology, Faculty of Science.