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Personal profile
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Join the Opportunity Tech Lab Research Team!
https://www.monash.edu/business/impact-labs/opportunity-tech-lab
We are currently accepting PhD students who are passionate about contributing to an equitable society and digital economy through innovative applied research. Our interdisciplinary team explores a variety of impactful topics, including:
Digital Innovations for Social Good: Focus on developing and implementing digital technological solutions that address societal inequities. For example, virtual reality programs that counteract socio-cultural stigmas or foster an empathetic understanding of the barriers people with disabilities face on their path to open employment and digital tools to identify bias in digital services or apps.
Inclusive Employment & Entrepreneurship: Leverage emerging technologies (e.g., VR, AR, AI) to tackle bias, discrimination, and barriers faced by minorities and disadvantaged groups, such as vulnerable and low-income women, neurodivergent individuals (e.g., autism, ADHD, Dyslexia), people with cognitive impairments, and people with mental health conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety, PTSD).
Social Impact Evaluation: Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of social initiatives. This theme involves developing new metrics and indicators to assess the impact of various programs and technologies on all members of society.
Mental Health Disparities: Address systemic social and economic disparities, focusing on mental health disparities. Research may include studying the social determinants of mental health and initiatives to improve access to mental health care for underserved populations, e.g., creating mental health platforms for underserved populations and digital coaching tools to support employee mental health.
Inclusive Work Design: Explore innovative approaches to work and learning using virtual and augmented reality. Projects could involve designing VR-based training modules for people with disabilities and their employers or developing AR tools to foster inclusive behaviours in groups and organisations.
Biography
Professor Dr. Charmine Härtel is an acknowledged preeminent scholar-practitioner in inclusive employment and entrepreneurship and emotions and wellbeing at work, evidenced by election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences (ASSA), the (U.S.) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), and Society for Organizational Behavior in Australia (SOBA). Her awards include the inaugural 2019 HR Academic of the Year Award from the Australian Human Resources Institute; the Australian Psychological Society’s Elton Mayo Award for scholarly excellence, the Martin E. P. Seligman Applied Research Award, and 19 best paper awards. Her research appears in over 200 publications.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- organisational behaviour
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- neurodiversity
- small business
- employability
- Inclusive business
- Digital technologies
- emotions/emotional labour
- autism employment
- Virtual Reality for Training and Rehabilitation
- social impact
- interdisciplinary research
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Building Positive Work Environments
McKeown, T., Bryant, M., Hanley, G., Hartel, C., Howell, A. C. & Kirk-Brown, A.
17/09/07 → 31/12/07
Project: Research
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Development of psychological capital in emergency service organisations
Hirst, G., Hartel, C., Moss, S., Pirola-Merlo, A., Avolio, B. & Bahen, K.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Palladium Consulting Pty Ltd
4/01/10 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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Succession Management - factors affecting recruitment, retention and succession management in the APS
1/07/07 → 30/06/08
Project: Research
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The role of organisational events and emotions in strategic decison making
Hartel, C., Ashkanasy, N. & Greenberg, J.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
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Upward, downward or steady: how social class experience shapes transnational social venturing
Mafico, N., Krzeminska, A., Härtel, C. & Keller, J., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 21, 13 p., e00462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The mirroring of intercultural and hybridity experiences: a study of African immigrant social entrepreneurs
Mafico, N., Krzeminska, A., Härtel, C. & Keller, J., May 2021, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 36, 3, 23 p., 106093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
23 Citations (Scopus) -
Diversity and emotion: the new frontiers in organizational behavior research
Ashkanasy, N., Hartel, C. E. J. & Daus, C. S., 2002, In: Journal of Management. 28, 3, p. 307 - 338 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Technologically altered realities: a realm for new emotions research, training, and management possibilities
Härtel, J. B. G. & Härtel, C. E. J., 2022, Emotions and Service in the Digital Age. Härtel, C. E. J., Zerbe, W. J. & Ashkanasy, N. M. (eds.). 1st ed. Bingley UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, p. 19-26 8 p. (Research on Emotion in Organizations; vol. 16).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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What the digital age is and means for workers, services, and emotions scholars and practitioners
Härtel, J. C. R. & Härtel, C. E. J., 2022, Emotions and Service in the Digital Age. Härtel, C. E. J., Zerbe, W. J. & Ashkanasy, N. M. (eds.). 1st ed. Bingley UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, p. 9-17 9 p. (Research on Emotion in Organizations; vol. 16).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)
Hartel, Charmine (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
Hartel, Charmine (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
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Elton Mayo Award for Outstanding Contributions to IO Research and Teaching
Hartel, Charmine (Recipient), 2015
Prize: National/international honour
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Research Supervision Excellence Award, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
Hartel, Charmine (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice Chancellors Award for Postgraduate Supervision Excellence, Monash University
Hartel, Charmine (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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'Submission 10' Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 [Provisions]
Luke Greenacre (Fellow), Samia Badji (Fellow) & Charmine Hartel (Fellow)
2023Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries