Queensland COVID-19 research

This page of Queensland’s research related to the COVID-19 pandemic is compiled from information provided by Queensland universities and research institutes.

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• Mortality salience and message framing for health-related compliance behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic September 2021

  This research led by Ass Prof Rajat Roy from Bond Business School used the Terror Management Health Model (TMHM) to predict health-related compliance behaviours of people in a pandemic using message framing. Using laboratory and field experiments, the research team tested for the main effects of positive/negative message frames and their interactive effect with mortality salience on adherence to health-related compliance behaviours. Consumers whose decisions are motivated by their need to avoid death (and improve their well-being), are found to be more receptive to negatively framed messages. In the wake of the on-going COVID 19 pandemic that has claimed over one million lives, this study provides direction to health-related messages. This study will help in reducing the spread of the novel coronavirus through effective communication messages directed to motivate consumers towards health behaviours.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  Bond Business School
  Bond University

  Contact details

  Dr. Rajat Roy
  Associate Professor
  rroy@bond.edu.au
  +614 2381 8429

  Collaborations

  • Collaborators:
  • Dr Preetha Menon, FLAME University, India
  • Dr Giridhar Ramachandran, XLRI, India
  • Ms Rhea Roy, Curtin University, Perth

• How OHS professionals can more effectively contribute during times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic September 2021

  The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for workers, whether they remain at the frontline, or working from home. Dr Tristan Casey from Griffith University’s Safety Science Innovation Lab investigated the experiences of OHS professionals, emerging safety risks and proactive safety strategies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The research included longitudinal interviews with 25 Australian OHS professionals from 12 different industries. The recommendations from this research to better support and empower OHS professionals during times of crisis and optimise success are to: ensure adequate management support for OHS professionals; increase autonomy and decisional latitude for OHS professionals; involve OHS professionals in decision making; and manage job insecurity by providing as much reassurance as possible.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  Safety Science Innovation Lab
  Griffith University

  Contact details

  Dr Tristan Casey
  Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
  tristan.casey@griffith.edu.au
  +617 3735 5147

  Collaborations

  Dr Xaiowen Hu – QUT Business School

• Creating out loud: Developing sustainable peer-mentoring to rebuild the arts post COVID-19 September 2021

  Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Queensland’s arts sector employed 80,000+ people, around 75% of whom have lost employment due to restrictions on public gatherings. By developing and embedding a sustainable peer-mentoring program that fosters capacity, collaboration, resilience, and well-being, this Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship project led by Dr Kate Power from UQ School of Business will help rebuild artistic and business practices, thus protecting Queensland’s significant cultural assets and enriching the lives of Queenslanders.

  #Business and economics#Creative industries

  Centre

  Business School
  The University of Queensland

  Contact details

  Dr Kate Power
  Lecturer in Management
  k.power@business.uq.edu.au
  +61 7 334 69989

  Collaborations

  • Collaborators:
  • Queensland Ballet
  • La Boite Theatre Inc
  • Arts Nexus

• Does high public trust amplify compliance with stringent COVID-19 government health guidelines? A multi-country analysis using data from 102,627 individuals January 2021

  The purpose of this research was to examine how public trust mediates the people’s adherence to levels of stringent government health policies and to establish if these effects vary across the political regimes. The study used data from two large-scale surveys: the global behaviors and perceptions at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT). Linear regression models were used to estimate the effects of public trust and strictness of restriction measures on people’s compliance level. The model accounted for individual and daily variations in country-level stringency of preventative measures. Differences in the dynamics between public trust, the stringent level of government health guidelines and policy compliance were also examined among countries based on political regimes. The study found strong evidence of the increase in compliance due to the imposition of stricter government restrictions. The examination of heterogeneous effects suggests that high public trust in government and the perception of its truthfulness double the impact of policy restrictions on public compliance. Among political regimes, higher levels of public trust significantly increase the predicted compliance as stringency level rises in authoritarian and democratic countries. This study highlights the importance of public trust in government and its institutions during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The results are relevant and help understand why governments need to address the risks of non-compliance among low trusting individuals to achieve the success of the containment policies.

  #Business and economics#Social sciences#Epidemiology

  Centre

  Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
  James Cook University

  Contact details

  Dr Anton Pak
  Research Fellow
  anton.pak@jcu.edu.au
  +617 4781 5834

  Collaborations

  • Collaborators:
  • Prof Emma S McBryde Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University
  • Dr Oyelola A Adegboye College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University

• Economic consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak: the need for epidemic preparedness May 2020

  COVID-19 is not only a global pandemic and public health crisis; it has also severely affected the global economy and financial markets. Significant reductions in income, a rise in unemployment, and disruptions in the transportation, service, and manufacturing industries are among the consequences of the disease mitigation measures that have been implemented in many countries. It has become clear that most governments in the world underestimated the risks of rapid COVID-19 spread and were mostly reactive in their crisis response. As disease outbreaks are not likely to disappear in the near future, proactive international actions are required to not only save lives but also protect economic prosperity. Read the full article Public Health Policy - Frontiers in Public Health. As the disease outbreaks are not likely to disappear in the near future, proactive international actions are required to not only save lives but also protect economic prosperity. Researchers at AITHM, JCU are writing important timely analyses of COVID-19, with an Australian perspective. The reports may be very valuable at time of publishing, but may have less value a month later, once peer review is completed. AITHM are therefore making all their preprint reports publically available.

  #Business and economics#Social sciences#Epidemiology

  Centre

  Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
  James Cook University

  Contact details

  Dr Anton Pak
  Research Fellow
  anton.pak@jcu.edu.au
  +61 7 478 15834

  Collaborations

  • Co-researchers
  • Dr Oyelola Adegboye
  • Dr Adeshina Adekunle
  • Dr Kazi M. Rahman, North Coast Public Health Unit, New South Wales Health
  • Prof Emma S. McBryde
  • Dr Damon P. Eisen, The University of Sydney

• Queensland law firm capability to meet disruption including COVID 19 May 2021

  This University of Southern Queensland funded research project led by Associate Professor Caroline Hart, and funded by the Qld Law Society is focused on identifying factors associated with sole, micro, small and medium law firms capability to meet disruptions include COVID-19 and technology. Findings will be used to develop evidence-based decision-making on allocating resources to support law firms to meet disruption. Outcomes will also contribute to improving access to law and justice within regional and rural Queensland, where many of these firms are located.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  School of Law and Justice
  University of Southern Queensland

  Contact details

  A/Prof Caroline Hart
  Associate Head of School
  Caroline.Hart@usq.edu.au
  +61 7 4631 1437

  Collaborations

  • Co-researcher: Dr Aaron Timoshanko
  • Collaborators:
  • Associate Prof Francesca Bartlett - UQ School of Law
  • Andrea Perry-Petersen
  • Angus Murray - The Legal Forecast

• Survival of the smallest? Retail’s post COVID-19 future June 2020

  Retailers are facing a COVID-19 customer base that is more frugal, cautious and cocooning with a greater propensity to shop online, says QUT Business School consumer behaviour expert Prof. Gary Mortimer. “Australians are now spending almost 10 cents in every shopping dollar online. Once shoppers have set up accounts, logins, credit card details and have gained trust, online shopping will become a habitual activity. It is estimated 80 per cent of us will be shopping online by next year and with ecommerce jumping by 21.8 per cent compared to the same time last year as COVID-19 restrictions took.” Prof. Mortimer said the shift to online presented large retailers and shopping centres with several challenges such as an inability to respond quickly to consumer shifts toward digital channels. In contrast, small and micro retailers are most likely to survive and thrive during and after the COVID-19 shutdowns because many are able to pivot and adapt their business operations more rapidly than larger competitors. Shoppers maybe more inclined to patronise smaller, independent retailers, in order to avoid busy centres and crowds.” With small retail businesses estimated to contribute $21.9bn to local economies, Prof. Mortimer is now researching how small retail businesses located in regional and rural areas of Queensland are adapting and responding to COVID-19. Small retail businesses are critical to the survival of regional Queensland communities. “There is an urgent need to understand how regional small businesses are responding to these emergent challenges and put in place interventions that can guide such businesses in their response to external disruptive forces, such as COVID-19” said Prof. Mortimer.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  QUT Business School
  Queensland University of Technology

  Contact details

  Prof Gary Mortimer
  Professor QUT Business School
  gary.mortimer@qut.edu.au
  +61 7 3138 5084

• Covid-19 influences on tourists perceptions of health risks and travel destination choices September 2021

  This USQ research study aims to rigorously test a comprehensive model to assess health risk-related behaviours and travel destination choices of tourists during and following COVID-19. The study is based on a modified and expanded version of the Health Belief Model (HBM). It is hoped the modified model will be applicable to tourism and hospitality research in other health-related crises. The project involves an online questionnaire distributed to an international sample of potential tourists that will examine the relationship between psycho-social and psychometric constructs with an emphasis on their influence on consumer behavior and destination attractiveness - all critical to destination management during the recovery phases of health crises.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  Institute for Resilient Regions
  University of Southern Queensland

  Contact details

  Ass Prof Lynda Crowley-Cyr
  Ass Prof, School of Law and Justice
  Lynda.Crowley-Cyr@usq.edu.au
  +61 7 4687 5647

  Collaborations

  • Dr. Villy Abraham (Department of Technological Marketing, Sapir Academic College, Israel)
  • Mercedes Carreño (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and CENP Tourism School, Spain)
  • Dr. Kerstin Bremser (Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
  • Cote Moreno Martin (PhD student, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Escuela Universitaria Felipe Moreno, Spain)

• COVID-19 - Reset and re-imagine your business July 2020

  This research project by USQ will evaluate the impact on women and their enterprises from their particition in the WiRE Reset and re-imagine your business COVID-19 economic recovery program. The WiRE (Women in Rural, Regional and Remote Enterprise) project enables project participants to re-design their business journey while starting and growing their business/venture. Funded by the Queensland Government, the program supports women business owners to take steps towards their business goals - reviewing, re-imagining, re-planning or rebuilding their business as a result of the current COVID-19 crisis. This program is an evidence-based program that enables rural, regional and remote women to achieve and lead in their chosen business ventures.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  Institute for Resilient Regions
  University of Southern Queensland

  Contact details

  Prof Retha Wiesner
  Retha.Wiesner@usq.edu.au
  +61 7 3470 4519

  Collaborations

  Funding: Queensland Government, Advancing Women in Business, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training

• Queensland Tourism Workforce Strategy V2: A crisis resilience and recovery plan. August 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified workforce vulnerabilities in Tourism. This Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship project led by A/Prof. Richard Robinson from UQ School of Business will seek to find strategies for recovery and resilience through extensive consultation with industry stakeholders: employees, businesses and government and peak body associations. Project outcomes will include employee and business targeted toolkits to manage crisis’ impacts, and delivery of a Queensland Tourism Workforce Crisis Resilience and Recovery Plan.

  #Business and economics#Tourism

  Centre

  Business School
  The University of Queensland

  Contact details

  A/Prof Richard Robinson
  richard.robinson@business.uq.edu.au
  +61 7 334 67091

  Collaborations

  Queensland Tourism Industry Council

• Economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism, hospitality, leisure and events industries July 2020

  Dr Shahab Pourfakhimi at USC is extending his research on the tourism, hospitality, leisure and events industries to examine economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in these industries. He is particularly interested in investigating the effectiveness of post-crisis tourism recovery strategies, specifically from a regional tourism operators’ perspective. Shahab’s research interests generally involve studying consumer behaviour in tourism, hospitality and events, particularly the socio-psychological dimensions of tourists’ perceptions, choices and experiences.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  USC Business School
  University of Sunshine Coast

  Contact details

  Dr Shahab Pourfakhimi
  Lecturer, Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
  spourfak@usc.edu.au
  +61 7 5456 5690

  Collaborations

  • Co-researchers:
  • Prof Noel Scott (USC Sustainability Research Centre)
  • Dr Lenny Vance (USC Business School)
  • Dr Lisa Daniel (USC Business School)

• The psychological impact of COVID-19 travel restriction on public sense of wellbeing August 2020

  This project led by Dr Shahab Pourfakhimi at USC aims to investigate the impact (including psychological impacts) of COVID-19 travel restrictions on public sense of wellbeing and quality of life.

  #Business and economics

  Centre

  USC Business School
  University of Sunshine Coast

  Contact details

  Dr Shahab Pourfakhimi
  Lecturer, Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
  spourfak@usc.edu.au
  +61 7 5456 5690

  Collaborations

  • Co-researchers:
  • Professor Girish Prayag (Canterbury University, New Zealand)
  • Dr Rory Mulcahy (USC Business School)
  • Prof Noel Scott (USC Sustainability Research Centre)
  • Ellie Falatoonitoosi (USC Business School)