Dr Caroline Knight
Senior Lecturer
School of Business
Researcher biography
Caroline Knight is a Senior Lecturer in Management at The Univeristy of Queensland Business School. Prior to this, Caroline was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Transformative Work Design at the Future of Work Institute, Curtin Univeristy, Perth, Western Australia. Caroline collaborates with research and industry partners internationally to conduct rigorous research which explores how we can design work which is optimally healthy for individuals and organisations. Her key reserach interests include work design, remote and hybrid work, work redesign interventions, and wellbeing. she is also inetrested in exploring different quantitative methods and applying them in her work. Caroline's reserach has been published in top peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Organizational Behaviour, Human Relations, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Work & Stress, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.
Book Chapters
Knight, Caroline, Kaur, Sabreen and Parker, Sharon K. (2022). Work Design in the Contemporary Era. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia. (pp. 1-1) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190224851.013.353
Tims, Maria and Knight, Caroline (2019). Job crafting: an individual strategy to develop oneself. Creating psychologically healthy workplaces. (pp. 152-170) Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Parker, Sharon K., Knight, Caroline and Ohly, Sandra (2019). The changing face of work design research: Past, present, and future directions. The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management. (pp. 402-419) edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Nicolas Bacon, Scott Snell and David Lepak. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529714852
Journal Articles
Parker, Sharon K. and Knight, Caroline (2025). How to Make Work Smarter—and Healthier. MIT Sloan Management Review.
Parker, Sharon K. and Knight, Caroline (2024). The SMART model of work design: a higher order structure to help see the wood from the trees. Human Resource Management, 63 (2), 265-291. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22200
Knight, Caroline, Keller, Anita C. and Parker, Sharon K. (2023). Job demands, not resources, predict worsening psychological distress during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Work and Stress, 37 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02678373.2022.2117879
Knight, Caroline, Olaru, Doina, Lee, Julie Anne and Parker, Sharon K. (2022). The loneliness of the hybrid worker. MIT Sloan Management Review, 63 (4), 10-12.
Gagné, Marylène, Parker, Sharon K., Griffin, Mark A., Dunlop, Patrick D., Knight, Caroline, Klonek, Florian E. and Parent-Rocheleau, Xavier (2022). Understanding and shaping the future of work with self-determination theory. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1 (7), 378-392. doi: 10.1038/s44159-022-00056-w
Knight, Caroline, McLarnon, Matthew J. W., Wenzel, Ramon and Parker, Sharon (2022). The importance of relational work design characteristics: a person-centred approach. Australian Journal of Management, 47 (4), 705-728. doi: 10.1177/03128962211073021
Knight, Caroline, Tims, Maria, Gawke, Jason and Parker, Sharon K. (2021). When do job crafting interventions work? The moderating roles of workload, intervention intensity, and participation. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 124 103522, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103522
Knight, Caroline and Parker, Sharon K. (2021). How work redesign interventions affect performance: an evidence-based model from a systematic review. Human Relations, 74 (1), 69-104. doi: 10.1177/0018726719865604
Parker, Sharon K., Knight, Caroline and Keller, Anita (2020). Remote managers are having trust issues. Harvard Business Review.
Lee, Allan, Lyubovnikova, Joanne, Tian, Amy Wei and Knight, Caroline (2020). Servant leadership: a meta-analytic examination of incremental contribution, moderation, and mediation. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 93 (1), 1-44. doi: 10.1111/joop.12265
Lee, Allan, Legood, Alison, Hughes, David, Tian, Amy Wei, Newman, Alexander and Knight, Caroline (2020). Leadership, creativity and innovation: a meta-analytic review. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29 (1), 1-35. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2019.1661837
Knight, Caroline, Patterson, Malcolm and Dawson, Jeremy (2019). Work engagement interventions can be effective: a systematic review. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28 (3), 348-372. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2019.1588887
Nichols, Geoff, Hogg, Eddy, Knight, Caroline and Storr, Ryan (2019). Selling volunteering or developing volunteers? Approaches to promoting sports volunteering. Voluntary Sector Review, 10 (1), 3-18. doi: 10.1332/204080519X15478200125132
Knight, Caroline, Patterson, Malcolm, Dawson, Jeremy and Brown, Jayne (2017). Building and sustaining work engagement–a participatory action intervention to increase work engagement in nursing staff. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26 (5), 634-649. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2017.1336999
Knight, Caroline, Patterson, Malcolm and Dawson, Jeremy (2017). Building work engagement: a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of work engagement interventions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38 (6), 792-812. doi: 10.1002/job.2167
Conference Papers
Knight, Caroline, Jooss, Stefan, Hay, Georgia, Marasco, Georgia and Parker, Sharon (2024). The working from home transition: a learning perspective on work design changes. 15th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Perth, Australia, 24-26 October 2024.
Knight, C. (2024). Dr Who? Introducing Caroline Knight: Past, Present and Future. Society of Organisational Behaviour in Australia (SOBA), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 8-9 February 2024.
Knight, C., Olafsen, A. and Dunlop, P. (2024). The impact of remote work extent and variability on work design and wellbeing. 2024 Centre for Transformative Work Design Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 12-14 February 2024.
Knight, C., Olaru, D., Lee, J., McLarnon, M. and Parker, S. (2023). Can hybrid work really offer the best of both worlds? Hybrid work design profiles: Antecedents and wellbeing outcomes. Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), Wellington, New Zealand, 5-7 December 2023.
Knight, Caroline (2023). Building and sustaining work engagement for wellbeing and safety. National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Sector Council Meeting, National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, United States and Online, 28-29 September 2023.
Knight, Caroline, Andrei, Daniela, Holman, David, Epitropaki, Olga, Schwarz, Maximiliano and Parker, Sharon K. (2023). Why leadership relates to employee well-being: A meta-analysis of the specific role of motivational job characteristics. 21st European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) Congress, Katowice, Poland, 24-27 May 2023.
Knight, Caroline, Olaru, Doina, Lee, Julie and Parker, Sharon K. (2023). Hybrid work design profiles: antecedents and wellbeing outcomes. 21st European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) Congress, Katowice, Poland, 24-27 May 2023.
Research Reports
Kyndt, E., Lund, P., Bednall, T., Knight, C., Klonek, F., Parker, S. and Jorritsma, K. (2023). Choosing your hybrid work model: implications for a mentally healthy workplace. Sydney, NSW, Australia: National Mental Health Commission.
Kyndt, E., Lund, P., Bednall, T, Knight, C., Klonek, F., Parker, S. and Jorritsma, K. (2023). Designing mentally healthy hybrid work: guiding principles for a thriving workplace. Sydney, NSW, Australia: National Mental Health Commission.
Briermann, S., Olaru, D., Knight, C., Smith, B., Reed, T. and Lee, J. (2023). Annual Report 2022: Planning and Transport Research Centre. Crawley, WA, Australia: Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC).
Neumeier, L., Parker, S., Jorritsma, K. and Knight, C. (2020). How to Lead Flexible Work: A Guide to Successful Policy and Practice for Managers. Perth, WA Australia: Future of Work Insitute, Curtin University.