Dr Fiona Earle

Professor Fiona Earle

Professor in Psychology

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Psychology and Social Work

Summary

Fiona Earle is an occupational psychologist with over 20 years' experience of working in academic and industrial settings.

Following occupational Chartership status in 2002, and doctoral research on the development of work-related fatigue in 2004, Fiona is particularly interested in occupational stress research in applied settings.

Her main focus is working with organisations to understand the sources of work-place stress, and implementing solutions to minimise the impact of these stressors on health and safety, wellbeing and performance.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit

Earle, F., Huddlestone, J., Williams, T., Stock-Williams, C., van der Mijle-Meijer, H., de Vries, L., …Moore, G. (in press). SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit. Wind energy, https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2647

Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon

McNaughton, L. R., Midgley, A. W., Earle, K., McNaugton, L. R., Siegler, J. C., Clough, P., & Earle, F. (2017). Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon. Research in Sports Medicine, 25(4), 480-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2017.1365294

Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players

Nicholls, A. R., Earle, K., Earle, F., & Madigan, D. J. (2017). Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684

Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis

Earle, F., Horne, J., & Flynn, J. M. Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis. Pain and rehabilitation : journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association, 38(Winter), 4-9

Separating the effects of task load and task motivation on the effort–fatigue relationship

Earle, F., Hockey, B., Earle, K., & Clough, P. (2015). Separating the effects of task load and task motivation on the effort–fatigue relationship. Motivation and emotion, 39(4), 467-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9481-2

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Occupational stress risk assessment: AACE Ambulance Trust

Funder

NHS England

Grant

£46,200.00

Started

4 September 2023

Status

Ongoing

Project

GPG Jon Huddleston

Funder

Green Port Hull

Grant

£6,760.00

Started

1 September 2018

Status

Complete

Project

Improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit SPOWTT

Funder

HCC Hull City Council

Grant

£124,040.00

Started

1 March 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit SPOWTT

Funder

BEIS Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Grant

£191,666.00

Started

1 December 2016

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Social Media & Suicide Postvention Project

Funder

Humber Teaching Foundation Trust

Grant

£9,807.00

Started

1 February 2021

Status

Ongoing

Project

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training on Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£3,840,952.00

Started

1 April 2019

Status

Ongoing

Project

Suicide bereavement service evaluation

Funder

The Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership

Grant

£11,826.00

Started

1 July 2020

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Fiona welcomes PhD applications in the areas of work-related stress and fatigue. She is particularly interested in applied work in health and safety, and offshore wind.

Completed PhDs

- Tracey Reid, On-call work scheduling: A multi method analysis of psychological effects and moderators (2011)

- Angela Clough, Whiplash Associated Disorder (2014)

- Stefi McMaster, Causes and Consequences of Fatigue in Offshore Wind Technicians (2017)

Current PhD supervisions

- Andy Lee, Decision Making in Emergency Flood Settings

- Lauren Beadle, Personality and Selection in Policing

- Lisa Somerville, Virtual Reality and Offshore Wind Transit

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