Newcastle University

Introduction

I am a chartered psychologist who qualified in the area of occupational psychology. My special area of research interest involves risk and safety, from the perspectives of work, health and consumer behaviour. I am also involved in a major programme funded by the EU which involves cross-cultural psychology applied to engineering designers from different countries working collaboratively.

I teach a 20 credit module in consumer psychology and also interpersonal behaviour and behavioural sciences for dental students.

Background

Dr JOAN HARVEY BSc, MPhil, PhD, AFBPsS, C Psychol

Education: University College, London: BSc Hons Psychology with ancillary mathematics; Birkbeck College, London: M. Phil. Occupational Psychology; Sheffield University, PhD

Work/consultancy experience with EMI Electronics, Esso, BNFL, Reed Employment, Consumers’ Association, CA Parsons, Entrust, Stonham Housing, Productivity North East, Company Health, Tyneside Health Action Zone, Gorman Hamilton etc

Memberships

British Psychological Society

Research Interests

Publications
Harvey J and Heidrich O (submitted) Achieving sustainable behaviour: recommendations for policy and government action based on risk perception, attitudes and trust. TO Environment and Planning: C.

Heidrich O and Harvey J (submitted) Factors and Influences for implementing environmental and waste managemenet systems in industry. TO International Journal of Production Economics

Drady K and Harvey J (2011) Developing students into creative managers. In Enhancing Graduate Impact Oxford: Threshold Press: 87-94. Online at www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/bmaf/documents/publications/Case_studies/enhancing-graduate-impact/Drady_Harvey.pdf

Harvey J (2011) A ratings-based stakeholder analysis for a food production company, including trust and risk implications. Business Strategy Series Vol 12 No 3:115-121

Harvey, J. Heslop S. and Thorpe N (2011) Enthusiastic, extremely bored or safe and slow? The categorisation of drivers in relation to boredom. Transportation Planning And Technology.Vol 34 (1): 51-69

Heslop S, Harvey J, Thorpe N & Mulley CM (2010) Factors that comprise driver boredom and their relationships to preferred driving speed and demographic variables. Transportation Planning And Technology.Vol 33 (1): 75-90

Harvey J, Erdos G & Turnbull L How do we perceive heroes? (2009) Journal of Risk Research Vol 12 No 3: 313- 327

Heidrich O, Harvey J and Tollin N (2009) Stakeholder analysis for industrial waste management systems. Waste Management Journal Vol 29 No 2: 965-973 online from Sept 2008

Short T.D. and Harvey J. (2007) Lightbulbs and Nappies: Sustainable Development and Customer Perceptions. International Journal of Sustainable Design.

Lowry R J, Maunder P, Steele JG, Colligan J , Beard C A, Harvey J, Erdos G (2005) Hearts and mouths: perceptions of oral hygiene by at-risk patients. British Dental Journal 199(7), 449-451.

Harvey,J, Erdos G., Jackson H. and Dennison, S. (2004) Is safety culture in differing organizations the same thing? A comparison of safety culture measures in three organizations Risk, Decision and Policy Vol 9 No 4: 337- 346

Harvey J, Norman, P. and Joyce, S. (2004) Multi-attribute decision making and public perceptions of risk in relation to large scale environmental projects. Risk Decision and Policy, Vol 9 No 4: 391-400

Harvey, J, Erdos G, Bolam H, Cox MAA, Kennedy JP, and Gregory D (2002) : An analysis of safety culture in a highly regulated environment. Work and Stress Vol. 16 No 1: 18- 36

Harvey J, Erdos G, Bolam H and Gregory D (2002) An examination of different safety cultures in a nuclear processing plant Risk Decision and Policy. Vol. 7: 69- 80

Harvey J and Erdos G with J Holme, T Raven, GDL Staunton and A Walton (2002) An empirical study of protein consumption and attitudes to genetically modified food. Risk Decision and Policy Vol. 7: 81- 94

Harvey, J, Erdos, G, Challinor S, and others (2001) The relationship between attitudes, demographic factors and perceived consumption of meats and other proteins in relation to the BSE crisis: a regional study in the United Kingdom. Health, Risk and Society: Vol. 3 No 2: 181- 197

Harvey J, Bolam H, Erdos G & Gregory D (2001): The effectiveness of training to change safety culture and attitudes within a highly regulated environment. Personnel Review Vol. 30 No 6: 615- 636

Erdos G, Harvey J and Tan JL (2001) Perceiving Emotions from Facial Expressions in Paintings. Empirical Studies Of The Arts. Vol. 19 No 2: 157-166.

Harvey J, Carter, S and Mudimu, G.(2000) Motivational differences between Zimbabwean and British Managers. Personnel Review Vol. 29 No 6: 723- 738

Harvey J & Nicholson, N. (1999) Minor illness as a legitimate reason for absence. Journal of Organizational Behavior Vol. 20 pt 6: 979-993

Harvey J, Bolam H and Gregory D (1999) How many safety cultures are there? Safety and Health Practitioner Dec: 9- 12. London: IOSH

Harvey J. & Nicholson N. (1993) "Incentives and Penalties as Means of Influencing Attendance. A study in the UK public sector". International Journal of Human Resource Management Vol. 4 No 4: 856-874

Selected refereed conference proceedings
Harvey J, Thorpe N, Heslop S, Mulley C. (2010) Driver Boredom: Does it differ across cultures and why? In: 10th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management Conference (PSAM).2010,Seattle, Washington, USA

Erdos G, Harvey J and Kolman L (2010) Fechner- the art of omission? In Proceedings of the 21st Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Dresden Germany

Harvey J, Kolman L and Erdos G (2010) Adornment using expensive jewellery: why do men choose expensive watches? In Proceedings of the 21st Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Dresden Germany

Pearce K.F., Harvey J. & Jamieson R. (2009) Cultural differences in design perceptions of consumer products: a Kansei engineering approach. In R Bris, C Guedes Soares & S Martorell (eds) Reliability, Risk and Safety London: Taylor and Francis Vol 1: 767-772

Harvey J., Pearce K.F and Jamieson R. (2009) Risks and engineering design across cultures. In R Bris, C Guedes Soares & S Martorell (eds) Reliability, Risk and Safety London: Taylor and Francis Vol 1: 791-798

Harvey J, Jamieson R and Pearce K (2008) The potential for error in communications between engineering designers. In (eds) S Martorell, C Guedes Soares & J Barnett: Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: London: Taylor and Francis vol 2 1447-1454

Macrae J, Harvey J and Fraser SC (2008) Left-right confusion as the cause of wrong-side surgery: implications for medical education. In: Proceedings of International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, Hong Kong May 2008

Harvey J, Erdos G and Kolman L (2008) Cross-cultural and gender difference in Aesthetic preferences of landscapes. In Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Chicago IL: 210-213

Harvey J, Erdos G and Earnshaw L (2008) Do self-image and personality affect how people perceive portraits? In Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Chicago IL: 90-93

Nichols J and Harvey J (2008) The concept of organizational supportiveness. In (eds) S Martorell, C Guedes Soares & J Barnett: Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: London: Taylor and Francis vol 1 291-298

Harvey J, Erdos G and Turnbull L (2007) How do we perceive heroes? In T Aven and JE Vinnem (eds) Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety. London: Taylor and Francis Vol 2: 1607- 1614

Harvey J, Francis N, Eckersley T and Warwick L (2007) Smoking, alcohol consumption and risks to health. In T Aven and JE Vinnem (eds) Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety London: Taylor and Francis Vol 2: 1615-1622

Harvey, J (2006) The roles of attitudes, beliefs and risk perception as determinants of sustainable behaviour: a framework for Government action and further research. In C Guedes Soares and E Zio [eds] Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk. London: Taylor and Francis. Vol 2: p 1299- 1306

Harvey J and Erdos G (2006). What concepts do people use to evaluate art and design? In H Gottesdiener and J-C Vilatte (eds) Culture and Communication. IAEA: 581-585

Harvey J and Erdos G (2006) The perception of emotion and facial expressions in portraits. In H Gottesdiener and J-C Vilatte (eds) Culture and Communication IAEA: 503-507

Harvey J (2005) The roles of attitudes, values and beliefs as determinants of behaviour in relation to sustainability: a framework for Government action and further research. Paper presented to the Design And Manufacture For Sustainable Development 4th International Conference. Newcastle upon Tyne July 2005

Harvey J (2005) Attitudes, values and beliefs as determinants of ‘green’ consumer behaviour. Agrarian perspectives: 676- 683. CZU Prague

Harvey J. , Norman, P, & Joyce S (2004). Public perceptions of risk in relation to large scale environmental projects: a Multi-attribute Decision making method. In C Spitzer, U Schmocker & VN Dang (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management : London: Springer Verlag: 3516-3522

Joyce, S., Harvey, J., & Norman, P. (2004) Public perceptions of sustainability: how these can inform the communications process. In C Spitzer, U Schmocker & VN Dang (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management : London: Springer Verlag: 3299- 3304

Harvey, J.; Erdos, G., and Evans, C. (2004). Personal Constructs and Erotic Art. In J.P. Frois, P. Andrade & J.F. Marques (Eds.) Art and Science: Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, 254-259.

Harvey, J., Erdos, G. and Barua, P. (2004). Personal Constructs and the Perception of Faces and Facial Expressions. . In J.P. Frois, P. Andrade & J.F. Marques (Eds.) Art and Science: Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, 260-265.

Erdos, G., Harvey, J. and Noble, L. (2004). Pictorial Rotation and Aesthetic Preference. In J.P. Frois, P. Andrade & J.F. Marques (Eds.) Art and Science: Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, 601-605.

Harvey, J, Erdos G., Bolam, H., & Gregory, D. (2003) Safety and risk perceptions of shop floor employees in a highly regulated industry SRA Annual conference, Baltimore

Harvey J, Erdos G & Strong A. (2003) The relationship between attitudes and behaviour in terms of smoking and responses to food scares. In Bedford T & van Gelder P.H.A.J.M [eds] Safety and Reliability Vol 1: 775- 781

Harvey J. & Erdos G.(2003) Psychological rewards and bad risks: the roles of moral and immoral values and beliefs as determinants of risk-taking behaviour: a framework for further research. In Bedford T & van Gelder P.H.A.J.M [eds] Safety and Reliability Vol 1: 769- 774

Harvey J, Joyce S and Norman P (2003) Public Perceptions of Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Recycling - How these can inform the Design Process In B Hon (ed) Proceedings of the 2nd Int Conf on Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development: 107-116

Harvey J, Erdos G, Bolam H & Gregory D (2001) An examination of different safety cultures in an organization where safety is paramount. In E Zio, M Demichela & N Piccinini [eds] Safety and Reliability Vol. 1: 653- 660

Bolam H, Harvey J, Erdos G & Gregory D (2001)The application of the principle of triangulation to measurement of safety performance. In E Zio, M Demichela & N Piccinini [eds] Safety and Reliability Vol. 2: 1345- 1352

Harvey J, Bolam H and Gregory D (2000) The analysis of qualitative safety information using attributional coding. In MP Cottam, DW Harvey, RP Pape & J Tait: Foresight and Precaution Vol. 2: 1315- 1320. Rotterdam: Balkema

Anderson AA, Harvey J, Erdos, G, Wilkinson LJ, & van Zwanenberg N (1998) The influence of student selection on the management, curricula and teaching methods of University engineering courses. Proceedings, first Balkan region conference on engineering education. [eds] K Vessinov and A Vutsova, Ministry of Education and Science, ISBN 954-9673-06-5

Current Work

Current Research Interests

Why do some people take more risks than others? These could be risks to health, or risky behaviour at work or whilst driving, or even risky but heroic behaviours. Much of my research has incorporated risk as either a central theme or as a factor relating to other aspects of behaviour. The study of risk emanated from earlier research into safety culture and people'e perceptions of health risks such as those associated with BSE.

I have recently been involved in work for the European Union [FP6] which includes the development of a cross-cultural assimilator which can be accessed by people in small and medium engineering design companies in many different countries so they can understand how cultural differences are reflected in different behaviours and understandings; this is a development of my earlier work on cross-cultural differences.

In the consumer area, I am currently working on consumer attitudes and perceptions into humour in advertising, attitudes to various product groups including perfumes, organic and fair trade foods, and a particularly focus is upon people's attitudes, beliefs and perceptions of energy, recycling, waste and sustainability.

In addition to my research into safety culture and safety performance, I have research experience in absenteeism from work, stress at work and attitudes such as job satisfaction, commitment and trust in the workplace.

I work using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, such as attitude scales, Repertory Grid, attribtutional analysis of interviews etc..

Postgraduate Supervision

Recent PhD completions:
Fahad Alnoeim [ft, Job satisfaction] completed
Lise Stoyell [pt staff, risk perception and decision making] completed
Rahim Ghasemiyeh [ft shared with Prof Feng Li, IT development in Iran] completed
Oliver Heidrich [ft, waste management analysis, attitudes to and perceptions of waste]. completed
John Nicholls [pt, Organizational supportiveness] completed

Esteem Indicators

Member of Technical Programme Committee for PSAM 2008 and 2010

Member of Technical Programme Committees for ESREL 2006, 2007 2008 and 2009, responsible for risk perception and communications.

Review papers for: Journal of Applied Psychology, Work and Stress, Health Risk and Society, Personnel Review, Risk Analysis, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations Journal, Human Relations, Reliability Engineering & System Safety.

BPS& University spokesman for psychology. Appearances include BBC Breakfast TV & News 24, BBC1, Radio 2, Radio 5 Live, Radio 4, BBC Radio Newcastle, TTTV, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Cosmopolitan, Evening Chronicle, Journal,

Co-chair and co-editor of proceedings: 4th International Conference on Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development 2005.

Funding

FP6 contract: IMPORTNeT 033610: Intelligent modular open source Platform for intercultural and cross-domain SME networks. UK contribution is RCID [Ron Jamieson and Joan Harvey]

Undergraduate Teaching

PSY3006 Consumer Psychology
BDS Interpersonal skills
BDS Behavioural Science
Psychology degree 2 x 2nd year practicals

Postgraduate supervision

Supervisor currently of 1 DBA student researching training and development action  plans and 1 PhD student researching attitudes to transport mode choices

• Harvey J, Carter S, Mudimu G. A comparison of work values and motives among Zimbabwean and British managers. Personnel Review 2000, 29(6), 723-742.
• Harvey J. A ratings based stakeholder analysis for a food production company, including trust and risk implications. Business Strategy Series 2011, 12(2), 98-104.
• Drady K, Harvey J. Developing Students into Creative Managers. In: Kemp, P., Atfield, R, ed. Enhancing graduate impact in Business, Management, Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism. Newbury, UK: Threshold Press, 2011, pp.87- 94.
• Harvey J, Norman P, Joyce S. Public perceptions of risk in relation to large scale environmental projects: a Multi-attribute Decision Making method. In: Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM7–ESREL). 2004, Berlin, Germany.
• Harvey J, Joyce S, Norman P. Public Perceptions of Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Recycling - How these can inform the Design Process. In: Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development. 2003, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Harvey J, Heslop S, Thorpe N. The categorisation of drivers in relation to boredom. Transportation Planning and Technology 2011, 34(1), 51-69.
• Heslop S, Harvey J, Thorpe N, Mulley C. Factors that comprise driver boredom and their relationships to preferred driving speed and demographic variables. Transportation Planning and Technology 2010, 33(1), 75-89.
• Pearce KF, Harvey J, Jamieson R. Cultural differences in design perceptions of consumer products: A Kansei engineering approach. In: R Bris, C Guedes Soares & S Martorell, ed. Reliability, Risk and Safety. London: Taylor and Francis, 2009, pp.767-772.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Turnbull L. How do we perceive heroes?. Journal of Risk Research 2009, 12(3-4), 313-327.
• Harvey J, Pearce KF, Jamieson R. Risks and engineering design across cultures. In: R Bris, C Guedes Soares, S Martorell, ed. Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Applications. London: Taylor & Francis, 2009, pp.791-798.
• Heidrich O, Harvey J, Tollin N. Stakeholder analysis for industrial waste management systems. Waste Management 2009, 29(2), 965-973.
• Nicholls J, Harvey J, Erdos G. The concept of organizational supportiveness. In: S Martorell, C Guedes Soares and J Barnett, ed. Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications. London: CRC Press, 2009, pp.291-298.
• Short TD, Harvey J. Lightbulbs and Nappies: Sustainable Development and Customer Perceptions. International Journal of Sustainable Design 2008, 1(1), 13-28.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Kolman L. Cross-cultural and gender difference in aesthetic preferences of landscapes. In: 20th Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics. 2008, Chicago, USA: International Association of Empirical Aesthetics.
• Harvey J, Francis N, Eckersley I, Warwick L. Smoking, alcohol consumption and risks to health. In: T Aven and JE Vinnem, ed. Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety. London: Taylor & Francis, 2007, pp.1615-1622.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Earnshaw L. Do self-image and personality affect how people perceive portraits?. In: 20th Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics. 2008, Chicago, USA: International Association of Empirical Aesthetics.
• Harvey J, Jamieson R, Pearce K. The potential for error in communications between engineering designers. In: S Martorell, C Guedes Soares and J Barnett, ed. Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications. London: CRC Press, 2009, pp.1447-1454.
• Macrae J, Harvey J, Fraser SC. Left-right confusion as the cause of wrong-side surgery: implications for medical education. In: International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference. 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA: International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Turnbull L. How do we perceive heroes?. In: T Aven and JE Vinnem, ed. Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety. London: Taylor & Francis, 2007, pp.1607-1614.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Kolman L. Interkulturni aspekty vnimani emoci a vyrazu tvare v portretech. In: Komunikace mezi kulturami. Prague: Czeska zemedelska univerzita v Praze, 2007, pp.213-220.
• Harvey J, Bolam H, Erdos G, Gregory D. How do you assess safety performance? The application of the principle of triangulation. Risk Analysis 2006. In Press.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, McKie H, Preston D. Perceived risk, behavioural control and motivation to protect health in relation to the Avian 'flu epidemic. In: Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2006, ESREL 2006 - Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk. 2006, Estoril, Portugal: Taylor & Francis.
• Lowry RJ, Maunder P, Steele JG, Colligan J, Beard CA, Harvey J, Erdos G. Hearts and mouths: Perceptions of oral hygiene by at-risk heart surgery patients. British Dental Journal 2005, 199(7), 449-451.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Jackson H, Dennison S. Is safety culture in differing organizations the same thing? A comparison of safety culture measures in three organizations. Risk, Decision and Policy 2004, 9(4), 391-400.
• Harvey J, Norman P, Joyce S. Multi-attribute decision making and public perceptions of risk in relation to large scale environmental projects. Risk, Decision and Policy 2004, 9(4), 337-346.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Bolam H, Cox MAA, Kennedy JNP, Gregory DT. An analysis of safety culture attitudes in a highly regulated environment. Work and Stress 2002, 16(1), 18-36.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Holme J, Raven T, Staunton GDL, Walton A. An empirical study of protein consumption and attitudes to genetically modified food. Risk, Decision and Policy 2002, 7(1), 81-94.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Bolam H, Gregory D. An examination of different safety cultures in a nuclear processing plant. Risk, Decision and Policy 2002, 7(1), 69-80.
• Erdos G, Harvey J and Tan JL. Perceiving Emotions from Facial Expressions in Paintings. Empirical Studies Of The Arts 2001, 19(2), 157-166.
• Harvey J, Bolam H, Gregory D, Erdos G. The effectiveness of training to change safety culture and attitudes within a highly regulated environment. Personnel Review 2001, 30(6), 615-636.
• Harvey J, Erdos G, Challinor S, Drew S, Taylor S, Ash R, Ward S, Gibson C, Scarr C, Dixon F, Hinde A, Moffat C. The relationship between attitudes, demographic factors and perceived consumption of meats and other proteins in relation to the BSE crisis: A regional study in the United Kingdom. Health, Risk and Society 2001, 3(2), 181-197.
• Harvey J, Bolam H, Gregory D. The analysis of qualitative safety information using attributional coding. In: Foresight and Precaution: proceedings of ESREL 2000, SARS and SRA-Europe annual conference. 2000, Edinburgh: Balkema, Rotterdam.
• Harvey J, Bolam H and Gregory D. How many safety cultures are there?. Safety and Health Practitioner 1999, December, 9-12.
• Harvey J, Nicholson N. Minor illness as a legitimate reason for absence. Journal of Organizational Behavior 1999, 20(6), 979-993.
• Harvey J. & Nicholson N. Incentives and Penalties as Means of Influencing Attendance. A study in the UK public sector. International Journal of Human Resource Management 1993, 4(4), 856-874.
• Harvey J, Bolam H, Gregory D. The application of triangulation to qualitative performance data. In: 2nd International Conference on the Control of Industrial Processes. 1999, Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle upon Tyne.