Rebecca Mitchell

Biography

"Professor Mitchell is Director of the Health Services Research and Innovation Centre (HSRIC). With co-Director, Brendan Boyle, Rebecca has led the HSRIC since its launch in 2016. The HSRIC takes a multidisciplinary approach to health services research and brings together leading scholars and clinicians from a global network of clinical and academic institutions. From 2011, Professor Mitchell led the University of Newcastle's bid for accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Gaining this prestigious in 2016 accreditation put the UoN in the top 5% of business schools internationally. Professor Mitchell's research interests lie in the area of organisational behaviour, including team dynamics, leadership and social identity in organizations, particularly healthcare organisations. Rebecca has published in numerous top tier internationally recognised journals including the Journal of Organizational Behavior (ABDC A*), Human Resource Management (US) (ABDC A*), Human Relations (ABDC A*), Journal of Business Research (ABDC A), Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (ABDC A), and International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABDC A). She has also published in healthcare management, with articles published in Health Care Management Review (ABDC A), Journal of Advanced Nursing (ERA A*), Medical Care Research and Review and International Journal of Nursing Studies (ERA A*). Overall, more than half of Rebecca's research outputs are ranked A or A* (Australian Business Deans Council, UK ABS or ERA 2010 list). She is a full professional member of the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology and the US Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Rebecca works with a number of national and international collaborators. She works closely with Hunter New England Local Health District and has a strong connection with the Royal College of Surgeons. Reflecting the quality of the publications that Rebecca has produced, her academic manuscripts on organisational behaviour and health services management have been recognised internationally, through high-level awards. In 2014, she won the British Academy of Management Best Paper in Strategic Management and, in 2012, the Best Paper Award in Organisational Psychology. This provides strong evidence of the international value of Dr Mitchell’s research outputs and recognition of research excellence. Rebecca has successfully supervised a number of doctoral students to completion. Many of her students have published in top-tiered journals, indicating the effectiveness of her supervisory approach. In addition to her academic experience, Dr Mitchell's worked in the Australian and Irish public sector, as a senior policy advisor. She has worked as State representative on several Council of Australian Government (COAG) working parties and has developed health, community and social services policy at a state and national level. She also worked as State representative on the Council of Australian Government’s Working Group on Health Reform. This provides sound evidence of her ability to understanding issues of significant national importance, particularly in healthcare, and the capacity to undertake research that spans bridges academic research with policy and practice."

Research Interest

Organisational Behaviour