Leigh-Ann Onnis
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Biography
Dr Leigh-ann Onnis is a Senior Lecturer in management with the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University. Leigh-ann has a research focus on human resource management, workforce sustainability, and mental health and wellbeing at work.
Leigh-ann has lived in regional and remote northern Australia for more than twenty years and prior to her current role at JCU, has worked in HR and research roles with Menzies School of Health Research, WA Country Health Service, Edith Cowan University, and Queensland Health’s Remote Mental Health Team. Leigh-ann completed a PhD in 2016, entitled ‘A Sustainable Remote Health Workforce: Translating HRM Policies into Practice’ which is a culmination of her passion for management, health and remote northern Australia.
Research
Research Interests
Human Resource Management, management and leadership, remote workforce sustainability, and wellbeing and work.
Teaching
Current JCU Research Students
Exploring Paradigm Shifts in Establishment of Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness
Doctor of Philosophy (Management and Commerce)
Activities
Committees
CBLG Learning & Teaching Committee
2023 - 2025
CBLG Accreditation Committee Working Group 3
2022 - 2023
CBLG HR Industry Advisory Committee
2023 - 2025
Output
Onnis, Leigh-Ann (2019) Transitioning from remote clinician to manager: why do some managers thrive, yet others barely survive?. Cairns, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann (2016) A sustainable remote health workforce: translating HRM policy into practice. [Thesis] [DOI]
Farr-Wharton, Ben; Bentley, Tim; Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Caponecchia, Carlo; Neto, Abilio De Almeida; O’Neill, Sharron; Andrew, Catherine (2023) 'Older Worker-Orientated Human Resource Practices, Wellbeing and Leave Intentions: A Conservation of Resources Approach for Ageing Workforces'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (3). [DOI]
Onnis, Leigh-ann; Kinchin, Irina; Pryce, Josephine; Ennals, Priscilla; Petrucci, Joe; Tsey, Komla (2020) 'Evaluating the implementation of a mental health referral service Connect to Wellbeing: a quality improvement approach'. Frontiers in Public Health, 8 . [DOI]
Onnis, Leigh-ann; Moylan, Robyn; Whiteside, Mary; Klieve, Helen; Smith, Kieran; Tsey, Komla (2020) 'Integrating the Family Wellbeing Program into practice: a conceptual model'. Australian Social Work, 73 (4):435-448. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Tsey, Komla; Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Whiteside, Mary; McCalman, Janya; Williams, Megan; Heyeres, Marion; Lui, Siu Man (Carrie); Klieve, Helen; Cadet-James, Yvonne; Baird, Leslie; Brown, Catherine; Watkin Lui, Felecia; Grainger, Daniel; Gabriel, Zona; Millgate, Nigel; Cheniart, Ben; Hunter, Tahalani; Liu, Hong-Bo; Yang, Yinghong; Yan, Li; Lovett, Ray; Chong, Alwin; Kinchin, Irina (2019) 'Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research'. Evaluation and Program Planning, 73 :176-186. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Hakendorf, Marcia; Diamond, Mark; Tsey, Komla (2019) 'CQI approaches for evaluating management development programs: a case study with health service managers from geographically remote settings'. Evaluation and Program Planning, 74 :91-101. [DOI]
Onnis, Leigh-ann (2019) 'Human resource management policy choices, management practices and health workforce sustainability: remote Australian perspectives'. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 57 (1):3-23. [DOI]
Onnis, Leigh-ann; Klieve, Helen; Tsey, Komla (2018) 'The evidence needed to demonstrate impact: a synthesis of the evidence from a phased social and emotional wellbeing intervention'. Evaluation and Program Planning, 70 :35-43. [DOI]
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Hakendorf, Marcia; Tsey, Komla (2018) 'How are continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches used in evaluating management development programs? a literature review'. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 13 (2). [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leighanne (2017) 'Attracting future health workforces in geographically remote regions: perspectives from current remote health professionals'. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 12 (2):25-33. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Dyer, Geraldine (2017) 'Maintaining hope: the intrinsic role of professional support'. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 12 (1):13-23. [DOI]
Onnis, Leigh-ann Lesley; Pryce, Josephine (2016) 'Health professionals working in remote Australia: a review of the literature'. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 54 (1):32-56. [DOI]
Onnis, L.L. (2016) 'What is a sustainable remote health workforce?: people, practice and place'. Rural and Remote Health, 16 .
Onnis, Leigh-Ann Lesley (2015) 'An examination of supportive management practices promoting health workforce stability in remote northern Australia'. Australasian Psychiatry, 23 (6):679-682. [DOI]
Hunter, Ernest; Onnis, Leigh-ann; Pritchard, John (2014) 'Gardens of discontent: health and horticulture in remote Aboriginal Australia'. AIATSIS Research Publications, 34 :1-36.
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Hunter, Ernest; Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Santhanam-Martin, Radhika; Skalicky, Judy; Gynther, Bruce; Dyer, Geraldine (2013) 'Beasts of burden or organised cooperation: the story of a mental health team in remote, Indigenous Australia'. Australasian Psychiatry, 21 (6):572-577. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Hunter, Ernest M.; Gynther, Bruce D.; Anderson, Carrick J.; Onnis, Leigh-ann L.; Nelson, Jeffrey R.; Hall, Wayne; Baune, Bernhard T.; Groves, Aaron R. (2012) 'Psychosis in Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait'. Medical Journal of Australia, 196 (2):133-135. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Hunter, Ernest; Gynther, Bruce; Anderson, Carrick; Onnis, Leigh-ann; Groves, Aaron; Nelson, Jeffrey (2011) 'Psychosis and its correlates in a remote Indigenous population'. Australasian Psychiatry, 19 (5):434-438. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Hunter, Ernest; Nelson, Jeffrey; Gynther, Bruce; Anderson, Carrick (2011) 'Exploring severe mental illness (psychosis) in Far North Queensland'. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 35 (6):9-11.
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Stow, Che' (2016) 'Working with young people in North Queensland:
a strengths-based approach' Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 40 :4-5.
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-ann (2023) 36th ANZAM Conference: Changing management values and practices for a sustainable future “HR is different up here”: An exploratory study of HR in
tropical northern Australia Wellington, New Zealand,
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann (2019) 33rd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: wicked solutions to wicked problems Clinician-to-manager transitions in remote health work contexts: lessons from a pilot study Cairns, QLD, Australia,
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Pryce, Josephine (2019) 33rd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: wicked solutions to wicked problems Competing commitments and contextual challenges: the influence of management practices and HR outcomes on remote health workforce sustainability Cairns, QLD, Australia,
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann; Tsey, Komla; Hakendorf, Marcia; Moylan, Robyn (2018) ANZAM 2018: 32nd Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: managing the many faces of sustainable work Can integrating workplace health and wellbeing initiatives into existing leadership programs provide a sustainable solution for improving the health, wellbeing and performance of managers? Auckland, New Zealand,
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-ann (2017) 14th National Rural Health Conference . In: Coleman, Leanne eds. What can we learn about improving workforce retention from five words? Cairns, QLD, Australia,
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann Lesley (2014) ANZAM 2014: 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference Managers are the key to workforce stability: an HRM approach towards improving retention of health professionals in remote northern Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia,
Onnis, Leigh-ann; Bentley, Tim; Bezemer, Pieter-Jan; Franken, Esme; Green, Nicola; O'Neill, Sharron; Huskes, Lee (2023) 36th ANZAM Conference: Changing management values and practices for a sustainable future Business Leaders' signalling prosocial behaviours related to work health and safety: An exploratory study Wellington, New Zealand, .
Conference Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Onnis, Leigh-Ann (2016) HRIC 2016: 2nd Human Resources Division International Conference Attraction and retention of health professionals in remote Northern Australia: HRM practices in a geographically challenging context Sydney, NSW, Australia, .
Conference Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU