Dr McLinton is the Director of UniSA HIGHER, the Healthy Inclusive Gaming, Hobby and Esports Research group. He also works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX) managing a large ARC project looking at psychosocial factors for healthcare staff. Dr McLinton coordinates the Justice & Society Research Ethics Advisory team, is a full member of UniSA HREC and provides education and training on research ethics to staff and students. His fields of expertise include Esports, the psychology of professional video game players, Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC), frontline healthcare workers, cross-cultural psychology in factors such as workplace bullying, as well as other sports-based research (both performance ... Read more
About me
Dr McLinton is the Director of UniSA HIGHER, the Healthy Inclusive Gaming, Hobby and Esports Research group. He also works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX) managing a large ARC project looking at psychosocial factors for healthcare staff. Dr McLinton coordinates the Justice & Society Research Ethics Advisory team, is a full member of UniSA HREC and provides education and training on research ethics to staff and students. His fields of expertise include Esports, the psychology of professional video game players, Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC), frontline healthcare workers, cross-cultural psychology in factors such as workplace bullying, as well as other sports-based research (both performance more broadly, through to specific domains such as martial arts and eSports). Dr McLinton also works as a Lecturer and teaches a variety of research-based skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students, including Advanced Research Methods, Communicating Research and Psychology Research Methods in honours, as well as guest lecturing in the Psychology 1A and Applied Psychology courses. He has been involved in international exchange for data collection to further his research skills in Japan, holds a 5th-degree black belt and runs the Campbelltown Traditional Japanese Karate club at the ARC, the South Australian head dojo of an international network.
About me
Date | Title |
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18/06/2024 |
Cyberbullying and sexual harassment rampant in esports, https://unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2024/cyberbullying-and-sexual-harassment-rampant-in-esports/ |
Esports,Video gaming and psychology,Research ethics,Psychosocial safety climate,Frontline healthcare,Workplace bullying,Cross-cultural psychology,Instrument development,Delphi method,Japan,Anger and work stress
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Understanding how to better support elite athlete wellbeing during their transition to retirement. Nadia Jurkovic, North Geelong Warriors Football Club, 19/08/2024 - 30/11/2026
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
3
|
2024 |
Open access
136
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2022 |
|
Year | Output |
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2019 |
5
|
2018 |
2
|
2014 |
|
2014 |
1
|
2014 |
|
2014 |
|
2013 |
2
|
2013 |
|
Year | Output |
---|---|
2024 |
Open access
40
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
3
|
2024 |
Open access
1
1
46
|
2024 |
Open access
136
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2022 |
1
1
3
|
2022 |
18
12
111
|
2021 |
Open access
2
2
3
|
2021 |
Open access
10
10
11
|
2021 |
2
2
1
|
2020 |
Open access
14
|
2019 |
Open access
26
21
5
|
2019 |
Open access
19
18
3
|
2018 |
4
4
|
2018 |
Open access
33
27
|
2018 |
Open access
12
8
6
|
2017 |
92
80
12
|
2015 |
64
54
7
|
2014 |
|
2010 |
53
50
|
Year | Output |
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2022 |
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2015 |
Open access
|
2012 |
Open access
|
Research
Esports,Video gaming and psychology,Research ethics,Psychosocial safety climate,Frontline healthcare,Workplace bullying,Cross-cultural psychology,Instrument development,Delphi method,Japan,Anger and work stress
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Auburn University | UNITED STATES |
Auburn University System | UNITED STATES |
Calvary Health Care | AUSTRALIA |
Corporate Health Group | AUSTRALIA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
International Commission of Occupational Health-Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors | AUSTRALIA |
Kitasato University | JAPAN |
Kitasato University School of Medicine | JAPAN |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Malaya | MALAYSIA |
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan | JAPAN |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Professional gameplay workers: an emerging career and work industry | Current |
Understanding how to better support elite athlete wellbeing during their transition to retirement | Current |
Women in Sport: Factors Impacting Attitudes Towards the Women's Australian Football League | Current |
Building a psychosocial safety climate (PSC) for decent work | Completed |