Associate Professor Courtney von Hippel
Associate Professor
School of Psychology
+61 7 336 57293
McElwain Building (24A)
Level 3, Room 327
Level 3, Room 327
Researcher biography
My research can be broadly defined as applied social psychology: the primary focus driving this research program is to test and extend important theories outside the laboratory. For example, an extensive literature in social psychology has demonstrated that stereotype threat, or the concern that one is the target of demeaning stereotypes, can lead to acute performance deficits. Despite the widely demonstrated performance decrements brought about by stereotype threat in the laboratory, there has been debate about the relevance and applicability of stereotype threat in everyday life. My work has examined some of the real world implications of stereotype threat, including what leads to experiences of stereotype threat for women working in male dominated professions, older employees, and men working in female dominated professions (such as child protection) and the consequences when employees experience stereotype threat at work.
I also conduct research on implicit attitudes amongst hard to reach populations, such as people who inject drugs, at-risk youth, and people with mental health problems. Similar to my research on stereotype threat, this research attempts to contribute to the literatures on stigma and implicit attitudes, while also providing empirical evidence of the applicability of implicit attitudes outside of the laboratory.
Book Chapters
Luong, Mischel, Peters, Kim, von Hippel, Courtney and Dat, Mylyn (2019). Fitting into the workplace: the motivational implications of self-space identity compatibility at work. Organizational behaviour and the physical environment. (pp. 113-127) edited by Oluremi B. Ayoko and Neal M. Ashkanasy. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315167237-6
von Hippel, Courtney (2012). Stereotype threat in the workplace. Managing diversity in today’s workplace. (pp. 47-69) edited by Michele Antoinette Paludi. Santa Barbara, CA, United States: Praeger ABC-CLIO.
Von Hippel, Courtney, Bendapudi, Venkat, Tansky, Judith, Greenberger, David B., Mangum, Steven L. and Heneman, Robert L. (2005). Operationalizing the shadow workforce: Toward an understanding of the participants in nonstandard employment relationships. The shadow workforce: Perspectives on contingent work in the United States, Japan, and Europe. (pp. 29-64) edited by Sandra E. Gleason. Kalamazoo, U.S.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
von Hippel, C., Greenberger, D., Mangum, S. and Heneman, R. (2000). Voluntary and involuntary temporary employees: Predicting satisfaction, commitment, and personal control. Research in the Sociology of Work. (pp. 291-309) edited by R. Hodson. USA: JAI Press.
Heneman, R. and von Hippel, C. (1997). The assessment of job performance: Focusing attention on context, process, and group issues. The Human resource management handbook. (pp. 79-109) edited by D Lewin, D.J.B. Mitchell and M.A. Zaidi. USA: JAI Press.
Journal Articles
Keenan, Charlotte, von Hippel, Courtney, Neall, Annabelle and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2024). Blurred Ideas: How Perpetrator Behavior, Target Response, and Observer Gender Can Influence Perceptions of Workplace Sexual Harassment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8862605241271368. doi: 10.1177/08862605241271368
Coulon, Sophie, von Hippel, Courtney and Peters, Kim (2024). Age-based stereotype threat in the workplace: A daily diary study of antecedents and mechanisms. Psychology and Aging, 39 (6), 688-699. doi: 10.1037/pag0000839
Brener, Loren, Caruana, Theresa, Cama, Elena, Gilford, Candice, Crawford, Sione, Capell‐Hattam, Thomas and von Hippel, Courtney (2024). Stigma by association among alcohol and other drug and harm reduction workers: Implications for workplace outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (7), 2035-2044. doi: 10.1111/dar.13861
Hepper, Erica G., Sedikides, Constantine, Wildschut, Tim, Cheung, Wing Yee, Abakoumkin, Georgios, Arikan, Gizem, Aveyard, Mark, Baldursson, Einar B., Bialobrzeska, Olga, Bouamama, Sana, Bouzaouech, Imed, Brambilla, Marco, Burger, Axel M., Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua, Cisek, Sylwia, Demassosso, Didier, Estevan-Reina, Lucía, González Gutiérrez, Roberto, Gu, Li, Guerra, Rita, Hansen, Nina, Kamble, Shanmukh, Kusumi, Takashi, Mangelinckx, Camille, Nourkova, Veronika V., Pinna, Élena, Rantasila, Aino, Ritchie, Timothy D., Salikhova, Albina B. ... Zengel, Bettina (2024). Pancultural nostalgia in action: Prevalence, triggers, and psychological functions of nostalgia across cultures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153 (3), 754-778. doi: 10.1037/xge0001521
Greig, Samantha M., Coundouris, Sarah P., Fletcher, Genevieve L., Henry, Julie D. and Hippel, Courtney von (2023). The help that hinders? A meta‐analysis of reactions to affirmative action. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53 (7), 1475-1523. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2991
Henry, Julie D., Coundouris, Sarah P., Craik, Fergus I.M., von Hippel, Courtney and Grainger, Sarah A. (2023). The cognitive tenacity of self-directed ageism. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27 (8), 713-725. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.03.010
von Hippel, Courtney, Pearson, Samuel, Coulon, Sophie, Adams, Alexandra G. and Zacher, Hannes (2023). Interactions across the ages: How concerns about warmth and competence impact age-based stereotype threat in the workplace. Psychology and Aging, 38 (7), 740-747. doi: 10.1037/pag0000754
Coundouris, Sarah P., von Hippel, Courtney, Lehn, Alexander C. and Henry, Julie D. (2022). The antecedents and consequences of stereotype threat in Parkinson's disease. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12390
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, von Hippel, Courtney, Bentley, Sarah V., Cruwys, Tegan, Steffens, Niklas K. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2022). “Let's get physical” — or social: The role of physical activity versus social group memberships in predicting depression and anxiety over time. Journal of Affective Disorders, 306, 55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.027
von Hippel, Courtney, Brener, Loren and Rose, Grenville (2022). Lived experience as a protective factor for mental health workers. Psychiatric Services, 73 (9), 999-1004. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100468
Zacher, Hannes and von Hippel, Courtney (2021). Weight-based stereotype threat in the workplace: consequences for employees with overweight or obesity. International Journal of Obesity, 46 (4), 767-773. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-01052-5
von Hippel, Courtney, Brener, Loren, Rose, Grenville, Kjelsaas, Kathleen and von Hippel, William (2021). No evidence that implicit identification with mental illness predicts recovery. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60 (4) bjc.12312, 530-545. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12312
Kutyla, Marguerite J., Gray, Marcus A., Von Hippel, Courtney, Hourigan, Luke F., Kendall, Bradley J., Whaley, Amanda J., O'connor, Sam and Holtmann, Gerald J. (2021). Improving the quality of bowel preparation: rewarding patients for success or intensive patient education?. Digestive Diseases, 39 (2), 113-118. doi: 10.1159/000510461
Horwitz, R., Brener, L., Meissner, Franziska, Rothermund, K., von Hippel, William and von Hippel, Courtney (2019). Identification with drug use among young adults who are at risk of transitioning to more serious use. Addictive Behaviors, 99 106072, 106072. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106072
von Hippel, Courtney, Brener, Loren, Rose, Grenville and von Hippel, William (2019). Perceived inability to help is associated with client‐related burnout and negative work outcomes among community mental health workers. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27 (6), 1507-1514. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12821
Nangle, Matthew R., Henry, Julie D., von Hippel, Courtney and Kjelsaas, Kathleen (2019). An empirical study of how emotion dysregulation and social cognition relate to occupational burnout in dentistry. British Dental Journal, 227 (4), 285-290. doi: 10.1038/s41415-019-0620-0
Kjelsaas, Kathleen, Mecklenburgh, Naomi, von Hippel, Courtney and Brener, Loren (2019). For better or worse: Facebook use and wellbeing among community mental health care clients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 207 (8), 659-667. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001025
von Hippel, Courtney, Kalokerinos, Elise K., Haanterä, Katri and Zacher, Hannes (2018). Age-based stereotype threat and work outcomes: stress appraisals and rumination as mediators. Psychology and Aging, 34 (1), 68-84. doi: 10.1037/pag0000308
Brener, Loren, von Hippel, Courtney, Wilson, Hannah and Hopwood, Max (2018). Health workers' support for hepatitis C treatment uptake among clients with a history of injecting. Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (8), 1012-1018. doi: 10.1177/1359105316642002
Rose, Grenville, von Hippel, Courtney, Brener, Loren and von Hippel, Bill (2018). Attitudes of people working in mental health non-governmental organisations in Australia: a comparison with other mental health professionals. Health Psychology Open, 5 (1), 2055102918765413. doi: 10.1177/2055102918765413
von Hippel, Courtney, Brener, Loren and Horwitz, Robyn (2018). Implicit and explicit internalized stigma: Relationship with risky behaviors, psychosocial functioning and healthcare access among people who inject drugs. Addictive Behaviors, 76, 305-311. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.036
Kalokerinos, Elise K., Kjelsaas, Kathleen, Bennetts, Steven and von Hippel, Courtney (2017). Men in pink collars: Stereotype threat and disengagement among male teachers and child protection workers. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47 (5), 553-565. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2246
von Hippel, Courtney, Henry, Julie D. , Terrett, Gill, Mercuri, Kimberly, Mcalear, Karen and Rendell, Peter G. (2017). Stereotype threat and social function in opioid substitution therapy patients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56 (2), 160-171. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12128
von Hippel, Courtney, Kalokerinos, Elise K. and Zacher, Hennes (2017). Stereotype threat and perceptions of family-friendly policies among female employees. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (2043) 2043, 2043. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02043
Cama, Elena, Brener, Loren, Wilson, Hannah and von Hippel, Courtney (2016). Internalized stigma among people who inject drugs. Substance Use and Misuse, 51 (12), 1664-1668. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1188951
Brener, Loren, von Hippel, Courtney, Horwitz, Robyn and Hamwood, Jade (2015). The impact of pluralistic ignorance on the provision of health care for people who inject drugs. Journal of Health Psychology, 20 (9), 1240-1249. doi: 10.1177/1359105313510336
von Hippel, Courtney, Sekaquaptewa, Denise and McFarlane, Matthew (2015). Stereotype threat among women in finance: negative effects on identity, workplace well-being, and recruiting. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39 (3), 405-414. doi: 10.1177/0361684315574501
Kalokerinos, Elise K., von Hippel, Courtney and Henry, Julie D. (2015). Job attitudes are differentially associated with bridge employment and phased retirement among older Australian employees. Working, Aging and Retirement, 1 (2), 190-201. doi: 10.1093/workar/wau014
Wolff, Nathan, von Hippel, Courtney, Brener, Loren and von Hippel, William (2015). Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29 (1), 136-141. doi: 10.1037/adb0000004
von Hippel, Ted and von Hippel, Courtney (2015). To apply or not to apply: a survey analysis of grant writing costs and benefits. PL o S One, 10 (3) e0118494, 1-8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118494
Brener, Loren, Horwitz, Robyn, von Hippel, Courtney, Bryant, Joanne and Treloar, Carla (2015). Discrimination by health care workers versus discrimination by others: countervailing forces on HCV treatment intentions. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 20 (2), 148-153. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2014.923103
Kalokerinos, Elise K., von Hippel, Courtney and Zacher, Hannes (2014). Is stereotype threat a useful construct for organizational psychology research and practice?. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 7 (3), 381-402. doi: 10.1111/iops.12167
Henry, Julie D., Phillips, Louise H. and Von Hippel, Courtney (2014). A meta-analytic review of theory of mind difficulties in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia. Neuropsychologia, 56 (1), 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.12.024
Brener, Loren, Rose, Grenville, von Hippel, Courtney and Wilson, H. (2013). Implicit attitudes, emotions and helping intentions of mental health workers towards their clients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201 (6), 460-463. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318294744a
von Hippel, Courtney, Kalokerinos, Elise K. and Henry, Julie D. (2013). Stereotype threat among older employees: relationship with job attitudes and turnover intentions. Psychology and Aging, 28 (1), 17-27. doi: 10.1037/a0029825
von Hippel, Courtney and Kalokerinos, Elise K. (2013). When temporary employees are perceived as threatening: antecedents and consequences. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 33 (2), 200-216. doi: 10.1108/01437731211203483
Brener, Loren, Von Hippel, William and Von Hippel, Courtney (2012). Exploring the relationship between implicit self-representation and drug use. Addiction Research and Theory, 20 (2), 133-137. doi: 10.3109/16066359.2011.580067
von Hippel, Courtney and Brener, Loren (2012). Specificity of discrimination: Does it matter from whence it comes?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42 (4), 1029-1042. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00851.x
von Hippel, Courtney, Wiryakusuma, Cindy, Bowden, Jessica and Shochet, Megan (2011). Stereotype threat and female communication styles. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37 (10), 1312-1324. doi: 10.1177/0146167211410439
von Hippel, Courtney, Walsh, Alice M. and Zouroudis, Ariane (2011). Identity separation in response to stereotype threat. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2 (3), 317-324. doi: 10.1177/1948550610390391
von Hippel, Courtney, Issa, Mona, Ma, Roslyn and Stokes, Abby (2011). Stereotype threat: Antecedents and consequences for working women. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41 (2), 151-161. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.749
Henry, Julie D., Bailey, Phoebe E., von Hippel, Courtney, Rendell, Peter G. and Lane, Adam (2010). Alexithymia in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 (8), 890-897. doi: 10.1080/13803391003596462
Henry, JD, von Hippel, C, Ruffman, T, Perry, Y and Rendell, PG (2010). Threat perception in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16 (5), 805-812. doi: 10.1017/S1355617710000640
Brener, Loren, von Hippel, William, von Hippel, Courtney, Resnick, Ilyse and Treloar, Carla (2010). Perceptions of discriminatory treatment by staff as predictors of drug treatment completion: Utility of a mixed methods approach. Drug and Alcohol Review, 29 (5), 491-497. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00173.x
Henry, JD, von Hippel, C and Shapiro, L (2010). Stereotype threat contributes to social difficulties in people with schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 49 (1), 31-41. doi: 10.1348/014466509X421963
Yeung, Nai Chi Jonathan and von Hippel, Courtney (2008). Stereotype threat increases the likelihood that female drivers in a simulator run over jaywalkers. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 40 (2), 667-674. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.003
von Hippel, William, Brener, Loren and von Hippel, Courtney (2008). Implicit prejudice toward injecting drug users predicts intentions to change jobs among drug and alcohol nurses. Psychological Science, 19 (1), 7-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02037.x
von Hippel, Courtney D. (2006). When People Would Rather Switch Than Fight: Out-Group Favoritism Among Temporary Employees. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 9 (4), 533-546. doi: 10.1177/1368430206067556
von Hippel, W, von Hippel, C, Conway, L, Preacher, KJ, Schooler, JW and Radvansky, GA (2005). Coping with stereotype threat: Denial as an impression management strategy. Journal of Personality And Social Psychology, 89 (1), 22-35. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.22
Maher, Alena and von Hippel, Courtney (2005). Individual differences in employee reactions to open-plan offices. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25 (2), 219-229. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.05.002
von Hippel, Courtney, Mangum, Stephen L., Greenberger, David B., Heneman, Robert L. and Skoglind, Jeffrey D. (1997). Temporary employment: Can organizations and employees both win?. Academy of Management Executive, 11 (1), 93-104.
Heneman, Robert L., von Hippel, Courtney, Eskew, Don E. and Greenberger, David B. (1997). Alternative rewards in unionized environments. ACA Journal, 6 (2), 42-55.
Heneman, Robert L. and von Hippel, Courtney (1995). Balancing group and individual rewards: Rewarding individual contributions to the team. Compensation and Benefits Review, 27 (4), 63-68. doi: 10.1177/088636879502700410
Conference Papers
Von Hippel, C. and Wiryakusuma, C. (2006). Um, uh, could you possibly, please help? Stereotype threat and communication. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
Von Hippel, W and Von Hippel, C (2005). Coping with stereotype threat. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Von Hippel, C, Yeung, J and Zaroudis, A (2005). Stereotype threat in the real world. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Von Hippel, C, Zouroudis, A and Abbas, F (2003). Stereotype threat and leadership. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Von Hippel, C, Zouroudis, A and Abbas, F (2003). The influence of stereotype threat on leadership performance of men and women. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Von Hippel, C (2003). Individual differences in inhibition and its influence on group decision-making. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Von Hippel, C (2002). Outgroup bias among natural groups. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.