Peter Orpin
University of Tasmania
32 Papers
168 Citations
Peter Orpin is an academic researcher from University of Tasmania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rural health & Rural area. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 30 publications. Previous affiliations of Peter Orpin include RMIT University & Health Science University.
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Papers
A psychological contract perspective to the link between non-profit organizations' management practices and volunteer sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply the concept of the psychological contract to the relationship between management practices and volunteers and find that the transactional management practices of keeping formal records and not paying volunteers out of pocket expenses are negatively associated with volunteer recruitment and retention.
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Integrating Health Behavior Theory and Design Elements in Serious Games.
Colleen Cheek,Theresa Fleming,Mathijs Lucassen,Heather Bridgman,Karolina Stasiak,Matthew Shepherd,Peter Orpin +6 more
TL;DR: A framework can be used to deliberately incorporate serious game design elements that support a user’s sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, key constructs which have been found to mediate motivation at all stages of the change process.
Recruiting undergraduates to rural practice: what the students can tell us.
Peter Orpin,Michelle Gabriel +1 more
TL;DR: More research is needed into undergraduate experience of rural health to provide the data needed for the careful design of coursework, detailed planning of the placement experience and long-term strategies to address those aspects of rural practice that are of most concern to these emerging health professionals.
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Visual Art in Physical Rehabilitation: Experiences of People with Neurological Conditions:
TL;DR: The themes that emerged from the study show that art contributed to the participants meeting their individual rehabilitation goals and assisted the participants in using time, increasing enjoyment, regaining confidence and planning for engagement in future activities.
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Skill Development for Volunteering in Rural Communities.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the skills required of volunteers in the voluntary sector organisations that operate in three rural Tasmanian communities and report how volunteers acquire those skills and reveal the challenges faced by voluntary sector organizations in rural communities whose industries and community members have a low-qualification profile.
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