Recent Publications

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters

  • McInerney, D. M., & Putwain, D. (in press). Developmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers: An applied approach. Routledge, UK.
  • King, R. B., & McInerney, D. M. (2016). Culture and motivation: The road travelled and the way ahead. Handbook of Motivation at School (2nd ed.) (pp. 275-299). Edited by Kathryn Wentzel and David Miele. NY: Routledge.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2016). A journey through David Watkin’s research and contribution to cross-cultural psychology. In R. B. King & A. B. I. Bernardo (Eds.). The Psychology of Asian Learners. A festschrift in honor of David Watkins. (pp.15-34). Singapore: Springer.
  • King, R.B., & McInerney, D. M. (2016). Examining the links between social goals and learning strategies. In R. B. King & A. B. I. Bernardo (Eds.). The Psychology of Asian Learners. A festschrift in honor of David Watkins. (pp.405-417). Singapore: Springer
  • Clement, N., Lovat, T., Holbrook, A., Kiley, M., Bourke, S., Paltridge, B., Starfield, S., Fairbairn, H., & McInerney, D. M. (2015). Exploring doctoral examiner judgements through the lenses of Habermas and epistemic cognition. In J. Huisman & M. Tight, Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, Volume 1, 213-233.Bingley UK: Emerald Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-78560-287-0
  • Guay, F., Marsh, H. W., McInerney, D. M., & Craven, R. G. (Eds.) (2015). Self-concept, Motivation and Identity: Underpinning Success with Research and Practice. Advances in Self Research (Vol. 5). Charlotte, NC: Information Press. 
  • Splitter, L. J., & McInerney, D. M. (2015). Motivation: A philosophical and psychological synthesis. In F. Guay, H. Marsh, D. M. McInerney & R. G. Craven (Eds.), Self-concept, Motivation and Identity: Underpinning Success with Research and Practice. Advances in Self Research (Vol. 5). Charlotte, NC: Information Press.
  • Chung, K. K. H., Yuen, K. C. P, and McInerney, D. M. (Eds.) (2014). Understanding developmental disorders of auditory processing, language and literacy across languages: International perspectives. In D. M. McInerney (Ed.) Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning. Vol. 11. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2014). Educational psychology: Constructing learning. 6th ed. Sydney: Pearson.,
  • McInerney, D. M., & King, R. B. (2013). Harnessing the power of motivational factors for optimizing the educational success of remote indigenous students: A cross-cultural study. In R. G. Craven, & J. Mooney (Eds.),Seeding Success in Indigenous Australian Higher Education (81-111). UK: Emerald.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013). Educational psychology: constructing learning (6th ed.). Sydney: Pearson.
  • King, R.B., & McInerney, D.M. (2013). Seeing the forest beyond the trees: A multilevel perspective on school motivation. In D.M. McInerney, H.W. Marsh., R.G. Craven, & F. Guay (Eds.), International advances in self research: Vol.4. Theory driving research: New wave perspectives on self-processes and human development (pp. 287-310). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
  • McInerney, D. M., Marsh, H. W., Craven, R., & Guay, F. (Eds.) (2013). Theory Driving Research: New wave perspectives on self-processes and human development. International Advances in Self Research. Vol. 4. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013). The gifted and talented and effective learning: A focus on the Actiotope model of giftedness in the Asian context. In S. N. Phillipson, H. Stoeger, & A. Ziegler (Eds.), Exceptionality in East Asia: Explorations in the actiotope model of giftedness (pp.255-268). New York: Routledge.
  • McInerney, D. M., & Ali, J. (2013). Indigenous motivational profiles: Do they reflect collectivism?. In R. G. Craven, G. H. Bodkin-Andrews, & J. Mooney (Eds.), International advances in education: Global initiatives for equity and social justice (pp.211-232). Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing.

Journal Publications

  • McInerney, D. M., & Flowerday, T. (2016 on-line). Indigenous issues in education and research: looking forward. Contemporary Educational Psychology. doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.05.001.
  • King, R. B., & McInerney, D. M. (2016). Do goals lead to outcomes or can it be the other way around?: Causal ordering of mastery goals, meta-cognitive strategies, and achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology. DOI:10.1111/bjep.12107. 
  • King, R. B., & McInerney, D. M. (2016). Culturalizing motivation research in educational psychology. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 86, 1-7. DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12106 
  • Martin, A.J., Collie, R.J., Mok, M.M.C., & McInerney, D.M. (2016). Personal best (PB) goal structure, individual PB goals, engagement, and achievement: A study of Chinese- and English-speaking background students in Australian schools. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 86, 75-91. DOI:10.1111/bjep.12092 
  • Liem, G. A. D., McInerney, D. M., & Yeung, A. S. (2015) Academic Self-Concepts in Ability Streams: Considering Domain Specificity and Same-Stream Peers. Journal of Experimental Education. 83, 83-89. DOI: 10.1080/00220973.876227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2013.876227. SCImago Q1-2, H Index 29. IF 0.72 5Yr IF 1.64
  • McInerney, D. M., Ganotice, F., King, R. B., Marsh, H. W., & Morin, J. S., (2015). Exploring commitment and turnover intentions among teachers: What we can learn from Hong Kong teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education. 52, 11-23. DOI 10.1016/j.tate.2015.08.004. .  
  • Morin, A. J., Meyer, J. P., McInerney, D. M., Marsh, H. W., & Ganotice F. (2015). Profiles of dual commitment to the occupation and organization: Relations to well being and turnover intentions. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32, 717-744. DOI 10.1007/s10490-015-9411-6. 
  • King, R. B., McInerney, D. M., Ganotice, F. A., & Villarosa, J. (2015). Positive affect catalyzes academic engagement: Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental evidence. Learning and Individual Differences, 39, 64-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.03.005  
  • Korpershoek, H., Xu, J. K., Mok, M. M. C., McInerney, D. M., & Van der Werf, M. P. C. (2015). Testing the multidimensionality of the Inventory of School Motivation in a Dutch student sample. Journal of Applied Measurement, 16, 41-59. 
  • Mok, M. M. C., McInerney, D. M., Zhu, J., & Or, A. (2015). Growth in mathematics cognitive and content domains: A 6-year longitudinal study. Assessment & Learning, 3, 129-159. 
  • Mok, M. M. C., McInerney, D. M., Zhu, J., & Or, A. (2015). Growth trajectories of mathematics achievement: Longitudinal tracking of territory-wide student academic progress. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 154-171. DOI:10.1111/bjep.12060. 
  • Nasser, R., & McInerney, D. M. (2014). Achievement-oriented beliefs and their relation to academic expectations and school achievement among Qatari students. Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, DOI:10.1080/01443410.2014.993928. 
  • Ali, J., McInerney, D. M., Craven, R. G., Yeung, A. S., & King, R. B. (2014). Socially Oriented Motivational Goals and Academic Achievement: Similarities Between Native and Anglo Americans. The Journal of Educational Research, 107(2), 123-137.
  • Cheng, R. W-y., McInerney, D. M., & Mok, M. M. C. (2014). Does Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect always exist? Investigation of Goal Orientations as Moderators in the Hong Kong context. Educational Psychology, (in press), .-.
  • Herbert, J., McInerney, D. M., Fasoli, L., Stephenson, P., Ford, L. (2014). Indigenous secondary education in the NT: Building the future. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, (in press), .-.
  • King, R. B., & McInerney, D. M. (2014). The work avoidance goal construct: Examining its structure, antecedents, and consequences. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 39(1), 42-58.
  • Liem, G. A. D., McInerney, D. M., & YEUNG, A. S. (2014). Academic Self-Concepts in Ability Streams: Considering Domain Specificity and Same-Stream Peers. The Journal of Experimental Education, (in press), .-.
  • Magson, N. R., Craven, R. G., Nelson, G. F., Yeung, A. S., Bodkin-Andrews, G. H., & McInerney, D. M. (2014). Motivation matters: Profiling Indigenous and non-Indigenous students’ motivational goals. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, (in press), .-.
  • King, R. B., McInerney, D. M., & Watkins, D. A. (2013). Examining the role of social goals in school:A study in two collectivist cultures. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 28(4), 1505-1523.
  • Peters, B., & Forlin, C., McInerney, D. M., & Maclean, R. (2013). Social Interaction and Cooperative Activities: Drawing Plans as a Means of Increasing Engagement for Children with ASD. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 9(2), 61-88.
  • Liem, G. A. D., Marsh, H. W., Martin, A., McInerney, D. M., & Yeung, A. S. (2013). The Big Fish Little Pond Effect and a National Policy of within-school ability streaming: Alternative frames of reference. American Educational Research Journal, 50(2), 326-370.

Conference Papers

  • McInerney, D. M., Ganotice, F. A., & King, R. B. (2015). Exploring the synergies between distal future and proximal achievement goals and metacognition in academic achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. 16th April to 20th April, Chicago, USA.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2015). Giftedness as a sociocultural concept. Invited paper given at the Third International Semi-Conference of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE) entitled ‘Cutting-edge research on talent development’. October 23-25, Novotel Nurenberg Centre Ville, Germany.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2014). Enhancing learning in classrooms through motivation. Hong Kong Learning and Teaching Expo (LTE) Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. “Enhancing teaching efficiency with diversity”, 11th  to 13th  December, 2014.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2014). The many faces of Identity: Is it a relevant construct for understanding and enhancing learning. International Academic Forum, Seventh Asian Conference on Education, Osaka, Japan, October 28 – November 2, 2014.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2014). Social goals and motivation for college students. The Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association  (PEMEA) International Conference on Education Measurement and Evaluation 2014 (ICEME 2014), Manila, 20th September, 2014
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013, November). Engaging students in effective learning: The essential role of motivation. Invited keynote at the First International Conference on Teacher Education – Focusing on Teaching Materials and Methods Course. Paper presented at Ministry of Education and National Taiwan Normal University together with the Association of Normal Education R. O. C and National Taichung University of Education.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013, September). The many faces of teacher commitments. Nature and consequences for psychological well-being. Invited keynote at the joint 7th SELF Biennial International Conference and the ERAS Conference, Singapore.
  • Yang, L., Watkins, D., & McInerney, D. M. (2013, September). Enhancing the domain-specific self-concept of low-achieving secondary students in China’s TVET: Why it matters?. Paper presented at the joint 7th SELF Biennial International Conference and the ERAS Conference, Singapore.
  • Liem, G. A. D., McInerney, D. M., & Yeung, A. S. (2013, September). Academic self-concepts of students in ability streams: Do same-stream peers matter? Paper presented at the joint 7th SELF Biennial International Conference and the ERAS Conference, Singapore.
  • McInerney, D. M., King, R.B., & Lam, J. (2013, August). Does student motivation really decline? Re-examining motivational change in the Chinese cultural context. Paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Munich.
  • McInerney, D. M., King, R. B., & Lam, J. (2013, August). Multiple goals and educational outcomes in the Chinese cultural context: A person-centered analysis. Paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Munich.
  • McInerney, D. M., & King, R.B. (2013, July). Exploring the synergies between distal future and proximal achievement goals in academic achievement. Paper presented at the 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Hawaii.
  • McInerney, D. M., & King, R.B. (2013, July). Teacher commitment and psychological well-being. Paper presented at the 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Hawaii.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013, April). TALCK provocations. Paper presented at the APA Div. 15 sponsored Provocation on Teacher Beliefs about Educational Activities. Panel 2. The relationship of TALCK beliefs to practice and achievement, Hotel Rex, San Francisco.
  • McInerney, D. M., & King, R.B. (2013, April). Do mastery goals lead to enhanced metacognition and learning strategies or is it the other way around?. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, USA.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013, March). Harnessing the power of social forces for healthy self development and successful engagement in education. Paper presented at the International Academic Forum Third Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences, Osaka, Japan.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013, January). Monitoring and Evaluating Effectiveness of Motivational Strategies. Paper presented at the workshop for CELC-Temasek Foundation-Rajabhat Universities-Thai Ministry of education Collaboration “Development of Curriculum, Methodologies and Materials for English Language Lecturers and Teacher-Trainers of Rajabhat Universities, Thailand.
  • McInerney, D. M. (2013, January). Strategies to motivate learners. Paper presented at the workshop for CELC-Temasek Foundation-Rajabhat Universities-Thai Ministry of education Collaboration “Development of Curriculum, Methodologies and Materials for English Language Lecturers and Teacher-Trainers of Rajabhat Universities, Thailand.