June 1, 2009

Eeny-Meeny-Miny-MALE

On June 1, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Diversity Publication: Journal of Business Ethics Article: Are men always picked over women. The effects of employment equity directives on selection decisions. Blogger: LitDigger OK. Touchy subject time. Ever thought about the influence of the company’s employment equity directives? Research by Ng and Wiesner (2007) shows that such directives may matter – especially if you’re a female applicant. Who dislikes employment equity directives? Is this because you are in the majority group (ah hem,

Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment Assessment Research MethodologyTags : assessment

Friends don’t let friends use unsubstantiated selection and development methods

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Topic: Assessment, Research Methodology Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment Article: HR professionals’ beliefs about, and knowledge of, assessment techniques and psychometric tests. Blogger: Rob Stilson Some academics slave over piles of data and spend months of their lives trying to determine the best selection and development methods available for the work place. Makes you wonder; is anybody paying attention? If your life’s work involves developing the absolute, most

Categories : *Human Performance Measurement Research Methodology Statistics

Is interrater correlation really a proper measurement of reliability?

On June 1, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Measurement, Research Methodology, Statistics Publication: Human Performance Article: Exploring the relationship between interrater correlations and validity of peer ratings Blogger: Rob Stilson Interrater reliability (still with me?, Ok good) is often used as the main reliability estimate for the correction of validity coefficients when the criterion is job performance. Issues arise with this practice when one considers that the errors present between raters may not

Categories : *Journal of Management Organizational Justice TrustTags : trust

C’mon, you can trust me!

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Topic: Organizational Justice, Job Performance, Trust Publication: Journal of Management Article: The Relationship between being perceived as trustworthy and performance Blogger: Larry Martinez OK, so most of the research done on trustworthiness in the workplace has focused on whether or not you think that your coworkers and leaders are trustworthy and the

Categories : *Academy of Management Decision Making JudgementTags : decision making Judgment

I Think, Therefore You Act

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Topic: Decision Making, Judgement Publication: Academy of Management Journal Article: Cognition, capabilities, and incentives: Assessing firm response to the fiber-optic revolution. Blogger: Katie Bachman Well, it’s sometimes good to confirm what we already know (lucky for this article). In this case the learning is that he (or she) who is in charge makes the rules. Looking at CEOs from 71 communications firms, Kaplan makes a link between the interest of

Categories : *Human Performance Citizenship Behavior Job PerformanceTags : citizenship behavior job performance

Where leaving it to Beaver meets the bottom line

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Topic: Citizenship Behavior, Job Performance Publication: Human Performance Article: Test of Motowidlo et al.’s (1997) theory of individual differences in task and contextual performance. Blogger: James Grand A helpful hand here or a thoughtful “hi-how-are-ya” might be more valuable than we think. Psychologists are starting to realize that such dispositional characteristics can be meaningful predictors of on-the-job performance. Nearly 10 years ago, Motowidlo, Borman and Schmit proposed that performance at work was

Categories : *Academy of Management Organizational Performance TeamsTags : organizational performance teams

Arranging the Top Dogs for Maximum Effectiveness

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Topic: Teams, Organizational Performance Publication: The Academy of Management Journal Article: Top management team functional background diversity and firm performance. Blogger: Benjamin Granger A key factor that can have a direct effect on an organization’s overall performance is the composition of its top managers. Teams of top leaders are commonly referred to as top management teams (TMT), and researchers have investigated how various aspects of an organization’s TMT effect

Categories : *Human PerformanceTags : job performance leadership personality

Does Narcissism Lead to Ineffective Leadership? Depends on the Rater

On June 1, 2009May 2, 2019 By I-O AT WORK

Researchers investigate whether workplace narcissism is as bad as it seems. Can it even lead to poor performance?

Categories : *Personnel Psychology DiversityTags : diversity

Diversity just makes cent$

On June 1, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Diversity Publication: Personnel Psychology Article: Mean racial-ethnic differences in employee sales performance: The moderating role of diversity climate. Blogger: Larry Martinez Having lots of diversity in your organization seems like a generally good business principal; after all, almost every one of the top companies have mission statements that include diversity as one of their

Categories : *Personnel PsychologyTags : coaching goals leadership training

How to Make Sure Employee Training Works

On June 1, 2009May 17, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

Researchers find that workplace training works better when organizations follow up to track employee progress.