Categories : *Applied Psychology: An International Review
Giving Employees Illegitimate Tasks Can Lead to Bad Behavior
New research suggests that when employees are given tasks that seem illegitimate, they may be more likely to misbehave at work.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Training
Exploratory Training For Everyone! Yes, Everyone!
Topic: Training Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology: An International Review (JAN 2010) Article: Active/Exploratory training promotes transfer even in learners with low motivation and cognitive ability Authors: N. Keith, T. Richter, and J. Naumann Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Exploratory training refers to an instructional strategy that allows trainees to explore
Categories : *Academy of Management Culture
Imitating the Expert’s Behavior Can Diminish Organizational Performance: Here’s Why
Topic: Culture Publication: Academy of Management Journal (APR 2009) Article: The Enactment-Externalization Dialectic: Rationalization and the Persistence of Counterproductive Technology Design Practices in Student Engineering Authors: P.M. Leonardi, M.H. Jackson, A. Diwan Reviewed By: Katie Bachman What makes for an expert? In many workplaces, the idealization of an expert employee is
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Guiding Trainees through E-Learning the Quick and Easy Way
Researchers explore the effects of two different strategies to help employees successfully navigate e-learning.
Categories : Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Citizenship: Lend a Hand and Look Good Doing It
Topic: Citizenship Behavior Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (JUL 2009) Article: Good soldiers and good actors: Prosocial and impression management motives as interactive predictors of affiliative citizenship behaviors Authors: A. M. Grant, D. M. Mayer Reviewed By: Sarah Teague In recent years, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) have received considerable attention
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
Boost Recruiting by Advertising Corporate Social Performance
Researchers determine that organizations can attract more job applicants by including corporate social performance messaging on their website.
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior Off The Wall
Getting Published is Hard to Do
Topic: Off the Wall Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (JAN 2010) Article: Publishing today is more difficult than ever Authors: N. Ashkanasy Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger As editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOB), Neal Ashkanasy opens the first issue of 2010 with a commentary on how dramatically publishing
Categories : Counter-Productive Work Behavior
The Golden Rule: Be Sweet and No One Gets Hurt
Topic: Counterproductive Work Behavior Publication: Personnel Psychology (SUMMER 2009) Article: The Relations of Daily Counterproductive Workplace Behavior with Emotions, Situational Antecedents, and Personality Moderators: A Diary Study in Hong Kong Authors: J. Yang, J.M. Diefendorff Reviewed By: Katie Bachman When workers are unhappy with their treatment at work, they tend to
Strategies for Successful Executive Coaching
Commentaries by leading I-O Psychologists discuss best practices for executive coaching.
Categories : *Academy of Management Job Performance
To Monitor or not to Monitor Emails: That is the Question
Topic: Job Performance Publication: Academy of Management Perspectives (NOV 2009) Article: Monitoring employee emails: Is there any room for privacy? Authors: W.P. Smith and F. Tabak Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger It’s hard to imagine work without email. For many employees, email is a necessity. One potential problem with email, however,