Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Does Job Performance Follow the Bell Curve?
Researchers challenge the common assumption that employee performance follows a “normal” distribution, with important implications for the workplace.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Treating People Differently Based on Facial Appearance
Researchers find that people make judgments about others when looking at pictures of their faces. What does this mean for employees in the workplace?
Categories : *Journal of Managerial Psychology
What Does Research Say About Workplace Humor?
Researchers explore humor in the workplace.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
How To Build a High Performing Work Team
Harvard Business Review discusses how to construct a high caliber work team.
Categories : *Current Directions in Psychological Science
Does Overcoming Adversity Lead to Career Success?
Research reviews past literature to determine whether a history of overcoming adversity provides an advantage in the workplace.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology1 Comment
How to Warn Job Applicants about Faking on Personality Tests
Researchers discover a new way for organizations to effectively warn their job applicants about faking on personality tests. Why is this better than past attempts?
One Way to Reduce Employee Absenteeism
If time is money, how do corporations reduce the amount of time that their employees miss from work, and in turn, make more money? In addressing this line of inquiry, Spetch, Howland, and Lowman investigated the relationship between the utilization of the employee assistance program (EAP) and absenteeism over a
Categories : *Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Using Facebook to Assess Job Applicant Personality
Researchers explore the use of Facebook profiles to assess job applicant personality.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Employee Moods and Workplace Proactivity
Researchers show that good moods and a high level of activation are good for employee proactivity.
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Applicant Perceptions of Cognitive Ability Testing
Researchers investigate how job applicants may perceive intelligence tests. What is the role of individual differences?