Topic: Emotional Intelligence, Wellness Publication: Academy of Management Article: Grief and the workplace. Blogger: Benjamin Granger To shed light on the issue of grief in the workplace, Mary Ann Hazen (2008) provided several suggestions for how managers and organizations can effectively respond to grieving employees. Several suggestions provided by Hazen (2008)
Topic: Diversity Publication: Academy of Management Article: The influence of training focus and trainer characteristics on diversity training effectiveness. Blogger: LitDigger More and more organizations today are recognizing the value of having a diverse workforce, which means that many are throwing down the big bucks to support diversity initiatives.
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
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
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Human Resource ManagementArticle: Work-life policy implementation: Breaking down or creating barriers to inclusiveness? Blogger: Rob Stilson Many companies now have some sort of work-life policies on the books (flex-time, telework, leaves of absence, etc.). However, research findings indicate that these policies may either have no effect or even a negative effect
Topic: Decision Making, Judgement Publication: Academy of Management Article: Resolving the commitment versus flexibility tradeoff: The role of resource accumulation lags. Blogger: Katie Bachman Ceteris paribus—all else equal—is the economist’s favorite term. It covers all manner of sins because, as we know in psychology, nothing is ever equal or same or whatever. It is the assumption of no variance and it is the mark of an economics article, which is
Topic: Emotional Intelligence, Job Performance, Wellness Publication: Academy of Management Journal Article: Making the break count: An episodic examination of recovery activities, emotional experiences, and positive affect displays Blogger: LitDigger Do your customer service employees do work-like activities during their breaks or maybe even not take their breaks at all? If you care about
Topic: Turnover Publication: Academy of Management (2008) Article: Understanding Voluntary Turnover: Path-Specific Job Satisfaction Effects and the Importance of Unsolicited Job Offers’. Blogger: LitDigger Do you buy in to the notion that employee turnover is most affected by job satisfaction and current unemployment rates? If so, you are in good academic company,
