Categories : *Personality and Individual Differences
How Different Personality Types Respond to Goals
Researchers find that personality may affect how employees pursue goals, especially in the face of positive or negative feedback.
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Explanations Help the Employee Selection Process
Researchers find that when organizations explain the employee selection process to job candidates, it can help improve perceptions of fairness.
Categories : *Consulting Psychology Journal
How to Effectively Measure Executive Coaching
Research discusses how executive coaching programs can be implemented and measured more effectively.
Categories : *Journal of Business Research Diversity Turnover
Why Women Make the Team…but Leave
Topic: Diversity, Turnover Publication: Journal of Business Research (NOV 2009) Article: What causes turnover among women on top management teams? Authors: H.A. Krishnan Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Although women are underrepresented in upper management, the gender diversity of Top Management Teams (TMTs) is steadily increasing. In fact, research suggests that the
Categories : Uncategorized
Employee Pay Range Matters, but How?
Topic: Compensation, Job Performance Publication: Personnel Psychology (AUTUMN 2009) Article: Contingencies in the effects of pay range on organizational effectiveness Authors: S. Kepes, J. Delery, and N. Gupta Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger While pay variability among employees may signal to the workforce that the organization values and rewards good performance; it
Categories : *Personnel Psychology Job Analysis
Hiring an Army of Me
Topic: Job Analysis Publication: Personnel Psychology (SUMMER 2009) Article: Using web-based frame-of-reference training to decrease biases in personality-based job analysis: An experimental field study Author: H. Aguinis, M.D. Mazurkiewicz, E.D. Heggestad Reviewed by: Katie Bachman Job analysis is one of the cornerstones of Industrial-Organizational Psychology and the method for executing a job
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Job Performance
After the Honeymoon: Supervisor support is still important
Topic: Job Performance Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (JUNE 2009) Article: Change in newcomers’ supervisor support and socialization outcomes after organizational entry Authors: M. Jokisaari, J. Nurmi Reviewed by: Larry Martinez Most organizational researchers know about the “Honeymoon Effect” – the notion that employees are on their best behavior in the months
Categories : *Journal of Management
Achieve Employee Success Through High Expectations
Researchers find that the Pygmalion effect occurs due to increased goal-setting for employees.
So Many Constraints…Just Let Me to be Conscientious!
Topic: Job Performance, Personality Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (NOV 2009) Article: A meta-analytic investigation into the moderating effects of situational strength on the conscientiousness-performance relationship Authors: R.D. Meyer, R.S. Dalal and S. Bonaccio Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Conscientiousness is a personality trait that predisposes employees to be well organized, attentive
Categories : *Academy of Management Conflict Gender
Misperceptions of Family-Work Conflict Maintain the Glass Ceiling
Topic: Conflict, Gender Publication: Academy of Management Journal (OCT 2009) Article: Bosses’ perceptions of family-work conflict and women’s promotability: Glass ceiling effects. Authors: J.M. Hoobler, S.J. Wayne, and G. Lemmon Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Although women have made headway in cracking through the glass ceiling, this barrier is still very much