Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
When Does the Public Support Striking Employees?
Research considers whether or not people support striking employees. What factors lead to support for a union on strike?
What’s the Big Deal with Emotional Intelligence Tests?
Topic: Emotional Intelligence, Selection Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior Article: Faking emotional intelligence: Comparing response distortion on ability and trait based EI measures. Authors: A.L. Day, S.A. Carroll Reviewed by: Benjamin Granger Many believe that job applicants can fake personality tests. And we know that in some cases (e.g., unproctored, online) cheating on ability
Categories : *Academy of Management Diversity
Training Cats & Dogs to Work Together
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.
Categories : *Human Relations
What Causes Bad Relationships With Leaders?
A recent research article proposes a new explanation for why some employees seem prone to having a poor relationship with their supervisor. What can they do to fix the problem?
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Mentoring
Devoted Mentor or DeMENTORvated?
Topic: Mentoring Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior Article: Formal mentoring programs: the relationship of program design and support to mentors’ perceptions of benefits and costs. Blogger: LitDigger For those of you out there who may be in the middle of designing mentoring programs (or for those protégés who are curious about how their
Crazy Leadership Findings
Topic: Emotions at Work, Leadership, Personality Publication: Personality and Individual Differences Article: The “dark” side of leadership personality and transformational leadership: an exploratory study. Blogger: LitDigger Are you tired of all the literature linking narcissism to leadership? Ready for a new spin? Well, buckle your safety belts and whirl around with me. A
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Job Attitudes Organizational Performance Strategic HR
Read you like a book: Employee attributes of HR practices
Topic: Job Attitudes, Organizational Performance, Strategic HR Publication: Personnel Psychology Article: Employee attributions of the “why” of HR practices: Their effects on employee attitudes and behaviors, and customer satisfaction. Blogger: Benjamin Granger A recent article by Nishii and colleagues explores how employees’ beliefs about “why” management employs certain HR practices (training, payment, selection, etc.) affect organizational performance. Although
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Work-Life Balance
Work and Family Dinner Conflict: A New but Important Flavor
Topic: Work-life Balance Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior Article: Workplace factors associated with family dinner behaviors. Blogger: Benjamin Granger It’s well-known that employees’ family and work roles often collide (and sometimes it ain’t pretty!). But researchers have only just begun to scratch the large surface that is work and family conflict. So let’s
Categories : Uncategorized
How Do We Make People Like Us? Give the Job to Someone Else!
Topic: Strategic HR Publication: Human Resource Management Article: The effects of devolution on HR’s strategic role and construed image. Blogger: Benjamin Granger For those of us working in HR, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear that there are some that just plain don’t like HR (and this might be sugar coating
Don’t Stress About the Job Search…Oh Wait, Maybe You Should!
Topic: Staffing, Stress Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment Article: The joint role of locus of control and perceived financial need in job search. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Not surprisingly, one of the most important predictors of finding employment is the intensity with which one searches for a job (Remember mom saying, “Get off the couch and go look