How to Maintain Work-Life Balance in the Age of Smartphones
Researchers discuss how advances in technology negatively impact work-life balance. How can employees meet demands and still save their sanity?
Which Leadership Style Leads to Burnout?
Research explores how different leadership styles are associated with different emotional strategies. What are the implications?
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Job Performance Organizational Commitment Training Trust1 Comment
Using Organizational Socialization Tactics to Help Newcomers Adjust
New research shows that certain organizational socialization tactics can help reduce newcomer anxiety and foster a greater sense of competence on the job. When socialization tactics enable the building of trusting relationships, organizations can facilitate greater organizational commitment among newcomers.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Multitasking: Who Excels At It and Why
Multitasking is the order of the day. At the office, in the grocery store, even watching TV, most of us are trying to do multiple things at a time. Who excels at multitasking? Does anyone? Are we all just less efficient and more distracted, or are some of us using our skills and preferences to improve our job performance and get a lot more done? New research on the dual dimensions of multitasking seeks to answer these questions.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Does Effective Leadership Come from Traits or Behaviors?
Meta-analysis confirms that successful leadership emerges from a combination of innate traits and trainable behaviors.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Job Performance Job Satisfaction Organizational Commitment
Does Being Proactive in Your Job Positively Relate to Your Performance, Satisfaction, and Commitment? Yes, Yes, and Yes!
Topic: Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Job Attitudes
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (JUNE 2010)
Article: Employee proactivity in organizations: A comparative meta-analysis of emergent proactive constructs
Authors: Jeffrey P. Thomas, Daniel S. Whitman, and Chockalingam Viswesvaran
Reviewed by: Mary Alice Crowe-Taylor
Organizational Attraction – It’s more than the Money!
Topic: Staffing, Culture, Work Environment
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2010)
Article: Fit with What? The Influence of Multiple Self-Concept Images on Organizational Attraction
Authors: K. P. Nolan, C. M. Harold
Reviewed By: Lauren A. Wood
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Motivation Recruiting Selection Staffing
Beware of “Where I used to work, we ….” — It may be a sign of poor fit, low motivation.
Topic: Staffing, Selection, Recruiting, Motivation
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (83)
Article: Disengagement in Work-Role Transitions
Authors: C. Niessen, C. Binnewies, J. Rank
Reviewed By: Lauren A. Wood
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Job Satisfaction Organizational Commitment Performance
Organization-based self-esteem: – It’s good for me AND the bottom line.
Topic: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Performance
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (September, 2010)
Article: A meta-analysis of the predictors and consequences of organization-based self esteem.
Authors: Bowling, N. A., Eschleman, K. J., Wang, Q., Kirkendall, C.,& Alarcon, G.
Reviewed by: Charleen Maher
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Employees Maximize Performance by Playing Hard and Resting Hard
Researchers investigate the importance of employee recovery while off the job, and explain how it can lead to increased productivity while on the job.