Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior
How Ethical Leadership Drives Performance
Research shows that ethical leaders give their employees distinct advantages, which leads to increased job performance.
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior
The Benefits of Participative Leadership
Researchers investigate why participative leadership leads to increased job performance and organizational citizenship behavior.
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior Off The Wall
Getting Published is Hard to Do
Topic: Off the Wall Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (JAN 2010) Article: Publishing today is more difficult than ever Authors: N. Ashkanasy Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger As editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOB), Neal Ashkanasy opens the first issue of 2010 with a commentary on how dramatically publishing
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior Turnover
Emotional Labor & Turnover…Fake It ‘Til You Make It?
Topic: Turnover Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (NOV 2009) Article: A predictive study of emotional labor and turnover Authors: S.L. Chau, J.J. Dahling, P.E. Levy, J.M. Diefendorff Reviewed By: Katie Bachman Good customer service may be causing workers to consider leaving their organization. Putting on a smile through a difficult interaction
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
Job Demands are to “I can’t” as Job Resources are to “I won’t”
Topic: Burnout, Job Analysis, Job Performance Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (OCT 2009) Article: How changes in job demands and resources predict burnout, work engagement, and sickness absenteeism Authors: W.B. Schaufeli, A.B. Bakker, W. Van Rhenen Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger There are many theories that explain the causes and effects of
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
Fostering Fairness in the Workplace: Why it’s so worth it!
Topic: Citizenship Behavior, Organizational Justice Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior Article: Meta-analytic tests of relationships between organizational justice and citizenship behavior: Testing agent-system and shared-variance models. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Leaders are recognizing that organizations, employees, and customers benefit from non-required cooperative behaviors that go on in the workplace. These behaviors are referred to as
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior Job Performance
Hope…and Improved Job Performance?
Topic: Job Performance Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior Article: Exploring the role of hope in job performance: Results from four studies. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Yeah sure, hope isn’t as common a concept in organizational research as job satisfaction or commitment, but Peterson and Byron (2008) found that hope does indeed play a role