Researchers compare part-time employees with relatively flexible daily schedules with those who have relatively rigid schedules. How does this impact job satisfaction and job performance?
Researchers find that men and women may experience burnout differently, although both groups are susceptible to it. What can organizations do to better support employees?
Researchers discuss bad mentoring relationships. When will employees leave a bad mentor and seek a new one?
Researchers find that the link between job salary and job satisfaction is not very strong. What are the implications for organizations?
Topic: Performance, Goals
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (JUNE 2010)
Article: Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age, job complexity and work performance
Authors: H. Zacher, S. Heusner, M. Schmitz, M.M., Zwierzanska, and M. Frese
Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger
Topic: Stress, Work-Life Balance
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (JUN 2010)
Article: The costs of today’s jobs: Job characteristics and organizational supports as antecedents of negative spillover
Authors: A.R. Grotto and K.S. Lyness
Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger
Topic: Job Performance, Job Attitudes
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (FEB 2010)
Article: The buffering effects of job embeddedness on negative shocks
Authors: J.P. Burton, B.C. Holtom, C.J. Sablynski, T.R. Mitchell, and T.W. Lee
Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger
Topic: Unemployment, Wellness Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior Article: Unemployment impairs mental health: Meta-analyses. Author: K.I. Paul, K. Moser Featured by: Benjamin Granger Does unemployment CAUSE poor mental health? After all, isn’t it possible that poor mental health can cause unemployment? Seriously, what employer wants to hire a distressed, anxious, depressed employee with low self-esteem? In an attempt to arrive at a firm conclusion about whether unemployment
Research investigates factors that influence workplace emotions and the quality of relationships between employees and supervisors.
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
