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How Well Do Situational Judgment Tests Really Work?
Researchers find that situational judgment tests work better with incumbents, which is important because they are typically used with job applicants.
Categories : *Journal of Management
Subconscious Goal Setting: Pursuing Goals Without Knowing It
Researchers find that employees may harbor subconscious goals, which may have beneficial effects on job performance. What does this mean for the workplace?
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
Do Optimistic Predictions Lead to Quicker Completion Times?
Researchers investigate whether underestimating time commitments can actually make people complete their tasks faster.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Brainwriting: A New Trend For Increased Innovation
Recent research demonstrates how the practice of brainwriting may be more productive than traditional brainstorming, especially for organizations who require a high degree of creativity.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Are Female Leaders Judged More Harshly than Male Leaders?
Researchers investigate the role that gender plays in determining if transformational leaders are perceived as effective.
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 Applied Psychology
How to Improve Employee Attention During Training
Researchers use prompts to help remind employees to focus on their training. Does it lead to better outcomes?
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
How to Build Good Leader-Employee Workplace Relationships
Researchers investigate how leader-follower relationships develop, and how each party begins to form a view of the other.
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
Is it Fair to Include Citizenship Behavior in Performance Appraisals?
Researchers explore whether employees believe it is fair to include organizational citizenship behavior on overall ratings of job performance.
Categories : *Applied Psychology: An International Review
Giving Employees Illegitimate Tasks Can Lead to Bad Behavior
New research suggests that when employees are given tasks that seem illegitimate, they may be more likely to misbehave at work.