Topic: Stress, Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology Article: Staying vigorous until work is over: The role of trait vigor, day-specific work experiences and recovery. Blogger: Benjamin Granger After a long hard day of work, many of us get back home only to do more work! After all that,
Topic: Assessment, Selection Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment Article: Two step testing in employee selection: Is score inflation a problem? Blogger: Benjamin Granger Many organizations are moving from traditional proctored selection tests to unproctored web-based tests. Why? Among other advantages, unproctored web-based selection tests are often cheaper (no need
Topic: Job Attitudes, Stress, Work Environment Publication: Environment & Behavior Article: Anger and Stress: The Role of Landscape Posters in an Office Setting Blogger: LitDigger Is there more to aesthetic beauty than, well, aesthetics? Office employees may think they’re enjoying art for art’s sake, but the benefits of art may be more complex
Topic: Diversity Publication: Human Resource Management Article: Making Space For Everyone at NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center using dialogue to break through barriers. Blogger: Rob Stilson The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has been striving to become a more diverse workplace for several years. This article outlines some of the specific initiatives
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Human Resource ManagementArticle: Work-life policy implementation: Breaking down or creating barriers to inclusiveness? Blogger: Rob Stilson Many companies now have some sort of work-life policies on the books (flex-time, telework, leaves of absence, etc.). However, research findings indicate that these policies may either have no effect or even a negative effect
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Human Resource Management Article: Work-life policy implementation: Breaking down or creating barriers to inclusiveness? Blogger: Rob Stilson Many companies now have some sort of work-life policies on the books (flex-time, telework, leaves of absence, etc.). However, research findings indicate that these policies may either have no effect or even a
Topic: Stress Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology Article: Theories of job stress and the role of traditional values: A longitudinal study in China. Blogger: Larry Martinez Here’s an ultra-brief but necessary synopsis of stress theory: difficult, restrictive jobs create stress, and stress is bad for your health. Researchers suggest mediating the negative effects of
Topic: Decision Making, Judgement Publication: Academy of Management Article: Resolving the commitment versus flexibility tradeoff: The role of resource accumulation lags. Blogger: Katie Bachman Ceteris paribus—all else equal—is the economist’s favorite term. It covers all manner of sins because, as we know in psychology, nothing is ever equal or same or whatever. It is the assumption of no variance and it is the mark of an economics article, which is
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
Personality tests are oftentimes part of the hiring process. How can organizations ensure that job applicants do not fake responses?
