Categories : *Academy of Management
Motivating Employees to Create Value
Researchers explore the different ways that individual employees are motivated and explain how organizations can tailor their systems to match these motivational preferences.
Categories : Uncategorized
Credit and Blame in the Workplace
A new book based on research and consulting experience discusses the issue of credit and blame in the workplace.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Subconscious Stereotyping Leads to Hiring Discrimination
Researchers use the Implicit Association Test to find stereotyping and discrimination against obese job applicants.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Avoiding Anger and Maintaining Poise in Negotiations
Researchers explain why it is important to keep your cool during tense negotiations or organizational conflicts.
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
Why It Is Important For Mentors to Fulfill Obligations
Researchers explain what can happen when employee mentors do not live up to their billing.
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
Will Executive Level Women Welcome Other Women to the Club?
Researchers explore the interpersonal dynamics of having diverse employees on high-level leadership teams.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Employee Selection: The Promise of Pareto-Optimal Systems
Researchers explain what a Pareto-optimal system is and demonstrate how it can lead to creating more effective employee selection systems.
Categories : *The Sport Psychologist
Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Work Better
Researchers identify the benefits of problem-focused coping strategies. Although their study was conducted with athletes, there are important implications for the workplace as well.
Categories : *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Selecting Employees With Grit and Perseverance
Researchers discuss the personality trait of grit and demonstrate how it may play an important role in employee selection.
Categories : *Leadership Quarterly
Leadership and the “Dark Side” of Personality
Research considers certain “dark side” personality traits and finds that they are not all as bad as they sound.