Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
Cultural Minorities are More Committed to their Organizations
Researchers find that cultural minorities are more committed to their organizations than majority group members. Why does this happen?
Categories : *International Journal of Human Resource Management
What Job Postings Say About Organizational Culture
It is commonly assumed that compensation and rewards systems reflect the cultures of the organizations that implement them, but what type of message is being received by your organization’s job applicants? Recent research (Kuhn, 2009) used an experimental study to investigate how simple statements about an organization’s compensation structure in
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Featured Training
Active learning (Is this your first time, Doctor?)
Topic: Training Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (SEP 2009) Article: Active learning: When is more better? The case of resident physicians’ medical errors. Authors: T. Katz-Navon, E. Nevah, and Z. Stern Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Active learning refers to a broad spectrum of training strategies in which individual trainees are
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process Culture Job Performance Work Environment
How Can You Be So Rude!?
Topic: Job Performance, Work Environment, Culture Publication: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (MAY 2009) Article: Overlooked but not untouched: How rudeness reduces onlookers’ on routine and creative tasks Authors: Porath, C. L. and Erez, A. Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Now here’s a topic that might make you ball your
Categories : *Academy of Management Culture Ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility – An Inevitable Paradox?
Topic: Culture, Ethics Publication: Academy of Management Perspectives Article: Is the socially responsible corporation a myth? The good, the bad and the ugly of corporate responsibility. Author: T.M. Devinney Featured by: Lit Digger Is it even possible to have a corporation that is truly socially responsible? Sure, some companies like Johnson & Johnson and Ben & Jerry’s
Categories : Culture Job Attitudes Workplace Deviance
Why High Self-Esteem Makes for Employees of Your Dreams
Topic: Culture, Job Attitudes, Workplace Deviance Publication: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Article: Organizational supports and organizational deviance: The mediating role of organization-based self-esteem. Author: D.L. Ferris, D.J. Brown, D. Heller Featured by: Benjamin Granger Organizational deviance such as employee theft (stealing, surfing the web), unexcused absences, and taking long breaks, cost organizations millions of dollars. Fortunately, research has found that supportive work environments make deviant behaviors less likely. But, it is unclear why supportive work
Categories : *Human Performance Culture Job Attitudes Job Performance
Taking a Hard Line on Employee Lateness Can Pay Off!
Topic: Culture, Job Attitudes, Job Performance Publication: Human Performance Article: Employee lateness behavior: the role of lateness climate and individuals lateness attitude. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Many organizations go to great lengths to curtail employee lateness (showing up tardy for work) and for good reason – it can cost organizations billions of dollars in productivity a year. In
Who Wouldn’t Take the Money and Run?
Topic: Compensation, Culture, Organizational Commitment Article: When do committed employees retire? The effects of organizational commitment on retirement plans under a defined benefit pension plan. Publication: Human Resource Management Blogger: Benjamin Granger Organizations commonly use defined-benefit pension plans in an effort to attract and retain good employees. After all, turnover is expensive! These plans usually allow employees to accrue retirement income