Categories : Engagement Performance
Daily Planning Improves Employee Performance
Researchers demonstrate that two types of daily planning can positively affect employee performance.
Categories : Burnout Engagement Performance Wellness
How to Reduce Emotional Exhaustion at Work
Research has long explored strategies used by service industry employees to meet the emotionally demanding “display rules” necessary for their profession.
Categories : Engagement Leadership Performance Personality
Narcissistic Leaders Can Use Humility to Succeed
At first glance, narcissistic leaders don’t sound like the kind of people we’d want to work for. But have you considered that narcissism often comes with many character traits—like unwavering self-confidence—that are crucial to successful leadership? Is there a way to benefit from the “good” parts of narcissism without suffering from the “bad” parts? New research shows that a healthy dose of humility can go a long way for the narcissistic personality.
Categories : Culture Engagement Wellness Work-Life Balance
How to Stop Distracting Technology in the Workplace
Modern technology allows us to do some pretty amazing things. One of these things includes playing an engaging game of chess with someone on the opposite side of the planet while sitting at your work desk. Yes, technology can be distracting. But what can employers do about it? How can they make sure that employees focus on the work that they are supposed to be doing?
Categories : Culture Engagement Wellness Work-Life Balance1 Comment
Work-Life Balance and Smartphones: Disaster in the Making?
Research shows that smartphone use disrupts the balance between work and home. A new study shows that supervisor and coworker expectations of smartphone use during non-work hours can harmfully affect work-life balance. The study also found that feeling engaged at work may weaken the relationship between smartphone use and work-home interference.
Categories : Decision Making Engagement Leadership Teams
How to Make Meetings Productive: The Role of Employee Participation
Whatever your field of work, you probably have to go to meetings. And no, they are not usually something to look forward to. It’s likely this is the case because they aren’t always productive or even necessary, yet we still continue to have them. So how can we use meetings to actually improve workplace outcomes, and leave employees feeling good? New research highlights the importance of employee participation.
Categories : Engagement Job Design Motivation Performance Potential
What is Gamification and How Can It Improve Organizational Effectiveness?
Playing games or going to work, which is more fun? Okay, that was an easy one, but what if we could make work seem a little like a game? That would probably make work a little more fun, right? This process is called gamification, and researchers are discovering more about how we can use it to motivate employees to feel enthusiastic about going to work.
Categories : *Journal of Personnel Psychology Employee Satisfaction Engagement Human resource management Strategic HR
Human Resource Practices Influence How Employees Spend their Time at Work
Employees make lots of choices about how to spend their time at work, and the way they allocate their time certainly impacts organizational effectiveness. New research shows that these choices are influenced by the specific human resource practices used by an organization. Which HR management practices are the right ones to use?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Development Engagement Job Satisfaction Potential Professional Identity
How a Sense of Calling Can Affect Career Decisions
New research reveals that having a strong sense of ”calling” early on in life may help later in navigating the tension between choosing the career you want versus choosing one for financial stability and job security. When a sense of calling is stronger earlier in life, perceived ability plays a greater role than actual ability when it comes to actually pursuing a challenging career.
Flow at Work: Recovery Affects Whether Employees will “Be in the Zone”
Experiencing workplace flow is like “being in the zone” and it increases productivity and performance. This study found that feeling recovered impacted the experience of flow during the day, highlighting the importance of recovering from spending energy at work.