Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
When Do High Expectations Decrease Performance?
When expectations are high and people face early setbacks, they are likely to feel embarrassed, make excuses, and withdraw from a project.
Categories : *Leadership Quarterly
How Angry Leaders are Perceived and Why It Matters
Researchers study the types of inferences followers make about angry leaders in the workplace and provide recommendations for organizations.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Dirty Work in Organizations: Negative Consequences and How to Reduce Them
Employees performing degrading “dirty work” tend to disengage from the organization, but leadership emphasizing group goals may help keep them engaged.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
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
Research demonstrates that narcissism can be harnessed with humility, an unlikely combination that may lead to good leadership.
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.