Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
What Are the Hidden Pitfalls of Making Backup Plans?
A new study discovers that merely thinking about backup plans can lead to negative outcomes. What are they?
Categories : Goals Job Performance Performance Personality Teams
Goal Orientation: Helping Team Performance or My Own Performance?
We are the few, the proud, the performance-prove goal oriented! True, we have a slightly cumbersome name, but don’t let that fool you. We seek to achieve, to demonstrate our mastery, and to make sure everyone knows how much better than you we are. But starting today, we are on your work team. Will we help your team achieve success, or will we be too caught up in competing with you for personal glory?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Creativity Goals Teams
An Easy Recipe for Improving Team Performance on Creative Tasks
Creative work is best accomplished when team members are able to add their own zest and refine each other’s ideas.
How to Better Motivate Employees? Try Categorizing Rewards and Incentives
Maintaining high levels of employee motivation is of utmost value to every organization. New research points out that breaking down rewards and incentives into different categories increases an employee’s motivation to work better and harder to achieve these rewards.
Categories : Counter-Productive Work Behavior Feedback Goals Performance Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Goals vs. the Ostrich: When Employees Refuse to Track Progress
No news is good news, right? Not when it comes to job performance and project management. Knowing where you stand helps you remain focused on where you have to go, but some employees would rather stick their heads in the sand, avoiding all progress tracking. How do you deal with an employee who just will not monitor their own progress?
Stretch Goals: Careful Timing Required
We’ve all heard that boredom leads to employee turnover. Conventional wisdom says continuing to challenge your employees over time with difficult assignments and stretch goals is vital to keeping their engagement high. But what challenges are the right challenges? A new study indicates that treating all your employees the same way might be a serious mistake.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Sport Psychology Burnout Goals Stress
Burned Out? It Might Be Time to Look at Your Goals (IO Psychology)
Topic: Burnout, Stress, Goals Publication: Journal of Applied Social Psychology Article: The 2×2 model of goal orientation and burnout: The role of approach-avoidance dimensions in predicting burnout Authors: Naidoo, L. J., DeCriscio, A., Bily, H., Manipella, A., Ryan, M., & Youdim, J. Reviewer: Neil Morelli There have been times when
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Goals Job Performance Teams Uncategorized
Goals for Groups (IO Psychology)
Topic: Goals, Teams, Job Performance Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (NOV 2011) Article: The Effect of Goal Setting on Group Performance: A Meta-Analysis Authors: A. Kleingeld, H. van Mierlo, L. Arends Reviewed By: Ben Sher He shoots, he scores! No, not those kind of goals. We’re talking about workplace goals—the
Categories : *Academy of Management Creativity Strategic HR Teams
Is Bureaucracy Bad for Creativity? That Depends on You
Topic: Creativity, Strategic HR, Teams
Publication: Academy of Management Journal
Article: How does bureaucracy impact individual creativity? A cross-level investigation of team contextual influences on goal orientation-creativity relationships
Authors: Giles Hirst, Daan Van Knippenberg, Chin-Hui Chen, & Claudia A. Sacramento
Reviewed By: Katie Bachman
Categories : *Academy of Management Goals
Stretching: Not as Beneficial as You Might Think
Topic: Goals, Management
Publication: Academy of Management Review, 36, 3 (July 2011)
Article: The Paradox of Stretch Goals: Organizations in Pursuit of the Seemingly Impossible
Authors: S. B. Sitkin, K. E. See, C. C. Miller, M. W. Lawless, & A. M. Carton
Reviewed By: Thaddeus Rada