Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Partnership
Do Financial Incentives Always Improve Performance?
New research addresses the debate about whether or not financial incentives are beneficial for performance on interesting tasks.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Partnership
Demanding Jobs May Lead to Poor Health and Death
Research explores how difficult jobs can ultimately lead to poor mental health and death, specifically when employees lack the resources for dealing with the high job demands.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
When Are Developmental Job Experiences Harmful?
Job developmental experiences are usually considered helpful for employee development, but they can sometimes lead to harmful outcomes.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Increase Work Engagement by Reducing Unnecessary Tasks
Research finds that organizations can increase workplace achievement and employee engagement by reducing unnecessary tasks.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
When Does Intrinsic Motivation Lead to Worse Job Performance?
Employees who have intrinsic motivation on one task may experience reduced performance on other less interesting tasks.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How to Build Better Workplace Relationships
To relate with coworkers, we can empathize with their feelings or try to understand how they see the world. Which approach works better?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Empathy Versus Perspective-Taking in the Workplace
Researchers find that perspective taking and empathic concern are distinct forms of interpersonal learning. Which is better in the workplace?
Categories : *MIT Sloan Management Review
Changing the System Can Alleviate Challenges to Knowledge Workers
Experts successfully implement a job-redesign intervention that made a substantial positive impact on MIT and Harvard knowledge workers.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Job Crafting Training Works for Older Employees
Finding the perfect job can seem like an impossible challenge, but creating the perfect job may be more feasible than you think.
Categories : Uncategorized
What is Gamification and How Can It Improve Organizational Effectiveness?
What if organizations could make work seem a little like a game? 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.