Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
Make Your Workplace Presentations Pitch-Perfect by Using Gestures
Using frequent gestures along with figurative language can make employees more persuasive and more successful at sales pitches.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Effectively Channeling Anxiety Can Improve Job Performance
Researchers explain the complex relationship between workplace anxiety and job performance.
A Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 2) – Business Success
We’ve partnered with numerous SIOP presenters, and they’ve provided us with the nitty-gritty on some of the very best presentations, offered to you in a multi-part series.
Categories : Employee Satisfaction Job Performance Performance SIOP
A Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 1) – Employee Success
We’ve partnered with numerous SIOP presenters, and they’ve provided us with the nitty-gritty on some of the very best presentations, offered to you in a multi-part series.
Categories : *Journal of Management
Do Proactive Employees Receive Higher Job Performance Ratings?
Organizations that want employees to be proactive should create a supportive climate, paying special attention to performance rating systems.
When Does Job Security Affect Job Performance?
Job security has become a recurring theme after the economic downturn. It seems that nobody is completely immune to the threat of layoffs. Have you ever wondered what this does to the productivity and effectiveness of employees? What can employers do to make sure that their employees don’t become discouraged in the face of job insecurity, and instead maintain good job performance?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Will Competitive Employees Help Themselves or Help the Team?
Researchers consider when performance-minded employees use their competitiveness to either help themselves or help their team.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How to Survive Toxic Work Relationships by Thriving
Researchers demonstrate that employees can use thriving as a means to counteract the negative effects of bad workplace relationships.
Categories : Conflict Human Resources Job Performance Learning Performance
Organizational Newcomers: Conflict Can Lead to Worse Performance
When employees are new to an organization, they have a lot to learn. What are the policies and procedures? How should the work be done? Where is the coffee machine? But new research shows that newcomers who experience conflict with coworkers might not get all the information they need, ultimately hurting job performance. What can we do about it?
Do Telecommuters Have Better Job Performance?
Are telecommuters better performers than their in-office counterparts? A new study examines the performance of telecommuters compared to their traditional office counterparts. Results show that in certain situations, telecommuting increases task performance and organizational citizenship behavior.