Social Media at Work: Implications for Productivity
Researchers survey employees to determine the benefits and risks involved with social media usage at work.
Researchers survey employees to determine the benefits and risks involved with social media usage at work.
Research shows that virtual teams benefit from shared leadership instead of more traditional hierarchical leadership.
Most of the time, we assume that early morning individuals are perceived more positively than their late-rising counterparts due to being evaluated as more productive and responsible. A new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology specifically examines how employees’ start times relate to the perception of their work ethics and subsequent supervisor performance ratings.
In the evolving workforce of the 21st century, how important are star performers? What can organizations do to better manage and retain these top employees?
Is having higher status always the best thing for greater performance outcomes? A new study examines how status loss affects the performance of both high and low status employees.
Many employees are being sent on international assignments these days. A new study shows that initial motivation and psychological empowerment are crucial to success, but they interact with different kinds of stressors to affect performance.
Could job performance determine whether or not an employee is victimized? Because future work performance may be impaired by such treatment, there is both an individual and organizational imperative to deal with this issue.
Research demonstrates that the effects of employee needs for achievement, affiliation, and power can all affect team performance.
A new research study suggests that bad weather may actually be good for workplace productivity, improving employee speed, accuracy and focus on task. The reason? There’s less distraction outside than there is on bright sunny days.
Researchers explore the best way for employees to respond to abusive supervision in the workplace, and explain why employee personality matters.