Categories : *Industrial & Organizational Psychology
Skills for Getting a Job and Having a Successful Career
What skills does a person need to land a first job and carve out a successful career? Researchers tells us the most important factors.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Multitasking: Who Excels at It and Why
Multitasking is the order of the day. Who excels at multitasking? New research on the dual dimensions of multitasking seeks to answer this question.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
Focus on Priorities to Increase Work Productivity
Harvard Business Review offers advice on how employees can clear up unnecessary work task and instead focus on what really matters.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology2 Comments
How Flexible Work Arrangements Improve Job Performance
Flex-schedules, work from home, modified hours, alternate office locations – lately the news is full of debates as to whether or not idiosyncratic deals and atypical work arrangements really, well, work. A recent study suggests that not only do such idiosyncratic deals, or i-deals, work – they actually improve job performance and inspire employee gratitude.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Reaction to Selection Tests Can Affect Job Performance
According to a new research study, a job candidate’s feelings about the selection testing process can affect subsequent job performance. Does this mean organizations need to redesign their selection tests?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Understand the Situation for Higher Job Performance
Most people are able to learn the situational demands of different environments and apply them appropriately. The job selection process, with its involved interviews and situational tests, is a peculiar and specialized kind of environment. New research suggests that an under-examined element that may come into play, not only during this part of the hiring process, but also in job performance generally.
Categories : Uncategorized
Employee Behavior and Wearable Monitoring Devices
Organizations have spent decades trying to get a clear picture of how employees do what they do. Now highly sophisticated wearable monitoring devices are available to scrutinize employee behavior and generate a goldmine of data for analysis.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Self-Efficacy and Job Performance
Is the belief in one’s ability to succeed, also called self-efficacy, tied to past job performance or a cause of future success? This study looks at 38 studies with over 5,000 participants in an effort to answer this question.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
The Connection Between Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction
This study includes an important note for employers regarding employees’ perception of success. Fortunately, the right type of intervention may improve job satisfaction and ultimately job performance.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Harder Practice Leads to Better Performance
Does a specific type of practice leads to better performance? Researchers in this study sought to answer that question, and the answer may prove relevant for organizations.