Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior
What Type of Happy Employees Can Benefit Organizations?
Research considers different types of employee happiness and investigates which type is related to positive organizational outcomes.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How a Sense of Calling Can Affect Career Decisions
New research reveals that having a strong sense of ”calling” early on in life may help later in navigating the tension between choosing the career you want versus choosing one for financial stability and job security. When a sense of calling is stronger earlier in life, perceived ability plays a greater role than actual ability when it comes to actually pursuing a challenging career.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
The Secret Recipe for Good Workplace Conflict
Researchers show how mild conflict can lead to exchanging information and improving processes.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
How to Best Help Employees Work Abroad
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.
Categories : *Academy of Management
How Retelling Stories in the Workplace Builds Culture
Research considers stories and folklore that are passed around in an organization. Are these narratives useful for anything?
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
Empowering Versus Directive Leadership Styles
Research explores how empowering and directive leadership styles can influence different types of followers.
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
Restrictive Work Policies: Gaining Employee Buy-In
No one wants to have to enforce restrictive work policies, but managers often have to do just that. How can they get employee buy-in, when a policy is something their employees will naturally feel inhibited by?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology1 Comment
Workplace Mindfulness Leads to Positive Outcomes
Researchers identify the benefits of employees engaging in mindfulness, including increased job satisfaction and decreased emotional exhaustion.
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.
How Research Can Help Organizations Achieve Work-Family Balance
Authors review current research trends on work-family balance and explain how research can better solve organizational problems in this area.