Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
When Does Job Security Affect Job Performance?
Uncertainty often leads to lack of job security and poor performance. How can organizational justice counter this?
Categories : *Journal of Managerial Psychology
Generational Differences in the Workplace: Careers Aren’t What They Used to Be
Career paths used to be different than they are now. How have careers changed? And how have generational differences in the workplace contributed to how people handle these changes?
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.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
Back to the Drawing Board: Surviving Career Setbacks
Suddenly everything has gone wrong! Whether it’s a failed project or a failed career, workplace setbacks can derail even the most well-laid plans. What can employees do in response? A new article says determine the reason for failure, identify new goals, and seize the moment.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
The Downside to High Status Jobs
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.
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 : *Journal of Applied Psychology
What Personality Type Successfully Adapts to Workplace Changes?
Researchers explore how different personality traits work to make people more successful in the face of constant change in the workplace.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
How Values Guide New Employees When Entering the Workforce
Life after college can be intimidating. Finding work is often hard, and finding work that lives up to your hopes and dreams is even harder. A new study sheds light on which career values are most important to identify and use as guides when entering the workforce.
Categories : *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
How to Better Motivate Employees? Try Categorizing Rewards and Incentives
Researchers show that dividing rewards into different categories may lead to an increase in employee motivation.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
Why HR Matters for Organizational Outcomes
The authors examined the effects of three dimensions of HR on organizational outcomes – skills, motivation and opportunity. Findings indicate that these HR practices have positive influence on voluntary turnover, operational outcomes, and financial outcomes.