Categories : *Personality and Individual Differences
How Different Personality Types Respond to Goals
Researchers find that personality may affect how employees pursue goals, especially in the face of positive or negative feedback.
Categories : *Academy of Management Employee Satisfaction Motivation Turnover
Beware the Turnover Bug: It’s Contagious!
Topic: Employee Satisfaction, Motivation, Turnover Publication: Academy of Management Journal (JUN 2009) Article: Turnover contagion: How coworkers’ job embeddedness and job search behaviors influence quitting. Author: W. Felps, T.R. Mitchell, D.R. Hekman, T.W. Lee, B.C. Holtman, W.S. Harman Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger There is a HUGE body of research literature on the predictors and causes of employee turnover (better grab two cups of coffee before reading all of these articles!). Most of the research has investigated either individual-level explanations (e.g., low job satisfaction) or economic
Categories : *HR Magazine Motivation Rewards Strategic HR
A more personal “length of service award” makes a difference
Topic: Motivation, Rewards, Strategic HR, Publication: HR Magazine Article: Length-of-Service Awards Becoming More Personal. Author: R.R. Hastings Featured by: Sarah Bowen Length-of-service awards (the small gold pin or certificate at the bottom of your junk drawer) can be truly rewarding when managed in the proper way. However, when carelessness is evident in such gestures, employees do not
Categories : *Research and Practice in Human Resource Management Compensation Motivation Rewards Strategic HR
Quarter past nine, I’m late again!
Topic: Compensation, Motivation, Rewards, Strategic HR Publication: Research and Practice in Human Resource Management Article: A Mathematical Model to Monitor Late Arrivals at Work Author: S.A. Oke, T.M. Ezenachkwu Featured by: Sarah Bowen In their recent article, Oke and Ezenachukwu embark on an ambitious journey to prove that timeliness is improved through rewards and recognition in the workplace. The authors conduct their research in
Categories : Compensation Motivation Organizational Justice Rewards
Who is holding the glass ceiling in place?
Topic: Compensation, Organizational Justice, Motivation, Rewards Publication: Journal of Human ResourcesArticle: Who is holding the glass ceiling in place? Author: N. Fortin Featured by: Benjamin Granger Many 21st century women still earn less than their male counterparts. However, this injustice may not be due fully to chauvinists and stereotypes. In her article, The Gender Wage Gap among Young
Categories : *Human Performance Featured Job Performance Motivation
What to do about the Failure-Focused Employee
Topic: Job Performance, Motivation Publication: Human Performance Article: Failure avoidance motivation in a goal-setting situation. Author: S.R. Heimerdinger, V.B. Hinsz Featured by: Benjamin Granger Although it is known that employees who set specific and difficult goals tend to outperform those who set broad and relatively easy goals, different employees have differing motivational mindsets when they set their goals. Some employees are motivated to
Categories : *International Journal of Training and Development
How Leaders Can Improve Transfer of Training
Research finds that employees are more likely to benefit from training when they have good relationships with their supervisors.
In the name of the cubicle, the computer, and the conference call, Amen.
Topic: Motivation, Organizational Performance, Work Environment Publication: Journal of Organizational Change Management Article: Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Commitment: An Empirical Study. Blogger: LitDigger Much academic literature investigating workplace performance overlooks the element of employee spirituality, but Rego and Cunha (2008) recently dared to venture into this unfamiliar territory. They found that workplace spirituality
Categories : *The Wall Street Journal Compensation Motivation Rewards
Pay-for-performance: Helping those that help themselves?
Topic: Compensation, Motivation, Rewards Publication: The Wall Street Journal Article: When schools offer money as a motivator. Blogger: James Grand Long gone are the days when Mom and Dad would offer a few bucks for an “A” on your report card to buy some candy from the grocery store. Now, the schools are starting to provide the incentives—and they aren’t just offering up
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Motivation
The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Confident Bird Gets Two
Topic: Motivation Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology Article: Self-efficacy and resource allocation: Support for a nonmonotonic, discontinuous model. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Imagine a football game in which you have the inside scoop on the competing teams’ overall self-efficacy for performing well in the upcoming game. Team A is highly confident that they will perform well and