Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Organizations Can Discourage Employees’ Bad Behavior
Researchers discover how organizations can protect their reputations by using interventions to curb off-duty bad behavior by employees.
Tell Me Again: How Retelling Stories in the Workplace Builds Culture
While some may criticize gossip in the workplace, a new study on “Retelling Stories in Organizations” finds that narrative repetition can play an important role in the development of organizational culture. Researchers found that these stories have the potential to influence employees’ perception of reality, and have moral and behavioral implications as well.
The Role of Social Networking for Cultural Entrepreneurs
As the global economy rallies, we see an increase in cultural business start-ups. These creative industries, which include the arts, music, theatre, and so on, are in some ways quite different from conventional businesses. A cultural entrepreneur should take care to understand when their business can rely on social networking, and when it cannot.
Categories : *Journal of Business Research Business Strategy Organizational Performance Organizational Reputation Rewards1 Comment
When Retailers Screw Up: How Can they Win Customers Back? (IO Psychology)
When customers complain about service or products, many retailers turn to coupons and established procedures to manage complaints quickly. But how do these decisions by management actually interact and affect customer behavior? In this paper, authors investigate both the interaction of reacting quickly and using coupons to respond to a customer complaint.
Being Nice Matters: The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility for Employee Well-Being
Topic: Organizational Reputation, Off the Wall Publication: Research in Organizational Behavior (2012) Article: Corporate Social Responsibility as a Source of Employee Satisfaction Authors: Christopher W. Bauman & Linda J. Skitka Reviewed By: Thaddeus Rada In light of the many corporate scandals that have rocked the U.S. over the past several
Categories : *Administrative Science Quarterly
I’ve Got Your Back: Reciprocity Among Corporate Leaders
Authors discuss why corporate leaders might stick up for each other despite poor performance or bad behavior.
Categories : *Human Resource Management Wellness Work Environment
Thinking About Downsizing? Read This First!
Topic: HPWS, Downsizing
Publication: Human Resource Management (JAN 2011)
Article: The effects of downsizing on labor productivity, the value of showing consideration for employees’ morale and welfare in high-performance work systems
Authors: R.D. Iverson, C.D. Zatzick
Reviewed By: Rebecca Eckart
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment Organizational Reputation Recruiting
Corporate Image, Attraction, and Top Talent
Topic: Recruiting, Organizational Reputation
Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Article: Does image matter to different job applicants? The influences of corporate image and applicant individual differences on organizational attractiveness
Authors: W-C. Tsai & I. W-F. Yang
Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger
Categories : *International Journal of Human Resource Management Compensation Culture Motivation Organizational Reputation Rewards
What do Job Ads Say About Your Organizational Culture?
Topic: Compensation, Culture, Motivation, Rewards, Organizational Reputation Publication: The International Journal of Human Resource Management Article: Compensation as a Signal of Organizational Culture: The Effects of Advertising Individual or Collective Incentives Author: K. Kuhn Reviewed By: Lit Digger It is commonly assumed that compensation and rewards systems reflect the cultures of the organizations
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
Boost Recruiting by Advertising Corporate Social Performance
Researchers determine that organizations can attract more job applicants by including corporate social performance messaging on their website.