Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Positive Leaders Have Productive Employees
Researchers find that happy leaders result in happy employees, which ultimately leads to an increase in productivity.
Categories : *Leadership Quarterly
Self-Management Skills and Cohesion Increase Team Performance
Researchers consider why some self-managed work teams are more productive than others, and identify two factors which appear to lead to their success.
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
Leader Communication Style Makes a Difference
Research emphasizes the importance of leader communication styles, and discusses their contribution to workplace outcomes.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Status Inequality on Teams Could Mean Trouble
Researchers study status inequality on work teams and identify the specific situation in which it leads to negative outcomes.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Linking Servant Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Servant leadership can lead employees to engage in behavior that goes beyond formal job requirements and benefits the organization.
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
How to Build Good Leader-Employee Workplace Relationships
Researchers investigate how leader-follower relationships develop, and how each party begins to form a view of the other.
Categories : *Journal of Business Research
Transformational Leadership Linked to Creativity and Innovation
Transformational leadership is associated with an increase in creativity and innovation, specifically when employees feel psychological empowerment.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Personality Selection Training
Cha Cha Cha Changes…in Selection and Training
Topic: Performance, Selection, Training Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (JUL 2009) Article: Effects of selection and training on unit-level performance over time: A latent growth modeling approach Authors: C. H. Van Iddekinge, C. H. Ferris, P. L. Perrewe, A. A. Perryman, F. R. Blass, & T. D. Heetderks Blogger:
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Leadership Performance Personality
Eyes on the prize
Topic: Leadership, Personality, Performance Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (MAY 2009) Article: The role of goal-focused leadership in enabling the expression of conscientiousness Authors: A.E. Colbert, L.A. Witt Reviewed By: Larry Martinez Colbert and Witt take the stance that goal-directed leadership tactics (being very directive about goals) creates an environment that allows
Categories : *Academy of Management
The Problem with Workplace Goal Setting
Researchers raise strong challenges to the idea that workplace goals are a panacea for good performance.