Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Should Employers Check Credit Scores of Job Applicants?
Researchers investigate the practice of checking credit scores of job applicants. Is this process fair or effective?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Predicting Executives’ Ability to Think Strategically
Researchers investigate how an organization can choose leaders who have the ability to think strategically.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology1 Comment
How to Warn Job Applicants about Faking on Personality Tests
Researchers discover a new way for organizations to effectively warn their job applicants about faking on personality tests. Why is this better than past attempts?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Using Facebook to Assess Job Applicant Personality
Researchers explore the use of Facebook profiles to assess job applicant personality.
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Applicant Perceptions of Cognitive Ability Testing
Researchers investigate how job applicants may perceive intelligence tests. What is the role of individual differences?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Predicting Executives’ Ability to Think Strategically
Researchers offer advice for organizations seeking to increase the level of strategic thinking among their leaders and employees.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Guilt Leads to Organizational Commitment
Research explains that feelings of guilt can actually be beneficial in some workplace circumstances.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Comparing Emotional Labor Strategies
Researchers take a deep dive on the topic of emotional labor in the workplace.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
What Word Choice Says About Job Applicants
Do function words – words like pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions – matter? And if so, what do they tell us? James Pennebaker, chair of the Psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent a considerable amount of time investigating those exact questions. In a recent Harvard Business
Categories : *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Selecting Employees With Grit and Perseverance
Researchers discuss the personality trait of grit and demonstrate how it may play an important role in employee selection.