Categories : *Personnel Psychology
How Stress at Home Leads to Stress on the Job
Researchers demonstrate how stressful situations at home can lead to detrimental outcomes at work for employee health.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
Leadership Style Can Reduce Stress and Increase Job Performance
Research explains how transactional leadership and transformational leadership relate to employee stress and job performance.
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 : *Personnel Psychology
How Service Employees React to Mistreatment by Rude Customers
Researchers examine how service employees in two different cultures react to rude customers. How can they avoid stress and burnout?
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
How to Reduce Stress at Work
Researchers test methods of stress reduction interventions at work and find specific ways that employees can successfully reduce stress in the workplace.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Emotional Labor: The True Cost of Service With a Smile
Research explores why some employees are better suited to performing the emotional labor that is typically required in the customer service industry.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Emotional Labor: How Faking a Smile at Work Affects Job Satisfaction
Research compares employees who use surfacing acting versus deep acting, and finds that surface acting can lead to stress and decreased job satisfaction.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Furloughs Can Affect Job Performance
Employees have a limited amount of stress and pressure that they can tolerate on the job. How do employees handle the additional stress of being threatened with a job furlough?
Categories : American Psychological Association
Survey Results: Employees Feel Stressed, Underpaid, and Unheard
A recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association demonstrates that many employees have negative opinions about their jobs.