Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Empowering Leadership Leads Virtual Teams to Success
Virtual teams face unique challenges. How can leaders use empowerment to maximize team performance.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Shared Leadership Can Boost Team Performance
Wise leaders know when to share leadership responsibilities with their followers, leading to more productive workplaces.
Categories : *Journal of Management
How Employees Change their Behavior when Money is on the Line
Research shows that employees engage in more self-serving behavior when money is on the line. What can organizations do in response?
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
These Four Things Lead to Team Success
How can you set up your team for success? Read on to learn the critical environmental conditions for high-performance teaming.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Does Individual Employee Recognition Help the Team?
New research explores the positive effects of individual recognition on team performance.
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
The Pros and Cons of Being a Jerk at Work
There are many examples of successful jerks in the businesses world. Could there be some hidden benefit of this unsavory personality?
Categories : Performance Teams
Team Building: Encouraging Your Team to Eat Together is a Recipe for Success
Prepare a meal together with your coworkers, and break down barriers as you’re breaking bread.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Power Disparity on Teams Only Works in One Situation
Researchers discover that power disparity on teams can work if the most powerful person is also the most competent person on the team.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Will Competitive Employees Help Themselves or Help the Team?
Researchers consider when performance-minded employees use their competitiveness to either help themselves or help their team.
Categories : Diversity Teams Training Workplace Culture1 Comment
Workforce Diversity: Does Diversity Training Improve Creativity?
Companies talk all the time about the incredible value of diversity in driving innovation and creativity, yet the research tells us it’s not quite so clear-cut. Most companies already utilize some form of diversity training to try to get the most out of their diverse workforces, but even that is no guarantee of success. New research looks at the effectiveness of diversity training, and shows us the conditions in which it should—and shouldn’t—be used.