Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Organizations Can Increase Embeddedness and Decrease Turnover
Researchers explain how organizations can improve employee embeddedness, which may make them less likely to turnover.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Are Smarter Employees More Likely to Turnover?
Cognitive ability is one of the best predictors of employee job performance across jobs, but there are other important organizational outcomes besides job performance that cognitive ability may not predict as favorably. One such possibility is voluntary turnover. Unfortunately, previous attempts at linking cognitive ability to voluntary turnover have shown that
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Organizations Can Reduce Employee Turnover
New research investigates the relationship between job performance and voluntary turnover. How can organizations get their best employees to stay?
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Work Hard or Disengage in the Face of Job Insecurity?
Researchers investigate whether feelings of job insecurity will influence employees to work better or to disengage from their roles.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Embedded Employees Can Survive “Shocks”
Researchers find that job embeddedness helps employees maintain good job performance in the face of negative shocks.
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior
The Best Way to Perform Emotional Labor
Researchers compare two different emotional labor strategies commonly used by employees in the customer service industry.
Categories : *Journal of Business Research Diversity Turnover
Why Women Make the Team…but Leave
Topic: Diversity, Turnover Publication: Journal of Business Research (NOV 2009) Article: What causes turnover among women on top management teams? Authors: H.A. Krishnan Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Although women are underrepresented in upper management, the gender diversity of Top Management Teams (TMTs) is steadily increasing. In fact, research suggests that the
Categories : *Academy of Management Staffing Turnover
Balancing on the Tightrope of Ideal Turnover
Topic: Staffing, Turnover Publication: Academy of Management Journal (APR 2009) Article: Searching for the optimal level of employee turnover: A study of a large U.K. retail organization Authors: W.S. Siebert, N. Zubanov Reviewed by: Katie Bachman There are two ways to think about turnover. Some will tell you that turnover is bad
Categories : *Academy of Management Employee Satisfaction Motivation Turnover
Beware the Turnover Bug: It’s Contagious!
Topic: Employee Satisfaction, Motivation, Turnover Publication: Academy of Management Journal (JUN 2009) Article: Turnover contagion: How coworkers’ job embeddedness and job search behaviors influence quitting. Author: W. Felps, T.R. Mitchell, D.R. Hekman, T.W. Lee, B.C. Holtman, W.S. Harman Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger There is a HUGE body of research literature on the predictors and causes of employee turnover (better grab two cups of coffee before reading all of these articles!). Most of the research has investigated either individual-level explanations (e.g., low job satisfaction) or economic
Categories : *Monitor on Psychology Wellness
Coffee Break, Anyone?
Topic: Wellness Publication: Monitor on Psychology Article: Caffeine’s wake-up call. Blogger: Larry Martinez We all have that one person in the office who just can’t function properly until they’ve had their cup of coffee in the morning (maybe it’s you). And who doesn’t get a boost out of a candy