When Does Negative Feedback Improve Employee Creativity?
Researchers find that negative feedback can sometimes help improve employee creativity, but only certain circumstances. What should organizations do?
Researchers find that negative feedback can sometimes help improve employee creativity, but only certain circumstances. What should organizations do?
Research explores why people assign human characteristics to business organizations. How can leadership make good use of this strategy?
Empathy is not a trait typically associated with CEOs or high level business leaders, but it could be advantageous in moderation.
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Teamwork is often an unavoidable necessity in most workplaces, and crucial for productivity and competitiveness. A new study examines how team personality traits such as extroversion and agreeableness ultimately influenced individuals’ helping behaviors. Groups who ranked high on extroversion seemed to adopt cooperative norms, which influenced individual behaviors, whereas agreeableness seemed to impact only individual helping.
Every leader has a different style, from unilateral to more democratic decision-making. But a new study suggests that, as long as supervisors and employees agree on the Power Distance (or disparity in control) between them, it can have positive benefits on workplace performance.
Researchers discuss the reasons for the Ostrich Problem, which occurs when employees refuse to track progress or listen to feedback.
Research shows that human resource management departments that allow employees more flexible options to support their work-family balance create an environment of superior job performance and lower turnover. So why are more and more employers turning away from family friendly policies? The article suggest that, in part, the fault lies with the type of research being done.
From a manager with eyes in the back of her head to the efficiency expert studying the factory floor, we’ve spend decades trying to get a clear picture of how employees do what they do. Now highly sophisticated wearable monitoring devices are available to scrutinize employee behavior and generate a goldmine of data for analysis. The result? Big brother may be hiding in your shirt collar.
More and more companies are implementing volunteer programs. So, what effect do company-sponsored volunteerism programs have on the employees who participate? Is a strong culture of volunteerism key to employee engagement? In this study, learn how a strong volunteer program is a win for the NGO, a win for the employee who volunteers, and a win for the company that sponsors volunteer programs.