Computers Conducting Job Interviews: Is It Fair to Applicants?
Many organizations are now conducting job interviews with a video interface that records answers for later evaluation. Are these “asynchronous” methods fair to job applicants?
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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?
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Why Apply Human Characteristics to Organizations?
Research explores why people assign human characteristics to business organizations. How can leadership make good use of this strategy?
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Empathy May Help Leaders Succeed in Times of Crisis
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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Leadership White Paper Slideshare
We’ve explored the top articles within the realms of leadership research and have discovered the top 10 trends and insights for 2017.
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I-O At Work is excited to release our first ever white paper focused around the topic of Leadership Trends & Insights.
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What Science Tells Us About Telecommuting
Is telecommuting an effective work arrangement? A new review of the existing research makes informed conclusions about telecommuting implications for different work outcomes, including job satisfaction, organizational commitment, stress, performance, wages, withdrawal behavior, and firm-level metrics. So what’s the bottom line? Does telecommuting make life better or worse?
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The Psychology of Unemployment: Can Personality Change?
Researchers investigate whether a period of unemployment can lead to personality changes, and whether gender makes a difference.
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Working From Home Can Keep Employees Happy
For some jobs, working from home is just not possible. This is especially true if you are an assembly line technician, postal worker, coal miner, or pirate. But in the new economy, many professions require little else but a computer and mouse. This is why telework—or working from home—is all the rage. But does it work? And is it good for employees?
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Work-Family Conflict Changes How Employees Do Their Jobs
Researchers investigate what happens in response to work-family conflict and what organizations can do to solve the problem.