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Using the Pen to “Right” Organizational Wrongs

Topic: Organizational Justice Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology Article: Healing the wounds of organizational injustice: Examining the benefits of expressive writing. Author: L.J. Barclay, D.P. Skarlik iFeatured by: Benjamin Granger When employees experience injustice in the workplace (e.g., unfair interpersonal treatment, unfair policies and procedures, unfair outcomes), they often experience negative emotions and engage in deviant

It’s what’s on the outside that counts – but only initially.

Topic: Assessment, Personality Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment Article: Ability and personality predictors of salary, perceived job success, and perceived career success in the initial career stage. Author: J.C. Rode, M.L. Arthaud-Day, C.H. Mooney, J.P. Near, T.T. Baldwin Featured by: LitDigger Hey there, newbie. First day on the job? If I asked you if

Who Makes the Most out of Mentoring?

Topic: Mentoring, Personality Publication:  Journal of Vocational BehaviorArticle: The role of personality in relationship closeness,developer assistance, and career success. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Not surprisingly, employees who develop strong ties with their mentors tend to gain more job knowledge, have greater access to important information, and gain more overall career assistance. Sounds simple right? Unfortunately, it’s not!

Behavioral Targeting…Yuck!

Topic: Organizational Justice Publication: Business Week Article: Interactional justice: Communication criteria of fairness. Blogger: James Grand Business Week (September 8, 2008) reported that campaign managers from the McCain and Obama camps used a new advertising technique conspicuously termed “behavioral targeting” (how did that make it through PR?) in order to reach specific demographic sectors of the voting

About I/O AT WORK

Hello! You may be wondering what I/O AT WORK is all about.  Here’s the answer:  Many consider Industrial/Organizational psychology as the science behind Human Resources, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, and Organizational Behavior. I/O AT WORK helps to bridge the gap between I/O research and its application in the HR world (and

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