Day: June 15, 2009

Crazy Leadership Findings

Topic: Emotions at Work, Leadership, Personality Publication: Personality and Individual Differences Article: The “dark” side of leadership personality and transformational leadership: an exploratory study. Blogger: LitDigger Are you tired of all the literature linking narcissism to leadership? Ready for a new spin? Well, buckle your safety belts and whirl around with me. A

Read you like a book: Employee attributes of HR practices

Topic: Job Attitudes, Organizational Performance, Strategic HR Publication: Personnel Psychology Article: Employee attributions of the “why” of HR practices: Their effects on employee attitudes and behaviors, and customer satisfaction. Blogger: Benjamin Granger A recent article by Nishii and colleagues explores how employees’ beliefs about “why” management employs certain HR practices (training, payment, selection, etc.) affect organizational performance.  Although

Work and Family Dinner Conflict: A New but Important Flavor

Topic: Work-life Balance Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior Article: Workplace factors associated with family dinner behaviors. Blogger: Benjamin Granger It’s well-known that employees’ family and work roles often collide (and sometimes it ain’t pretty!). But researchers have only just begun to scratch the large surface that is work and family conflict. So let’s

Don’t Stress About the Job Search…Oh Wait, Maybe You Should!

Topic: Staffing, Stress Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment Article: The joint role of locus of control and perceived financial need in job search. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Not surprisingly, one of the most important predictors of finding employment is the intensity with which one searches for a job (Remember mom saying, “Get off the couch and go look