Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Leadership Development: Are Traits or Behaviors More Important?
Researchers discover that behavior is more important than traits when predicting leadership effectiveness.
Categories : Change Management
Organizational Change: The Good, the Bad, the Ambivalent
Topic: Change Management
Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (MAR 2011)
Article: Ambivalence Toward Imposed Change: The Conflict Between Dispositional Resistance to Change and the Orientation Toward the Change Agent
Authors: S. Oreg, N. Sverdlik
Reviewed By: Lauren A. Wood
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
The Best Leadership Style Depends on Leader Status
Leaders should consider their status when deciding whether to focus on giving orders or open up to egalitarian consensus-building.
Categories : Burnout Health & Safety Motivation1 Comment
Stop Burnout, Increase Engagement & Improve Safety…by Providing Supportive Environment?
Topic: Health and Safety, Motivation
Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (JAN 2011)
Article: Safety at Work: A Meta-analytic Investigation of the Link Between Job Demands, Job Resources, Burnout, Engagement, and Safety Outcomes
Authors: Jennifer D. Nahrgang, Frederick P. Morgeson, David A. Hofmann
Reviewed by: Mary Alice Crowe-Taylor
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Turnover
Should I stay or should I go? Re-conceptualizing turnover
Topic: Turnover
Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (APR 2011)
Article: Examining the job search-turnover relationship: The role of embeddedness, job satisfaction, and available alternatives
Authors: Swider, B. W., Boswell, W. R., & Zimmerman, R. D.
Reviewed by: Larry Martinez
Help the Organization and…Help Yourself!!!
Topic: Citizenship Behavior, Interviewing, Selection
Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (MAR 2011)
Article: Effects of organizational citizenship behaviors on selection decisions in employment interviews.
Authors: N. P. Podsakoff, S. W. Whiting, P. M. Podsakoff, & P. Mishra
Reviewed By: Thaddeus Rada
Categories : *Leadership Quarterly Leadership Organizational Performance
Want CEO Success? Then Focus on Task and Performance
Topic: Leadership, Organizational Performance
Publication: The Leadership Quarterly (FEB 2011)
Article: CEO leadership behaviors, organizational performance, and employee’s attitudes
Authors: Hui Wang, Anne S. Tsui, & Katherine R. Xin
Reviewed by: Chelsea Rowe
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
What Factors Lead to Unethical Work Teams?
Researchers consider the factors that lead teams of employees to unethical behavior. Work attitudes and psychological safety play a large role.
Categories : *Psychological Bulletin
Strategies That Enhance Self-Regulated Learning at Work
Research demonstrates which self-regulated learning strategies work toward helping people achieve their learning goals.
Categories : Citizenship Behavior Stress Turnover
Dysfunctional employees? It could be attachment issues.
Topic: Stress, Turnover, Citizenship Behavior
Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology
Article: Attachment at (Not to) Work: Applying Attachment Theory to Explain Individual Behavior in Organizations
Authors: D. A. Richards A.C.H. Schat
Reviewed By: Neil Morelli