A Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 3) – Fairness
We’ve partnered with numerous SIOP presenters, and they’ve provided us with the nitty-gritty on some of the very best presentations, offered to you in a multi-part series.
Categories : Fairness Human Resources Organizational Justice Recruiting Selection
Fairness During Recruitment Can Affect Job Offer Acceptance
New research explores how perceptions of fairness affect whether or not a candidate accepts a job offer.
Categories : Discrimination Diversity Fairness Gender Selection
Discrimination Can Block Pathways into Organizations
Would professors respond differently to prospective doctoral students requests based on students’ gender and race?
Categories : Discrimination Diversity Fairness Gender Performance Appraisal
Getting Credit for Speaking Up: Sub-Conscious Bias and Employee Voice
If you speak up at work, will people listen? Will they even acknowledge that you are trying to make a contribution?
Categories : Conflict Counter-Productive Work Behavior Fairness Organizational Justice Workplace Deviance
How Mindfulness Can Cool Employees with a Hot Temper
Although personal or professional slights are common, sometimes feeling wronged can lead people to retaliate in ways that are harmful to other employees or the organization.
Categories : Discrimination Fairness Gender Human Resources Recruiting Selection Staffing
Ethnic and Gender Discrimination When Reviewing Job Resumes
They say that recruiters look at job resumes for just a few seconds, but sometimes that’s all it takes for a job applicant to be categorized and judged accordingly. Some of these categorizations may not work out in the applicant’s favor, especially when stereotypes and group biases are in play. What situations are most prone to hiring discrimination, and what can organizations do to make sure they treat all applicants fairly?
Categories : Decision Making Fairness Judgement Leadership Organizational Justice
Leader Decision Making: Balancing Company Needs Versus Employee Needs
Leaders are often met with paradoxes. Sometimes they must choose between the needs of the organization and the needs of their employees. But a recent study shows that it might not be necessary to choose just one side. How can Eastern cultural values help leaders please everyone? Can leaders really satisfy company needs as well as employee needs?
When Does Job Security Affect Job Performance?
Job security has become a recurring theme after the economic downturn. It seems that nobody is completely immune to the threat of layoffs. Have you ever wondered what this does to the productivity and effectiveness of employees? What can employers do to make sure that their employees don’t become discouraged in the face of job insecurity, and instead maintain good job performance?
Categories : Assessment Culture Decision Making Discrimination Diversity Fairness Judgement Leadership Motivation
Stigma-by-Association: How Follower Characteristics Influence Evaluation of Leaders
It can be difficult to evaluate leaders. Do we judge them based on their actions, the success of the individuals in the group, or the group outcomes? Or is there some other way that we determine their effectiveness? Shocking new research shows that people may evaluate leaders based on the racial makeup of the people they are leading.
Categories : Fairness Human Resources Selection
Intelligence Testing in Selection: New Developments
Intelligence testing is one of the oldest I-O psychology topics, and we know that intelligence is really good at predicting workplace success. Still, intelligence tests are not a panacea toward improving the workforce. For example, lack of diversity can occur if there is an over-reliance on these tests. But researchers have been working to develop a “smarter” breed of intelligence test. How has new theory been contributing to advances in intelligence testing?