Categories : Leadership
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.
Categories : Leadership News
Our First Ever White Paper Is Here!
I/O at Work is excited to release our first ever white paper focused around the topic of Leadership Trends & Insights.
Categories : Decision Making Diversity Leadership Professional Identity
How Childhood Social Class Influences CEO Risk Taking
The American Dream is often exemplified by “rags to riches” stories, where individuals achieve success despite humble family origins. But do these individuals forget their roots once they have ascended the social class ladder? A recent study suggests that social class origins continue to influence CEOs, even after they have moved from lower to higher social class standings.
Categories : Leadership Performance Teams
Power Disparity on Teams: Now We Know When It Works
Power can be a hot commodity in the workplace, and because it’s so desirable, it’s not unusual for opportunistic people to snatch it all up.
Categories : Engagement Leadership Performance Personality
Narcissistic Leaders Can Use Humility to Succeed
Research demonstrates that narcissism can be harnessed with humility, an unlikely combination that may lead to good leadership.
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?
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 : Counter-Productive Work Behavior Ethics Leadership Personality
The Hidden Danger of Narcissistic Leaders
In recent memory, we’ve seen seemingly well-intentioned CEOs engage in unethical behavior that eventually leads to organizational ruin. Why do they do it? Don’t these executives stand to lose the most from organizational failure? After all, their lives and reputations are most intertwined with the company. Fortunately, a groundbreaking theory is beginning to make sense of this baffling situation.
Categories : Job Performance Leadership Performance Personality Strategic HR
Manager Personality Can Lead to Organization-Wide Performance
Even though I-O psychologists have made a pretty convincing case for selecting employees based on intelligence, the case for selecting employees based on personality is less clear, and oftentimes debated. If you’re not convinced yet, new research shows that manager personality may not only impact individual job performance, but may also impact a company’s bottom line. Will you jump on the personality bandwagon?
Categories : Leadership Organizational Management Workplace Deviance
Passive Leadership May Encourage Workplace Incivility and Employee Withdrawal
Research suggests that harmful work outcomes occur when leaders react passively to uncivil workplace behavior.