A Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 2) – Business Success
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 : Employee Satisfaction Job Performance Performance SIOP
A Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 1) – Employee Success
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 : Performance Teams
Team Building: Encouraging Your Team to Eat Together is a Recipe for Success
Prepare a meal together with your coworkers, and break down barriers as you’re breaking bread.
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 : Burnout HR Policy Human Resources Performance Wellness
Can Work Breaks Increase Employee Productivity?
We all like breaks: Lunch breaks, coffee breaks, water-cooler breaks, checking Facebook breaks, week in Maui breaks. But won’t lots of breaks hurt an organization’s bottom line? New research shows that the opposite may be true. Breaks may be beneficial for employee success.
Categories : Engagement Job Design Motivation Performance Potential
What is Gamification and How Can It Improve Organizational Effectiveness?
Playing games or going to work, which is more fun? Okay, that was an easy one, but what if we could make work seem a little like a game? That would probably make work a little more fun, right? This process is called gamification, and researchers are discovering more about how we can use it to motivate employees to feel enthusiastic about going to work.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Culture Performance Teams
Climate Uniformity: A New Concept with Important Organizational Outcomes
Organizational climate can be a tricky subject, especially when there are multiple distinct opinions about the quality of a workplace. So what happens when some employees feel organizational support and other employees don’t? Poor communication, heightened task-conflict, and poor performance can occur.
Flow at Work: Recovery Affects Whether Employees will “Be in the Zone”
Experiencing workplace flow is like “being in the zone” and it increases productivity and performance. This study found that feeling recovered impacted the experience of flow during the day, highlighting the importance of recovering from spending energy at work.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Counter-Productive Work Behavior Discrimination Performance Teams
Is It Lonely At the Top? The Victimization of High Performers
High Performers are defined as the group of talented employees that typically increase both team and organizational performance. Past research has shown that High Performers are likely to be victimized in the workplace by other organizational members. A new study attempts to explain the victimization of High Performers by examining the role of envy and work group identification.
Make It Rain: How bad weather could be good for work productivity
When people think of rainy days, they tend to picture themselves lazing about, perhaps curled up on the sofa with a hot cup of coffee and a good book. But a new study suggests that bad weather may actually be good for workplace productivity, improving employee speed, accuracy and focus on task. The reason? There’s less distraction outside than there is on bright, sunny days.