Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Empowering Leadership Leads Virtual Teams to Success
Virtual teams face unique challenges. How can leaders use empowerment to maximize team performance.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
The Dark Side of Pay-for-Performance Programs
Rewarding good performance with higher pay seems like a good system, but there is a clear downside. What can organizations do to make these systems work?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Why Successful Recruiters Need Fairness
Researchers find that job applicants are more likely to accept job offers when the recruiter and the recruitment process seem to be fair.
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How Personality is Linked to Charismatic Leadership in Different Work Conditions?
Research demonstrates how a stressful work environment can play a role in how employees perceive their leaders.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Ethnic and Gender Discrimination When Reviewing Job Resumes
Researchers explore the effects of gender and ethnic discrimination during the employee selection process and explain how organizations can increase fairness.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
How Stress at Home Leads to Stress on the Job
Researchers demonstrate how stressful situations at home can lead to detrimental outcomes at work for employee health.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology Culture Diversity Strategic HR
Age-Inclusive HR Practices Lead to Improved Organizational Outcomes
Recent demographic shifts in the population have HR practitioners scrambling to face the challenge of managing an increasingly age-diverse workforce. A new study shows that employing age-inclusive HR practices may improve organizational outcomes and promote employee retention.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology Engagement Job Performance Rewards Turnover
Are You Managing and Keeping Your Star Performers?
In the evolving workforce of the 21st century, there is a tendency for star performers to produce a disproportionate amount of output compared to the average performer. Despite this trend there has been very little shift in how we treat and manage star performers, often treating and paying them the same as average performers. The result is higher turnover among stars. How important are star performers and what can we do to better manage and retain them?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Can Organizations Detect Lying on Job Interviews?
Job applicants are oftentimes deceptive on job interviews. How can employers detect the dishonest candidates and spot the truthful ones?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology Conflict Counter-Productive Work Behavior Culture Stress Work Environment
How Service Employees React to Mistreatment by Rude Customers
We’ve all seen employees in the service industry subjected to abusive behavior by rude customers. A new study by Ruodan Shao and Daniel P. Skarlicki finds that employees’ reactions to mistreatment by customers varies in individualistic and collectivistic cultures. It also suggests several solutions for dealing with the stress such rude treatment often causes.