Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
What Happens When Employees Stand up to Wrongdoing?
Researchers explain the role of power in determining what happens when people speak up and object to unethical behavior at work.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Leaders Add Value by Differing from Existing Organizational Culture
Research shows that organizations benefit when CEOs have a different approach than the existing organizational culture.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Employee Stress Can Affect Workplace Communication
Researchers determine that stress can make employees avoid new social contacts or keep to themselves, leading to detrimental workplace outcomes.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Leadership and Climate Influence Underreporting of Workplace Accidents
Leader behavior plays an important role in the reporting of workplace accidents, especially when there is a poor ‘safety climate.’
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
How to Stop Distracting Technology in the Workplace
Researchers discuss how organizations can keep their employees focused on their work in the face of distracting technology.
How to Maintain Work-Life Balance in the Age of Smartphones
Researchers discuss how advances in technology negatively impact work-life balance. How can employees meet demands and still save their sanity?
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
How Servant Leadership Benefits Performance
Leaders who emphasize service create an organization-wide serving culture that can enhance organizational and individual performance.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
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.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
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 : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Proactive Employees Need Political Skills to Succeed
Research shows that proactive employees run the risk of negative performance appraisals if they do not also have political skill.