Coaching Improves Job Performance
Research finds that people who receive coaching are better able to manage their work activities and have better job performance.
Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior
Two Factors Make Employees More Likely to Mentor Others
Research considers what makes people mentor other employees at work. The authors discuss the role of perceived organizational support and altruism.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Jobs Can Affect Moods
Researchers explore how characteristics of a person’s job can influence whether the person will be happy or sad.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
The Effects of High Performance Work Practices
Research examines relationships between high performance work practices and company performance. Results reveal both a significant impact of these practices on turnover and productivity, but also on longer-term variables like financial performance.
Categories : Job Performance
The Case For Creative Employees
A new research study investigated creativity and openness to experience as possible predictors of job performance.
Categories : Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management
Committed Employees Perform Better
Research finds that job involvement or commitment relates to both in-role and extra-role employee performance.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Bad Behavior at Work: Are Managers Asking for It?
Researchers find that abusive leadership lowers job productivity, besides for encouraging employees to behave badly at work.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology *The Financial
Conscientiousness Relates to Job Performance
Researchers conducted a statistical combination of many past studies and found that conscientiousness relates to job performance.
Categories : *Human Performance
Measuring Job Performance: Maximum Versus Typical
Researchers investigate the relationship between two different ways to measure job performance. What can organizations do with this information?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
What Type of Conflict Culture Does Your Organization Have?
Research uncovers three distinct types of conflict culture within organizations and determines the outcomes of each style.