Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Does Asking For Help Lead to Higher Job Performance?
Researchers consider the motivation of employees who ask others for help.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Should Employers Check Credit Scores of Job Applicants?
Researchers investigate the practice of checking credit scores of job applicants. Is this process fair or effective?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Predicting Executives’ Ability to Think Strategically
Researchers investigate how an organization can choose leaders who have the ability to think strategically.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology1 Comment
How to Warn Job Applicants about Faking on Personality Tests
Researchers discover a new way for organizations to effectively warn their job applicants about faking on personality tests. Why is this better than past attempts?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Using Facebook to Assess Job Applicant Personality
Researchers explore the use of Facebook profiles to assess job applicant personality.
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Applicant Perceptions of Cognitive Ability Testing
Researchers investigate how job applicants may perceive intelligence tests. What is the role of individual differences?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Predicting Executives’ Ability to Think Strategically
Researchers offer advice for organizations seeking to increase the level of strategic thinking among their leaders and employees.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Guilt Leads to Organizational Commitment
Research explains that feelings of guilt can actually be beneficial in some workplace circumstances.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Comparing Emotional Labor Strategies
Researchers take a deep dive on the topic of emotional labor in the workplace.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
What Word Choice Says About Job Applicants
Do function words – words like pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions – matter? And if so, what do they tell us? James Pennebaker, chair of the Psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent a considerable amount of time investigating those exact questions. In a recent Harvard Business