Although measures of personality are fairly common in employee selection and assessment contexts, research suggests that measures of various personality characteristics tend to be less predictive of job performance than other common selection tests (e.g., cognitive ability tests, technical work sample tests). Typically, items on personality measures ask job applicants/employees
Researchers investigate emotional intelligence tests used for employee selection. Do these tests tell organizations anything about job applicants beyond measures of personality and intelligence?
Researchers design a new test that measures employees’ level of positive or negative emotions. What workplace outcomes are related to these emotions?
It is commonly assumed that compensation and rewards systems reflect the cultures of the organizations that implement them, but what type of message is being received by your organization’s job applicants? Recent research (Kuhn, 2009) used an experimental study to investigate how simple statements about an organization’s compensation structure in
Researchers investigate the differences between employees with an intrinsic motivation versus those with an extrinsic motivation. What are the implications for goal achievement and job performance?
Researchers investigate how leader-follower relationships develop, and how each party begins to form a view of the other.
Researchers investigate the effects of goal-orientation on the amount of time that employee spend progressing through self-directed training.
Researchers find that personality may affect how employees pursue goals, especially in the face of positive or negative feedback.
Topic: Job Performance, Personality Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (NOV 2009) Article: A meta-analytic investigation into the moderating effects of situational strength on the conscientiousness-performance relationship Authors: R.D. Meyer, R.S. Dalal and S. Bonaccio Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Conscientiousness is a personality trait that predisposes employees to be well organized, attentive
Topic: Performance Appraisals, Personality Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment (SEP 2009) Article: Rating level and accuracy as a function of rater personality Author: H.J. Bernardin, C.L. Tyler, & P. Villanova Reviewed by: Benjamin Granger Believe it or not, one of the common problems with performance appraisal ratings is
