Categories : *Academy of Management
How Retelling Stories in the Workplace Builds Culture
Research considers stories and folklore that are passed around in an organization. Are these narratives useful for anything?
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
How Service Employees React to Mistreatment by Rude Customers
Researchers examine how service employees in two different cultures react to rude customers. How can they avoid stress and burnout?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Quality Work Relationships Lead to Effective Problem Solving
Research investigates the importance of quality work relationships with different levels of management when trying to solve workplace problems.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
How to Design a Successful Organizational Culture
Harvard Business Review offers tips on how organizations can create a positive company culture and productive workplace for employees.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Building a Positive Work Environment through Acts of Kindness
Researchers demonstrate the importance of kindness and helping in the workplace, especially in the face of workplace stress.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
How to Create a Civil and Respectful Workplace
Researchers tackle the difficult issue of anger and incivility in the workplace. What can be done to reduce occurrences?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Workplace Anger May Reduce Creativity
Research finds that workplace anger can negatively impact the ability of employees to think creatively, but has no effect on analytical thinking.
Organizational Attraction – It’s more than the Money!
Topic: Staffing, Culture, Work Environment
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2010)
Article: Fit with What? The Influence of Multiple Self-Concept Images on Organizational Attraction
Authors: K. P. Nolan, C. M. Harold
Reviewed By: Lauren A. Wood
Perceived similarities make it easier for newbies to adjust. But how?…
Topic: Diversity, Work Environment, Culture, Creativity
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (April, 2011)
Article: Perceived similarity, proactive adjustment, and organizational socialization
Authors: J. D. Kammeyer-Mueller, B. A. Livingston, & H. Liau
Reviewed by: Charleen Maher
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Performance Work Environment
Political skill in a highly political environment: Does it help?
Topic: Performance, Work Environment
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (2011)
Article: Politics perceptions as moderator of the political skill – job performance relationship: A two-study, cross-national, constructive replication
Authors: I. Kapoutsis, A. Papalexandris, A. Nikolopoulos, W. A. Hochwarter, & G. R. Ferris
Reviewed by: Charleen Maher