Why Work Group Satisfaction Matters
Topic: Employee Satisfaction, Job Performance, Teams Publication: Personnel Psychology (SPRING 2010) Article: Satisfaction, citizenship behaviors, and performance in work units: A meta-analysis of...
View ArticleAre Higher Paying Jobs More Satisfying?
Topic: Employee Satisfaction, Job Attitudes Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (OCT 2010) Article: The relationship between pay and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis of the literature Authors:...
View ArticleExhausted Employees? They May be Reacting to Your Goal-Oriented Leadership
Topic: Employee Satisfaction, Culture, Personality Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (NOV 2010) Article: The Downside of Goal-Focused Leadership: The Role of Personality in Subordinate...
View ArticleWorkplace Blues: Employees feel stressed, underpaid, and unheard
The first step is solving problems in your workforce is understanding what those problems are. No amount of process improvement, rewards systems, or management support will suffice, without an accurate...
View ArticleIdiosyncratic Deals: How work arrangements affect job performance
Flex-schedules, work from home, modified hours, alternate office locations – lately the news is full of debates as to whether or not idiosyncratic deals and atypical work arrangements really, well,...
View ArticleBe in Charge of Your Workplace Well-being
What makes a great workplace or a terrible one? Many would say upper management makes the difference or company values or even the guy in the next cubicle. Long days, stressful meetings, a grumpy boss...
View ArticlePositive Affect: A Balanced Approach to Workplace Implementation
A stressful workplace environment is bad for business. Workers lose creativity, motivation, and stop taking initiative. Eventually, they quit. But what happens when there’s too much of a good thing?...
View ArticleWorking Abroad- How to Help Employees Weather the Storm
Many employees are being sent on overseas assignments these days. Some start off working well in foreign cultures, but don’t maintain their adjustment levels over time, while others never perform as...
View ArticleHow Corporate Social Performance Attracts Job Seekers
Corporate Social Performance is on the incline, and job seekers are increasingly starting to take notice. A new study examines how corporate social performance– including community involvement and...
View ArticleHuman Resource Practices Influence How Employees Spend their Time at Work
Employees make lots of choices about how to spend their time at work, and the way they allocate their time certainly impacts organizational effectiveness. New research shows that these choices are...
View ArticleCaregivers in the Workplace: How to Improve Their Well-Being
Caregivers are people who assume responsibility for helping another person with daily living activities. But many caregivers are also full-time employees. With the increase of caregivers in the...
View ArticleLayoffs Make You More Likely to Quit Your Next Job
We know all too well that when the economy takes a dip, millions of employees can get laid off. But have you considered how this impacts the employees who experience this life-altering event? Can the...
View ArticleA Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 1) – Employee Success
Last month, I-O Psychologists met in California to share the latest cutting-edge research. The 31st annual conference of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was a huge success....
View ArticleBeyond Sexual Harassment: The Importance of Considering Workplace Aggression...
Topic: Employee Satisfaction, Sexual Harassment Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (SEP 2010) Article: Comparing Victim Attributions and Outcomes for Workplace Aggression and Sexual Harassment...
View ArticleCreating Happiness at Work! (IO Psychology)
Topic: Culture, Employee Satisfaction Title: The Science Behind the Smile Publication: Harvard Business Review (FEB 2012) Author: Gardiner Morse Reviewed by: Liz Brashier In a recent interview with...
View ArticleEmployee Moods and Workplace Proactivity
Researchers show that good moods and a high level of activation are good for employee proactivity.
View ArticleSmiling at Work Can Make Employees Happy
Researchers demonstrate that employees who smile at customers can actually feel happier themselves. Why does this happen?
View ArticleThe Importance of Well-Connected Organizational Leaders
Researchers explore how organizational leaders can leverage their relationships to gain respect from their employees.
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