Job Performance

Taking a Hard Line on Employee Lateness Can Pay Off!

On June 16, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Culture, Job Attitudes, Job Performance Publication: Human Performance Article: Employee lateness behavior: the role of lateness climate and individuals lateness attitude. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Many organizations go to great lengths to curtail employee lateness (showing up tardy for work) and for good reason – it can cost organizations billions of dollars in productivity a year. In

Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment Feedback Job Performance Performance AppraisalTags : feedback job performance

If I’m Bad, Then So Are You!

On June 3, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Feedback, Job Performance, Performance Appraisal Publication: International Journal of Selection and Assessment Article: The influence of a manager’s own performance appraisal on the evaluation of others. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Have you ever received a poor performance appraisal from a supervisor? (Let’s hope not too many!) If you have, were you surprised? (Hey, I’m a pretty good employee! What

Categories : *Human Performance Citizenship Behavior Job PerformanceTags : citizenship behavior job performance

Where leaving it to Beaver meets the bottom line

On June 1, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Citizenship Behavior, Job Performance Publication: Human Performance Article: Test of Motowidlo et al.’s (1997) theory of individual differences in task and contextual performance. Blogger: James Grand A helpful hand here or a thoughtful “hi-how-are-ya” might be more valuable than we think. Psychologists are starting to realize that such dispositional characteristics can be meaningful predictors of on-the-job performance. Nearly 10 years ago, Motowidlo, Borman and Schmit proposed that performance at work was

Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Job PerformanceTags : job performance1 Comment

Believe in yourself and someone just might drive a dump truck full of money to your house

On May 25, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Job Performance Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology Article: How the Rich (and Happy) Get Richer (and Happier): Relationship of Core Self-Evaluations to Trajectories in Attaining Work Success. Blogger: Rob Stilson OK, the scope of this article is beyond this blog (or perhaps the blogger), but I will give you the highlights and

Categories : *Academy of Management Emotional Intelligence Job Performance WellnessTags : emotional intelligence job performance wellness

Oh give me a BREAK!

On May 21, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Emotional Intelligence, Job Performance, Wellness Publication: Academy of Management Journal Article: Making the break count: An episodic examination of recovery activities, emotional experiences, and positive affect displays Blogger: LitDigger Do your customer service employees do work-like activities during their breaks or maybe even not take their breaks at all? If you care about

Categories : *Journal of Organizational Behavior Job PerformanceTags : job performance

Hope…and Improved Job Performance?

On May 13, 2009 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Job Performance Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior Article: Exploring the role of hope in job performance: Results from four studies. Blogger: Benjamin Granger Yeah sure, hope isn’t as common a concept in organizational research as job satisfaction or commitment, but Peterson and Byron (2008) found that hope does indeed play a role