Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Does Effective Leadership Come from Traits or Behaviors?
Meta-analysis confirms that successful leadership emerges from a combination of innate traits and trainable behaviors.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Proactive Employees Are More Productive and Committed
Researchers discuss numerous findings on how proactivity in the workplace relates to other work-related measures of success, such as job performance.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
What Attracts Job Candidates to an Organization?
Researchers find that job applicants are more attracted to organizations that match their actual self-image, instead of those that match their ideal self-image.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Succeed at a New Job by Disengaging From the Old Job
Researchers find that when new employees are psychologically attached to their old jobs, they may have more trouble succeeding on the new job.
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Why Organization-Based Self-Esteem Is So Important
Researchers explore the concept of organization-based self-esteem and identify what may be causing it and what it may lead to. What does this mean for the workplace?
Categories : *Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Employees Maximize Performance by Playing Hard and Resting Hard
Researchers investigate the importance of employee recovery while off the job, and explain how it can lead to increased productivity while on the job.
What Makes for a Successful Employee and Why?
Topic: Job Performance, Personality
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (MAR 2010)
Article: Human capital and objective indicators of career success: The mediating effects of cognitive ability and conscientiousness
Authors: T.W.H. Ng and D.C. Feldman
Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger
Work Hard or Disengage in the Face of Job Insecurity?
Topic: Performance, Turnover
Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (MAR 2010)
Article: A model for the effects of job insecurity on performance, turnover intention, and absenteeism
Authors: T. Staufenbiel and C.J. König
Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger
Brainwriting – a New Trend for Increased Innovation?
Topic: Creativity Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (MAR 2009) Article: Better than brainstorming? Potential contextual boundary conditions to brainwriting for idea generation in organizations. Author: P. A. Heslin Reviewed By: Sarah Teague The generation of innovative ideas is essential to the success of modern organizations. In attempts to facilitate
Mentoring: A Win-Win-Win Situation
Topic: Mentoring, Job Performance Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (DEC 2009) Article: What can I gain as a mentor? The effect of mentoring on the job performance and social status of mentors in China Authors: D. Liu, J. Liu, H.K. Kwan, and Y. Mao Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger