Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
When Does Work Engagement Lead to Harmful Outcomes?
Job engagement can have both positive and negative outcomes for organizations due to employees’ feelings of ownership over their jobs.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
The Danger of Workplace Ostracism and How to Stop It
Researchers discover the role of upward mobility in explaining how employees react to workplace ostracism. How can organizations use this information?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Organizational Citizenship Behavior Can Be Good for You
Research demonstrates that performing organizational citizenship behavior at work leads to distinct advantages to the employees performing it, in addition to the organization.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Can Mentoring Increase Organizational Citizenship Behavior?
Researches consider mentoring and helping behavior and determine which behavior causes the other to happen.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
Why Would People Stigmatize Employees Who Volunteer?
How is volunteering perceived in the workplace? Contrary to expectations, employees who volunteer are viewed both positively and negatively depending on the perceived motives behind the volunteering. The results of a recent study show that volunteering for the “wrong reasons” results in negative judgment and potentially harmful behavior toward employee volunteers.
Categories : *Leadership Quarterly
Emotional Leaders Can Affect Job Performance
Research reveals detrimental outcomes for leaders who express anger, including a reduction in organizational citizenship behavior.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Do Telecommuters Have Better Job Performance?
Are telecommuters better performers than their in-office counterparts? A new study examines the performance of telecommuters compared to their traditional office counterparts. Results show that in certain situations, telecommuting increases task performance and organizational citizenship behavior.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Does Job Security Lead to Organizational Citizenship Behavior?
Researchers find that employees perform more organizational citizenship behavior when job security is either very high or very low.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Proactive Employees Need Political Skills to Succeed
Research shows that proactive employees run the risk of negative performance appraisals if they do not also have political skill.
Are You Promoting Work Engagement or Workaholism?
Research discusses the differences between work engagement and workaholism, and determines the best way to encourage healthy employee productivity.