Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
Effective Leaders Balance Organizational Needs and Employee Needs
Leaders can simultaneously balance the needs of employees and the needs of the company, leading to maximum organizational effectiveness.
Categories : *Research in Organizational Behavior
Don’t Underestimate Personal Influence at Work
Researchers explain how workplace influence is often overlooked and underestimated. How can employees and organizations use influence wisely?
Categories : *Judgment and Decision Making
Tunnel Vision Can Lead to Unethical Behavior at Work
Researchers discover a key factor that influences unethical behavior and explain how organizations can successfully counter it.
Do Optimistic Predictions Lead to Quicker Completion Times?
Topic: Goals, Job Performance, Judgment Publication: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (JAN 2010) Article: Finishing on time: When do predictions influence completion times? Authors: R. Buehler, J. Peetz, and D. Griffin Reviewed By: Benjamin Granger Past research has shown that human beings often underestimate the amount of time necessary for
Categories : Self Efficacy
Brains before Beauty…OR…Beauty and the Best
Topic: Self Efficacy Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (MAY 2009) Article: Does it pay to be smart, attractive, or confident (or all three)? Relationships among general mental ability, physical attractiveness, core self-evaluations, and income. Authors: T.A. Judge, C. Hurst, L.S. Simon Reviewed by: Larry Martinez Who among us would be surprised
Categories : *Academy of Management Decision Making Judgement
I Think, Therefore You Act
Topic: Decision Making, Judgement Publication: Academy of Management Journal Article: Cognition, capabilities, and incentives: Assessing firm response to the fiber-optic revolution. Blogger: Katie Bachman Well, it’s sometimes good to confirm what we already know (lucky for this article). In this case the learning is that he (or she) who is in charge makes the rules. Looking at CEOs from 71 communications firms, Kaplan makes a link between the interest of
Categories : *Academy of Management Decision Making Judgement
Watch Your Head! Ceteris Paribus is Falling!
Topic: Decision Making, Judgement Publication: Academy of Management Article: Resolving the commitment versus flexibility tradeoff: The role of resource accumulation lags. Blogger: Katie Bachman Ceteris paribus—all else equal—is the economist’s favorite term. It covers all manner of sins because, as we know in psychology, nothing is ever equal or same or whatever. It is the assumption of no variance and it is the mark of an economics article, which is