Tag: organizational psychology

Study suggests powerful people tend to be better at shaking off rebuffs

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From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: Employees often tiptoe around their bosses for fear of offending them. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows people… Read more »

Study suggests employers often focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with

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From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the… Read more »

Study suggests taking personality into account may help in workforce planning

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From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: What if factory foremen treated their workers less like the machines they operate, and more like people, with personality strengths and differences?… Read more »

Study suggests external personality assessments may be more accurate in the workplace

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From the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto press release: Businesses will get more accurate assessments of potential and current employees if they do away with self-rated personality tests… Read more »

Study looks at gender differences in perceptions of precarious leadership positions

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: We’ve all heard of the “glass ceiling” but the recent economic crisis has illuminated another workplace phenomenon: the “glass cliff.” Women seem… Read more »

Study suggests top executives’ team spirit may affect whole business

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From the SAGE Publications press release via EurekAlert!: Effective teamwork among an organization’s top management makes employees happier and more productive, with positive benefits to the organization. Despite an abundance… Read more »

Study suggests work is more fun if job suits one’s character strengths

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From the University of Zürich press release via AlphaGalileo: Character strengths can be defined as traits that are evaluated as morally positive, such as self-control, teamwork or kindness. Character strengths… Read more »