Tag: organizational

Study suggests social network screening makes organizations unattractive to applicants

From the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP) press release by Alex Alusheff via ScienceDaily: Social networking websites offer a potentially large amount of personal information to organizations about… Read more »

Study looks at complexity of staff motivation and its effects

From the Kingston University London press release via AlphaGalileo: High levels of staff engagement could actually be damaging for organisations if overly simplistic staff surveys mask the type of engagement… Read more »

Study suggests individuals cooperate according to their emotional state and their prior experiences

From the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid – Oficina de Información Científica press release via AlphaGalileo: A study by researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Zaragoza… Read more »

Study suggests incentives, not penalties, drive productivity

From the Michigan State University press release: What motivates people to work harder: The promise of reward or the threat of penalty? A new study co-authored by a Michigan State… Read more »

Study assesses effectiveness of organizational training and development

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Each year in the United States about $135 billion is spent in training employees — but those billions do not always improve… Read more »

Study suggests having strong bond to an idea makes collaboration more challenging

From the Washington University in St. Louis press release via Newswise: Ideas are all around us — helping solve problems, develop new products, and make important decisions. Good ideas are… Read more »