Categories: Leadership – Posted on October 12, 2021October 17, 2021 What Is Self-Determination Theory? What are the main drivers in your life? For example, what motivates you to action at work? Do you enjoy … Continue reading >What Is Self-Determination Theory?
Categories: Teaching – Posted on September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 I Like Teaching Statistics with JASP I admit it. I am a die-hard coder. I like writing computer programs and will sometimes do so just for … Continue reading >I Like Teaching Statistics with JASP
Categories: Organizational Change – Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 An Action Research Approach to Organizational Climate A few years ago, I had the pleasure to co-direct a USF Muma College of Business DBA dissertation by Tres … Continue reading >An Action Research Approach to Organizational Climate
Categories: Research Methods – Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Three Types of Scientific Inference When you break it down, science is about inference. Scientists collect information (data) in a systematic way and draw conclusions … Continue reading >Three Types of Scientific Inference
Categories: Mental Health – Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 COVID News Is Bad for Mental Health Before cable networks and the internet, we got our news in small doses. We had our morning newspaper and the … Continue reading >COVID News Is Bad for Mental Health
Categories: Organizational Behavior – Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Organizational Climate Is Complex and Dynamic This past weekend I taught my organizational climate and culture class to executive Doctor of Business Administration students. It is … Continue reading >Organizational Climate Is Complex and Dynamic
Categories: Career and Professional Issues – Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Build Your Brand with Social Media Your personal brand—how the world views you—is important for career success. Your brand indicates your capabilities, skills, talent, and values. … Continue reading >Build Your Brand with Social Media
Categories: Organizational Behavior – Posted on July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 What Is Counterproductive Work Behavior? Bob is a disgruntled employee. He doesn’t like his job or how he is treated at work. Last week his … Continue reading >What Is Counterproductive Work Behavior?
Categories: Mental Health – Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Workplace Coaching Improves Mental Health There is growing awareness that employee mental health is important to organizations. The cost of poor employee mental health to … Continue reading >Workplace Coaching Improves Mental Health
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 Nurse Understaffing Can Cause Medical Errors No one is perfect, so it is inevitable that medical errors will occur. Although most errors are minor and result … Continue reading >Nurse Understaffing Can Cause Medical Errors
Categories: Leadership – Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Unhelpful Help from Your Supervisor Isn’t Helpful You are at work making slow but steady progress on an important task. Your boss, Alex, watches you for a … Continue reading >Unhelpful Help from Your Supervisor Isn’t Helpful
Categories: Leadership – Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Passive Leadership Is the Worst Kind The Art of War by Sun Tzu is often used as a device to teach strategic thinking in business. As … Continue reading >Passive Leadership Is the Worst Kind
Categories: Career and Professional Issues – Posted on June 21, 2021June 27, 2021 The Secret to Successful Academic Writing I have been writing academic papers for more decades than I care to admit, and I have had more than … Continue reading >The Secret to Successful Academic Writing
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Everyone Deserves to Have Decent Work I have been doing research for a book on job satisfaction and came across a concept that really resonated with … Continue reading >Everyone Deserves to Have Decent Work
Categories: Research Methods – Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Did We Really Need a Study to Confirm the Obvious? Last week I blogged about a new study concerning work and suicide. I posted about it on social media and … Continue reading >Did We Really Need a Study to Confirm the Obvious?
Categories: Mental Health – Posted on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Employment Can Contribute to Suicide Prevention In the U.S. alone there are nearly 50,000 suicide deaths per year, and more than 1.4 million suicide attempts. The … Continue reading >Employment Can Contribute to Suicide Prevention
Categories: Career and Professional Issues – Posted on May 24, 2021May 26, 2021 Doing Research Is Like Woodworking Woodworking is a hobby of mine, and I like to read the magazine Fine Woodworking. In the December 2020 issue, … Continue reading >Doing Research Is Like Woodworking
Categories: Career and Professional Issues – Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 The Three Fs of Mentoring Success The other day I came across a talk (Part 1; Part 2) I gave on mentoring that reminded me about … Continue reading >The Three Fs of Mentoring Success
