Paul E. Spector, Author at Paul Spector

Optimizing Citations in Research Reports

Citation of external sources is a vital element in the writing of research reports, as well as other scholarly and … Continue reading >Optimizing Citations in Research Reports

What Is Organizational Climate?

Beth and Mike are recent Marketing graduates who met up on Friday evening to celebrate their first week on new … Continue reading >What Is Organizational Climate?

Employee Mistreatment

The #metoomovement has focused much needed attention on sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment is a serious problem for … Continue reading >Employee Mistreatment

Leading To Maximize Performance

One of the main functions of an organization leader is to manage the job performance of his or her subordinates. … Continue reading >Leading To Maximize Performance

How to Bridge the Academic-Practice Divide

One of the most lively discussions among members of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is the gulf … Continue reading >How to Bridge the Academic-Practice Divide

I-O Psychology Is a Great Career

Industrial-organizational or I-O psychology is a great career if you like to use evidence to solve organizational problems. It is … Continue reading >I-O Psychology Is a Great Career

Emotional Labor and Alcohol Use

A new study caught my eye about the link between emotional labor and alcohol use among customer service workers. When … Continue reading >Emotional Labor and Alcohol Use

Lost Art of Discovery

Science is all about discovery–the discovery of the atom, of penicillin, and of the planets in the solar system. The … Continue reading >Lost Art of Discovery

Why Do Employees Cyberloaf?

Many managers want to know why their employees cyberloaf when they are supposed to be working. Answering this question can … Continue reading >Why Do Employees Cyberloaf?

Teach for Retention

One thing I’ve learned as both a professor and student is that there is a trade off between amount of … Continue reading >Teach for Retention

Why Cybersecurity Climate Is Important in Healthcare

Although cybersecurity breaches by hackers (think Marriott hotels in 2018) get all the media attention, the majority of threats come … Continue reading >Why Cybersecurity Climate Is Important in Healthcare

IO Psychology Is the Best New Career

Looking for a career that is well-paying and in demand? As an IO Psychologist, I was excited to see that … Continue reading >IO Psychology Is the Best New Career

ABCs of Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement Podcast It seems that everyone is concerned about engagement. Employers want engage employees, teachers are concerned about engagement … Continue reading >ABCs of Customer Engagement

How to Optimize Cross-Sectional Research Designs

Cross-sectional research designs are commonly vilified, but are they as limited as generally believed? In this 2019 paper, published in … Continue reading >How to Optimize Cross-Sectional Research Designs

Hostile Attribution Bias

It is remarkable how people can respond very differently to the same comments and events. It is important for managers … Continue reading >Hostile Attribution Bias

Job Stress from Workload

As someone who studies job stress, I found this article about severe stress among Uber investigators interesting. According to the … Continue reading >Job Stress from Workload

Blog Articles on Assessment for eSkill

I have written a series of blog articles on employment assessment for eSkill that appears on their website. These are … Continue reading >Blog Articles on Assessment for eSkill