Is Perfectionism Bad for Your Health? I’ve known many colleagues and students who struggle with perfectionism. While high standards for your work can be productive, excessive … Continue reading >Is Perfectionism Bad for Your Health?
What Is Industrial-Organizational Psychology? I am an industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist. My graduate training was in I-O psychology, I have taught I-O psychology, and I … Continue reading >What Is Industrial-Organizational Psychology?
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
