Categories: Job Satisfaction, Uncategorized – Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 How Job Satisfaction Is Measured A century ago Louis Leon Thurstone taught us that “attitudes can be measured” and Robert Hoppock showed us how we … Continue reading >How Job Satisfaction Is Measured
Categories: Career and Professional Issues – Posted on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 What Is a Practitioner-Scholar? About seven years ago I was fortunate to be invited to teach in the USF Muma College of Business executive … Continue reading >What Is a Practitioner-Scholar?
Categories: Leadership – Posted on March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Working Hours and Employee Productivity I recently came across an article posted by NewsNation showing that 33 companies have recently learned what the Hawthorne researchers … Continue reading >Working Hours and Employee Productivity
Categories: Organizational Change – Posted on March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Policies Cannot Change Culture People love to create policies. We have policies for what to do and policies for what to say. Creating a … Continue reading >Policies Cannot Change Culture
Categories: Teaching – Posted on February 20, 2023March 1, 2023 The Art of Stupid Questions As a woodworking hobbyist I read Wood magazine. In the latest issue, the editor Lucas Peters related an experience from … Continue reading >The Art of Stupid Questions
Categories: Mental Health – Posted on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Reasonable Accommodation Is Not Enough The summer I graduated high school I worked in a contact lens factory called Obrig Laboratories. I recall decades later … Continue reading >Reasonable Accommodation Is Not Enough
Categories: Research Methods – Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Open Science Is No Panacea Like all human endeavors, science is flawed. There are biases, poor practices and downright fraud that undermine the integrity of … Continue reading >Open Science Is No Panacea
Categories: HR Issues – Posted on January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 What Is Overemployed Remote Work? An article by Megan Carnegie in my favorite magazine Wired caught my eye this morning. Carnegie was discussing the phenomenon … Continue reading >What Is Overemployed Remote Work?
Categories: HR Issues – Posted on January 9, 2023January 16, 2023 Personality Assessment for Employee Selection The use of pre-employment assessment is a $multi-billion industry. It is the most popular service that practitioners in my field … Continue reading >Personality Assessment for Employee Selection
Categories: Uncategorized – Posted on January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 Most Viewed Paul Spector Blogs of 2022 My first blog of 2023 is a look back at the most viewed Paul Spector Blogs of 2022. This retrospective … Continue reading >Most Viewed Paul Spector Blogs of 2022
Categories: Research Methods – Posted on December 12, 2022December 13, 2022 Theory Is Misused in Organizational Science If you read the academic literature in the organizational sciences, you will see the phrase “informed by theory…” It is … Continue reading >Theory Is Misused in Organizational Science
Categories: Career and Professional Issues – Posted on December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Guide to an I-O Psychology Career Recently I received an e-mail from a high school junior interested in an I-O career. No one at her school … Continue reading >Guide to an I-O Psychology Career
Categories: Organizational Change – Posted on November 29, 2022November 30, 2022 Psychological Reactance Is the Enemy of Change As society advances socially and technologically, change is inevitable. Whether it is adoption of innovation in an organization or the … Continue reading >Psychological Reactance Is the Enemy of Change
Categories: HR Issues – Posted on November 14, 2022November 19, 2022 What Is Presenteeism? Attendance at work is important. Each day there is work that must be done and functions that must be staffed. … Continue reading >What Is Presenteeism?
Categories: Teaching – Posted on November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 Kirkpatrick Four Levels for University Teaching There is a distinction between university teaching and employee training. Teaching is about providing students with general knowledge and skill. … Continue reading >Kirkpatrick Four Levels for University Teaching
Categories: Uncategorized – Posted on October 31, 2022November 3, 2022 Job Design for a Neurodiverse Workforce It is a tough job market out there. Companies are struggling to find and retain the talent they need, making … Continue reading >Job Design for a Neurodiverse Workforce
Categories: HR Issues – Posted on October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Reasonable Accommodations Are Not Just for Disabilities During my lifetime I have seen progress in eliminating discrimination in employment, not only in the U.S., but in many … Continue reading >Reasonable Accommodations Are Not Just for Disabilities
Categories: Uncategorized – Posted on October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Assessment Centers to Choose Leaders Leadership isn’t easy. It takes a special set of talents for someone to be a good leader. Unfortunately, in many … Continue reading >Assessment Centers to Choose Leaders
