What Is Occupational Stress? A question that I am frequently asked is “what is occupational stress?” A new book by Peter Chen, simply titled … Continue reading >What Is Occupational Stress?
The Museum of Industrial-Organizational Psychology A few weeks ago, my friend Peter Chen sent me a link to a podcast where Financial Times journalist, Tim … Continue reading >The Museum of Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Avoid Magical Thinking with Statistics Both academic research and evidence-based practice rely on information to reach conclusions and make decisions. For example, a practitioner might … Continue reading >Avoid Magical Thinking with Statistics
Bridge the Academic Practice Gap with Partnerships In June I gave a keynote at the Academia Meets Practice (AMP) conference in Tampa. This hybrid conference is organized … Continue reading >Bridge the Academic Practice Gap with Partnerships
What Is Job Crafting Are you bored at work? Do you do too many things that you feel just don’t matter to anyone? Are … Continue reading >What Is Job Crafting
Blue Collar Trades are in Demand On July 4th I caught an interview Chris Cuomo did with Mike Rowe from the show Dirty Jobs about the … Continue reading >Blue Collar Trades are in Demand
Workplace Neurodiversity Is Not Just White Collar One of the challenges faced by many neurodivergent people is finding employment. Neurodivergent individuals often come across as different which … Continue reading >Workplace Neurodiversity Is Not Just White Collar
What Is Action-State Orientation? As a professor, I have seen students who performed well academically and others not so much. Faculty often view low … Continue reading >What Is Action-State Orientation?
Virtual Meetings Are Killing Productivity Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, virtual meetings via Teams or Zoom were not common. As a professor and … Continue reading >Virtual Meetings Are Killing Productivity
Bias Undermines the Reliability of Science In my career I have attended hundreds of scientific research talks. What has always raised a red flag for me … Continue reading >Bias Undermines the Reliability of Science
AI Content Generators Will Not Replace People We have all heard the hype that the new AI content generators are going to put artists and writers out … Continue reading >AI Content Generators Will Not Replace People
Is Cyberloafing Good or Bad? A few months ago I was invited to write a commentary on a paper about cyberloafing. Vivien Lim and Thompson … Continue reading >Is Cyberloafing Good or Bad?
What Is Workplace Mental Health? May is Mental Health Awareness month in the U.S. which reminds us that we should pay attention to the mental … Continue reading >What Is Workplace Mental Health?
What Does KSAO Stand for? There is no human resource (HR) management concept that is more important than the KSAO. Graduate students in my field … Continue reading >What Does KSAO Stand for?
Why Workplace Mental Health Matters Work can be a dangerous place. Depending on the industry there are many ways in which people can be injured. … Continue reading >Why Workplace Mental Health Matters
Conflict of Interest in Peer Review Last week I shared my ethical concerns about the harm produced by our journal peer review system in the organizational … Continue reading >Conflict of Interest in Peer Review
The Ethics of Academic Peer Review In 1974 I had my first experience with submitting to a major academic peer reviewed journal in my field. It … Continue reading >The Ethics of Academic Peer Review
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
