Theory Salting in the Organizational Sciences I have been around the I-O psychology/management field long enough to see things evolve from its origins in behaviorism where … Continue reading >Theory Salting in the Organizational Sciences
A Peer Reviewer Crisis in the Organizational Sciences Academic journals maintain rigor by soliciting evaluations by two or more experts who serve as peer reviewers for each paper … Continue reading >A Peer Reviewer Crisis in the Organizational Sciences
Leadership Styles Are Important to Followers The leadership behavior of organization managers has both positive and negative impacts on their direct reports. The academic research literature … Continue reading >Leadership Styles Are Important to Followers
Organizational Climate and Culture Are Important I teach a course on organizational climate where an issue we frequently discuss is the difference between organizational climate and … Continue reading >Organizational Climate and Culture Are Important
How to Market Your Research When I was a young academic I read a chapter by Edwin Boring who argued that marketing academic work is … Continue reading >How to Market Your Research
Viewpoint Diversity Is Good for Students There has been a lot of talk lately about the need for viewpoint diversity. Critics have complained that colleges have … Continue reading >Viewpoint Diversity Is Good for Students
Making the Most of Organizational Policies It is remarkable how so many managers consider policies as their go-to tool for organizational change. Bring them an organizational … Continue reading >Making the Most of Organizational Policies
Most Viewed Paul Spector Blogs of 2023 It has become a tradition that my first blog of the year is an overview of the most viewed Paul … Continue reading >Most Viewed Paul Spector Blogs of 2023
Workplace Mistreatment Affects Mental Health Ashley Nixon and I were invited to write a chapter on workplace mistreatment for The Routledge Companion to Mental Health … Continue reading >Workplace Mistreatment Affects Mental Health
University Faculty Need to Return to Campus A couple of weeks ago I was teaching in the USF business building on a Tuesday, unusual since I normally … Continue reading >University Faculty Need to Return to Campus
What Is the Society for Occupational Health Psychology? Because I study worker health, people sometimes ask me what is the Society for Occupational Health Psychology or SOHP. It … Continue reading >What Is the Society for Occupational Health Psychology?
Creating an Academic Practice Partnership In August I blogged about the importance of creating partnerships between academics and practitioners. Last week I was excited to … Continue reading >Creating an Academic Practice Partnership
Branding is Critical for Academics It is easy for faculty living in the publish or perish world of academia to get so focused on producing … Continue reading >Branding is Critical for Academics
How to Measure Occupational Stress If you are working, you are experiencing occupational stress. There are demands and events at work that can be difficult … Continue reading >How to Measure Occupational Stress
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
