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Home Archive for  Organizational Behavior

Category: Organizational Behavior

Contains blogs that deal with employees in the workplace including employee health, leadership, and understanding the human side of organizations.

A Test of Authentic Leadership Theory with a Training Intervention

A Test of Authentic Leadership Theory with a Training Intervention

Authentic leadership is an approach that is popular with both academic researchers and practicing managers. It is a frequent topic … Continue reading >A Test of Authentic Leadership Theory with a Training Intervention

What Is the Definition of Attribution in Psychology?

What Is the Definition of Attribution in Psychology?

People have an innate need to understand the reasons that things happen. One of the three fundamental human needs according … Continue reading >What Is the Definition of Attribution in Psychology?

The Environment Perception Outcome Paradigm in Organizational Research

The Environment Perception Outcome Paradigm in Organizational Research

The sciences are based on underlying assumptions that define acceptable approaches, methods and questions, referred to as paradigms. The organizational … Continue reading >The Environment Perception Outcome Paradigm in Organizational Research

New Research on Understaffing in Nursing

New Research on Understaffing in Nursing

When people talk about understaffing in nursing, they usually focus on the number nurses on a unit or on the … Continue reading >New Research on Understaffing in Nursing

What Is Psychological Safety in the Workplace?

What Is Psychological Safety in the Workplace?

Much has been written lately about how university campuses have become places where students and faculty are reluctant to share … Continue reading >What Is Psychological Safety in the Workplace?

Leaders Struggle To Be Vulnerable

Leaders Struggle To Be Vulnerable

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Katherine Fung for a Newsweek story about why politicians rarely admit to … Continue reading >Leaders Struggle To Be Vulnerable

Travel Nurse Versus Staff Nurse Experience

Travel Nurse Versus Staff Nurse Experience

Hospitals sometimes hire nurses from out-of-town (travel nurses) on a temporary basis to fill vacancies when permanent staff nurses are … Continue reading >Travel Nurse Versus Staff Nurse Experience

Why Soft Nursing Is Important?

Why Soft Nursing Is Important?

I have been working as a part-time contractor at an academic hospital and one of my roles is to help … Continue reading >Why Soft Nursing Is Important?

AI Is the Latest Disruptive Technology

AI Is the Latest Disruptive Technology

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Academia Meets Practice (AMP) conference at the Muma College of Business in … Continue reading >AI Is the Latest Disruptive Technology

What Is Employee Resenteeism in the Workplace?

What Is Employee Resenteeism in the Workplace?

I study how people feel about their jobs, so I was intrigued the other day when I came across the … Continue reading >What Is Employee Resenteeism in the Workplace?

It Is Time We Started Studying Skilled Trades Workers

It Is Time We Started Studying Skilled Trades Workers

With rising college costs and limited career prospects for many majors, there has been a sharp decline in the number … Continue reading >It Is Time We Started Studying Skilled Trades Workers

Supervisor Requests for Unethical Actions: New Research

Supervisor Requests for Unethical Actions: New Research

Has a supervisor ever asked you to do something unethical–something that made you uncomfortable? Did you do it or did … Continue reading >Supervisor Requests for Unethical Actions: New Research

Leadership Styles Are Important to Followers

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

What Is the Society for Occupational Health Psychology?

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?

How to Measure Occupational Stress

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?

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?

What Is Job Crafting

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

Virtual Meetings Are Killing Productivity

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

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