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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

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 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

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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