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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

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

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

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?

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

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

Many companies take employee motivation for granted. They assume that since they are paying market wages and provide health insurance, … Continue reading >How To Maximize Employee Motivation

I finally figured out quiet quitting and now the media is buzzing about quiet firing. Both are catchy terms that … Continue reading >What Is Quiet Firing?

The first time I saw the term in a news article, I was intrigued and wondered, what is quiet quitting? … Continue reading >What Is Quiet Quitting?

Helen Green was a bank employee who experienced an emotional breakdown requiring hospitalization after extended bullying at work. The company … Continue reading >Workplace Bullying Is a Problem for Organizations

What is workplace ostracism? No matter the setting, we all want to belong. After all, self-determination theory tells us that … Continue reading >What Is Workplace Ostracism?

It is hard to think of a job that deals with more trauma than a paramedic. These first responders are … Continue reading >The Stress of Being a Paramedic