Errors in Training
Imagine you’re in charge of training medical students to conduct ultrasounds. The students will complete a three-hour simulation-based training program. Which set of directions would…
Articles by Ben Butina, Ph.D.
Implicit Quota on Women in Top Management
Does having a woman in a top management position for a company make it easier or harder for a other women to attain a top…
Mentors and Protégés of a Feather
According to a study conducted by Marcy Young Illies (Saint Cloud State University) and Roni Reiter-Palmon (University of Nebraska Omaha), protégés who perceive a high…
Advice for Pavel Smirnov
Pavel Smirnov is working in retail in Brooklyn while he goes to Hofstra part-time for IO. Can he get a job in the field now…
One Simple (Research-Based) Trick to Reduce Sexual Harassment?
“In our experiment, 618 online study participants in the US read a brief statement from a fictional company about the results of a sexual harassment…
Image-Based Vision Statements
Which of these visions is more inspiring? “I hope that someday we will achieve full racial equality.” “I have a dream that one day little…
A Downside to Telling People They’re High-Potentials?
When we communicate high expectations for an employee, they become more likely to back down or quit in the face of setbacks. Why? “…after exhibiting…
Workplace Incivility & Insomnia
Our results support the spillover effect, suggesting that experienced incivility is linked to employee insomnia symptoms through rumination. However, the crossover effect was only found…
Performance Appraisal Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment
The results established a significant relationship between performance appraisal satisfaction and organizational commitment. Affective and normative commitment and overall commitment were found to have significant…
Does Formal Learning Stimulate Informal Learning?
Too often, we think about formal and informal learning as mutually exclusive. As this research demonstrates, though, employees may seek informal learning to supplement or…