From the Projects to a Doctoral Degree
Do what you feel called to do. Be patient. Work smart. Be reminded that limitations are self- imposed. A profile of I/O psychologist Preston Vernard L….
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What Jobs Do We Care About Anyway?
Geoffrey Owens was once a supporting actor on The Cosby Show. Now he’s a cashier at Trader Joe’s. Is this an enormous fall from grace…
Another Defense of the MBTI
One can find fault with the MBTI, and no doubt with many personality-assessment mechanisms. But there is no escaping types. We freely diagnose people all…
Step Right Up!
Can you guess which social science experiments replicated successfully and which did not – just from reading a brief description of their results? Depending on how…
Is it Time to Bring Data to Managing?
Colquitt kept arguing. No dice. After a couple of years, exhausted and ready for a career shift anyway, he gave up…“I was pretty outraged by…
Well Done!
“With the company for just three years, Lam, who has a doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology, “has moved the organization from a ‘pencil and paper,’ ‘command…
Head Games
Jimmy Johnson picked up two Super Bowl rings and a national championship in a three-decade long career, but in all reality fell into coaching by…
IO Psych Term: Sportsmanship
Sportsmanship, a dimension of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is “an employee’s willingness to tolerate less-than-ideal working conditions and circumstances without complaining.” Source: Nielsen, T. M., Bachrach,…
A Non-Smoking Smoke Break
Is using social media for personal business a counterproductive work behavior? Maybe, but it’s also a break. Interesting little study here and a good use…
Workshop: Introductory Reviewer Developmental Workshop
An open-access virtual training — The Introductory Reviewer Developmental Workshop — hosted by the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Consortium for the Advancement…