Studies You Should Know: Personality Traits Important In the Workplace
Sackett, P.R., & Walmsley, P.T. (2014). Which personality attributes are most important in the workplace? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 5, 538-551. Abstract Employees face a variety of work demands that place a premium on personal attributes, such as the degree to which they can be depended on to work
Studies You Should Know: The Curvilinear Relationship of Personality Traits & Job Performance
Le, H., Oh, I-S., Robbins, S.B., Ilies, R., Holland, E., & Westrick, P. (2011). Too much of a good thing: Curvilinear relationships between personality traits and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 1, 113-133. Abstract The relationships between personality traits and performance are often assumed to be linear. This
Studies You Should Know: Where Do PhDs Go Who Leave University
Callaway, E. (2014). Life outside the lab: The ones who got away. Nature, 513, 20-22. doi:10.1038/513020a Abstract A common perception is that the weaker science students are forced out of a competitive field, leaving the brightest stars to secure the desirable academic positions. But as Shambayati's story shows — and
Studies You Should Know: Reducing Implicit Bias for Race
Lai, C., Marinin, M., Lehr, S., Cerruti, C., Shin, J.L., Joy-Gaba, J., Ho, A.K., Teachman, B., Wojcik, S.P., Koleva, R., Heiphetz, L., Chen, E.V., Turner, R.N., Haidt, J., ... Sriram, N, Banaji, M., & Nosek, B.A. (2014). Reducing implicit racial preferences: I. A comparative investigation of 17 interventions. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Studies You Should Know: Corporate Ethics
Welsh, D. T., Ordóñez, L. D., Snyder, D. G., & Christian, M. S. (2015). The slippery slope: How small ethical transgressions pave the way for larger future transgressions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(1), 114–127. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036950 Abstract Many recent corporate scandals have been described as resulting from a slippery slope in
Studies You Should Know: Inequality
Chin, G. & Culotta, E. (2014). What the numbers tell us. Science, 344(6), 818-821. Abstract “In 2011, the wrath of the 99% kindled Occupy movements around the world. The protests petered out, but in their wake an international conversation about inequality has arisen, with tens of thousands of speeches, articles,
Studies You Should Know: The Positive Benefits of Meditation
Goyal M, Singh S, Sibinga EMS, et al. Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-being: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(3):357–368. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13018 Abstract Importance Many people meditate to reduce psychological stress and stress-related health problems. To counsel people appropriately, clinicians need to know what the evidence says about
Studies You Should Know: The Relationship Between Conscientiousness and Performance May Well Be Curvilinear
Carter, N.T., Dalal, D.K., Boyce, A.S., O'Connell, M.S., Kung, M-C., & Delgado, K.M. (2013). Uncovering curvilinear relationships between conscientiousness and job performance: How theoretically appropriate measurement makes an empirical difference. Journal of Applied Psychology (doi: 10.1037/a0034688), Earlyview, 1-24. Abstract The personality trait of conscientiousness has seen considerable attention from applied
Studies You Should Know: Poverty Impedes Cognitive Functioning
Mani, A., Mullainathan, S., Shafir, E., & Zhao, J. (2013) Poverty impedes cognitive function. Science, 341, 6149, 976-980. Abstract The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis. First, we
Studies You Should Know: Work Stress and Employee Health
Ganster, D.C., & Rosen, C.C. (2013) Work stress and employee health: A multidisciplinary review. Journal of Management, 39, 5, 1085-1122. Abstract Research examining the relationship between work stress and well-being has flourished over the past 20 years. At the same time, research on physiological stress processes has also advanced significantly.