Personnel Psychology articles from December 22 2001

Personnel Psychology archives from December 22 2001

Errata.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
December 22, 2001... Personnel Psychology apologizes to Gary Latham for failing to make the corrections to the galley proofs of his article "The Importance of Understanding and Changing Employee Outcome Expectancies for Gaining Commitment to an Organizational Goal"...

Exploring Black-White Subgroup Differences of Managerial Competencies.
December 22, 2001... This study investigates whether different job-relevant competencies vary in terms of Black-White subgroup differences exhibited. There were 633 participants (545 Whites, 88 Blacks) who completed a managerial assessment center that evaluated 13...

Exploring Relations Between Typical and Maximum Performance Ratings and the Five Factor Model of Personality.
December 22, 2001... The study tests the distinction between typical and maximum criteria with ratings of transformational leadership performance, and examines whether the criterion-related validities of the five factor model differ for the two types of criteria....

What do Proactive People do? A Longitudinal Model Linking Proactive Personality and Career Success.
December 22, 2001... We developed and tested a model linking proactive personality and career success through a set of four behavioral and cognitive mediators. A 2-year longitudinal design with data from a sample of 180 fulltime employees and their supervisors was...

Measurement Error in Research on Human Resources and Firm Performance: Additional Data and Suggestions for Future Research.
December 22, 2001... Gerhart and colleagues (2000) and Huselid and Becker (2000) recently debated the presence and implications of measurement error in measures of human resource practices. This paper presents data from 3 more studies, 1 of large organizations from...

How High Performance Human Resource Practices and Workforce Unionization Affect Managerial Pay.
December 22, 2001... Using data from a nationally representative sample of telecommunications establishments, this study finds that HR practices and workforce unionization influence managerial pay levels and the ratio of manager-to-worker pay. High performance HR...

Now Seeking Manuscripts: Scientist-Practitioner Forum.
December 22, 2001... Submissions for the Scientist-Practitioner Forum section of this journal are now being accepted. The goal of this section is to offer articles that offer solutions, insights, lessons learned, tools, and methods for addressing the problems and...

Is There a Method to Our Madness? The Impact of Data Collection Methodology on Organizational Survey Results. (Scientist-Practitioner Forum).(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Results from 3 organizational survey efforts were used to explore the impact of data collection method on 5 outcomes: response preference, item completion rate, use of don't know responses, item mean and variability. The first study compared...

Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter (Editors). Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium. New York: Crown Publishers, 200, 548 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by Michael J. Zichar, Assistant Professor, Department of...

Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 52. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Susan T. Fiske (Editor), Daniel L. Schacter, and Carolyn ZahnWaxler (Associate Editors). Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 52. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, 2001, 807 pages, $55.00. Reviewed by Lynn Summers, Vice President of Research,...

Problems and Solutions in Human Assessment: Honoring Douglas N. Jackson at Seventy. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Richard D. Goffin and Edward Helmes (Editors). Problems and Solutions in Human Assessment: Honoring Douglas N. Jackson at Seventy. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2000, 357 pages, $130.00. Reviewed by Theodore L. Hayes, Personnel Research...

Personality in the Workplace. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... David Fontana. Personality in the Workplace. Houndmills, UK: Macmillan Press, Ltd, 2000, 239 pages, $14.99. Reviewed by Donald Fischer, Professor, Department of Psychology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. This is...

How To Hire and Develop Your Next Top Performer: The Five Qualities That Make Salespeople Great. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Herbert Greenberg, Harold Weinstein, and Patrick Sweeney. How To Hire and Develop Your Next Top Performer: The Five Qualities That Make Salespeople Great. New York: McGraw Hill, 2001, 274 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Ronald J. Karren,...

Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-Impact Results. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Susan Nash. Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-Impact Results. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black, 1999, 287 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Gregory E. Huszczo, Professor of Organization Development, Eastern...

The Quest for Executive Effectiveness: Turning Vision Inside-Out Charismatic-Participatory Leadership. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Ann M. O'Roark. The Quest for Executive Effectiveness: Turning Vision Inside-Out Charismatic-Participatory Leadership. Nevada City, CA: Symposium, 2000, 345 pages, $19.95 softcover. Reviewed by Gary W. Yunker, Professor of Management,...

House of Mirrors: The Untold Truth About Narcissistic Leaders and How to Survive Them. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Dean B. McFarlin and Paul D. Sweeney. House of Mirrors: The Untold Truth About Narcissistic Leaders and How to Survive Them. London: Kogan Page, 2000. 275 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Anthony F. Buono, Professor of Management and Sociology,...

The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Harrison Owen. The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000, 232 pages, $19.95 softcover. Reviewed by Celeste M. Brotheridge, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Administration, University of Regina,...

Evolve! Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Evolve! Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow. Boston: Harvard Business, 2001, 352 pages, $27.50. Reviewed by Alan Clardy, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Towson University, Towson, Maryland. ...

The Mind of the CEO. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Jeffrey Garten. The Mind of the CEO. New York: Basic Books, 2001, 309 pages, $26.00. Reviewed by Richard Blackburn, Associate Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. "Suppose you had the...

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Ram Charan, Steve Drotter, and Jim Noel. The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001, 242 pages, $28.50. Reviewed by Seymour Adler, Senior Vice President, Assessment Solutions...

Contemporary Models in Vocational Psychology: A Volume in Honor of Samuel H. Osipow. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Frederick T. L. Leong and Azy Barak (Editors). Contemporary Models in Vocational Psychology: A Volume in Honor of Samuel H. Osipow. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001, 336 pages, $79.95 cloth, $39.95 softcover. Reviewed by...

Mothers at Work: Effects on Children's Well-Being. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Lois W. Hoffman and Lise M. Youngblade. Mothers at Work: Effects on Children's Well-Being. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 1999. 338 pages, $54.95. Reviewed by Margaret S. Stockdale, Associate Professor of Psychology, Southern...

In Good Company: How social Capital Makes Organizations Work. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Don Cohen and Lawrence Prusak. In Good Company: How social Capital Makes Organizations Work. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001, 213 pages, $27.50. Reviewed by Valerie I. Sessa, Research Scientist, Center for Creative Leadership,...

Enabling Knowledge Creation.
December 22, 2001... Georg Von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo, and Ikujiro Nonaka. Enabling Knowledge Creation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 292 pages, $27.50. Reviewed by Juan I. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Management and International Business, Florida...

Managing Workplace Negativity. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Gary S. Topchik. Managing Workplace Negativity. New York: AMACOM, 2001, 193 pages, $21.95. Reviewed by Itzhak Harpaz, Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Organizations and Human Resources, Graduate School of Business,...

The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks, and Ben J. Wattenberg. The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 2001, 308 pages, $50.00 cloth, $20.00 softcover. Reviewed...

Abolishing Performance Appraisals. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Tom Coens and Mary Jenkins. Abolishing Performance Appraisals. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000, 338 pages, $27.95. Reviewed by Jon M. Werner, Associate Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. ...

Effective Competency Modeling and Reporting: A Step-by-Step Guide for Improving Individual and Organizational Performance. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Kenneth Carlton Cooper. Effective Competency Modeling and Reporting: A Step-by-Step Guide for Improving Individual and Organizational Performance. New York: AMACOM, 2000, 353 pages + CD, $95.00. Reviewed by Anthony R. Montebello, Senior...

The Complete Guide to Training Delivery: A Competency-Based Approach. (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Stephen B. King, Marsha King, and William J. Rothwell. The Complete Guide to Training Delivery: A Competency-Based Approach. New York: AMACOM, 2000, 495 pages. Reviewed by John R. Ogilvie, Associate Professor of Management, Barney School...

EEO Law and Personnel Practices (2nd ed.). (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Arthur Gutman. EEO Law and Personnel Practices (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000, 393 pages, $79.95 cloth, $38.95 softcover. Reviewed by Rick Tallarigo, Sr., Organizational Consultant; C. S. Mott Community College, Flint, MI. ...

Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology (Third Edition). (Book Reviews).
December 22, 2001... Ronald E. Riggio. Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology (Third Edition). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000, 586 pages. Reviewed by Mark A. Wilson, Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational...

The ASTD Handbook of Training Design and Delivery: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating and Delivering Training Programs--Instructor-Led, Computer-Based, or Self-Directed.
December 22, 2001... George M. Piskurich, Peter Beckschi, and Brandon Hall (Editors). The ASTD Handbook of Training Design and Delivery: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating and Delivering Training Programs--Instructor-Led, Computer-Based, or Self-Directed. New York:...