Personnel Psychology articles from December 2004

Personnel Psychology archives from December 2004

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 22, 2004... Recently Personnel Psychology was bought by Blackwell Publishing. As editor, I am excited by the possibilities our new publisher brings and look forward to working with Blackwell. I am also happy for our long-time publisher and former editor,...

Job complexity, performance, and well-being: when does supplies-values fit matter?
December 22, 2004... We extend person-job fit research by investigating job performance as a moderator of the supplies-values fit relationship with strain outcomes (somatic complaints and depression). Drawing on cybernetic stress and psychological centrality...

Easing the inferential leap in competency modeling: the effects of task-related information and subject matter expertise.
December 22, 2004... Despite the rising popularity of the practice of competency modeling, research on competency modeling has lagged behind. This study begins to close this practice-science gap through 3 studies (1 lab study and 2 field studies), which employ...

Can changes in differential dropout rates reduce adverse impact? A computer simulation study of a multi-wave selection system.(Author Abstract)
December 22, 2004... A simulation was used to explore the effects of variations in the rate at which applicants drop out of selection processes on racial differences in selection outcomes. Archival data was used to simulate a realistic range of selection scenarios...

The impact of poor performers on team outcomes: an empirical examination of attribution theory.
December 22, 2004... We test assertions that attribution theory (AT) can explain the responses of peers to the characteristics of a poor performing team member. Study 1 assessed the processes used to interpret the behavior of a poor performer and found that...

Sticking out like a sore thumb: employee dissimilarity and deviance at work.
December 22, 2004... This study examined demographic- and personality-based employee dissimilarities in relation to organizational and interpersonal deviant behaviors. Perceived organizational support (POS), organizational commitment, perceived coworker support,...

Selection testing via the internet: practical considerations and exploratory empirical findings.
December 22, 2004... Despite a growing body of applied research on using the Internet for some human resource management practices, few studies have provided equivalence information or practical lessons concerning selection testing via the Internet. We identify...

Book reviewing as an important scholarly activity.(Editorial)(Editorial)
December 22, 2004... Editor's Note: This editorial was coauthored with .former Personnel Psychology Book Review editors, Robert G. Jones and Lynn Summers. Recently, we (Jones, Fleenor, & Summers, 2004) lamented that, in many academic institutions, writing book...

Margaret S. Stockdale and Faye J. Crosby (Editors). The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Margaret S. Stockdale and Faye J. Crosby (Editors). The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity. Victoria, Australia: Blackwell, 2004, 377 pages, $34.95 softcover. Workplace diversity is a subject of increasing importance to a...

Joel Lefkowitz. Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Joel Lefkowitz. Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 493 pages, $99.95 hardcover, $49.95 softcover. Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology presents...

Michael A. West and Lynn Markiewicz. Building Team-Based Working: a Practical Guide to Organizational Transformation.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Michael A. West and Lynn Markiewicz. Building Team-Based Working: A Practical Guide to Organizational Transformation. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004, 172 pages, $74.95 hardcover. In recent years, many organizations have made the transition to...

Randall S. Peterson and Elizabeth A. Mannix (Editors). Leading and Managing People in the Dynamic Organization.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Randall S. Peterson and Elizabeth A. Mannix (Editors). Leading and Managing People in the Dynamic Organization. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 280 pages, $59.95 hardcover. As individuals, in our personal and professional...

Gary Yukl and Richard Lepsinger. Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Gary Yukl and Richard Lepsinger. Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004, 270 pages, $44.00 hardcover. Another leadership book--do we need another one? What, if...

Kim S. Cameron, Jane E. Dutton, and Robert E. Quinn (Editors). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Kim S. Cameron, Jane E. Dutton, and Robert E. Quinn (Editors). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003, 465 pages, $45.00 hardcover. We seem to be inundated with negative...

Eric Abrahamson. Change Without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos, and Employee Burnout.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Eric Abrahamson. Change Without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos, and Employee Burnout. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004, 240 pages, $26.95 hardcover. Columbia management professor Eric...

Jeffrey Hollender and Stephen Fenichell. What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business, and Why Big Business is Listening.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Jeffrey Hollender and Stephen Fenichell. What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business, and Why Big Business is Listening. New York: Basic Books, 2004, 318 pages, $26.00 hardcover. The...

Robert Phillips. Stakeholder Theory and Organizational Ethics.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Robert Phillips. Stakeholder Theory and Organizational Ethics. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003, 200 pages, $34.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Robert G. Jones, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. When our fearless Editor...

Karl Albrecht. The Power of Minds at Work: Organizational Intelligence in Action.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Karl Albrecht. The Power of Minds at Work: Organizational Intelligence in Action. New York: AMACOM, 2003, 260 pages, $24.95 hardcover. "Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity." That's...

Michael Watkins. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Michael Watkins. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2003, 208 pages, $24.95 softcover. Leadership is the only area of organizational behavior where...

Janet E. Davidson and Robert J. Sternberg (Editors). The Psychology of Problem Solving.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Janet E. Davidson and Robert J. Sternberg (Editors). The Psychology of Problem Solving. New York: Cambridge, 2003, 394 pages, $75.00 hardcover, $27.00 softcover. It virtually goes without saying that problem solving is an important topic...

R. Keith Sawyer. Group Creativity: Music, Theater, Collaboration.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... R. Keith Sawyer. Group Creativity: Music, Theater, Collaboration. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 214 pages, $49.95 hardcover, $22.50 softcover. I have a good friend who plays piano in a two-person jazz ensemble. I have...

Thomas Blass. The Man Who Shocked the World: the Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Thomas Blass. The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram. New York: Basic Books, 2004, 360 pages, $26.00 hardcover. "May 1962. Interaction Laboratory at Yale University." Stanley Milgram's narration of his famous...

Gerald Matthews, Ian J. Deary, and Martha C. Whiteman. Personality Traits (2nd edition).(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Gerald Matthews, Ian J. Deary, and Martha C. Whiteman. Personality Traits (2nd edition). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 493 pages, $30.00 softcover, $85.00 hardcover. Matthews, Deary, and Whiteman (2003) provide a spirited and...

Stale Einarse, Helge Hoel, Dieter Zapf, and Cary Cooper (Editors). Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Stale Einarse, Helge Hoel, Dieter Zapf, and Cary Cooper (Editors). Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2002, 420 pages, $110.00, hardcover. When I...

Bill Fenson and Sharon Hill. Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those Who Make It Happen.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Bill Fenson and Sharon Hill. Implementing and Managing Telework: A Guide for Those Who Make It Happen. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003, 349 pages, $64.95 hardcover. Despite North Carolina's mild winters, the rolling piedmont region is often...

Robert L. Cardy. Performance Management, Concepts, Skills and Exercises.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Robert L. Cardy. Performance Management, Concepts, Skills and Exercises. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004, 208 pages, $39.95 softcover. Performance reviews strike terror in the hearts of managers and employees alike. Few like them. Any attempt...

Stephen M. Colarelli. No Best Way: an Evolutionary Perspective on Human Resource Management.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Stephen M. Colarelli. No Best Way: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Resource Management. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003, 334 pages, $66.95 hardcover. While I was growing up as a Midwesterner, I constantly heard "If you can't say something...

Susan T. Fiske, Daniel L. Schachter, and Carolyn Sahn-Waxler (Editors). Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 55.(Periodical Review)
December 22, 2004... Susan T. Fiske, Daniel L. Schachter, and Carolyn Sahn-Waxler (Editors). Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 55. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, 2004, 944 pages, $65.00 hardcover. Although this year's Annual Review packs 200 more pages than...

Karen S. Cook and John Hagan (Editors.). Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 29.(Periodical Review)
December 22, 2004... Karen S. Cook and John Hagan (Editors.). Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 29. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, 2003, 649 pages, $70.00 hardcover. In a recent series of statements in the American Sociological Association's monthly...

Robert O. Brinkerhoff. The Success Case Method: Find out Quickly What's Working and What's Not.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Robert O. Brinkerhoff. The Success Case Method: Find out Quickly What's Working and What's Not. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003, 233 pages, $24.95 softcover. Focusing on the negative often creates "a feeling of pervasive frustration...

Klaus Krippendorff. Content Analysis: an Introduction to Its Methodology (2nd edition).(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Klaus Krippendorff. Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology (2nd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004, 413 pages, $89.95 hardcover, $44.95 softcover. Krippendorff has updated his influential treatment of content...

Joop Hox. Multilevel Analysis: Techniques and Applications.(Book Review)
December 22, 2004... Joop Hox. Multilevel Analysis: Techniques and Applications. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002, 304 pages, $79.95 hardcover, $37.50 softcover. Multilevel methods seem to be en vogue these days. You know this if, like me, you...