Personnel Psychology articles from June 2002

Personnel Psychology archives from June 2002

Adaptive guidance: enhancing self-regulation, knowledge, and performance in technology-based training.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... Considerable research has examined the effects of giving trainees control over their learning (Steinberg, 1977, 1989; Williams, 1993). The most consistent finding of this research has been that trainees do not make good instructional use of the...

A practitioner-based analysis of interviewer job expertise and scale format as contextual factors in situational interviews.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... Since the first published Situational Interview (SI) study (Latham, Saari, Pursell, & Campion, 1980), research has shown practical and psychometric support for the usefulness of this behavioral interview method. However, such studies have often...

Watching the detectives: seasonal student employee reactions to electronic monitoring with and without advance notification.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... The present paper tested procedural justice hypotheses about seasonal high school and college student employees' reactions to electronic monitoring with video cameras. Study 1, a field study, explored (a) whether employees receiving advance...

Assessing the candidate as a whole: a historical and critical analysis of individual psychological assessment for personnel decision making.
June 22, 2002... Although individual assessment is a thriving area of professional practice in industry, it receives little, if any, attention from textbooks on industrial psychology or personnel management. This article is an attempt to establish individual...

Exploring the influence of decision makers' race and gender on actual promotions to top management.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... The effects of decision makers' race and gender on promotion decisions about applicants of diverse race and gender for 51 top management positions in a cabinet-level U.S. federal department over a 12year period were examined. Promotion...

General safety performance: a test of a grounded theoretical model.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... In this investigation, we report the results of 2 studies designed to (a) conduct confirmatory factor analytic tests of a model of general safety performance with performance ratings from 550 coworker appraisals (Study 1), and (b) examine...

Recruitment evaluation: the case for assessing the quality of applicants attracted.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2002... We argue that assessing attraction outcomes is critical to systematic improvement of recruitment effectiveness and offer a new assessment framework that can be adapted by all organizations for any position in any staffing scheme. These methods...

A note from the book review editor.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 22, 2002... I-O psychologists are often in the forefront on both sides of conflicts over important ethical and social issues. As "boundary spanners," we are also sometimes caught between competing interests of the organizational leaders who pay us, and...

The Origins of Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Management.
June 22, 2002... Jack Scarborough. The Origins of Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Management. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2000, 277 pages, $24.95 softcover. Some topics in I-O psychology and organizational behavior are of great interest to practicing...

Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government.
June 22, 2002... Jone L. Pearce. Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2001, 161 pages, $39.95. Which comes first, a country's culture or a country's government? And which matters more for...

The Use and Abuse of Power: Multiple Perspectives on the Causes of Corruption.
June 22, 2002... Annette Y. Lee-Chai and John A. Bargh (Editors). The Use and Abuse of Power: Multiple Perspectives on the Causes of Corruption. Philadelphia: Psychology Press, 2001, 312 pages, $59.95. The main title and subtitle of the book, along with its...

Stories Employers Tell: Race, Skill, and Hiring in America.
June 22, 2002... Philip Moss and Chris Tilly. Stories Employers Tell: Race, Skill, and Hiring in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001, 317 pages, $29.95. This book summarizes part of a larger sociological study of the national labor market: the...

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice: Educating People from Privileged Groups.
June 22, 2002... Diane J. Goodman. Promoting Diversity and Social Justice: Educating People from Privileged Groups. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2001, 240 pages, $29.95 softcover. Oppression entails domination, the ability for one social group to...

Trust Us, We're Experts! How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future.
June 22, 2002... Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. Trust Us, We're Experts! How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 2001, 360 pages, $24.95. The book review editor and I had some discussions as to whether or...

The Sum of Our Discontent: Why Numbers Make Us Irrational.
June 22, 2002... David Boyle. The Sum of Our Discontent: Why Numbers Make Us Irrational. New York: Texere, 2001, 200 pages, $24.95. It is always fun to attack an intellectual position so indefensible that only the most rigid dogmatists would defend it....

Ethics and Excuses: The Crisis in Professional Responsibility.
June 22, 2002... Banks McDowell. Ethics and Excuses: The Crisis in Professional Responsibility. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2000, 169 pages, $59.95. "I didn't know that was expected of me." "I had personal reservations, but my loyalty to the group required me to...

The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership.
June 22, 2002... Wilfred Drath. The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001, 187 pages, $27.95. This short book is a "think piece" about leadership by Wilfred Drath, an associate at the Center for Creative...

Multiple Intelligences and Leadership.
June 22, 2002... Ronald E. Riggio, Susan E. Murphy, and Francis J. Pirozzolo (Editors). Multiple Intelligences and Leadership. Mahwah, NJ: lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2002, 264 pages, $59.95. When we ask about the actions of a leader, "How could he...

The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select for, Measure, and Improve Emotional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations.
June 22, 2002... Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman (Editors). The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select for, Measure, and Improve Emotional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001, 352 pages, $39.95....

Managing Strategic Relationships: The Key to Business Success.
June 22, 2002... Leonard Greenhalgh. Managing Strategic Relationships: The Key to Business Success. New York: Free Press, 2001, 313 pages, $30.00. What can managers do to establish more inclusive, collaborative, and intrinsically motivating work...

The Management of People in Mergers and Acquisitions.
June 22, 2002... Teresa A. Daniel and Gary S. Metcalf. The Management of People in Mergers and Acquisitions. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2001, 260 pages, $69.50. During the past decade, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has steadily increased, both in numbers...

Researching Organizational Values and Belief: The Echo Approach.
June 22, 2002... J. Barton Cunningham. Researching Organizational Values and Belief: The Echo Approach. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2001, 248, $65.00. I once went gemstone mining in Hiddenite, North Carolina. Although I didn't hit the mother lode, I had fun...

Knowledge Management: Classic and Contemporary Works.
June 22, 2002... Daryl Morey, Mark Maybury, and Bhavani Thuraisingham (Editors). Knowledge Management: Classic and Contemporary Works. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2001, 435 pages, $45.00. Will knowledge management prove to be a passing fad or an enduring...

Sustaining Distance Training: Integrating Technologies into the Fabric of the Enterprise.
June 22, 2002... Zane L. Berge (Editor). Sustaining Distance Training: Integrating Technologies into the Fabric of the Enterprise. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001, 413 pages, $38.00. Berge's Sustaining Distance Training can be considered a companion...

The Handbook of Multisource Feedback: The Comprehensive Resource for Designing and Implementing MSF Processes.
June 22, 2002... David W. Bracken, Carol W Timmreck, and Allan H. Church. The Handbook of Multisource Feedback: The Comprehensive Resource for Designing and Implementing MSF Processes. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000, 557 pages, $49.95. There are two...

Talent Flow: A Strategic Approach to Keeping Good Employees, Helping Them Grow, and Letting Them Go.
June 22, 2002... Joseph Rosse and Robert Levin. Talent Flow: A Strategic Approach to Keeping Good Employees, Helping Them Grow, and Letting Them Go. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001, 246 pages, $29.95. This is an excellent guide for executives, managers,...

Strategic Interviewing: How to Hire Good People.
June 22, 2002... Richaurd Camp, Mary E. Vielhaber, and Jack L. Simonetti. Strategic Interviewing: How to Hire Good People. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001, 181 pages, $24.95. Good employees are an immensely valuable part of any organization. At the...

RH: Les Apports de la Psychologie du Travail.
June 22, 2002... Claude Levy-Leboyer, Michel Huteau, Claude Louche, and Jean-Pierre Rolland (Editors.) RH: Les Apports de la Psychologie du Travail. Paris: Editions d'Organisation, 582 pages, $43.50 Euro. This book, in French, is the latest contribution...

Psychology at Work: An Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
June 22, 2002... Diane Krumm. Psychology at Work. An Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology. New York: Worth, 2001, 548 pages, $125.50. When the book review editor asked me to review an introductory I-O psychology text, I immediately jumped...