Personnel Psychology articles from March 2003

Personnel Psychology archives from March 2003

A field study of the effects of rating purpose on the quality of multisource ratings.
March 22, 2003... Using a field sample of peers and subordinates, the current study employed generalizability theory to estimate sources of systematic variability associated with both developmental and administrative ratings (variance due to items, raters, etc.)...

Can working with an executive coach improve multisource feedback ratings over time? A quasi-experimental field study.
March 22, 2003... This study examined the effects of executive coaching on multisource feedback over time. Participants were 1,361 senior managers who received multisource feedback; 404 of these senior managers worked with an executive coach (EC) to review their...

Meta-analysis of the relationship between the five-factor model of personality and Holland's occupational types.
March 22, 2003... The purpose of this study is to examine the nature and magnitude of the relationship between 2 widely accepted models for classifying individual differences--the 5-factor model of personality and Holland's RIASEC occupational types. Based on...

The relation of instrumental and symbolic attributes to a company's attractiveness as an employer.
March 22, 2003... This study adds a new marketing-based angle to the study of the attractiveness of organizations in the early stages of the recruitment process. Drawing on the instrumental-symbolic framework from the marketing literature, we expected that the...

Understanding the determinants of employer use of selection methods.
March 22, 2003... This study uses national probability data from over 3,000 employers to examine why employers differ in their use of employee selection methods. Although the research on employee selection is voluminous, there have been only a handful of studies...

A meta-analysis of the criterion-related validity of assessment center dimensions.
March 22, 2003... We used meta-analytic procedures to investigate the criterion-related validity of assessment center dimension ratings. By focusing on dimension-level information, we were able to assess the extent to which specific constructs account for the...

Behavioral management and task performance in organizations: conceptual background, meta-analysis, and test of alternative models.
March 22, 2003... In this study, we provide the conceptual background, meta-analyze available behavioral management studies (N = 72) in organizational settings, and examine whether combined reinforcement effects on task performance are additive (sum of...

From paper to pixels: moving personnel surveys to the web.
March 22, 2003... Practitioners are not adequately prepared to handle concerns related to the acceptability of the online survey medium from the worker's viewpoint because the literature has only begun to address this issue. This study assessed reactions to...

Grow Your Own Leaders: How to Identify, Develop, and Retain Leadership Talent. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... William C. Byham, Audrey B. Smith, and Matthew J. Paese. Grow Your Own Leaders: How to Identify, Develop, and Retain Leadership Talent. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2002, 376 pages, $29.00. I confess that I rarely...

Why Decisions Fail: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps that Lead to Debacles. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Paul C. Nutt. Why Decisions Fail: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps that Lead to Debacles. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 360 pages, $22.95 softcover. Given the recent headlines of the debacles at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and other companies,...

Refraining Business: When the Map Changes the Landscape. (Book Review).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Richard Normann. Refraining Business: When the Map Changes the Landscape. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002, 336 pages, $55.00. Whenever I visit the mammoth Borders bookstore near my local mall, the section devoted to business and...

High Impact Learning; Strategies for Leveraging Business Results from Training. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... R. O. Brinkerhoff and A. M. Apking. High Impact Learning; Strategies for Leveraging Business Results from Training. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001, 241 pages, $30.00. The motive behind this book is the brutal fact that the annual...

International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Timothy Dean Keeley. International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms. London: Palgrave, 2001. 255 pages, 45.00 euro. During the 1980s, commentators and researchers of almost every stripe witnessed what was invariably seen as a...

Policies and Practices in Global Human Resource Systems. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Michael J. Duane. Policies and Practices in Global Human Resource Systems Westport, CT: Quorum, 183 pages, $54.95. It is said that you cannot judge a book by its cover. In the case of Duane's latest book, Policies and Practices in Global...

Global Teams. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Michael J. Marquard and Lisa Horvath. Global Teams. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Publishing, 2001, 246 pages, $39.95. What are global teams? The authors refer to global teams as "groups of people of different nationalities working together...

Organizational Culture: Mapping the Terrain. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Joanne Martin. Organizational Culture: Mapping the Terrain. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002, 402 pages, $37.95. Martin is a leading figure in contemporary organizational culture scholarship, so a book that purports to "map the...

Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives on Organizational Justice. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Stephen Gilliland, Dirk Steiner, and Daniel Skarlicki. Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives on Organizational Justice. Greenwich, CT: Information Age, 2001, 247 pages, $63.25 cloth, $29.95 softcover. This book is the inaugural publication...

Worker Participation: Lessons from the Worker Co-Ops of the Pacific Northwest. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... John Pencavel. Worker Participation: Lessons from the Worker Co-Ops of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001, 117 pages, $29.95 I have lived in the Pacific Northwest almost my entire life and I have been consulting...

Ageism in Work and Employment. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Ian Glover and Mohamed Branine (Editors). Ageism in Work and Employment. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 2001, 382 pages, $79.95. This book provides a collection of 19 papers, 12 of which were presented at a conference on ageism, work, and...

The Ten Lenses: Your Guide to Living and Working in a Multicultural World. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Mark A. Williams. The Ten Lenses: Your Guide to Living and Working in a Multicultural World. Herndon, VA: Capital Books, 2001, 237 pages, $24.95 cloth, $14.95 softcover. The Ten Lenses is written as a tool to "help us understand the lenses...

Organizational Stress: A Review and Critique of Theory, Research, and Applications. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Gary L. Cooper, Philip J. Dewe, and Michael P. O'Driscoll. Organizational Stress: A Review and Critique of Theory, Research, and Applications. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2002, 270 pages, $78.95 cloth, $34.95 softcover. Occupational stress...

Assessing Individuals with Disabilities in Education, Employment, and Counseling Settings. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Ruth B. Ekstrom and Douglas K. Smith (Editors). Assessing Individuals with Disabilities in Education, Employment, and Counseling Settings. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2002, 285 pages, $29.95 softcover. Tests have...

Remaking the Concept of Aptitude: Extending the Legacy of Richard E. Snow. (Book Revuews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Lee J. Cronbach (Editor). Remaking the Concept of Aptitude: Extending the Legacy of Richard E. Snow. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum Associates, 2002, 288 pages, $79.95. Remaking the Concept of Aptitude is a remarkable book. In an area of...

Personality in Work Organizations. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Lawrence R. James and Michelle D. Mazerolle. Personality in Work Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002. 252 pages, $54.95 cloth. $24.95 softcover. As recently as the mid-1980s, there was virtually no interest in...

Measuring and Analyzing Behavior in Organizations: Advances in Measurement and Data Analysis. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Fritz Drasgow and Neal Schmitt (Editors). Measuring and Analyzing Behavior in Organizations: Advances in Measurement and Data Analysis. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002, 591 pages, $47.00. Substantive advances in any field depend on...

The Psychology of Work: Theoretically Based Empirical Research. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Jeanne M. Brett and Fritz Drasgow (Editors). The Psychology of Work: Theoretically Based Empirical Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002, 338 pages, $69.95. This edited book has a title (The Psychology of Work), a subtitle...

Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Understanding the Workplace. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Paul E. Levy. Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Understanding the Workplace. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2002, 485 pages, $67.16. Levy has written an introductory text that delivers on a key element of the publisher's description. "His...

Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Biostat. Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. Englewood, NJ: Author, 2000, $995.00. Given the number of meta-analyses published each year, it is not surprising that a variety of software programs are available for conducting meta-analytic reviews....

Books and Materials Received *.
March 22, 2003... Aaltio, Iiris and Mills, Albert J. (Editors). Gender, Identity and the Culture of Organizations. New York: Routledge, 2002, 226 pages, $41.95 softcover. Albrecht, Karl. The Power of Minds at Work Organizational Intelligence in Action. New...

Trust and Trustworthiness. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Russell Hardin. Trust and Trustworthiness. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002, 234 pages, $32.50. In an age of Enron, when commentators are quick to note that government and business suffer from a severe "trust deficit" and are...