Personnel Psychology articles from March 2004

Personnel Psychology archives from March 2004

Factors affecting coworkers' procedural justice inferences of the workplace accommodations of employees with disabilities.
March 22, 2004... We examine coworkers' procedural justice inferences about the accommodation of another employee when they believe it is for disability-related reasons. Legal constraints that prevent the release of information about the accommodation process...

Predictors of job search behavior among employed and unemployed people.
March 22, 2004... This study investigated job search behavior and its predictors among employed and unemployed people. Ajzen's (1985) theory of planned behavior (TPB) was used to predict job search intention and behavior in both groups. In addition, we examined...

Leadership and procedural justice climate as antecedents of unit-level organizational citizenship behavior.
March 22, 2004... Despite an abundance of research conducted on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) at the individual level of analysis, relatively little is known about unit-level OCB. To investigate the antecedents of unit-level OCB, data were collected...

On the validity of subjective measures of company performance.
March 22, 2004... Subjective measures of company performance are widely used in research and typically are interpreted as equivalent to objective measures. Yet, the assumption of equivalence is open to challenge. We compared the use of both types of measure in 3...

A cross-national comparative study of work--family stressors, working hours, and well-being: China and Latin America versus the Anglo world.
March 22, 2004... A comparative study of work--family stressors, work hours, and well-being was described contrasting 3 culturally distinct regions: Anglo (Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and U.S.), China (Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, and...

Recruitment communication media: impact on prehire outcomes.
March 22, 2004... An unanswered question in recruitment research is whether and how the media used to communicate recruitment messages influence important outcomes. Drawing from research and theory on persuasive communication and media richness and features, we...

When the psychometrics of test development meets organizational realities: a conceptual framework for organizational change, examples, and recommendations.
March 22, 2004... Our standards for the construction of psychological tests give scant attention to the organizational context in which the tests are to be used. This paper describes 10 psychometric issues associated with the development of an electrical job...

A Note from the Book Review Editor.
March 22, 2004... It is the custom for outgoing editors to give accounts of their experiences. Part of the reason I decided to accept the book review editor role a few years ago is my love of story-telling, so I am tempted by preference to follow this tradition....

Robert R. McCrae and Juri Allik (Editors). The Five-Factor Model of Personality Across Cultures.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Robert R. McCrae and Juri Allik (Editors). The Five-Factor Model of Personality Across Cultures. New York: Kluwer, 2002, 333 pages, $45.00 softcover. I always appreciate when a book's title is a clear and accurate indicator of what the...

Erich P. Prien, Jeffrey S. Schippmann, and Kristin O. Prien. Individual Assessment: As Practiced in Industry and Consulting.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Erich P. Prien, Jeffrey S. Schippmann, and Kristin O. Prien. Individual Assessment: As Practiced in Industry and Consulting. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 296 pages, $69.50 cloth, $32.50 hardcover. This book is about...

Philippe Rosinski. Coaching Across Cultures: New Tools for Leveraging National, Corporate, and Professional Differences.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Philippe Rosinski. Coaching Across Cultures: New Tools for Leveraging National, Corporate, and Professional Differences. London: Nicholas Brealey, 2003, 306 pages, $29.95 soft-cover. In recent years, the theme of "competitive advantage" has...

Merom Klein and Rod Napier. The Courage to Act: 5 Factors of Courage to Transform Business.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Merom Klein and Rod Napier. The courage to act: 5 factors of courage to Transform Business. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Publishing, 2003, 239 pages, $26.95. Courage is certainly in short supply in today's workplace. Face-saving, political...

Susan E. Jackson, Michael A. Hitt, and Angelo S. DeNisi (Editors). Managing Knowledge for Sustained Competitive Advantage: Designing Strategies for Effective Human Resource Management.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Susan E. Jackson, Michael A. Hitt, and Angelo S. DeNisi (Editors). Managing Knowledge for Sustained Competitive Advantage: Designing Strategies for Effective Human Resource Management. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003, 452 pages, $50.00. ...

Gerald R. Ferris and Joseph J. Martocchio (Editors). Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, Volume 21.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Gerald R. Ferris and Joseph J. Martocchio (Editors). Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, Volume 21. Amsterdam: JAI Press, 2003, 380 pages, $86.00. The first question I asked Lynn Summers when he suggested I serve as book...

Randy L. DeSimone, Jon L. Werner, and David M. Harris. Human Resource Development, Third Edition.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Randy L. DeSimone, Jon L. Werner, and David M. Harris. Human Resource Development, Third Edition. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt, 2002, 712 pages + CD, $97.95 hardcover. A human resources manager oversees these central functions: new employee...

Mark Ackerman, Volkmar Pipek, and Volker Wulf (Editors). Sharing Expertise: Beyond Knowledge Management.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Mark Ackerman, Volkmar Pipek, and Volker Wulf (Editors). Sharing Expertise: Beyond Knowledge Management. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003, 418 pages, $50.00, hardcover. Over the last decade, I have had the opportunity to witness numerous...

Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler (Editors). Distributed Work.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler (Editors). Distributed Work. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003, 475 pages, $50.00. I picked up this book to review at the right moment. I am trying to set up a discussion group of individuals from diverse...

Cristina B. Gibson and Susan G. Cohen (Editors). Virtual Teams That Work: Creating Conditions for Virtual Team Effectiveness.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Cristina B. Gibson and Susan G. Cohen (Editors). Virtual Teams That Work: Creating Conditions for Virtual Team Effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003, 436 pages, $45.00. The contributions of the multiple authors in Virtual Teams...

Gerald Matthews, Moshe Zeidner, and Richard Roberts. Emotional Intelligence: Science and Myth.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Gerald Matthews, Moshe Zeidner, and Richard Roberts. Emotional Intelligence: Science and Myth. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003, 697 pages, $55.00 cloth. Recently, interest in emotional intelligence has surged, accompanied by an influx...

Charles C. Manz. Emotional Discipline: the Power to Choose How You Feel.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Charles C. Manz. Emotional Discipline: The Power to Choose How You Feel. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003, 249 pages. $15.95 softcover. At first sight the book appears to be one more publication in the old tradition of "how to" books,...

Robert C. Roberts. Emotions: an Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Robert C. Roberts. Emotions: an Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology. New York: Cambridge, 2003, 357 pages, $70.00 cloth, $25.00 softcover. What is this elephant we call emotion? There is a well-known story in which several blind people each...

Michelle Brown and John S. Heywood. Paying for performance: an international comparison.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Michelle Brown and John S. Heywood (Editors). Paying for Performance: An International Comparison. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003, 298 pages, $66.95 cloth, $25.95 softcover. Those who manage human resources, according to the thesis of this...

Judy Cameron and W. David Pierce. Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: Resolving the Controversy.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Judy Cameron and W. David Pierce. Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: Resolving the Controversy. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 2003, 255 pages, $65.95. Cameron and Pierce seek to answer the seemingly simple question: "Do rewards impact...

Aaron Cohen. Multiple Commitments in the Workplace: an Integrative Approach.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Aaron Cohen. Multiple Commitments in the Workplace: An Integrative Approach. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 354 pages, $69.95 cloth, $34.50 softcover. In this book, Cohen provides a comprehensive and in-depth treatment of...

Walter C. Borman, Daniel R. Ilgen, and Richard J. Klimoski (Editors). Handbook of Psychology, Volume 12: industrial and Organizational Psychology.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Walter C. Borman, Daniel R. Ilgen, and Richard J. Klimoski (Editors). Handbook of Psychology, Volume 12: Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2003, 649 pages, $150.00. A profession's handbook should...

Books and materials received *.
March 22, 2004... Ahlrichs, Nancy S. Manager of Choice: Five Competencies for Cultivating Top Talent. Palo Alto: Davies-Black, 2003, 232 pages, $27.95. Bellow, Adam. In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History. New York: Doubleday, 2003, 565 pages, $30.00. ...