Personnel Psychology articles from September 2004

Personnel Psychology archives from September 2004

Assessing the burdens of leadership: effects of formal leadership roles on individual performance over time.
September 22, 2004... This study adopted a role-based perspective in examining whether changes in performance over time (i.e., dynamic criteria) were a function of changes in individual leadership role responsibilities. Longitudinal data from captains in the modern...

Measuring job interview anxiety: beyond weak knees and sweaty palms.
September 22, 2004... A multidimensional measure of interview anxiety, called the Measure of Anxiety in Selection Interviews (MASI), was developed using a student sample (N = 212) and tested using a sample of job applicants in a field setting (N = 276). The MASI...

Applicant reactions to selection procedures: an updated model and meta-analysis.
September 22, 2004... An updated theoretical model of applicant reactions to selection procedures is proposed and tested using meta-analysis. Results from 86 independent samples (N = 48,750) indicated that applicants who hold positive perceptions about selection are...

Exploring applicant pool quantity and quality: the effects of early recruitment practice strategies, corporate advertising, and firm reputation.
September 22, 2004... Drawing on marketing and recruitment theory, we examined relationships among early recruitment practices, organizational factors, and organization-level recruitment outcomes, predicting that low-involvement recruitment practices,...

Job seeking among retirees seeking bridge employment.
September 22, 2004... Using a sample of recent retirees, the study described here sought to test the general propositions of the Wanberg, Watt, and Rumsey (1996) model by (a) including specific variables that are likely to be relevant to older adults seeking work...

Dimensionality and validity of a structured telephone reference check procedure.
September 22, 2004... A structured telephone reference check (STRC) was developed to assess three job-relevant personality/interpersonal dimensions (Conscientiousness. Agreeableness, customer focus) for a family of entry-level, customer-contact jobs within a service...

Edgar H. Schein with Peter S. DeLisi, Paul J. Kampas, and Michael M. Sonduck. DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: the Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Edgar H. Schein with Peter S. DeLisi, Paul J. Kampas, and Michael M. Sonduck. DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003, 317 pages, $27.95 hardcover. Early in my...

Ted Nace. Gangs of America: the Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Ted Nace. Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003, 281 pages, $24.95 hardcover. Gangs? As in corporate gangsters? The author, founder of one of the world's largest...

Edwin A. Locke (Editor). Postmodernism and Management: Pros, Cons, and the Alternative.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Edwin A. Locke (Editor). Postmodernism and Management: Pros, Cons, and the Alternative. New York: JAI Press, 2003, 278 pages, $90.00 hardcover. Prior to reading this book, I didn't know much about postmodernism--only that terms such as...

Jim Grieves. Strategic Human Resource Development.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Jim Grieves. Strategic Human Resource Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003, 210 pages, $34.95 softcover. What, exactly, is human resource development (HRD)? Is it just another term to describe training and development...

Harish C. Jain, Peter J. Sloane, and Frank M. Horwitz. Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: an International Comparison.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Harish C. Jain, Peter J. Sloane, and Frank M. Horwitz. Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International Comparison. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003, 248 pages, $26.95 softcover. This book is a volume in the series Issues in Work and...

Christopher Earley and Soon Ang. Cultural Intelligence: Individual Interactions across Cultures.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Christopher Earley and Soon Ang. Cultural Intelligence: Individual Interactions across Cultures. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford, 2003, 379 pages, $70.00 hardcover, $27.95 softcover. Cultural differences lead to misunderstanding and...

Gordon Redding and Bruce W. Stening (Editors). Cross-Cultural Management, Volume 1: the Theory of Culture.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Gordon Redding and Bruce W. Stening (Editors). Cross-Cultural Management, Volume 1: The Theory of Culture. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003, 707 pages, $315.00 hardcover. Gordon Redding and Bruce W. Stening (Editors). Cross-Cultural...

Cynthia D. McCauley and Ellen Van Velsor (Editors). The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Cynthia D. McCauley and Ellen Van Velsor (Editors). The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development (2nd edition). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004, 528 pages, $85.00 hardcover. After reading the Center for Creative...

Craig L. Pearce and Jay A. Conger (Editors). Shared Leadership: Reframing the How and Whys of Leadership.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Craig L. Pearce and Jay A. Conger (Editors). Shared Leadership: Reframing the How and Whys of Leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003, 330 pages, $39.95 softcover. Pearce and Conger argue that traditional conceptions of...

Murray R. Barrick and Ann Marie Ryan (Editors). Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Murray R. Barrick and Ann Marie Ryan (Editors). Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003, 365 pages, $53.00 hardcover. It is 20 years since Howard Weiss and I wrote a...

Yoav Vardi and Ely Weitz. Misbehavior in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Management.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Yoav Vardi and Ely Weitz. Misbehavior in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Management. Mahwah, N J: Lawrence Edbaum Associates. 2004, 337 pages, $34.50 softcover. Julie Andrews on management: Production slowdowns and...

Stephen Fineman. Understanding Emotion at Work.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Stephen Fineman. Understanding Emotion at Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2003, 203 pages, $84.95 hardcover. $32.95 softcover. Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Fineman's (1993, 2000) earlier books on the topic of emotions in the workplace,...

George M. Piskurich (Editor). The AMA Handbook of E-Learning: Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... George M. Piskurich (Editor). The AMA Handbook of E-Learning: Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions. New York: AMACOM, 2003, 450 pages, $55.00 hardcover. When I initially committed to this endeavor, I had not thought...

Allan J. Henderson. The E-Learning Question and Answer Book: a Survival Guide for Trainers and Business Managers.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Allan J. Henderson. The E-Learning Question and Answer Book: A Survival Guide for Trainers and Business Managers. New York: AMACOM, 2003, 240 pages, $19.95 softcover. A few months ago, a group of e-learning specialists whom I meet with on...

Haig R. Nalbantian, Richard A. Guzzo, Dave Kieffer, and Jay Doherty. Play to Your Strengths: Managing Your Internal Labor Markets for Lasting Competitive Advantage.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Haig R. Nalbantian, Richard A. Guzzo, Dave Kieffer, and Jay Doherty. Play to Your Strengths: Managing Your Internal Labor Markets for Lasting Competitive Advantage. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003, 239 pages. $24.95 hardcover. Play to Your...

Edward C. Andler. The Complete Reference Checking Handbook: the Proven (and Legal) Way to Prevent Hiring Mistakes.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Edward C. Andler. The Complete Reference Checking Handbook: The Proven (and Legal) Way to Prevent Hiring Mistakes. New York: AMACOM, 2003, 255 pages, $29.95 hardcover. The Complete Reference Checking Handbook is a really interesting work....

Terry R. Bacon and Karen I. Spear. Adaptive Coaching: the Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Terry R. Bacon and Karen I. Spear. Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black, 2003, 339 pages, $39.95 hardcover. Only in the last few years has executive...

Bruce McEwen with Elizabeth Norton Lasley. The End of Stress as We Know It.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Bruce McEwen with Elizabeth Norton Lasley. The End of Stress as We Know It. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry, 2002, 239 pages, $27.95 softcover. In this book. McEwen of Rockefeller University provides a comprehensive review of the latest...

Wayne M. Bundy. Innovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern Organizations.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Wayne M. Bandy. Innovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern Organizations. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2002, 286 pages, $69.95 hardcover. I have been actively involved in continuous improvement projects in organizations for almost 20 years....

Thomas W. Malone, Kevin Crowston, and George A. Herman (Editors). Organizing Business Knowledge: the MIT Process Handbook.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Thomas W. Malone, Kevin Crowston, and George A. Herman (Editors). Organizing Business Knowledge: The MIT Process Handbook. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003, 633 pages, $55.00 hardcover. For more than a decade, the Center for Coordination...

Jay C. Thomas and Michel Hersen (Editors). Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment Volume 4: Industrial and Organizational Assessment.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Jay C. Thomas and Michel Hersen (Editors). Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment Volume 4: Industrial and Organizational Assessment. New York: Wiley, 2003, 545 pages, $125.00 hardcover. Recently, I had the pleasure of examining...

Books and materials received *.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2004... Abrahamson, Eric. 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. Adams, Guy B. and Balfour. Danny L....