Personnel Psychology back issues from July 2004:
WORK VALUE CONGRUENCE AND INTRINSIC CAREER SUCCESS: THE COMPENSATORY ROLES OF LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
Jul 01, 2004; ... We hypothesized that leader-member exchange (LMX) and perceived organizational support (POS) would each interact with work value congruence in relation to intrinsic career success. In a sample of 520 teachers from 30 high schools in Turkey, we found that work value congruence was positively ...
A LONGITUDINAL MODEL OF SPONSORSHIP AND CAREER SUCCESS: A STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
Jul 01, 2004; ... Drawing from research on the sociology of science, we hypothesized a model of academic career success in an effort to extend research on particularistic and universalistic influences on career success. Results, based on a sample of 154 members of the Society of Industrial and Organizational ...
PROTEGES' NEGATIVE MENTORING EXPERIENCES: CONSTRUCT DEVELOPMENT AND NOMOLOGICAL VALIDATION
Jul 01, 2004; ... Two studies were conducted to operationalize the construct of negative mentoring experiences, establish content validity, and test theory-based predictions associated with a nomological network of related variables. As predicted, the negative experiences of mentor Distancing Behavior and Lack of ...
UNDERSTANDING SELF-OTHER AGREEMENT: A LOOK AT RATER AND RATEE CHARACTERISTICS, CONTEXT, AND OUTCOMES
Jul 01, 2004; ... This study investigated (a) the relative importance of a number of biographic (e.g., age, race, gender) and contextual (e.g., span of control, functional area) variables and their interactions on self-other agreement and (b) the relationship between self-other agreement and outcome variables ...
REMOTE CONTROL: PREDICTORS OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING INTENSITY AND SECRECY
Jul 01, 2004; ... Electronic monitoring research has focused predominantly on the reactions of monitored employees and less attention has been paid to the processes that trigger managers' decisions to electronically monitor subordinates. Employing a distributed virtual team simulation, this study examined the ...
MATCHING INDIVIDUALS TO OCCUPATIONS USING ABILITIES AND THE O*NET: ISSUES AND AN APPLICATION IN CAREER GUIDANCE
Jul 01, 2004; ... The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is a modern computerized occupational database with the potential to be an important resource for numerous work-related applications. However, developing any O*NET-based application requires working through conceptual, methodological, and practical ...
Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America
Jul 01, 2004; ... Ancella B. Livers and Keith A. Carver. Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003, 240 pages, $27.95 hardcover. Yet another book on race! Haven't plenty of authors (for example, Bell & Nkomo, 2001; Dickens & ...
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
Jul 01, 2004; ... Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003, 182 pages, $12.95 softcover. Is there a gender gap in the field of computing? Are girls and women out of the loop in the biggest technology revolution of our time? Are men more ...
Beyond Work-Family Balance: Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Performance
Jul 01, 2004; ... Rhona Rapoport, Lotte Bailyn, Joyce K. Fletcher, and Bettye H. Pruitt. Beyond Work-Family Balance: Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002, 244 pages, $29.95 hardcover. Beyond Work-Family Balance, authored by a diverse group of scholars and ...
Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Handbook of Cultural, Social Science, Management, and Legal Perspectives
Jul 01, 2004; ... Michele Paludi and Carmen A. Paludi, Jr. (Editors). Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Handbook of Cultural, Social Science, Management, and Legal Perspectives. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003, 230 pages, $79.95 hardcover. Sexual harassment is one of the more controversial topics of ...
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently. . . and Why
Jul 01, 2004; ... Richard E. Nisbett. The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently. . . and Why. New York: The Free Press, 2003, 263 pages, $24.00 hardcover. When you peer into a fish tank, do you tend to zero in on the largest and brightest fish in the tank or are you more likely ...
The Wisdom in Feeling: Psychological Processes in Emotional Intelligence
Jul 01, 2004; ... Lisa Feldman Barrett and Peter Salovey (Editors). The Wisdom in Feeling: Psychological Processes in Emotional Intelligence. New York: Guilford Press, 2002, 444 pages, $50.00 hardcover. This book focuses on emotional intelligence (EI), an important topic in organizational research and ...
The Creativity Conundrum: A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions
Jul 01, 2004; ... Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman, and Jean E. Pretz. The Creativity Conundrum: A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions. New York: Psychology Press, 2002, 141 pages, $44.95 hardcover. Larry King, talk show host and erstwhile newspaper columnist, occasionally wrote pithy ...
Leadership Processes and Follower Self-Identity
Jul 01, 2004; ... Robert G. Lord and Douglas J. Brown. Leadership Processes and Follower Self-Identity. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004, 248 pages, $55.00 hardcover. What are your assumptions about leadership? One of the most commonly held assumptions is that leadership is about getting ...
The Future of Leadership Development
Jul 01, 2004; ... Susan E. Murphy and Ronald E. Riggio. The Future of Leadership Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 279 pages, $34.50, hardcover. This book is the product of the 11th Annual Kravis de-Roulet Conference in 2001 (which might make one wonder if the "future" hasn't ...
Human Resource Management in Virtual Organizations
Jul 01, 2004; ... Robert L. Heneman and David B. Greenberger (Editors). Human Resource Management in Virtual Organizations. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002, 381 pages, $73.25 hardcover, $39.95 softcover. As we move into the 21st century, a number of innovations that were once merely ideas ...
Online Learning Today: Strategies that Work
Jul 01, 2004; ... Heather Shea-Schultz and John Fogerty. Online Learning Today: Strategies that Work. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2002, 200 pages, $18.95 softcover. When I retired from my corporate position as Chief Learning Officer in 2000 and entered the world of academia, the e-learning frenzy was ...
The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook
Jul 01, 2004; ... Jack E. Edwards, John C. Scott, and Nambury S. Raju (Editors). The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2003, 571 pages, $89.95 hardcover. We have all heard of competitive forces, demographic trends, technological innovations, and so on, affecting the ...
Developing Organizational Simulations: A Guide for Practitioners and Students
Jul 01, 2004; ... George C. Thornton III and Rose A. Mueller-Hanson. Developing Organizational Simulations: A Guide for Practitioners and Students. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004, 258 pages, $29.95 softcover. For those who wish to build a simulation exercise, this is a valuable book. It is ...
Rocket-Hire: Buyer's Guide to Web-Based Screening and Staffing Systems
Jul 01, 2004; ... Charles A. Handler and Steven T. Hunt. Rocket-Hire: Buyer's Guide to Web-Based Screening and Staffing Systems. New Orleans, LA: Rocket Hire, 2003, 253 pages, $375 softcover. Soon you'll be able to walk into a store, pick up the goods you want, and walk out. No lines at the checkout ...
The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques
Jul 01, 2004; ... Michael M. Beyerlein, Craig McGee, Gerald D. Klein, Jill E. Nemito, and Laurie Broedling (Editors). The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2003, 671 pages, $45.00 softcover. This Fieldbook is a toolkit for ...
Tall Performance from Short Organizations Through We/Me Power
Jul 01, 2004; ... Gary B. Brumback. Tall Performance from Short Organizations Through We/Me Power. Bloomington, IN: 1stBooksLibrary, 2002, 112 pages, $7.50 softcover, $3.95 e-book. Here's a book for you. It's short-eight chapters and six appendixes in 112 pages. It's inexpensive-when's the last time you ...
How to Design, Implement, and Interpret an Employee Survey
Jul 01, 2004; ... John H. McConnell. How to Design, Implement, and Interpret an Employee Survey. New York: AMACOM, 2003, 317 pages, $49.95. Criteria for supervisory and managerial performance are elusive. Almost all business unit-level outcomes are beyond the immediate control of the individual manager ...
Charging Back Up the Hill: Workplace Recovery After Mergers, Acquisitions, and Downsizing
Jul 01, 2004; ... Mitchell Lee Marks. Charging Back Up the Hill: Workplace Recovery After Mergers, Acquisitions, and Downsizing. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003, 278 pages, $27.95 hardcover. I recently had lunch with a friend who is an industrial psychologist and organization development practitioner in ...
Preventing Workplace Substance Abuse: Beyond Drug Testing to Wellness
Jul 01, 2004; ... Joel B. Bennett and Wayne E.K. Lehman (Editors). Preventing Workplace Substance Abuse: Beyond Drug Testing to Wellness. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2003, 272 pages, $39.95 hardcover. I don't know why people choose to drink to excess or too frequently or why they ...
Strategic Management: Formulation, Implementation, and Control in a Dynamic Environment
Jul 01, 2004; ... Abbass F. Alkhafaji. Strategic Management: Formulation, Implementation, and Control in a Dynamic Environment. New York: Haworth, 2003, 317 pages, $39.95 softcover. Alkhafaji has written a compact (10 chapters) strategic management text that covers the essentials of strategy. It includes ...
Teams that Lead: A Matter of Market Strategy, Leadership Skills, and Executive Strength
Jul 01, 2004; ... Theresa J.B. Kline. Teams that Lead: A Matter of Market Strategy, Leadership Skills, and Executive Strength. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003, 223 pages, $59.95 hardcover, $24.50 softcover. On the book's cover are illustrated three unconnected jigsaw puzzle pieces, each with ...
In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History
Jul 01, 2004; ... Adam Bellow. In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History. New York: Doubleday, 2003, 565 pages, $30.00 hardcopy. I had some good reasons for reading and reviewing this book. The most important was its title. When newcomers to Personnel Psychology see a correlation of .23 between selection ...
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Theory: Meta-Theoretical Perspectives
Jul 01, 2004; ... Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen (Editors). The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Theory: Meta-Theoretical Perspectives. Oxford, UK: Oxford, 2003, 644 pages, £70.00 hardcover. Tsoukas is Professor of Organization Theory and Behaviour at the University of Strathclyde, and the ...
Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives
Jul 01, 2004; ... Linda Klebe Trevino and Gary R. Weaver. Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford, 2003, 364 pages, $45.00 hardcover. For the reader looking for a simple how-to book on the popular topic of how to encourage or assure ethical ...