Personnel Psychology back issues from October 2004:
MEASURING JOB INTERVIEW ANXIETY: BEYOND WEAK KNEES AND SWEATY PALMS
Oct 01, 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 goes beyond the measurement of "weak knees" and "sweaty ...
ASSESSING THE BURDENS OF LEADERSHIP: EFFECTS OF FORMAL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE OVER TIME
Oct 01, 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 era of the National Hockey League (N = 201 ) were ...
EXPLORING APPLICANT POOL QUANTITY AND QUALITY: THE EFFECTS OF EARLY RECRUITMENT PRACTICE STRATEGIES, CORPORATE ADVERTISING, AND FIRM REPUTATION
Oct 01, 2004; ... Drawing on marketing and recruitment theory, we examined relationships among early recruitment practices, organizational factors, and organization-level recruitment outcomes, predicting that lowinvolvement recruitment practices, high-involvement recruitment practices, corporate advertising, and ...
DIMENSIONALITY AND VALIDITY OF A STRUCTURED TELEPHONE REFERENCE CHECK PROCEDURE
Oct 01, 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 organization. The procedure was designed to be ...
JOB SEEKING AMONG RETIREES SEEKING BRIDGE EMPLOYMENT
Oct 01, 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 after retirement (bridge employment) and (b) ...
APPLICANT REACTIONS TO SELECTION PROCEDURES: AN UPDATED MODEL AND META-ANALYSIS
Oct 01, 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 more likely to view the organization favorably and ...
Strategic Human Resource Development
Oct 01, 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 efforts? Does it include some broader elements such ...
Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy
Oct 01, 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 specialty publishers, doesn't say so anywhere in ...
DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation
Oct 01, 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 career as an assistant professor at Bentley, ...
Postmodernism and Management: Pros, Cons, and the Alternative
Oct 01, 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 postmodernismonly that terms such as "stories" (as in "telling a story" rather than ...
The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development
Oct 01, 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 Leadership's (CCL) Handbook of Leader Development ...
Cultural Intelligence: Individual Interactions across Cultures
Oct 01, 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 misunderstanding leads to conflict, low morale, and lack of ...
Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations
Oct 01, 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 chapter on personality and work in the Research in ...
Understanding Emotion at Work
Oct 01, 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, I was quite delighted to be offered the ...
Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International Comparison
Oct 01, 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 Human Resources (Daniel J.B. Mitchell, Series ...
Cross-Cultural Management, Volume 1: The Theory of Culture / Cross-Cultural Management, Volume 2: Managing Cultural Differences
Oct 01, 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 Management, Volume 2: Managing Cultural Differences ....
The E-Learning Question and Answer Book: A Survival Guide for Trainers and Business Managers
Oct 01, 2004; ... Allan J. Henderson. The ?-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 a periodic basis to discuss current issues was ...
The Complete Reference Checking Handbook: The Proven (and Legal) Way to Prevent Hiring Mistakes
Oct 01, 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. This second edition of the book is aimed at ...
Shared Leadership: Reframing the How and Whys of Leadership
Oct 01, 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 leadershipthose that focus on the relationships ...
Misbehavior in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Management
Oct 01, 2004; ... Yoav Vardi and Ely Weitz. Misbehavior in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Management. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004, 337 pages, $34.50 softcover. Julie Andrews on management: Production slowdowns and absenteeism, Pilfering supplies and ...
The End of Stress as We Know It
Oct 01, 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 research on the biology and neuroscience of stress ....
Organizing Business Knowledge: The MIT Process Handbook
Oct 01, 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 Science (CCS) at MIT has been compiling and studying ...
The AMA Handbook of E-Learning: Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions
Oct 01, 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 through very thoroughly the challenge of reviewing ...
Play to Your Strengths: Managing Your Internal Labor Markets for Lasting Competitive Advantage
Oct 01, 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 Strengths offers a unique and insightful bridge ...
Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement
Oct 01, 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 coaching emerged as a topic considered significant ...
Innovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern Organizations
Oct 01, 2004; ... Wayne M. Bundy. 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. Innovation, creativity, and change have been at ...
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment Volume 4: Industrial and Organizational Assessment
Oct 01, 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 the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological ...