Personnel Psychology back issues from December 2008:
UNDERWATER STOCK OPTIONS AND VOLUNTARY EXECUTIVE TURNOVER: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL AND ECONOMIC THEORIES
Dec 01, 2008; ... In a study of top U.S. executives between 1996 and 2006, we examined the impact of underwater stock options on voluntary turnover. Financial and economic logic suggests that underwater options may carry a positive valuation based on Black-Scholes (BS) pricing, even when the current market price ...
DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENT WITHIN AND FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT CENTERS: CONSIDERING FEEDBACK FAVORABILITY AND SELF-ASSESSOR AGREEMENT
Dec 01, 2008; ... This study sought to understand employees' level of behavioral engagement in response to feedback received in developmental assessment center (DAC) programs. Hypotheses were drawn from theories of self-enhancement and self-consistency and from findings in the multisource feedback and assessment ...
THE ROLE OF JOB EMBEDDEDNESS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS WITH LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AND ORGANIZATION-BASED SELF-ESTEEM
Dec 01, 2008; ... Although job embeddedness was originally conceptualized to explain job stability or "why people stay" in their organizations, this investigation examines the role of job embeddedness as a hypothesized moderator of relationships among leader-member exchange (LMX), organization-based self-esteem ...
HOW TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP WEAVES ITS INFLUENCE ON INDIVIDUAL JOB PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF IDENTIFICATION AND EFFICACY BELIEFS
Dec 01, 2008; ... This study examined how transformational leadership directly and indirectly relates to supervisory-rated performance collected over time including 437 participants employed by 6 U.S. banking organizations in the midwest. Results revealed that one's identification with his or her work unit, ...
INCREASED ACCURACY FOR RANGE RESTRICTION CORRECTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY AND GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY IN JOB AND TRAINING PERFORMANCE
Dec 01, 2008; ... A recently developed procedure produces substantial improvements in the accuracy of corrections for range restriction and reveals that predictive validities of employment selection methods are higher than previously thought. This study applied this procedure to meta-analytic validities of 2 ...
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CRITERION-RELATED VALIDATION OF SELECTION PROCEDURES: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE
Dec 01, 2008; ... The use of validated employee selection and promotion procedures is critical to workforce productivity and to the legal defensibility of the personnel decisions made on the basis of those procedures. Consequently, there have been numerous scholarly developments that have considerable ...
The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Leadership Development Tools
Dec 01, 2008; ... Jack Gordon (Editor). The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Leadership Development Tools. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2008, 464 pages, $35.00 softcover. The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Leadership Development Tools is organized into three sections: "Presentations and Discussion Resources," ...
Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (2nd edition)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Susan B. Wilson and Michael S. Dobson. Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (2nd edition). New York: American Management Association, 2008, 118 pages, $12.00 softcover. At some point in your career, many of you have likely heard about the value of setting ...
Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
Dec 01, 2008; ... Stewart Friedman. Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing, 2008,233 pages, $25.95 softcover. Total Leadership isn't your traditional business book. It isn't about foolproof sales techniques, how to get your dream job, or squeezing ...
Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America-And How We Can Get More of It
Dec 01, 2008; ... Arthur C. Brooks. Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America-And How We Can Get More of It. New York: Basic Books, 2008, 277 pages, $26.95, hardcover. In Gross National Happiness, Brooks offers comprehensive evidence regarding the development and experience of ...
Organization Change: Theory and Practice. (2nd edition)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Burke W. Warner. Organization Change: Theory and Practice. (2nd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008,352 pages, $46.95 softcover. It's almost impossible to pick up a business periodical these days and not read about some type of changes occurring in businesses, both large ...
Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons
Dec 01, 2008; ... Peter Barnes. Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons. San Francisco: Berret-Koehier, 2006, 195 pages, $22.95 hardcover. The author contends that corporations, with no resistance from a captive government, are privatizing the commons, profiting from it, and externalizing the ...