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Tracking the Effects of Technology-Automation Disruptions on Human Work

Author: Xinyu Chu, Catherine Liu, Pooja Juvekar Many industry leaders believe we are currently at the peak of the fourth industrial revolution (The World Economic Forum, 2016). Unlike previous industrial revolutions, in which technology was used to streamline production, aiding with simple, specific, routinized tasks, modern technologies have enabled automation of a much wider range of … Continue reading “Tracking the Effects of Technology-Automation Disruptions on Human Work”

Eldercare and Workers

By: Keaton Fletcher Research Hole: Workers Caring for Elders Work Science Center Network Member Boris Baltes teamed up with four other researches to put out a plea: help fill the knowledge gap about workers caring for elders. These five scientists dedicated a year to soliciting original research about employees providing eldercare. As a result, they … Continue reading “Eldercare and Workers”

How to Thrive At Work: Hannes Zacher

Author: Yendi McNeil What does it mean to thrive at work and how do we achieve this goal? Thriving at work has been described as a positive psychological state accompanied by a sense of vitality and learning (Kleine, Rudolph, & Zacher, 2019), but understanding what leads to, and results from, thriving at work is a much … Continue reading “How to Thrive At Work: Hannes Zacher”

To Maximize Employee Outcomes, Focus on Exchange

Author: E. L. Moraff Most employers can imagine their dream employee. This employee has valued skills, works hard, believes in the company’s mission, consistently goes above and beyond and so on. Organizations spend precious resources in an effort to successfully identify, hire, and retain these individuals. But understanding how to create a culture that supports, engages, … Continue reading “To Maximize Employee Outcomes, Focus on Exchange”

How to Use LinkedIn for Hiring

By: Keaton Fletcher Social Media, specifically LinkedIn, has played an increasingly important role in connecting job seekers with employers and recruiters. In an article recently published in Personnel Psychology, Roulin and Levashina (2019) presented data from two studies exploring how LinkedIn is, and can be, used as a selection tool. As a first step to … Continue reading “How to Use LinkedIn for Hiring”

Network Research Highlight: Outcomes of Negative Age Stereotypes

By: Keaton Fletcher Meta-stereotypes are those that we think other people hold against a group. So an age meta-stereotype is what you think other people think about your age group. These stereotypes can be positive or negative. Work Science Center Network Member, Lisa Finkelstein, led a team of researchers, including fellow WSC Network Member, Hannes … Continue reading “Network Research Highlight: Outcomes of Negative Age Stereotypes”

WSC Network Member, Phillip Ackerman, Receives 2019 Julius E. Uhlaner Award

About the Award The award is named after the late Julius “Jay” E. Uhlaner. The former Army Research Institute (ARI) technician and chief psychologist of the U.S. Army left a lasting legacy through his leadership and research achievements in applying psychology to military problems. In 1976, Uhlaner received the Presidential Award for Management Improvement from … Continue reading “WSC Network Member, Phillip Ackerman, Receives 2019 Julius E. Uhlaner Award”

WSC Network Research Highlight: Measuring Team Processes

By: Keaton Fletcher Working with other people in a team requires an entirely new set of behaviors than working in isolation. WSC Network Member, Margaret Luciano, along with a team of researchers, led by John Mathieu, recently published a paper in Organizational Research Methods, about these behaviors. Specifically, teams researchers have relied on a framework of team processes … Continue reading “WSC Network Research Highlight: Measuring Team Processes”

Supervisors Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Jobs

By: Keaton Fletcher Transitioning from active military duty to civilian jobs can be particularly challenging, but relatively little empirical work has been done to explore this period. A recent paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology (Hammer, Wan, Brockwood, Bodner & Mohr, 2019) examines how supportive behaviors from a supervisor can help in this … Continue reading “Supervisors Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Jobs”

WSC Network Research Highlight: Encouraging Whistleblowing

By: Elizabeth Moraff Work Science Center Network Member, Darell Burell, and a team of researchers recently published a paper investigating factors impacting whistleblowing in police departments. The research team identified a series of allegations of police misconduct and the nationwide increase in such complaints. The article notes that police face particular stressors in their role, and that indications … Continue reading “WSC Network Research Highlight: Encouraging Whistleblowing”