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Showing 1 to 20 of 390 for “"industrial and organizational psychology"”.
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Testing the Efficacy of Interventions to Decrease Racial Bias in Jury Selection
… reducing racial discrimination during voir dire and social scientists have yet to identify a suitable procedure for reducing the bias. The present research examined if methods used in reducing discrimination in industrial and organizational psychology can have a similar impact in a legal setting. …
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ENVIRONMENTAL INGREDIENTS FOR DISASTER: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING THE ALVARADO WORK ENVIRONMENT SCALE OF TOXICITY
<p>Leadership has been a much studied area within industrial and organizational psychology. Recently, scholars have begun to focus on the negative side of leadership; however, a lack of research has limited our understanding of toxic leadership. One step forward in this domain has been the …
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Leadership During Action Team Formation: The Influence of Shared Leadership Among Team Members During the Perioperative Process
… leadership theories that dominate the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, however there is a lack of understanding as to which leadership processes may be most appropriate for action teams in high stress environments. Previous research has articulated leadership behaviors, but has …
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Interrater Agreement of Incumbent Job Specification Importance Ratings: Rater, Occupation, and Item Effects
… the importance of job specifications to much of industrial and organizational psychology, little is known of their reliability or validity. Because job specifications are developed based on input from subject matter experts, interrater agreement is a necessary condition for their validity. The …
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Examination of Perceptions of Procedural Justice When Establishing a Maternity Leave Policy in a University Setting
… of the job that are not related directly to pay and promotion due to the current trend in downsizing organizations. As more women enter the workforce, the issue of maternity leave is also becoming more prevalent. More and more women are working in professional fields and don't want to end their …
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Impact of Employee Performance and Job Status on Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
Once unnoticed and unreported, sexual harassment claims have risen dramatically within the last two decades. Although guidelines published by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1980 provided a definition of sexual harassment, researchers continue to examine variables affecting …
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Differences in Turnover Intentions Between Exempt and Nonexempt Employees
… differences in turnover intentions for exempt and nonexempt employees. Results of measured variable path analysis failed to differentiate exempt and nonexempt employees in their turnover intentions. Because the a priori models failed to support a distinction between exempt and nonexempt …
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A Descriptive Study of the Selection Procedures Used by Kentucky Manufacturers
The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the selection practices used by manufacturing companies in Kentucky and whether the size of the organization and the number of employees hired in 1999 affected the use of valid selection procedures and compliance with EEO Guidelines. Surveys …
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The Role of Gender Interactions, Company Tenure and Job Tenure in Upward Feedback Ratings
… the role of gender interactions, company tenure, and job tenure on leadership ratings of managers by subordinates were examined. Four separate analyses were conducted: a 2 X 2 ANOVA, a 2 X 6 ANOVA, and two Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI) regression analyses in accordance with the procedure …
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A Comparison of the Situational and Patterned Behavioral Description Interview in Predicting Job Performance
… is evident in the wide usage, popularity and the vast amount of research on the utility and psychometric properties of interviews over the last 60 years. Although the vast majority of interview research has focused on the factors influencing the interviewer's rating and comparing …
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The Application of Leadership Skills by Managers, Supervisors, and Group Leaders in a Small Manufacturing Company: Self-Management as a Transfer of Training Method
… to the work setting. Managers, supervisors, and group leaders of a small manufacturing company served as the participants for the study. Two training groups were formed, one which received training in leadership skills only and another which received training in leadership skills and …
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Perceiving Organizational Conflict: The Effect of Occupational Rank and Sex on Perceptions of Conflict in the Workplace
… of conflict were examined with respect to sex and occupational rank. The model for this study was Tjosvold's cooperation theory. Yet, unlike much of Tjosvold's work, I examined cooperation as a dependent rather than an independent variable. A reward-level pre-test was used to account for the …
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Electronic Versus Paper Surveys in an Upward Feedback Application: Are the Methods Equivalent?
… in managers' total scores over that of ratee and rater demographic variables.
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Perceptions of Fairness of Discipline Events in the Work Place
<p>Employees are concerned with the fairness of organizational outcomes they receive and the fairness of the decision-making processes used to determine how these outcomes are allocated in accordance with organizational policies. The present study focused on the distributive justice and procedural …
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