Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap: Employee Satisfaction and Success

Business-unit-level relationship between employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: a meta-analysisHarter, J.K., Schmidt, F.L. and Hayes, T.L. (2002)Journal of Applied PsychologyVol. 87, pp. 268-79. Why do employee satisfaction and engagement matter? They’re just based on employee opinions. Do they really have any bearing on hard business outcomes? Turns out, there is a lot ofContinue reading “Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap: Employee Satisfaction and Success”

Is your employee assessment strategy Army Strong?

The US military has pioneered selection methodology for years and continues to do so with an increasing amount of accuracy and sophistication.

Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap: Employee Selection Methods

The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: Practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings.Psychological Bulletin1998. Vol 124 No. 2, 262-274Copyright 1998 by the American Psychological Association One of the most cited and important scholarly works in the field of IO Psychology and certainly a huge influence on my education andContinue reading “Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap: Employee Selection Methods”

Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap: The Big Five Personality Traits

The Big Five Personality Dimensions And Job Performance: A Meta-Analysis Barrick, M. R., & Mount, M. K. (1991)Personnel Psychology1991. vol 44 Another seminal academic article for the field of IO Psychology was the work done by Murray Barrick and Michael Mount investigating the relationship between the Big Five personality traits (Extraversion, Emotional Stability, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness,Continue reading “Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap: The Big Five Personality Traits”