Journal of Applied Psychology

Today I feel like summarizing some of the more interesting research out of the current issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology (“JAP”) (Volume 93, Number 1, January 2008). I’m doing this for a couple of reasons. First, I’m not always as disciplined as my mentor, Dr. Richard Klimoski, might have hoped in keeping up with the latest research and industrial organizational psychology. This little exercise, if done regularly, might not only help me to show some more of that discipline but also bring to light some interesting things about organizations that might not be widely known. Frankly, I’ve not seen JAP on the bookshelves of very many of my friends and colleagues, which would suggest that some of the cool things I find in there may not be common knowledge.