Research

Give Employees More Complex Work and Control Over Work Time to Increase Work-Family Satisfaction

Tom Goddard — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:37:57 -0500

In recent years, employers have paid increasing attention to their employees’ struggle to balance work and family responsibilities. Often, this effort has taken the form of providing more family-friendly benefits and policies. However, it now seems that work redesign may be one tool available to employers. Valcour’s study of service employees and their work-family satisfaction concluded that, while the more hours a person works, the less likely that person is to be satisfied with the work-family balance, job complexity and control over work hours is much more important.

Interpersonal Punishments and Rewards Tell Pregnant Women: Shop, Don’t Work

Tom Goddard — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:09:54 -0500

Pregnant women have a special status, but “special” is not necessarily good, particularly when it comes to the workplace. In a fascinating exploration of the Theory of Ambivalent Sexism, Hebl and her colleagues examined how pregnant women are treated differentially from non-pregnant women in two kinds of settings: one consistent with a sexist view of the “proper”, or more traditional role for women (e.g. shopping), and one inconsistent with that view (e.g. employment in a traditionally masculine job). The short answer to their questions is this: through a series of subtle manifestations of sexism, pregnant women are more likely than non-pregnant women to be treated rudely and evaluated harshly as job applicants, and are more likely to be treated in an overly benevolent, even patronizing way than nonpregnant women when shopping.

Note to Entrepreneurs: Planning, Not Just Brains and Guts, Holds a Key to Your Organization’s Success

Tom Goddard — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:20:18 -0500

There is a widely held belief, among both entrepreneurs and researchers, that the world of entrepreneurship is best navigated by instinct, not careful, elaborate planning. However, Frese and his colleagues at Justus-Liebig-University, in Giessen, Germany, would disagree. As it turns out, “elaborate and proactive planning” is significantly related to entrepreneurial success.

States

Tom Goddard — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:41:47 -0500

Behind the hyperlinks listed below, you'll find blogs addressing organizational research that has implications for the "All States" dimension of Integral Theory. Blogs that clearly fit into any one of the states will be found behind the hyperlink bearing that state's name, while blogs that consciously cross state boundaries will be found behind the hyperlink named "Integral".

Integral (All Quadrants)

Tom Goddard — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:29:55 -0500

These blogs highlight research that point to an integration across quadrant boundaries of the "All-Quadrant" dimension of Integral Theory.

Systemic (Lower Right)

Tom Goddard — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:28:33 -0500

These blogs highlight research that focus on the "systemic" quadrant of the "All-Quadrant" dimension of Integral Theory.

Intentional (Upper Left)

Tom Goddard — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:48:22 -0500

These blogs highlight research that focus on the "intentional" quadrant of the "All-Quadrant" dimension of Integral Theory.

Quadrants

Tom Goddard — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:45:50 -0500

Behind the hyperlinks listed below, you'll find blogs addressing organizational research that has implications for the "All Quadrants" dimension of Integral Theory. Blogs that clearly fit into any of the quadrants will be found behind the hyperlink bearing that quadrant's name, while blogs that consciously cross quadrant boundaries will be found behind the hyperlink named "Integral".

An Integral View of Research in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Tom Goddard — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:39:53 -0500

In this page, I attempt to impose some order on my diverse blogs about research in industrial and organizational psychology. I use the AQAL version of Integral Theory, as articulated by Ken Wilber and our colleagues at the Integral Institute, as an organizing mechanism. Naturally, many of my blogs will not fit neatly into a particular dimension of Integral Theory. Reasonable minds no doubt will differ with me about my taxonomy. I welcome your comments about how things ought to be rearranged.

Irreverent Summaries of Recent Organizational Research Findings -- Installment #1

Tom Goddard — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:05:58 -0500

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.