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View article: The perils of leadership development: unintended consequences for employee withdrawal behaviour and conflict
The perils of leadership development: unintended consequences for employee withdrawal behaviour and conflict Open
This study examines potential negative human resource consequences of leadership development. Applying theoretical perspectives on job demands and resources, we argue that leadership development may result in potential negative outcomes by…
View article: A critical review of the use of cognitive ability testing for selection into graduate and higher professional occupations
A critical review of the use of cognitive ability testing for selection into graduate and higher professional occupations Open
This article presents a critical review of the use of cognitive ability testing for access to graduate and higher professional occupations to promote further debate and reflection in both the academic and practitioner community. The main c…
View article: Personality at Work
Personality at Work Open
Studies of personality at work have made significant contributions to theory and applied practice in work and organizational settings. This review article proposes that there are also reciprocal influences between core personality science …
View article: Learning to self‐lead: Examining self‐leadership strategies, personality traits and learning attainment
Learning to self‐lead: Examining self‐leadership strategies, personality traits and learning attainment Open
This study examined self‐leadership, an integrative concept in organisational behaviour and psychology, that represents a person's ability to manage themselves and improve their own performance through a combination of behavioural, cogniti…
View article: An introduction to the Trait Personality Inventory
An introduction to the Trait Personality Inventory Open
This article introduces the Trait Personality Inventory (referred to simply as Trait), designed and published online by Aston Business Assessments. Trait is a measure of 13 personality dimensions, which are used by practitioners and client…
View article: Tired of email? Examining the role of extraversion in building energy resources after dealing with work-email
Tired of email? Examining the role of extraversion in building energy resources after dealing with work-email Open
Office-based work today involves dealing with email, despite being denigrated and lauded in almost equal measures. Using the Conservation of Resources theory we examine whether Extraversion (expressed through two facets) acts as a resource…
View article: Personnel selection in the digital age: a review of validity and applicant reactions, and future research challenges
Personnel selection in the digital age: a review of validity and applicant reactions, and future research challenges Open
We present a targeted review of recent developments and advances in digital selection procedures (DSPs) with particular attention to advances in internet-based techniques. By reviewing the emergence of DSPs in selection research and practi…
View article: The restorative effect of work after unemployment: An intraindividual analysis of subjective well-being recovery through reemployment.
The restorative effect of work after unemployment: An intraindividual analysis of subjective well-being recovery through reemployment. Open
Previous research shows that unemployment has lasting detrimental effects on individuals' subjective well-being. However, the issue of how well-being evolves after individuals switch back into the labor force has received little theoretica…
View article: Standing in my customer's shoes: Effects of customer‐oriented perspective taking on proactive service performance
Standing in my customer's shoes: Effects of customer‐oriented perspective taking on proactive service performance Open
We develop a theoretical framework that delineates the process by which customer‐oriented perspective taking contributes to employees’ proactive service performance. Drawing from motivated information processing and proactivity perspective…
View article: The Restorative Effect of Work after Unemployment
The Restorative Effect of Work after Unemployment Open
A substantial body of research shows that unemployment has detrimental effects on individuals’ subjective well-being, which is consistent with the prediction of the theory of latent functions of employment. However, empirical research also…
View article: On the dynamics of work identity in atypical employment: setting out a research agenda
On the dynamics of work identity in atypical employment: setting out a research agenda Open
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology on 27 Feb 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2018.1444605
View article: Examining conscientiousness as a key resource in resisting email interruptions: Implications for volatile resources and goal achievement
Examining conscientiousness as a key resource in resisting email interruptions: Implications for volatile resources and goal achievement Open
Within the context of the conservation of resources model, when a resource is deployed, it is depleted – albeit temporarily. However, when a ‘key’, stable resource, such as Conscientiousness, is activated (e.g., using a self‐control strate…
View article: Personality and Intelligence
Personality and Intelligence Open
In this study, we examine the associations of the scales of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI; a measure of personality traits) with intelligence measured by four cognitive ability tests, completed by a sample of 4,876 working ad…
View article: Toward a periodic table of personality: Mapping personality scales between the five-factor model and the circumplex model.
Toward a periodic table of personality: Mapping personality scales between the five-factor model and the circumplex model. Open
In this study, we examine the structures of 10 personality inventories (PIs) widely used for personnel assessment by mapping the scales of PIs to the lexical Big Five circumplex model resulting in a Periodic Table of Personality. Correlati…
View article: Harnessing demographic differences in organizations: What moderates the effects of workplace diversity?
Harnessing demographic differences in organizations: What moderates the effects of workplace diversity? Open
Summary To account for the double‐edged nature of demographic workplace diversity (i.e,. relational demography, work group diversity, and organizational diversity) effects on social integration, performance, and well‐being‐related variable…
View article: Measuring the Immeasurable: the Perceived Coaching Effectiveness Scale
Measuring the Immeasurable: the Perceived Coaching Effectiveness Scale Open
This paper presents the perceived coaching effectiveness scale (PCE) which was developed in response to the lack of an adequately rigorous, reliable and valid measure of coaching outcomes from the coachees perspective. Scale development pr…