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An Explanation of Personality Change in Organizational Science: Personality as an Outcome of Workplace Stress

by | Friday, March 19, 2021 | Behaviour, Big-5, BPS-RQTU Psychometrics, Brain, Change, HRM, Personality, PsyAsia Organisational Psychology, Stress, Work

March 19, 2021 Journal of Management, Ahead of Print. Organizational scholarship has recently begun to treat personality as malleable in workplace settings and has called for personality change to be incorporated into current research. The lack of a comprehensive,...

Adoption of high‐performance work systems in small and medium‐sized enterprises

by | Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | China, HRM, Innovation, Management, Performance, PsyAsia Organisational Psychology, Work

March 10, 2021 This paper investigates the factors influencing the adoption of high‐performance work systems (HPWS) in Chinese small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). The paper is based on a sample of 207 SMEs, which covers many of the ownership types and business...

Visible Tattoos as a Source of Employment Discrimination Among Female Applicants for a Supervisory Position

by | Monday, March 8, 2021 | Discrimination, Diversity, Employee, Hiring, Organisational Psychology, PsyAsia Organisational Psychology, Recruitment, Selection

March 8, 2021 Abstract Although tattoos have increased in popularity, they may put individuals at a disadvantage when seeking employment. Drawing on the justification-suppression model and the stereotype content model, we propose that job applicants with visible...

A mindfulness intervention promoting work–life balance: How segmentation preference affects changes in detachment, well‐being, and work–life balance

by | Saturday, March 6, 2021 | Balance, Change, Mindfullness, Organisational Psychology, PsyAsia Organisational Psychology, Stress, Work

March 6, 2021 This study evaluates a three‐week online self‐training intervention teaching mindfulness as a cognitive–emotional segmentation strategy. Daily effects on psychological detachment, affective well‐being, psychological and strain‐based work–family conflict,...

Nudging flow through ‘SMART’ goal setting to decrease stress, increase engagement, and increase performance at work

by | Saturday, March 6, 2021 | Engagement, Goals, Organisational Psychology, Performance, PsyAsia Organisational Psychology, Stress, Work

March 6, 2021 The construct of flow has been associated with a plethora of positive work outcomes such as performance, engagement, and reduced burnout. However, flow is understudied in the domain of work and there is a lack of empirical examinations of flow...