Posts Tagged ‘Simmons’
shorts.012 | Autonomy Enables the Helpful to Perform
If everyone in your organization only did what was written in their formal job descriptions, your business would be mediocre at best. For your business to excel, your workforce from top to bottom needs to be full of good organizational citizens. Good citizens at work go above and beyond their assigned duties to try to help [...]
shorts.011 | Goal-Setting and Group Performance
Some fascinating new research on the effect of goal setting on group performance was recently published in the Journal of Applied Psychology (full citation below). The authors conducted a meta-analysis of 131 previously published studies on goal setting. The results show that the worst thing you can do for group performance is to set nonspecific goals. Even [...]
shorts.009 | Servant Leadership and Team Performance
The empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of servant leadership is still underdeveloped but a few new and well done studies are very encouraging. I recently reported a study that showed how servant leadership enhances team performance by creating trust with followers and fostering a team environment where members feel safe to take risks. Now a study from [...]
The Key to Growth
A few weeks ago, Bret Simmons posted a video manifesto about investing in employees on his website. We thought it was so good, we chose to repost it here. Check the video out below and see BretlSimmons.com for the full transcript. Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business [...]
shorts.008 | Does Pay Level Affect Job Satisfaction?
Not much, according to a meta-analytic study of 92 separate studies recently published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior (Judge, T.A., et. al. 2010. The relationship between pay and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis of the literature. 77: 157-167.) The authors concluded: …level of pay had little relation to either job or pay satisfaction. This indicates [...]
