A5111790945- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Cultural Differences and Values
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Organizational Learning and Leadership
- Coaching Methods and Impact
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Sleep and related disorders
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Political Science Research and Education
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
Central Washington University
2012-2025
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2007-2011
Purdue University West Lafayette
1997
Today’s leaders face unprecedented challenges in attempting to manage interactions between social identity group members with a history of tension society at large. Research on faultlines suggests that groups often polarize response events make salient, resulting negative work outcomes. The current research extends the literature by examining precipitating (triggers) activate faultline. Qualitative interview data were collected from two samples employees working multiple countries identify...
The authors examined the effects of two types motivation, driven to work and enjoyment work, on managers’ ( N = 346) performance, career satisfaction, psychological strain. Performance was assessed using 360-degree performance ratings. also tested self-esteem motives. They found that motive positively related satisfaction negatively Driven had no main but appeared interact with influence When high, unrelated or low, increases in were associated both Self-esteem work. Overall, authors’...
The ability to make careful observations of challenging problems and use those develop an accurate mental model is extremely helpful for managerial decision-making. This black box exercise explores these concepts using a digital representation where participants can only observe inputs outputs from the box. After making observations, individuals try putting together mechanism inside that could explain what they are seeing. Small teams then discuss individual models come up with team feel...
When societal conflicts between social identity groups spill over into organizations, leaders face the formidable challenge of attempting to bridge differences and manage conflict in order accomplish work. After reviewing literature on intergroup conflict, workplace diversity theory, we examine four potential leadership strategies for managing identity-based conflicts. The are decategorization, recategorization, subcategorization crosscutting. Examples drawn from an interview-based study...
Purpose The global nature of today’s business environment, coupled with technological advances, has resulted in leaders working an increasingly diverse workforce worldwide. An emerging stream research examines the beliefs that individuals, groups, and organizations have regarding diversity. purpose this paper is to add work by looking at subordinate perceptions a leader’s about diversity how relates performance. Design/methodology/approach Using archival data, authors examine 33,976 (from 36...
Abstract This study compares East Asians' evaluations of task and maintenance inputs in reward allocation decisions examines the effects that inequity various types rewards have on fairness judgements. Based a sample 587 employees from organizations Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, we find Kong Chinese Korean are more likely to want their supervisors emphasize inputs, while Japanese value allocation. Results also show there significant country differences judgements associated with inputs. For...
Conflicts are an inherent part of organizational life, particularly when diverse people work together. When conflicts based on social identity arise (e.g. a conflict gender-based tension) how one would respond as leader to deal with the may be influenced by one’s group membership. A comparative field study using 218 male and female employees from United States South Africa examined influence gender national culture helpful leadership responses indicative respect equality hypothetical...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence both value congruence between employees and supervisors as well important role employee voice for optimal outcomes in organizations. Design/methodology/approach A heterogeneous sample 495 working adults across business sectors completed instruments on fit, voice, citizenship behaviors, commitment psychological well-being. Findings Results suggest when experience fit with their immediate supervisor, they express Employee partially...
This study compares East Asians' evaluations of task and maintenance inputs in reward allocation decisions examines the effects that inequity various types rewards have on fairness judgements. Based a sample 587 employees from organizations Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, we find Kong Chinese Korean are more likely to want their supervisors emphasize inputs, while Japanese value allocation. Results also show there significant country differences judgements associated with inputs. For example,...
The haploid gametophytes of the fern Ceratopteris richardii are autotrophic and develop independently diploid sporophyte plant. While genetics is useful for screening characterizing mutations affecting gametophyte development in Ceratopteris, it difficult to assess whether a gametophytic mutation dominant or recessive determine allelism by complementation analysis organism. This report describes how apospory can be used produce genetically marked polyploid sporophytes whose progeny...
Research about the implications that cultural differences have for managers in different parts of Anglophone Canada and United States, like management studies regional culture throughout world, been based on varied, narrowly focused theories reached varied conclusions. Here, we identify compare immigrant group characteristics contemporary socioeconomic figure strongly research comparing Canada, their regions. We summarize predictions each immigration theory characteristic makes two are most...