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Organizational performance is an important concept and management tool for professionals

Dr. Sumbul Tahir

Organizational performance: What it is and how to measure and improve it

This CQ Dossier summarizes the existing evidence about the financial, social, psychological, and operational aspects of organizational performance to arrive at a comprehensive definition and introduce interventions how to improve it.

Aleksandra Deric

High-performance work practices: How to improve organizational performance with HPWPs

This CQ Dossier describes the merits and shortcomings of high-performance work practices (HPWPs), explains why they matter, and gives recommendations on how they can be implemented in practice.

High Performance Organization, Job performance, VUCA, Empowerment

This CQ Dossiers addresses job performance from an evidence-based management point of view.

Dr. Markus Nini

Job performance: Why task and contextual performance matter from an Evidence-based Management perspective

Job performance (sometimes also called work performance) is a widely used tool in management, however organizations rarely address what it really is, which dimensions it includes, and in which areas of work it becomes important.

Job performance, Contextual performance, Personality, Employee selection

Utilizing the science of personality in Evidence-Based Management

When we speak informally about an individual’s personality, we may be referring to any number of qualities, from their temperament to their sense of humor, even the kind of media they like. However,...

Behavioral complexity, Dark traits, Five Factor Model (FFM), Job performance, Motivation, Personality

How does behavioral science help improve the workplace?

There are countless pieces of advice when it comes to improving work that relate to becoming more productive, efficient, profitable, happy, etc. While much of the advice available for free is not...

Basic psychological needs, Creativity, Creativity Killers, Employee engagement, Goal setting theory, Job performance, Job satisfaction, Meetings, Mental health, Motivation, Organizational culture, Performance management, Psychology, Team Performance Management, Work and well-being, Networking

Organizations are always places where individuals exert power and influence.

Organizational politics: Curse or blessing?

Politics exist in all organizations but it is interesting to consider whether organizational politics can be a blessing or a curse. This blog post draws on scientific evidence to illustrate how...

Change Management, Job performance, Leadership, Organizational politics, Power

Job crafting puts employees in the driver seat for designing their work environment

Dr. Annette Towler

Employees in charge: Why autonomy and job crafting boost motivation

This CQ Dossier describes the Job Characteristics Model that provides recommendations on how best to design jobs to enrich employee motivation. The model focuses on the intrinsic motivation that employees gain through having control over their work. The model shows how autonomy, job crafting and feedback can enhance employee motivation and enrich the experience of work.

Motivation, Job crafting, Autonomy, Job performance, Job satisfaction, Basic psychological needs

Management incentive plans from an Evidence-based Management point of view: Controversies and innovations

Increasingly, organizations are changing the ways in which they compensate and reward their employees. This is true for the relationship between the employer and management. A management incentive...

Executive pay, Goal Agreement, Job performance, Motivation

Personality is an important concept that can be used in selection and assessment

Dr. Annette Towler

Personality as a predictor of job performance: How to measure personality and select the right employees

This CQ Dossier describes how organizations can use personality tests for selection and recruitment purposes. We focus on the Big Five Personality Model and describe the research that supports use of the Big Five for validation purposes with criteria.

Evidence-based HR, Personality, Job performance, Five Factor Model (FFM)