Some perspectives for industrial psychology.

Abstract

Discusses several matters deemed important to industrial psychologists. It is suggested that, given the intangible character of psychological variables, it would be fruitful to obtain the ideas of ordinary people about the variables that are significant in occupational behavior. Industrial psychologists ought to study organizations as "individuals" rather than just regarding them as social environments. The use of simulated organizations (e.g., mathematical models) would facilitate such investigations. Industrial psychologists should consider the differences among people to be quantitative rather than qualitative. Consequently, they should not devote their time to investigating differences among arbitrary types of people, but rather should direct their attention to the quantitative variables (e.g., social factors) which underlie those qualitatively different categories. The role and nature of theory and the impermanence of facts which emerge from empirical studies are also discussed.

When “embedded” means “stuck”: Moderating effects of job embeddedness in adverse work environments.

“…First, we controlled for organizational tenure (in years), because employees with longer tenure have a higher propensity for embeddedness and a lower propensity for voluntary turnover (Ng & Feldman, 2009). Second, we controlled for number of previous jobs because employees may possess internal impulses to migrate from one job to another (Ghiselli, 1974). Third, we controlled for age because younger employees tend to change jobs more frequently (Griffeth, Hom, & Gaertner, 2000).…”

Entrepreneurs, Jacks of all trades or Hobos?

“…Benz and Frey (2004) argue that a significant part of the non-pecuniary benefit is simply satisfaction gained from being one's own boss, but earlier evidence directly suggests that variety is in itself rewarding. Ghiselli (1974), for example, discusses taste for job change, a phenomenon he creatively labeled the "hobo syndrome. "…”

Percepción del estado de salud y estrés, de profesorado universitario, en relación con la franja horaria de docencia

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