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Exploring the Moderating Roles of Perceived Person–Job Fit and Person–Organisation Fit on the Relationship between Training Investment and Knowledge Workers' Turnover IntentionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous studies have documented inconsistent results in terms of the relationship between knowledge workers' perceived training investment and their turnover intentions. In order to clarify the inconsistencies, the present study extends previous research by exploring the moderating roles of perceived demand[ndash]ability (D[ndash]A) job fit and person[ndash]organisation (P[ndash]O) fit. Data were collected from 303 research and development (R&D) engineers from 30 high-technology firms in Taiwan. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. The results show that perceived D[ndash]A fit, P[ndash]O...
Source: Applied Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Huo-Tsan Chang, Nai-Wen Chi, Aichia Chuang Source Type: journals

Work Hours and Caseload as Predictors of Physician Burnout: The Mediating Effects by Perceived Workload and by AutonomyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We tested a model in which perceived workload and autonomy were hypothesised to mediate the effects of work hours and caseload on physician burnout. The study was based on data provided by 890 specialists representing six medical specialties. We used structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. Controlling for the effects of gender, seniority, and the specialists' academic affiliation, we found that the study data fit the hypothesised model[mdash]reflecting these hypotheses[mdash]quite well. As expected, workload predicted higher levels of global burnout and physical fatigue, while autonomy predicted lower levels o...
Source: Applied Psychology - August 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Arie Shirom, Nurit Nirel, Amiram D. Vinokur Source Type: journals

Correlates of Collective Efficacy in the Italian Air ForceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Military technicians (N= 202) of the Telecommunication Maintenance Unit (TMU), as well as military staff (N= 185) in the Italian Air Force (IAF), were administered a questionnaire measuring self- and collective efficacy, perceptions of context (colleagues, direct superior, and top management), organisational commitment, and job satisfaction. Structural equation models support the hypothesised relationship among variables. Self-efficacy and perceptions of context were related to collective efficacy which in turn was related to organisational commitment and job satisfaction. Collective efficacy was explained by self-efficacy...
Source: Applied Psychology - August 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura Borgogni, Laura Petitta, Andrea Mastrorilli Source Type: journals

The Role of Situational Interviews in Fostering Positive Reactions to Selection DecisionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We investigated the effect of interview format and employment equity program strength on perceptions of fairness. We used job seekers and vignettes to test the hypotheses. The participants reported lukewarm support for employment equity programs. The use of a situational interview in the selection process of an organisation that had adopted an employment equity program contributed to higher perceptions of fairness vis-à-vis the use of an unstructured interview. The results also showed that the inclusion of a situational interview in the selection process mitigated negative reactions to the selection decision when a strong...
Source: Applied Psychology - July 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gerard H. Seijts, Ivy Kyei-Poku Source Type: journals

Velocity as a Predictor of Performance Satisfaction, Mental Focus, and Goal RevisionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a longitudinal study, the authors examined the role of students' rate of progress, or velocity, in goal-striving over one semester of a college-level Introductory Psychology course. At both mid-course and near end-of-course time periods, results demonstrated that velocity uniquely contributed to the prediction of students' performance satisfaction, mental focus, and goal revision, above and beyond the influence of performance-goal discrepancies and ability. Specifically, velocity demonstrated main effects on performance satisfaction and mental focus. Velocity significantly interacted with goal importance in the predicti...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joelle D. Elicker, Robert G. Lord, Steven R. Ash, Nicole E. Kohari, Bryce J. Hruska, Nicole L. McConnell, Megan E. Medvedeff Source Type: journals

Professional Basketball's Unsportsmanlike Fouls in the Eyes of the BeholdersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A series of three experiments, based on the method of Functional Measurement, has explored the importance assigned by professional basketball players to relevant dispositions of defense and offense players, as determinants of unsportsmanlike fouls. The 106 participants were leading male players in the premier basketball league in Israel. Experiment 1 was based on a 16 (24)-cell model. In an individual meeting, each participant estimated the likelihood that a defense player would commit an unsportsmanlike foul on an offense player. In each of the 16 to-be-judged incidents, specific information on a specific combination of a...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Bar-Eli, Tali Shimkin, Yuval Wolf Source Type: journals

Hypersensitivity to Social Rejection and Perceived Stress as Mediators between Attachment Anxiety and Future Burnout: A Prospective AnalysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drawing on Sociometer Theory, the current study examined whether the tendency to focus on and worry about social rejection at the workplace can predict stress and burnout. Data were collected at two time points from 231 hotel employees. Prospective-longitudinal design, structural equation modeling analyses revealed that participants' hypersensitivity to social rejection at the workplace predicted an increase in stress and in burnout across the 1 month of participation. Furthermore, the findings revealed that hypersensitivity to social rejection fully mediated the link between attachment anxiety and future stress and that h...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sigalit Ronen, Mark W. Baldwin Source Type: journals

Transformational Leadership and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Trust in the Leader and Self-EfficacyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although transformational leadership (TL) is considered a kind of positive leadership, which can elevate followers in the long term, the mechanism of how TL influences employee well-being remains a relatively untouched area. Based on survey data collected from 745 employees from the People's Republic of China (Beijing, n= 297; Hong Kong, n= 448), results revealed that employees' trust in the leader and self-efficacy partially mediated the influence of TL on job satisfaction, and fully mediated the influence of TL on perceived work stress and stress symptoms. Implications of these findings for research and practice are disc...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jiayan Liu, Oi-Ling Siu, Kan Shi Source Type: journals

Organisational Justice and Citizenship Behaviors: A Study in the Portuguese Cultural ContextEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that justice and organisational citizenship behaviors (OCB), as well as the relationship between them, are not culture free. However, most studies have been carried out in parts of Asia and Northern Europe, and especially in the USA, shedding little understanding on the dynamics of justice and OCB in less-studied contexts. We show how four dimensions of organisational justice predict four dimensions of OCB in an under-studied context[mdash]Portugal, a feminine, collectivistic, high power distance and low performance-oriented culture[mdash]a profile that is antipodal to that of US...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Arménio Rego, Miguel Pina e Cunha Source Type: journals

Things to Do Today . . . : A Daily Diary Study on Task Completion at WorkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study addressed the question to what extent planned work may actually be completed on a daily basis. The completion of daily work goals was studied in a sample of 878 tasks identified by 29 R&D engineers with the help of a daily diary. Multilevel analysis was used to analyse the joint effect of task attributes, perceived job characteristics, and personality attributes on the completion of planned work goals. At the level of task attributes, we found that priority, urgency, and lower importance were related to task completion, and at the individual level, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and time management trai...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brigitte J.C. Claessens, Wendelien van Eerde, Christel G. Rutte, Robert A. Roe Source Type: journals

Academic Procrastination in Two Settings: Motivation Correlates, Behavioral Patterns, and Negative Impact of Procrastination in Canada and SingaporeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Two studies are reported examining academic procrastination and motivation in 1,145 university students from Canada and Singapore. In Study 1, relationships between procrastination and motivation variables were found to be similar across contexts, with self-efficacy for self-regulated learning most strongly associated with procrastination in both contexts. In Study 2, patterns of procrastinating behavior and the negative impact of procrastination were examined and compared in Canadian and Singaporean undergraduates. Participants in both contexts reported writing to be the academic task most prone to procrastination. More S...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert M. Klassen, Rebecca P. Ang, Wan Har Chong, Lindsey L. Krawchuk, Vivien S. Huan, Isabella Y.F. Wong, Lay See Yeo Source Type: journals

Unemployed Individuals' Work Values and Job Flexibility: An Explanation from Expectancy-Value Theory and Self-Determination TheoryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Changes in the contemporary labour market have resulted in an increasing demand for flexibility in the work context. The present research examines the associations between unemployed individuals' work values and their attitudes towards job flexibility. Consistent with Expectancy-Value Theory, results showed that the general concept of employment value was positively related to all measured types of flexibility, that is, training flexibility, pay flexibility, the flexibility to accept an undemanding job, and the flexibility to accept a job for which one is over-qualified. In line with Self-Determination Theory, holding an i...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anja Van den Broeck, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Willy Lens, Hans De Witte Source Type: journals

Social Cynicism and Job Satisfaction: A Longitudinal AnalysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Social cynicism, a negative view about people and social institutions, was found to show a negative correlation with job satisfaction across societies. A preliminary study in Hong Kong showed that social cynicism and job satisfaction correlated negatively across individuals as well. To confirm the causal effect of social cynicism on job satisfaction, a longitudinal study in Shanghai, China, with three waves of surveys, was conducted. Results showed that social cynicism correlated negatively with job satisfaction measured concurrently, and was predictive of job satisfaction measured subsequently. Consistent with the bufferi...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kwok Leung, Olivia K.M. Ip, Kwan-Kwok Leung Source Type: journals

Predicting Committed Behavior: Exchange Ideology and Pre-entry Perceived Organisational SupportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A longitudinal field study conducted in a military setting examined the effects of exchange ideology, pre-entry Perceived Organisational Support, and their interaction, on initial and long-term committed behavior. The effect of exchange ideology was compared to that of a solidly validated biodata score which was assessed with a structured interview. The sample consisted of 1,276 conscripts to military service. Results showed that exchange ideology had effects on both initial and long-term committed behavior; these effects were stronger than those of pre-entry Perceived Organisational Support, and comparable to those of the...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Asya Pazy, Yoav Ganzach Source Type: journals

Effort and Aspirations in Tax Evasion: Experimental EvidenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Is the effort exerted to earn taxable income considered in compliance decisions? And if so, is hard-earned income or easy money more likely to be concealed from authorities? While economic theory postulates that prior costs should not affect present decisions, psychological research shows that prior investments of money, time, or effort do matter. Findings from previous studies on the impact of effort on abstract decision tasks suggest two contradictory predictions for the context of tax compliance decisions: Either taxable income earned by high effort is subjectively of higher value, and therefore more likely to be evaded...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erich Kirchler, Stephan Muehlbacher, Erik Hoelzl, Paul Webley Source Type: journals

Special Issue: Psychology in the Economic WorldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christine Roland-Lévy, Erich Kirchler Source Type: journals

Lay Understanding of Macroeconomic Causation: The Good-Begets-Good HeuristicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We presented economically untrained and trained participants with questions of the form: "If variable A increases, how will this affect variable B?" for all the combinations of 19 key economic indicators. Economically untrained participants were willing to commit themselves on most questions, despite their medium to low self-report of understanding the concepts involved. Analysis of the pattern of responses reveals the use of a simple shortcut, the good-begets-good heuristic, which yields a sense of competence in the absence of understanding of the causal mechanism involved. Le fonctionnement du système économique est co...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Leiser, Ronen Aroch Source Type: journals

A Qualitative Study on the Perceived Consequences of Poverty: Introducing Consequential Attributions as a Missing Link in Lay Thinking on PovertyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In order to learn more about lay thinking on perceived consequences of poverty, a qualitative study was conducted using a combination of focus group interviews and in-depth interviews (n = 61). The transcribed focus group and in-depth interviews were then analysed. The results showed that lay people construct cognitive schemes about the consequences of poverty that are comparable to attributions about poverty. Accordingly, it is concluded that theorising on consequential attributions is a missing link in previous research on lay thinking about poverty. En présentant les attributions de conséquence comme un maillon manqua...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen Loix, Roland Pepermans Source Type: journals

Social Representations of Retirement in France: A Descriptive StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The social representations of three social groups (students, people in the workforce, and retirees) are investigated. Comparison of the three samples allows one to describe how social representations of retirement differ according to age and employment status. It can be noted that both students and adults who are still working share some core elements in their representation of retirement, which is mainly perceived as a well-deserved time to rest. However, the central nucleus of those people who have recently retired excludes this idea of needing some time to rest and centers more around having less stress, and more freedo...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christine Roland-Lévy, Sophie Berjot Source Type: journals

Naïve Diversification in the Swedish Premium Pension Scheme: Experimental EvidenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the Swedish Premium Pension Scheme (PPS) all citizens in paid employment allocate part of their public pension savings to mutual funds. In so doing they tend to distribute their choices maximally across different stock fund categories. It is hypothesised that this reflects the naïve application of a variety-inducing diversification heuristic. The results of two experiments simulating choices of fund categories in the PPS support this hypothesis by showing that participating undergraduates chose stock funds investing in overlapping and non-overlapping markets or industries in a way demonstrating failure to take into acc...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ted Martin Hedesström, Henrik Svedsäter, Tommy Gärling Source Type: journals

Cost–Benefit Associations and Financial BehaviorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Financial behavior involves costs and benefits. How strongly costs and benefits are perceived as being related to each other is hypothesised to influence affect, cognition, and behavior. Thus, the subject of cost[ndash]benefit associations is relevant in several domains of applied psychology. Illustrated by examples from applied areas like consumption, work, and citizenship, the current paper underlines the importance of cost[ndash]benefit associations by presenting theoretical approaches to their analysis and discussing major antecedents and consequences. Le comportement financier implique des coûts et des bénéfices. N...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bernadette Kamleitner, Erik Hoelzl Source Type: journals

The Scarcity BiasEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Two experiments provided empirical support for the scarcity bias, that is, when the subjective value of a good increases due to the mere fact that it is scarce. We define scarcity as the presence of limited resources and competition on the demand side (i.e. not enough for two people). In Experiment 1, 180 students were divided into two conditions. The same good was abundant in one condition but scarce in the other one. The scarcity condition involved a partner (competitor) to create scarcity, while the abundant condition did not. Results showed that more participants chose a good when it was scarce than when it was abundan...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Luigi Mittone, Lucia Savadori Source Type: journals

Entrepreneurship and Risk TakingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
According to the definition of entrepreneurship and everyday observation, entrepreneurs are perceived as more risk prone than other people. However, laboratory studies do not provide conclusive support for this claim. In our study, three groups of students served as subjects. One group of students did not express any intention of starting up their own business in the near future. The second group consisted of students who had participated in a special course designed for future entrepreneurs. The third group consisted of students or alumni who became entrepreneurs before graduating. In accordance with Knight's claim, we fo...
Source: Applied Psychology - May 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anna Macko, Tadeusz Tyszka Source Type: journals

Schools as Socialisation Contexts: Understanding the Impact of School Climate Factors on Students' Sense of School BelongingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aims to identify the policy manipulable social aspects of schools that can be instrumental in increasing students' sense of school belonging in a sample of 799 middle school students attending public schools in Istanbul, Turkey. The conceptual model posits that students' satisfaction with both the social relationships in the school and the school environment has consequences for their sense of school belonging. The results of the structural equation model analysis revealed a plausible model. Satisfaction with social relationships emerged as a stronger predictor of sense of school belonging than satisfaction with...
Source: Applied Psychology - April 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zeynep Cemalcilar Source Type: journals

How is Well-Being Related to Membership in New Religious Movements? An Application of Person–Environment Fit TheoryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ongoing public discussion about the consequences of membership in new religious movements (NRMs) and the lack of studies concerning the relationship between the fit of the person with his or her NRM and well-being together call for a theoretically based investigation of the phenomenon. Hence, this German study on new members of three NRMs applied person[ndash]environment fit theory to investigate whether the fit between persons' needs for autonomy and relatedness, on the one hand, and the commensurate supplies of the groups, on the other, are related to well-being and mental health. The regression model following Edwards (...
Source: Applied Psychology - April 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sussan Namini, Claudia Appel, Ralph Jürgensen, Sebastian Murken Source Type: journals

Efficacy Beliefs in Coach–Athlete Dyads: Prospective Relationships Using Actor–Partner Interdependence ModelsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The overall purpose of the study was to investigate prospective actor and partner effects (cf. Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006) of interpersonal efficacy beliefs in relation to relationship commitment, satisfaction, and effort within coach[ndash]athlete dyads. Fifty youth tennis players (mean age = 15.52 years, SD= 1.45) and their coaches (mean age = 40.17 years, SD= 13.71) provided data related to their self-efficacy, other-efficacy, and relation-inferred self-efficacy (RISE) beliefs mid-way through the competitive season. Three months later, participants provided data regarding personal effort, as well as relationship commitm...
Source: Applied Psychology - April 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ben Jackson, Mark R. Beauchamp Source Type: journals

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Way of Coping Checklist-Revised (WCCL-R) in the Asian ContextEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study used 1,314 participants from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand. An initial exploratory factor analysis revealed that original structures were not confirmed; however, a subsequent EFA and CFA showed that a 38-item, five-factor structure model was confirmed. The revised WCCL-R in the Asian sample was also found to have good reliability and sound construct and concurrent validity. The 38-item structure of the WCCL-R has considerable potential in future occupational stress-related research in Asian countries. La croissance de l'emploi dans l'industrie a été l'un des aspects les plus dynamiques de l'exp...
Source: Applied Psychology - April 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sukanlaya Sawang, Tian P.S. Oei, Yong Wah Goh, Wilman Mansoer, Enoch Markhum, D. Ranawake Source Type: journals

Organisational Factors, Social Factors, and Women's AdvancementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines if organisation size and the degree to which the organisational hierarchy is male moderate the relationships between social factors (career and psychosocial functions of mentor support, and internal and external networks) and women's advancement in management. In all, 848 women in the Australian banking sector were surveyed. Results from moderator regression analyses found that, although male hierarchy does not moderate these relationships, the size of the organisation does. Specifically, career functions of mentor support and internal networks explain women's advancement more in small than in large ban...
Source: Applied Psychology - January 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Isabel Metz Source Type: journals

A Cross-National Examination of Self-Efficacy as a Moderator of Autonomy/Job Strain RelationshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study evaluated the cross-national validity of cognitive appraisal theories (e.g. Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) of stress by examining differences in the interaction of job autonomy and generalised self-efficacy in the prediction of psychological and physical strains among US and Chinese employees. As posited by cognitive appraisal theories, high self-efficacy served as a buffer against low job autonomy in the prediction of psychological and physical strains among US employees. However, the buffering effect of self-efficacy was unclear among Chinese employees. For Chinese employees with high self-efficacy, job autonomy was...
Source: Applied Psychology - December 16, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margaret M. Nauta, Cong Liu, Chaoping Li Source Type: journals

Structural Validity and Generalisability of a Referent Cognitions Model of Turnover IntentionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A model proposed and empirically tested by Aquino, Griffeth, Allen, and Hom (1997) using employees of a hospital in the northeastern United States was replicated in samples of Korean factory workers from two divisions of a large organisation. Results in both samples suggested that the relationships among model variables and relationships with withdrawal cognitions replicated quite closely. Results also suggested that the way people are treated in an organisation by their supervisors exerts a powerful effect on their turnover-related responses. Most importantly, the results of this study in combination with the earlier resu...
Source: Applied Psychology - December 15, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David G. Allen, Rodger W. Griffeth, James M. Vardaman, Karl Aquino, Stefan Gaertner, Michael Lee Source Type: journals

Predictors of Perceived Susceptibility to Sport-Related Injury among Competitive Runners: The Role of Previous Experience, Neuroticism, and Passion for RunningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study revealed that perceived susceptibility to sport-related injury is dependent on several distinct variables. Thus, to be effective, injury preventive actions aimed at runners' behaviour modification need to take into account that runners' perceived susceptibility to sport has multiple predictors. L'adoption par les individus de comportements de prévention de la blessure en sport est liée à leur vulnérabilité perçue à celle-ci (Williams-Avery & MacKinnon, 1996). Cependant, aucune étude ne s'est intéressée aux déterminants de cette dimension dans le contexte sportif. L'objectif de cette étude était d'id...
Source: Applied Psychology - September 30, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yannick Stephan, Thomas Deroche, Britton W. Brewer, Johan Caudroit, Christine Le Scanff Source Type: journals

Impact of Relative Size and Language on the Attitudes between Nations and Linguistic Groups: The Case of SwitzerlandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explores the impact of relative size on the intra- and intergroup attitudes of groups who either share a language or have a different language. For that purpose, we examined international attitudes, comparing a small nation, Switzerland, and two larger nations, Germany and France. We found support for the assumption that large neighbouring nations pose a threat to the smaller nation's identity, especially when they are linguistically similar. Consequently, in line with Tajfel's Social Identity Theory (1978), the smaller nation's inhabitants evaluate those of the larger nation less positively, liking them less an...
Source: Applied Psychology - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carine Matser, Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven, Françoise Askevis-Leherpeux, Arnd Florack, Bettina Hannover, Jerôme Rossier Source Type: journals

The Stress-Buffering Effects of Control on Task Satisfaction and Perceived Goal Attainment: An Experimental Study of the Moderating Influence of Desire for ControlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which Desire for Control (DFC) interacts with experimental manipulations of demand and control, and the consequences of these interactions on task satisfaction and perceived goal attainment (i.e. task performance and task mastery). It was expected that the proposed stress-buffering effects of control would be evident only for individuals high in DFC. Moreover, it was anticipated that control may have a stress-exacerbating effect for those low in DFC. These hypotheses were tested on a sample of 137 first year psychology students who participated in an in-basket a...
Source: Applied Psychology - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stacey L. Parker, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Catherine E. Amiot Source Type: journals

Stability of Majority Attitudes toward Multiculturalism in the Netherlands between 1999 and 2007Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The success of multiculturalism as an ideology to deal with cultural differences depends upon the level of support for multiculturalism by majority members. It has been argued that support for multiculturalism in the Netherlands has substantially changed in response to various national and international events, such as the terrorist attacks on New York (2001), Madrid (2004), and London (2005), and the assassinations of popular politician Fortuyn (2002) and controversial movie director Van Gogh (2004). We compared survey data on Dutch majority attitudes in 1999 (n= 333), 2001 (n= 1,266), 2004 (n= 246), 2005 (n= 170), 2006 (...
Source: Applied Psychology - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seger M. Breugelmans, Fons J.R. van de Vijver, Saskia G.S. Schalk-Soekar Source Type: journals

The Five Dimensions of Pay Satisfaction in a Maquiladora Plant in MexicoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study replicates the five-factor structure of pay satisfaction in a Spanish-speaking sample of production workers in a maquiladora plant in Mexico. Nous avons examiné la satisfaction relative au salaire en utilisant un questionnaire en langue espagnole sur un échantillon de 236 travailleurs d'une industrie maquiladora au Mexique. Une analyse factorielle confirmatoire a indiqué qu'une solution à cinq facteurs semble être le meilleur ajustement comparé aux alternatives possibles. Ainsi, les cols bleus mexicains sont capables de distinguer cing facettes de satisfaction relative au salaire: le niveau de salaire, son...
Source: Applied Psychology - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: María Fernanda García, Richard A. Posthuma, Troy Mumford, Manuel Quiñones Source Type: journals

Posttraumatic Symptoms, Functional Impairment, and Coping among Adolescents on Both Sides of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: A Cross-Cultural ApproachEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assessed the effects of the ongoing violence on the mental health of Palestinian and Israeli youths. Parallel instruments were developed and adapted, as part of a collaborative project, in order to assess, in each society: (1) differential rates of exposure to the conflict, (2) the association between exposure and the severity of posttraumatic symptoms (PTS), and (3) the inter-relationships among PTS, functional impairment, somatic complaints, and coping strategies. Participants were 1,016 Israeli and 1,235 Palestinian adolescents. A self-report questionnaire assessed exposure. PTS was measured using the UCLA PT...
Source: Applied Psychology - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Radwan Qasrawi, Roseanne Lesack, Muhammad Haj-Yahia, Osnat Peled, Mohammed Shaheen, Rony Berger, Danny Brom, Randi Garber, Ziad Abdeen Source Type: journals

A Cross-Cultural Look at Assessment Center Practices: Survey Results from Western Europe and North AmericaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We report findings regarding job analysis, dimensions, exercises, additional diagnostic methods, use of technology, assessor characteristics, contents and methods of assessor training, observational systems, information provided to participants, evaluation of participants' reactions, data integration, characteristics of feedback, and features after the AC. Finally, we compare our results with prior findings to identify trends over time and point out features of ACs that could be improved. (Source: Applied Psychology)
Source: Applied Psychology - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Diana E. Krause, George C. Thornton III Source Type: journals

The Effect of Verbal Self-Guidance Training for Overcoming Employment Barriers: A Study of Turkish WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Women over the age of 40 were trained in verbal self guidance, a methodology for training people to identify dysfunctional self-statements and translate them into positive self-talk. Subsequently, they (n= 27) had significantly higher self-efficacy with regard to re-employment than their counterparts who had been randomly assigned to a control group (n= 28). In addition, they persisted in job search behavior significantly more so than those in the control group. Job search self-efficacy completely mediated the effect of the training program on job search behavior. Consequently, they were more likely to find a job in their ...
Source: Applied Psychology - August 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Basak Yanar, Marie-Hélène Budworth, Gary P. Latham Source Type: journals

Charismatic Leadership and Objective Performance IndicatorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent empirical and theoretical work has advanced our understanding of charismatic leadership in organisations. Despite this progress, only a few studies have tested the hypothesis that charismatic leadership might be related to objective, organisationally relevant indicators. In order to address this research gap, the present study tested whether charismatic leadership was related to followers' absenteeism, their training and development activities, as well as branch-level profit. Charismatic leadership was defined according to Conger and Kanungo's (1998) theory. It could be demonstrated that facets of charismatic leader...
Source: Applied Psychology - August 12, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jens Rowold, Linda Laukamp Source Type: journals

The Interplay between Conscious and Automatic Self-Regulation and Adolescents' Physical Activity: The Role of Planning, Intentions, and Lack of AwarenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the interplay between conscious and automatic self-regulatory variables and adolescents' physical activity. It was hypothesised that intention, planning, and lack of awareness would predict adolescents' behaviour. One hundred and fifty-five individuals (aged 13 to 17 years) completed questionnaires in two waves (with a time gap of 10 days). The results of cross-lagged panel analysis suggested that both past behaviour and planning predicted physical activity at follow-up, whereas physical activity predicted intention. Although lack of awareness, a facet of automatic processes, was negatively related ...
Source: Applied Psychology - July 17, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aleksandra Luszczynska Source Type: journals

Going Global: Cultural Values and Perceptions of Selection ProceduresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The role of cultural values in perceptions of selection tools is a concern of multinational corporations seeking to standardise staffing practices. Data from 1,199 individuals across 21 countries were gathered to examine the role of cultural values (independent and interdependent self-construals, achievement and ascription orientations) in perceptions of eight selection tools. Tool perceptions were mostly similar across individuals holding different cultural values, suggesting that multinational corporations may be able to construct tools with wide acceptability across cultures. (Source: Applied Psychology)
Source: Applied Psychology - July 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ann Marie Ryan, Anthony S. Boyce, Sonia Ghumman, Dustin Jundt, Gordon Schmidt, Robert Gibby Source Type: journals

Consequences of Positive and Negative Feedback: The Impact on Emotions and Extra-Role BehaviorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
These studies examine employees' emotional reactions to performance feedback from their supervisors as well as subsequent effects on attitudes and (intentions to show) affect-driven work behaviors (counterproductive behavior, turnover, citizenship, and affective commitment). A pre-study (N= 72) illustrates that employees regularly receive performance feedback from supervisors and that this feedback elicits different positive and negative emotions. Next, a scenario experiment (Study 1) comparing the effects of positive/negative feedback given in public/private was conducted, with a student sample (N= 240) and a sample of wo...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frank D. Belschak, Deanne N. Den Hartog Source Type: journals

How Lay Third Parties Weigh Legitimacy and Sanctions in a Side-Taking Dilemma: A Study among Chinese and Dutch EmployeesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lay third parties sometimes react to an interpersonal dispute by taking sides. In this paper, we investigate the interaction effects of lay third parties' moral and expedient orientations on the relationship between perceived legitimacy (or expected negative sanctions) and their intention of side-taking with a legitimacy party (or a sanction party). Seventy-nine Chinese and 77 Dutch employees were presented with a scenario describing a conflict dilemma between one party who has more legitimacy claims but less negative sanctions and the other party who has less legitimacy claims but more negative sanctions. The results show...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Huadong Yang, Evert Van de Vliert, Kan Shi Source Type: journals

Measurement Equivalence of Paper-and-Pencil and Internet Organisational Surveys: A Large Scale Examination in 16 CountriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In multinational surveys, mixed-mode administration modes (e.g. combining Internet and paper-and-pencil administration) are increasingly used. To date, no studies have investigated whether measurement equivalence exists between Internet data collection and data collection using the conventional paper-and-pencil method in organisational surveys which include a large number of countries. This paper examined the measurement equivalence of a truly global organisational survey across Internet and paper-and-pencil survey administrations. Data from an organisational survey in 16 countries (N = 52,461) across the globe were used t...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alain De Beuckelaer, Filip Lievens Source Type: journals

The Moderating Effect of Trainee Implicit Beliefs on the Relationship between Cognitive Modeling Orientation and Training OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Two studies investigated the interactive effects of trainees' dispositional implicit theory of ability (entity versus incremental) and the use of a promotion versus prevention orientation during the cognitive modeling component of training in the use of a problem-solving technique. The dependent variables were trainees' self-reported behavioral intentions (Study 1) and performance (Study 2), which was assessed by two independent judges following the training program and in a 1-month follow-up in the use of the problem-solving technique. As predicted, entity theorists were more responsive to the social cues contained in the...
Source: Applied Psychology - June 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christina Sue-Chan, Robert E. Wood Source Type: journals

Measurement Equivalence of Paper-and-Pencil and Internet Organisational Surveys: A Large Scale Examination in 16 CountriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Applied Psychology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. In multinational surveys, mixed-mode administration modes (e.g. combining Internet and paper-and-pencil administration) are increasingly used. To date, no studies have investigated whether measurement equivalence exists between Internet data collection ... (Source: Applied Psychology)
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The Moderating Effect of Trainee Implicit Beliefs on the Relationship between Cognitive Modeling Orientation and Training OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Applied Psychology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Two studies investigated the interactive effects of trainees’ dispositional implicit theory of ability (entity versus incremental) and the use of a promotion versus prevention orientation during the cognitive modeling component of training in the use of ... (Source: Applied Psychology)
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Consequences of Positive and Negative Feedback: The Impact on Emotions and Extra-Role BehaviorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Applied Psychology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. These studies examine employees’ emotional reactions to performance feedback from their supervisors as well as subsequent effects on attitudes and (intentions to show) affect-driven work behaviors (counterproductive behavior, turnover, citizenship, and ... (Source: Applied Psychology)
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How Lay Third Parties Weigh Legitimacy and Sanctions in a Side-Taking Dilemma: A Study among Chinese and Dutch EmployeesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Applied Psychology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Lay third parties sometimes react to an interpersonal dispute by taking sides. In this paper, we investigate the interaction effects of lay third parties’ moral and expedient orientations on the relationship between perceived legitimacy (or expected ... (Source: Applied Psychology)
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Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Applied Psychology, Volume 57, Issue s1, Page 1-2, July 2008. (Source: Applied Psychology)
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