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Personality and intelligence at work

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 18, 2008 
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Personality and Intelligence at Work by Adrian Furnham examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organisational psychology and personality theory to critically examine the physical, psychological and psycho-analytic aspects of individual differences, and how they impact on the world of work. [...]

Team synergy equals creativity

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 16, 2008 
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With more employees working in teams, it is critical to find ways to enable teams to be more creative in their work. A new article in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal explores how imagination, insight, and creative ideas develop, evolve, and spread from one team member to another, ultimately increasing the team’s ability to think creatively about a range of problems. [...]

Beyond Bullsh*t - Straight Talk at Work

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 8, 2008 
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Academia seems to have acquired some courage from Stanford University’s Robert Sutton (author of The The No Asshole Rule) when it comes to choosing eye-catching titles for their latest literary effort. Management professor and consultant, Sam Culbert, has just released Beyond BULLSH*T - Straight Talk at Work [...]

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 8, 2008 
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We all vary in how much we believe people’s attributes, such as their intelligence, are fixed or subject to change. Now a new paper has looked at the implications such beliefs have for the way managers view and treat their staff. [...]

The downside of charisma

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 1, 2008 
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Happiness may be contagious in the workplace, but enthusiasm is annoying, especially if it involves bosses who wave their hands and talk too loudly. So says a University of Florida study that concludes that while charismatic managers can be effective, their over exuberance can turn off and demoralise employees. [...]

Worker attitude affects work safety

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 30, 2008 
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Given the number of people that get sick after eating in a restaurant, you have to question the effectiveness of food safety practices. Now, the value of food safety training programmes has been called into question, according to recent research. [...]

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