MIOP: Weekly Readings

Systems Thinking

• Arnold, R. D., & Wade, J. P. (2015). A Definition of Systems Thinking: A Systems Approach. Procedia Computer Science, 44, 669–678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.03.050

• Flood, R. L. (2010). The Relationship of ‘Systems Thinking’ to Action Research. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 23(4), 269–284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-010-9169-1

• Monat, J. P., & Gannon, T. F. (2015). What is Systems Thinking? A Review of Selected Literature Plus Recommendations. American Journal of Systems Science, 4(1), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.ajss.20150401.02

Corporate Strategy

• Shanafelt, T. D., & Noseworthy, J. H. (2017). Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 92(1), 129–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.10.004

• ROWLINSON, M., HASSARD, J., & DECKER, S. (2014). RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HISTORICAL THEORY AND ORGANIZATION THEORY. The Academy of Management Review, 39(3), 250–274. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0203

• Shaukat, A., Qiu, Y., & Trojanowski, G. (2016). Board Attributes, Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 135(3), 569–585. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2460-9

• Hunger, J. D., & Wheelen, T. L. (2011). Essentials of strategic management (5th ed.). Prentice Hall. http://elibrary.gci.edu.np/handle/123456789/718

Corporate Strategy & Culture

• Smircich, L. (1983). Concepts of Culture and Organizational Analysis. Administrative Science Quarterly, 28(3), 339–358. https://doi.org/10.2307/2392246

• Omotayo, F. O. (2015). Knowledge management as an important tool in organisational management: a review of literature. Library Philosophy and Practice, 1-1.

• Chatterji, A. K., Findley, M., Jensen, N. M., Meier, S., & Nielson, D. (2016). Field experiments in strategy research. Strategic Management Journal, 37(1), 116–132. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2449

• Barry, D., & Elmes, M. (1997). Strategy Retold: Toward a Narrative View of Strategic Discourse. The Academy of Management Review, 22(2), 429–452. https://doi.org/10.2307/259329

HCM Legal Issues

• Georgiev, G. S. (2021). The Human Capital Management Movement in U.S. Corporate Law. Tulane Law Review, 95(3), 639-.

Job Analysis

• Saif, N., Khan, M. S., Rehman, K., Rehman, S. U., Rehman, Z. U., Nawa, T., & Naqeeb, M. (2013). Competency based Job Analysis. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 3(1), 463-472. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARAFMS/v3-i1/10304

• Valecha, N. (2022). Transforming human resource management with HR analytics: A critical Analysis of Benefits and challenges. International Journal for Global Academic & Scientific Research, 1(2), 56–66. https://doi.org/10.55938/ijgasr.v1i2.16

Job Design

• Rudolph, C. W., Katz, I. M., Lavigne, K. N., & Zacher, H. (2017). Job crafting: A meta-analysis of relationships with individual differences, job characteristics, and work outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 102, 112-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.05.008
• Oldham, G. R., & Fried, Y. (2016). Job design research and theory: Past, present and future. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 136, 20-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.05.002

• Oldham, G. R., & Hackman, J. R. (2010). Not what it was and not what it will be: The future of job design research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31(2–3), 463–479. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.678

Assessment & Selection

• Oswald, F. L., & Hough, L. M. (2011). Personality and its assessment in organizations: Theoretical and empirical developments. In APA handbook of industrial and organizational psychology, Vol 2: Selecting and developing members for the organization (pp. 153–184). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/12170-005

• ONES, D. S., DILCHERT, S., VISWESVARAN, C., & JUDGE, T. A. (2007). IN SUPPORT OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS. Personnel Psychology, 60(4), 995–1027. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00099.x

• Campion, M. C., Campion, E. D., & Campion, M. A. (2019). Using Practice Employment Tests to Improve Recruitment and Personnel Selection Outcomes for Organizations and Job Seekers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(9), 1089–1102. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000401

• Woods, S. A., Ahmed, S., Nikolaou, I., Costa, A. C., & Anderson, N. R. (2019). Personnel selection in the digital age: A review of validity and applicant reactions, and future research challenges. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(1), 64-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2019.1681401

Motivation Theories

• Abyad, A. (2018). Project management : motivation theories and process management. Middle East Journal of Business, 13(4), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.5742/mejb.2018.93502

• Steers, R. M., Mowday, R. T., & Shapiro, D. L. (2004). The Future of Work Motivation Theory. The Academy of Management Review, 29(3), 379–387. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2004.13670978

• Pardee, R. L. (1990, February). Motivation Theories of Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor & McClelland. A Literature Review of Selected Theories Dealing with Job Satisfaction and Motivation. (Report No. ED316767). https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED316767.pdf

• Michaelson, C. (2005). Meaningful Motivation for Work Motivation Theory. The Academy of Management Review, 30(2), 235–238. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2005.16387881

Leadership & Motivation

• Schaffer, B. (2008). Leadership and motivation. In SuperVision (Vol. 69, Issue 2, pp. 6-). National Research Bureau.

• Evans, M. G. (1970). Leadership and Motivation: A Core Concept. Academy of Management Journal, 13(1), 91–102. https://doi.org/10.5465/254928

• Roßnagel, C. S. (2016). Leadership and motivation. Springer Texts in Business and Economics, 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31036-7_12

• Isaac, R. G., Zerbe, W. J., & Pitt, D. C. (2001). Leadership And Motivation: The Effective Application Of Expectancy Theory. Journal of Managerial Issues, 13(2), 212–226.

• Nader, R. (1988). Leadership and motivation. Unknown, 1-15. https://www.gov.nl.ca/tcar/files/CCB_LeadershipGuide.pdf

• Appelbaum, S. H., St‐Pierre, N., & Glavas, W. (1998). Strategic organizational change: The role of leadership, learning, motivation and productivity. Management Decision, 36(5), 289-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749810220496

• Hersona, S., & Sidharta, I. (2017). INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP FUNCTION, MOTIVATION AND WORK DISCIPLINE ON EMPLOYEES' PERFORMANCE. Jurnal Aplikasi Manajemen, 15(3), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.jam.2017.015.03.18

Employee Motivation

• Kuswati, Y. (2020). The Effect of Motivation on Employee Performance. Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(2), 995–1002. https://doi.org/10.33258/birci.v3i2.928

• Reizer, A., Brender-Ilan, Y., & Sheaffer, Z. (2019). Employee motivation, emotions, and performance: a longitudinal diary study. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 34(6), 415–428. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-07-2018-0299

Leaders & Followers

• Ahmad, M. G., Klotz, A. C., & Bolino, M. C. (2021). Can good followers create unethical leaders? How follower citizenship leads to leader moral licensing and unethical behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(9), 1374–1390. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000839

• Norman, S. M., Avey, J., Larson, M., & Hughes, L. (2020). The development of trust in virtual leader–follower relationships. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 15(3), 279–295. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-12-2018-1701

• Mackey, J. D., McAllister, C. P., Maher, L. P., & Wang, G. (2019). Leaders and followers behaving badly: A meta‐analytic examination of curvilinear relationships between destructive leadership and followers’ workplace behaviors. Personnel Psychology, 72(1), 3–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12286

• Grover, S. L., Abid-Dupont, M.-A., Manville, C., & Hasel, M. C. (2019). Repairing Broken Trust Between Leaders and Followers: How Violation Characteristics Temper Apologies. Journal of Business Ethics, 155(3), 853–870. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3509-3

HRM Methods & Approaches

• Berhil, S., Benlahmar, H., & Labani, N. (2020). A review paper on artificial intelligence at the service of human resources management. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 18(1), 32-. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v18.i1.pp32-40

• Waldkirch, M., Bucher, E., Schou, P. K., & Grünwald, E. (2021). Controlled by the algorithm, coached by the crowd - how HRM activities take shape on digital work platforms in the gig economy. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(12), 2643–2682. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1914129

• Muñoz-Pascual, L., Galende, J., & Curado, C. (2020). Human Resource Management Contributions to Knowledge Sharing for a Sustainability-Oriented Performance: A Mixed Methods Approach. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 12(1), 161-. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010161

Job Descriptions & Legality

• Sanchez-Monedero, J., Dencik, L., & Edwards, L. (2020). What does it mean to solve the problem of discrimination in hiring? Social, technical and legal perspectives from the UK on automated hiring systems. ArXiv.Org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1910.06144

• Raghavan, M., Barocas, S., Kleinberg, J., & Levy, K. (2020). Mitigating Bias in Algorithmic Hiring: Evaluating Claims and Practices. ArXiv.Org. https://doi.org/10.1145/3351095.3372828

• Brannen, D. A. (2016, February 17). Why You Should Have Job Descriptions. Society for Human Resource Management. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/why-you-should-have-job-descriptions.aspx

• Rosenthal Law Group. (2017, January 18). Written job descriptions...more important than you think. Part I. https://www.rosenthalcounsel.com/blog-and-recent-news/2017/january/written-job-descriptions-more-important-than-you/

Personnel Management

• Cho, W., Choi, S., & Choi, H. (2023). Human resources analytics for public personnel management: Concepts, cases, and caveats. Administrative Sciences, 13(2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci13020041

• Chang, K. (2020). Artificial intelligence in personnel management: the development of APM model. The Bottom Line (New York, N.Y.), 33(4), 377–388. https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-08-2020-0055

• Kryshtanovych, M., Kapitanets, S., Filina, S., Oleksiuk, N., & Prodius, O. (2019). ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRATEGIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 18, 1–6.

Performance Management

• Brown, T. C., O'Kane, P., Mazumdar, B., & McCracken, M. (2018). Performance management: A scoping review of the literature and an agenda for future research. Human Resource Development Review, 18(1), 47-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484318798533
• Kubiak, E. (2022). Increasing perceived work meaningfulness by implementing psychological need-satisfying performance management practices. Human Resource Management Review, 32(3), 100792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2020.100792

• Pugna, I., Duțescu, A., & Stănilă, O. (2019). Corporate Attitudes towards Big Data and Its Impact on Performance Management: A Qualitative Study. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 11(3), 684-. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030684

• Richards, G., Yeoh, W., Chong, A. Y. L., & Popovič, A. (2017). Business intelligence effectiveness and corporate performance management: An empirical analysis. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 59(2), 188-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2017.1334244

Performance Appraisal

• Al-Jedaia, Y., & Mehrez, A. (2020). The effect of performance appraisal on job performance in governmental sector: The mediating role of motivation. Management Science Letters, 10(9), 2077–2088. https://doi.org/10.5267/j.msl.2020.2.003
• Botelho, C. (2023). The influence of performance-driven cultures on performance appraisal best practices effectiveness. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-06-2022-0297

Performance & Strategy

• George, B., Walker, R. M., & Monster, J. (2019). Does Strategic Planning Improve Organizational Performance? A Meta‐Analysis. Public Administration Review, 79(6), 810–819. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13104

• Fuertes, G., Alfaro, M., Vargas, M., Gutierrez, S., Ternero, R., & Sabattin, J. (2020). Conceptual Framework for the Strategic Management: A Literature Review—Descriptive. Journal of Engineering, 2020, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6253013

Performance Evaluation

• Shaout, A., & Yousif, M. K. (2014). Performance Evaluation – Methods and Techniques Survey. International Journal of Computer and Information Technology, 3(5), 966-979. https://www.ijcit.com/archives/volume3/issue5/Paper030516.pdf

• Kianto, A., Sáenz, J., & Aramburu, N. (2017). Knowledge-based human resource management practices, intellectual capital and innovation. Journal of Business Research, 81, 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.07.018

• Stone, D. L., Deadrick, D. L., Lukaszewski, K. M., & Johnson, R. (2015). The influence of technology on the future of human resource management. Human Resource Management Review, 25(2), 216-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2015.01.002

• Mosca, J. B., Curtis, K., & Puches, L. (2022). Annual Performance Appraisals Are Replaced With the Coaching and Leadership of Employees. Journal of Business Diversity, 22(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.33423/jbd.v22i1.5000

• Singh, N., Bamel, U., & Vohra, V. (2021). The mediating effect of meaningful work between human resource practices and innovative work behavior: a study of emerging market. Employee Relations, 43(2), 459–478. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-04-2020-0150

Motivation & Performance

• Cerasoli, C. P., Nicklin, J. M., & Ford, M. T. (2014). Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Incentives Jointly Predict Performance: A 40-Year Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140(4), 980–1008. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035661
• Shahzadi, I., Javed, A., Pirzada, S. S., Nasreen, S., & Khanam, F. (2014). Impact of Employee Motivation on Employee Performance. European Journal of Business and Management, 6(23), 159-166. https://core.ac.uk/reader/234625730

• PAAIS, M., & PATTIRUHU, J. R. (2020). Effect of Motivation, Leadership, and Organizational Culture on Satisfaction and Employee Performance. The Journal of Asian finance, economics, and business, 7(8), 577–588.

Performance Issues

• Rodriguez, J., & Walters, K. (2017). The Importance of Training and Development in Employee Performance and Evaluation. World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 3(10), 206-212.
• I. Dugguh, S., & Dennis, A. (2014). Job satisfaction theories: Traceability to employee performance in organizations. IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 16(5), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.9790/487x-16511118

• Ibrahim, R., Boerhannoeddin, A., & Bakare, K. K. (2017). The effect of soft skills and training methodology on employee performance. European Journal of Training and Development, 41(4), 388–406. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-08-2016-0066

• Soomro, A. A., Breitenecker, R. J., & Shah, S. A. M. (2018). Relation of work-life balance, work-family conflict, and family-work conflict with the employee performance-moderating role of job satisfaction. South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 7(1), 129-. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAJBS-02-2017-0018

Diagnosing Performance Issues

• Gravina, N., Nastasi, J., & Austin, J. (2021). Assessment of Employee Performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 41(2), 124–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2020.1869136

• Diamantidis, A. D., & Chatzoglou, P. (2019). Factors affecting employee performance: an empirical approach. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 68(1), 171–193. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-01-2018-0012

• Hartika, A., Fitridiani, M., & Asbari, M. (2023). The Effect of Job Satisfaction and Job Loyalty on Employee Performance: A Narrative Literature Review. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT, 2(3), 9-15. https://jisma.org/index.php/jisma/article/view/309/79

• Mazhisham, P. H., Khalid, M. Y., Nazli, N. N. N. N., Manap, R., & Hussain, N. H. M. (2018). IDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT. International Journal of Modern Trends in Social Sciences, 1(5), 20-30. http://www.ijmtss.com/PDF/IJMTSS-2018-05-12-03.pdf

Performance Evaluation: Ongoing/Process Orientation vs. Results/Goal Driven Approaches

• DeNisi, A. S., & Murphy, K. R. (2017). Performance Appraisal and Performance Management: 100 Years of Progress? Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(3), 421–433. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000085

• Heller, M. (2017). Real-time, ongoing employee feedback: the perk that actually retains. Strategic HR Review, 16(3), 125–130. https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-03-2017-0016

• Adler, S., Campion, M., Colquitt, A., Grubb, A., Murphy, K., Ollander-Krane, R., & Pulakos, E. D. (2016). Getting Rid of Performance Ratings: Genius or Folly? A Debate. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 9(2), 219–252. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2015.106

• Zweig, D., & Webster, J. (2004). What are we measuring? An examination of the relationships between the big-five personality traits, goal orientation, and performance intentions. Personality and Individual Differences, 36(7), 1693-1708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2003.07.010

Performance Evaluation Methods

• Kadiresan, V., Selamat, M. H., Selladurai, S., Ramendran SPR, C., & Mohamed, R. K. M. H. (2015). Performance Appraisal and Training and Development of Human Resource Management Practices (HRM) on Organizational Commitment and Turnover Intention. Asian Social Science, 11(24). https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v11n24p162

• Vuong, T. D. N., & Nguyen, L. T. (2022). The Key Strategies for Measuring Employee Performance in Companies: A Systematic Review. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 14(21), 14017-. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114017

• Posthuma, R. A., & Campion, M. A. (2008). Twenty best practices for just employee performance reviews. Compensation & Benefits Review, 40(1), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886368707312139

Bias

• Acciarini, C., Brunetta, F., & Boccardelli, P. (2021). Cognitive biases and decision-making strategies in times of change: a systematic literature review. Management Decision, 59(3), 638–652. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-07-2019-1006
• Schwenk, C. R. (1985). Management illusions and biases: Their impact on strategic decisions. Long Range Planning, 18(5), 74-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-6301(85)90204-3

• Hristov, I., Camilli, R., & Mechelli, A. (2022). Cognitive biases in implementing a performance management system: behavioral strategy for supporting managers’ decision-making processes. Management Research News, 45(9), 1110–1136. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-11-2021-0777

Bias & Error

• Javidmehr, M., & Ebrahimpour, M. (2015). Performance appraisal bias and errors: The influences and consequences. International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 4(3), 286–302. https://doi.org/10.33844/ijol.2015.60464

• Zhang, C., & Gaudiano, P. (2023). An Agent-Based Simulation of How Promotion Biases Impact Corporate Gender Diversity. Applied Sciences, 13(4), 2457-. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042457

360 Degree Assessment

• Mohapatra, M. (2015). 360 Degree Feedback: A Review of Literature. Research and Scientific Innovation Society, 2(1),
       112-116. http://www.rsisinternational.org/Issue10/112-116.pdf

• Kanaslan, E. K., & Iyem, C. (2016). Is 360 Degree Feedback Appraisal an Effective Way of Performance Evaluation? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v6-i5/2124

Feedback

• Boud, D., & Molloy, E. (2013). What is the problem with feedback? In Feedback in Higher and Professional Education (pp. 11–20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203074336-6
• Mory, E. H. (2004). Feedback Research Revisited. In Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology (2nd ed., pp. 745-783). Routledge. https://members.aect.org/edtech/29.pdf

Giving Feedback

• Baker, A., Perreault, D., Reid, A., & Blanchard, C. M. (2013). Feedback and Organizations: Feedback is Good, Feedback-Friendly Culture is Better. Canadian Psychology = Psychologie Canadienne, 54(4), 260–268. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034691

• Sommer, K. L., & Kulkarni, M. (2012). Does constructive performance feedback improve citizenship intentions and job satisfaction? The roles of perceived opportunities for advancement, respect, and mood. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 23(2), 177–201. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21132

• Brodsky, S., Runcie, D., & Lichtenstein, B. (1996). Constructive feedback in organizational team-building. Occupational Medicine, 11(4), 727-737. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14230466_Constructive_feedback_in_organizational_team-building

• Harvey, J.-F., & Green, P. (2022). Constructive feedback: When leader agreeableness stifles team reflexivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 194, 111624-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111624

One-on-One Check-ins

• Cederblom, D., & Pemerl, D. E. (2002). From Performance Appraisal to Performance Management: One Agency’s Experience. Public Personnel Management, 31(2), 131–140. https://doi.org/10.1177/009102600203100201

• Diana, Mrs. H. S., & Devi, M. (2020). A Study on Effectiveness of Performance Appraisal System at Wonjin Autoparts India Pvt. Ltd. IARJSET, 8(6), 194–199. https://doi.org/10.17148/IARJSET.2021.8633

Motivation & Feedback

• Schroeder, J., & Fishbach, A. (2015). How to motivate yourself and others? Intended and unintended consequences. Research in Organizational Behavior, 35, 123–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riob.2015.09.001

• Dahling, J., O’Malley, A. L., & Chau, S. L. (2015). Effects of feedback motives on inquiry and performance. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(2), 199–215. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-12-2012-0409

Performance Evaluation & Strategy

• Stewart, J. S., Oliver, E. G., Cravens, K. S., & Oishi, S. (2017). Managing millennials: Embracing generational differences. Business Horizons, 60(1), 45–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2016.08.011

• Moon, H., Ruona, W., & Valentine, T. (2017). Organizational strategic learning capability: exploring the dimensions. European Journal of Training and Development, 41(3), 222–240. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-08-2016-0061

• Bowlby, R. (2012). Living the Future: Organizational Performance Assessment. Journal of Library Administration, 52(6–7), 626–652. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2012.707958

SMART Goals

• Reeves, M., & Fuller, J. (2018). When SMART Goals Are Not So Smart. MIT Sloan Management Review, 59(4), 1–5.
• Rubin, R. S. (2002). Will the Real SMART Goals Please Stand Up? The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 39(4), 26-27. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=420c9bf14b34d26b2e0e047b0da0a30e5d06f153

Goal Setting & Strategy

• Choi, E., & Johnson, D. A. (2022). Common Antecedent Strategies within Organizational Behavior Management: The Use of Goal Setting, Task Clarification, and Job Aids. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 42(1), 75–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2021.1967834

Performance Management Systems

• Lawler, E. E. (2003). Reward practices and performance management system effectiveness. Organizational Dynamics, 32(4), 396-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2003.08.007

• Ojiako, U., Bititci, U., Marshall, A., Chipulu, M., Manville, G., Muthalagu, S. J., & Farrington, T. (2023). Ambiguity in performance management systems of complex multi-stakeholder organisations. Production Planning & Control, 34(14), 1393–1413. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.2014590

Hawthorne Studies

• Muldoon, J., Liguori, E. W., Lovett, S., & Stone, C. (2021). For whom does the bell toll: a political analysis of criticisms of the Hawthorne studies. Management Research News, 44(10), 1390–1408. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-06-2020-0333

• Muldoon, J. (2017). The Hawthorne studies: an analysis of critical perspectives, 1936-1958. Journal of Management History, 23(1), 74–94. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMH-09-2016-0052

• Muldoon, J. (2012). The Hawthorne legacy: A reassessment of the impact of the Hawthorne studies on management scholarship, 1930‐1958. Journal of Management History (2006), 18(1), 105–119. https://doi.org/10.1108/17511341211188682

Hawthorne Effect

• Sedgwick, P., & Greenwood, N. (2015). Understanding the Hawthorne effect. BMJ (Online), 351, h4672–h4672. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4672

• Levitt, S. D., & List, J. A. (2011). Was There Really a Hawthorne Effect at the Hawthorne Plant? An Analysis of the Original Illumination Experiments. American Economic Journal. Applied Economics, 3(1), 224–238. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.3.1.224

Elton Mayo & Fritz Roethlisberger

• Rivkin, Jan W., and Amram Migdal. Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger. Harvard Business School Case 717-469, March 2017.

• A Field Is Born. (2008). Harvard Business Review, 86(7/8), 164.

Job Redesign

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Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors

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Organizations on the Couch

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Workplace Incivility

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Workplace Bullying

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Gossip

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Pressure, Stress, Burnout & Their Effects

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• Bradley, A., & Semler, K. (2023). Re-discovering Purpose in the Face of Overwhelm and Burnout at Work. Developing Leaders, 40, 88–99.

Emotions in Organizations

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Positive Psychology

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Setting Boundaries

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• Plester, B. (2009). Crossing the line: boundaries of workplace humour and fun. Employee Relations, 31(6), 584–599. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450910991749

Positive Culture

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• Blattner, J., & Walter, T. J. (2015). Creating and sustaining a highly engaged company culture in a multigenerational workplace. Strategic HR Review, 14(4), 124–130. https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-06-2015-0043

Human Capital Interventions

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Work Happiness

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• Eckhaus, E. (2021). The Fourth Dimension of Happiness and Work Satisfaction. Management & Marketing (Bucharest, Romania), 16(2), 118–133. https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2021-0008

Work Wellness

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• Zhang, Z., & Song, P. (2020). Multi-Level Effects of Humble Leadership on Employees’ Work Well-Being: The Roles of Psychological Safety and Error Management Climate. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 571840–571840. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571840

• Soren, A., & Ryff, C. D. (2023). Meaningful Work, Well-Being, and Health: Enacting a Eudaimonic Vision. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), 6570-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166570

Work/Life Balance

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• Irawanto, D. W., Novianti, K. R., & Roz, K. (2021). Work from home: Measuring satisfaction between work-life balance and work stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Economies, 9(3), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies9030096

• Palumbo, R. (2020). Let me go to the office! An investigation into the side effects of working from home on work-life balance. The International Journal of Public Sector Management, 33(6/7), 771–790. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-06-2020-0150

Teams - Positive & Negatives

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• van der Lippe, T., & Lippényi, Z. (2019). Co‐workers working from home and individual and team performance. New Technology, Work and Employment, 35(1), 60-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12153

Groupthink

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• Pol, O., Bridgman, T., & Cummings, S. (2022). The forgotten ‘immortalizer’: Recovering William H Whyte as the founder and future of groupthink research. Human Relations (New York), 75(8), 1615–1641. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267211070680

• Van Bavel, J. J., Reinero, D. A., Harris, E., Robertson, C. E., & Pärnamets, P. (2020). Breaking Groupthink: Why Scientific Identity and Norms Mitigate Ideological Epistemology. Psychological Inquiry, 31(1), 66–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2020.1722599

Creativity, Innovation & Culture

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• Shao, Y., Zhang, C., Zhou, J., Gu, T., & Yuan, Y. (2019). How Does Culture Shape Creativity? A Mini-Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1219–1219. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01219

• Wang, J., Cheng, G. H. ‐L., Chen, T., & Leung, K. (2019). Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(6), 693–708. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2362

Engagement vs. Affective Commitment

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• Albrecht, S. L., & Marty, A. (2020). Personality, self-efficacy and job resources and their associations with employee engagement, affective commitment and turnover intentions. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(5), 657–681. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1362660

• Aboramadan, M., & Dahleez, K. A. (2020). Leadership styles and employees’ work outcomes in nonprofit organizations: the role of work engagement. The Journal of Management Development, 39(7/8), 869–893. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-12-2019-0499

Flow

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• King, S. (2021). Going with the flow: Remembering Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021). Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology, 7,157-159.
• Engeser, S., Schiepe-Tiska, A., Peifer, C. (2021). Historical Lines and an Overview of Current Research on Flow. In: Peifer, C., Engeser, S. (eds) Advances in Flow Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53468-4_1