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Editor's Choice.

Each issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology will honor one accepted manuscript per issue by selecting it as an “Editor’s Choice” paper. Selection is based on the discretion of the editor and will be determined by considering societal relevance, potential for practically improving employee and organizational outcomes, and potential for advancing science in new directions.
APA’s Editor’s Choice Newsletter offers a free, bi-weekly compilation of APA Journal articles selected as outstanding, noteworthy, and impactful for the field by APA Journal editors. Each article will be freely available to Editor’s Choice subscribers for 30 days. Sign up here.

April 2025

Feature Article
Personality Profiles of 263 Occupations
Kätlin Anni, Uku Vainik, and René Mõttus
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001249 
Keywords: personality, occupation, job, person-job fit, Big Fiv

February 2025

Feature Article
The Identity Conflict Process: Appraisal Theory as an Integrative Framework for Understanding Identity Conflict at Work
Heather C. Vough, M. Teresa Cardador, Brianna B. Caza, and Emily D. Campion
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001223 
Keywords: identity conflict, jingle jangle fallacies, integrative review, appraisal process

January 2025

Feature Article
Revisiting the Nature and Strength of the Personality–Job Performance Relations: New Insights From Interpretable Machine Learning
Q. Chelsea Song, In-Sue Oh, Yesuel Kim, and Chaehan So
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001218  
Keywords: interpretable machine learning, personality, job performance, personnel selection

December 2024

Feature Article
Work–Family Conflict and Strain: Revisiting Theory, Direction of Causality, and Longitudinal Dynamism
Anna Z. Brzykcy, Mikko Rönkkö, Stephan A. Boehm, and Tim M. Goetz
​http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001204   
Keywords: strain, work– family conflict, cross-lagged panel model, random-intercept cross-lagged panel model

November 2024

Feature Article
Examining the Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Discriminatory Behavior at Work: An Attitude Dimension Consistency Perspective
Elaine Costa
​http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001215 
Keywords: discrimination, interventions, prejudice, diversity, equity, and inclusion, bias reduction

October 2024

Integrative Conceptual Review
An Integrative Conceptual Review of Multiperspective Frameworks in Personality Research and a Roadmap for Extended Applications in Organizational Psychology
Mickey B. Smith, I-Heng (Ray) Wu, R. Michael Holmes Jr., and Andréa M. Hodge
​http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001195 
Keywords: multiperspective, multirater, personality, judgment

September 2024

Feature Article
Stereotype Lift and Stereotype Threat Effects on Subgroup Mean Differences for Cognitive Tests: A Meta-Analysis of Adult Samples
Reed Priest, Annie Griebie, You Zhou, Dana Tomeh, and Paul R. Sackett
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001185 
Keywords: stereotype lift, stereotype threat, cognitive ability

August 2024

Feature Article
A Conditional Reasoning Test for Risk and Incident Propensity: Development and Validation
Alexa D. Baxley, Justin A. DeSimone, Daniel J. Svyantek, and Kelley Noll
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001183 
Keywords: risk propensity, conditional reasoning, incident propensity, safety testing, predictive validity, incremental validity, five-factor personality traits

July 2024

Feature Article
The Non-White Standard: Racial Bias in Perceptions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion LeadersRebecca M. Paluch and Vanessa Shum
​http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001106 
Keywords: non-White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, non-White candidate, White candidate, social groups, diversity, equity, inclusion, leadership, leader role, leadership perceptions, racial bias, traditional leader role, social role theory, role congruity theory, communality, suffered discrimination, commitment, social justice commitment, weaker agency, North America

June 2024

Feature Article
Hidden Consequences of Political Discourse at Work: How and Why Ambient Political Conversations Impact Employee Outcomes 

Christopher C. Rosen, Joel Koopman, Allison S. Gabriel, Young Eun Lee, Maira Ezerins, and Philip L. Roth
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001171 
Keywords: political conversations, negative affect, cognitive depletion, work goal progress, job satisfaction

May 2024

Research Report
Taking a Heavier Toll? Racial Differences in the Effects of Workplace Mistreatment on Depression
Ji Woon Ryu, Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, and Ernest H. O’Boyle
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001170 
Keywords: race, Blacks, Whites, workplace mistreatment, depression, attribution, racial differences, effects

April 2024

Feature Article
Convergence of Collaborative Behavior in Virtual Teams: The Role of External Crises and Implications for Performance
Tobias Blay, Fabian Jintae Froese, Vasyl Taras, and Marjaana Gunkel
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001133 
Keywords: virtual teams, collaborative behavior consensus, external crisis, team performance, multilevel group-process framework

March 2024

Feature Article
Using Natural Language Processing to Increase Prediction and Reduce Subgroup Differences in Personnel Selection Decision
Emily D. Campion, Michael A. Campion, James Johnson, Thomas R. Carretta, Sophie Romay, Bobbie Dirr, Andrew Deregla, and Amanda Mouton
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001144
Keywords: natural language processing, artificial intelligence, personnel selection, subgroup differences, prediction

February 2024

Research Report
A Breath of Toxic Air: The Relationship Between Appraised Air Pollution, Abusive Supervision, and Laissez-Faire Leadership Through the Dual-Mediating Pathways of Negative Affect and Somatic Complaints
Ussama Ahmad Khan, Charmi Patel, and Christopher M. Barnes
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001113 
Keywords: affect, air pollution, somatic complaints, abusive supervision, laissez-faire leadership

January 2024

Research Report
Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest.
Franz Mönke, Filip Lievens, Usrula Hess, and Phillip Schäpers
https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001124 
Keywords: cybervetting, personnel selection, political ideology, similarity attraction, social media

December 2023

Feature Article
Sensemaking Through the Storm: How Postpartum Depression Shapes Personal Work–Family Narratives
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Allison S. Gabriel, Jamie J. Ladge, Laura M. Little, Rebecca L. MacGowan, and Elizabeth E. Stillwell
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001125 
Keywords: work–family, sensemaking, identity, postpartum depression, maternal health

November 2023

Feature Article
Who Needs Nature? The Influence of Employee Speciesism on Nature-Based Need Satisfaction and Subsequent Work Behavior
Pok Man Tang, Anthony C. Klotz, Shawn T. McClean, Yating Wang, Zhaoli Song, and Chin Tung Stewart Ng
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001104 
Keywords: speciesism, nature exposure, basic need satisfaction, self-determination theory

October 2023

Feature Article
Humane Orientation, Work–Family Conflict, and Positive Spillover Across Cultures
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Barbara Beham, Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Tammy D. Allen, Andreas Baierl, Matilda Alexandrova,
Artiawati, T. Alexandra Beauregard, Vânia Sofia Carvalho, Maria José Chambel, Eunae Cho,
Bruna Coden da Silva, Sarah Dawkins, Pablo I. Escribano, Konjit Hailu Gudeta, Ting-pang Huang, Ameeta Jaga, Dominique Kost, Anna Kurowska, Emmanuelle Leon, Suzan Lewis, Chang-qin Lu, Angela Martin, Gabriele Morandin, Fabrizio Noboa, Shira Offer, Eugene Ohu, Pascale Peters, Ujvala Rajadhyaksha, Marcello Russo, Young Woo Sohn, Caroline Straub, Mia Tammelin, Leila Triki, Marloes L. van Engen, and Ronit Waismel-Manor
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001093 
Keywords: culture, humane orientation, work–family conflict, work–family positive spillover, social support

September 2023

Feature Article
New Strategies for Addressing the Diversity–Validity Dilemma With Big Data
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Caleb Rottman, Cari Gardner, Joshua Liff, Nathan Mondragon, and Lindsey Zuloaga
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001084 
Keywords: selection, machine learning, diversity– validity dilemma, video interviews

August 2023

Feature Article
How Well Can an AI Chatbot Infer Personality? Examining Psychometric Properties of Machine-Inferred Personality Score
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Jinyan Fan, Tianjun Sun, Jiayi Liu, Teng Zhao, Bo Zhang, Zheng Chen, Melissa Glorioso, and Elissa Hack
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001082 
Keywords: chatbot, personality, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, psychometric properties, reliability, internal consistency, split-half, test-retest, factorial validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, criterion-related validity, machine-inferred, personality scores

July 2023

Monograph
Do You See Me? An Inductive Examination of Differences Between Women of Color’s Experiences of and Responses to Invisibility at Work
Barnini Bhattacharyya and Jennifer L. Berdahl
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001072 
Keywords: intersectionality, qualitative, intersectional invisibility, women of color, equity, diversity, and inclusion

June 2023

Research Report
​A Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Investigation of the Relationship Between Stigma and Job Effectiveness Among Employees With HIV
Anna Carmella G. Ocampo, Yueyang Chen, Simon Lloyd D. Restubog, Lu Wang, and Anthony Decoste
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001051 
Keywords: HIV, stigma, fear, shame, marginalized and vulnerable population

May 2023

Feature Article
​Back-Translation Practices in Organizational Research: Avoiding Loss in Translation
Anthony C. Klotz, Brian W. Swider, and Seo Hyun Kwon
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001050 
Keywords: back-translation, research methods, International Psychology, transparency and openness, scale development

April 2023

Feature Article
​Egalitarian Norm Messaging Increases Human Resources Professionals’ Salary Offers to Women
Carolin Schuster, Gregg Sparkman, Gregory M. Walton, Anna Alles, and David D. Loschelder
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001033  
Keywords: negotiation, norms, gender pay gap, gender bias, dynamic norm

March 2023

Feature Article
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Multiple, Speeded Assessments Under Scrutiny: Underlying Theory, Design Considerations, Reliability, and Validity
Christoph N. Herde and Filip Lievens
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000603 
Keywords: personnel selection, multiple speeded assessments, behavioral job simulations, thin slices, stimulus domain and response domain sampling

February 2023

Editor's Choice Article
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When Thriving Requires Effortful Surviving: Delineating Manifestations and Resource Expenditure Outcomes of Microaggressions for Black Employees

Danielle D. King, Elisa S. M. Fattoracci, David W. Hollingsworth, Elliot Stahr, and Melinda Nelson
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001016
Keywords: racism, microaggressions, anti-Black racism, conservation of resources

January 2023

Feature Article
Progressive or Pressuring? The Signaling Effects of Egg Freezing Coverage and Other Work–Life Policies
Elinor Flynn and Lisa M. Leslie
https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001023
Keywords: work-life policies, egg freezing, signaling, employee attitudes, organizational attraction​​

December 2022

Monograph
Reconciling Female Agentic Advantage and Disadvantage With the CADDIS Measure of Agency

Anyi Ma, Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, and Christy Zhou Koval
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000550
Keywords: agency, gender, leadership, measure development

November 2022

Integrative Conceptual Review
Dynamic Team Composition: A Theoretical Framework Exploring Potential and Kinetic Dynamism in Team Capabilities

Mikhail A. Wolfson, Lauren D’Innocenzo, and Suzanne T. Bell
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001004
Keywords: dynamics, staffing, development, team composition, situational alignment

October 2022

Feature Article
Theory-driven game-based assessment of general cognitive ability: Design theory, measurement, prediction of performance, and test fairness.

Richard N. Landers, Michael B. Armstrong, Andrew B. Collmus, Salih Mujcic, and Jason Blaik
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000954 
Keywords: validation, measurement, fairness, game-based assessment, game design

September 2022

​​Feature Article
The Role of Fairness Perceptions in Patient and Employee Health: A Multilevel, Multisource Investigation
Isabel Bilotta, Jeremy F. Dawson, and Eden B. King
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000736
Keywords: fairness, voice, the group engagement model, organizational justice, employee health

August 2022

​​Feature Article
​A Comprehensive Examination of the Cross-Validity of Pareto-Optimal Versus Fixed-Weight Selection Systems in the Biobjective Selection Context

Wilfried De Corte, Filip Lievens, and Paul R. Sackett
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000927
Keywords: cross-validity, Pareto-Optimal, adverse impact, personnel selection, selection design
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