Science to Practice.

Through a partnership with I/O At Work, we are facilitating the translation of science to practice by taking the findings from selected Journal of Applied Psychology articles and transforming them into practical, actionable, and easily digestible summaries. Our vision for this effort is to provide (1) the public and organizational decision-makers easy access to our science and (2) authors with brief summaries of their research to share with colleagues and institutional publicity offices. We also encourage authors to post translational summaries on their professional websites and distribute through social media.

I/O At Work Partnership Stats:

• 90 Journal of Applied Psychology reviews have been posted
• 25,740 visits to these reviews

Reviews

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Leader Mindset Can Reduce Gender Bias
​New research demonstrates that when leaders believe that all people have high leadership potential, it can lead to a reduction in harmful gender bias.

Can Interactions With Artificial Intelligence Be Socially Fulfilling?
New research finds that people cope with AI social interactions in both adaptive and maladaptive ways.

Using Machine Learning To Select A Diverse And Effective Workforce
​New machine learning techniques offer a promising way for organizations to predict employee success without compromising fairness to applicants.

Can Artificial Intelligence Accurately Measure Personality?
New research finds that an AI chatbot can infer someone’s personality. What are the implications for the future of employee selection?

How To Measure Employee Burnout Using Pictures
New research finds that a quick, pictorial measure of job burnout shows promising validity.

Should Organizations Offer General Mental Ability Tests On Mobile Platforms?
New research investigates score differences on cognitive ability tests when taken by mobile versus non-mobile users.

Fear Can Lead To Increased Proactivity And Burnout
New research finds that perceived financial insecurity can lead to fear-driven proactive behavior. This can eventually lead to employee burnout.

Translating Organizational Research Scales Into A Different Language
New research explores how organizational psychologists translate scales into new languages as the field continues to globalize.

How Do People Living With HIV Experience The Workplace?
New research finds that stigma from HIV impacts job effectiveness due to feelings of shame.

Robots On The Rise: Blessing Or Curse For The Workplace?
New research finds that exposure to robots can increase feelings of job insecurity, and in turn, workplace burnout and incivility.

Workplace Bullies May Experience Backlash
Researchers demonstrate that workplace bullies may be more likely to eventually become victims of bullying themselves.

Does Cannabis Use Make Employees More Creative?
New research reveals that cannabis use does not increase objective creativity, but influences perceptions of creativity for the self and others.

Are Narcissistic Employees More Creative?
Current research shows that when an organization highly values creativity, narcissistic employees put their attention and effort toward being creative.

When Will Employees Speak Up In Response to Abusive Leadership?
New research suggests that observers of workplace abuse are more likely to legitimize the abuse when they have a strong relationship with the leader.

Stress Mindset Can Influence How Leaders Treat Their Employees
Research shows that leaders may treat employees differently, depending on how the leaders view stress.

How Organizations Can Help Employees Sustain Creativity
New research shows that producers of creative work may be less likely to continue creative output when their first production is novel and award-winning.

How Multiple, Speeded Assessments Can Predict Job Performance
New research shows that fast-paced simulation assessments may be a valid selection method to predict future job performance, but only under specific conditions.

How Inclusive Work Climates Can Foster Organizational Innovation
New research shows that Black employees face racial backlash for self-promotion that other racial groups are not penalized for.

Self-Promotion Has Unique Consequences for Black Employees
New research shows that Black employees face racial backlash for self-promotion that other racial groups are not penalized for.

Eating Healthy At Work Impacts How Employees Are Perceived And Treated
New research finds that employees who eat healthy at work are seen as having more self-control and are treated more positively by coworkers.

How Fairness Perceptions Influence Health Outcomes
Researchers find that when employees feel that they are treated fairly, there are distinct benefits to job performance and health outcomes.

How Bad Calls and Makeup Calls Operate in Organizations
New research reveals how making “bad calls,” or errors that negatively impact others, can lead to “makeup calls,” or attempts to make amends for those errors.

Examining Asian Employees’ Likelihood of Negotiating Starting Salaries
New research reveals differences in starting salaries among Asian employees in the United States. What is the role of salary negotiation?

Examining Employee Reactions to Organizations Offering Egg-Freezing Coverage
New research shows how employees may react negatively to companies offering work-life policies that cover egg freezing procedures.​

Why It Is Important To Accurately Perceive The Status Of Group Members
New research reveals how accurate assessment of a group’s hierarchy can help teams reduce status conflict and subsequently perform better.

How A Growth Mindset Can Lead To Happiness At Work
Research demonstrates that happiness at work may be partially due to employees having a growth-mindset. How can organizations benefit from this?

Examining The Microaggressions That Black Employees Face At Work​
New research uncovers the different kinds of microaggressions that Black employees may face at work, and examines how these microaggressions impact workplace outcomes.

Emotional Journeys At Work Have Hidden Costs For Employees
New research finds that negative consequences for employees can result from the process of changing emotional states at work.

Is It Lonely At The Top? Maybe For Women, But Not For Men
New research finds that women in leadership roles experience loneliness, while their male counterparts do not. Why is this, and how can organizations better support their female leaders?

Exploring The Relationship Between Education Level And Job Satisfaction
New research considers the relationship between education and job satisfaction. Does being more educated make someone happier or sadder at work?

Women Are Both Penalized And Rewarded For Showing Agency At Work
New research finds that some agentic qualities lead women to be viewed as more promotable, while others have the opposite effect.

Exploring Positive And Negative Consequences Of Global Work Demands
New research shows how global work demands can have positive and negative consequences for employees.

How Leader Diversity Ideology Impacts Employee Perceptions And Behaviors
New research finds that leaders who acknowledge racial and ethnic identities have followers who view them as more ethical and who engage in more proactive behaviors toward the organization.

How Exercising At Work Affects Employee Focus
New research explores how physical activity during the workday may improve work focus.

Receiving Gratitude At Work Positively Affects Family Life
New research demonstrates that service providers live better family lives when they are shown gratitude at work. What can organizations do in response?

Overcoming The Negative Effects Of Performance Pressure
New research shows how a brief personal values affirmation exercise can help reduce unethical behavior at work.

How Variable Work Schedules Influence Turnover And Performance
New research finds that the use of variable work schedules leads to higher turnover, and in turn, slower performance recovery, especially during a crisis.

How Motives Of Managers Influence Employees’ Judgments Of Fairness
New research finds that employees consider supervisors’ adherence to justice and their motives for doing so when forming judgments of fairness.

Using Computers To Assess Video Interviews: Does It Work?
Organizations are increasingly relying on computers to assess job candidates. Do the psychometric properties of these methods support their use?

Supervisor Support Helps Employee Physical Health​
New research shows how supervisor support at work is associated with employee physical health in the form of cortisol patterns and BMI.

How CEO Gender Influences The Pay Of Top Managers
New research shows that women in top management roles earn less when the CEO of their company is also female.

When Are Advisors Overconfident And How Can We Get More Accurate Predictions?
New research shows that advisors often become overconfident in their advice when it serves their self-interests. This can leave advice-seekers with inaccurate predictions.

Can Mindfulness Impact Weekly Motivation And Performance Patterns?
New research shows how trait mindfulness can counteract weekly declines in motivation and performance for employees working in highly demanding jobs.

Which Companies Resort To Layoffs During Tough Times?
Researchers find that companies that have recently invested in human or physical capital are less likely to lay off employees when the going gets tough.

Why Third-Party Ratings Of Personality Are Better Than Self-Reporting
Researchers compare different ways to assess personality, specifically in regards to employee selection testing. Interestingly, third-party assessments beat self-reporting.

The “Live Healthy, Work Healthy” Program Leads To Positive Outcomes At Work
New research reveals positive work-related outcomes of a chronic disease management program for employees.

How Have Gig Workers Navigated The COVID-19 Pandemic?
Researchers explore the different strategies that gig workers took to respond to challenges that they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How Features Of A Service Job Influence Sexual Harassment
New research shows that a job’s compensation structure and emotional labor requirements can influence experiences of sexual harassment from customers.

How Diversity Of Search Committees Impacts Diversity Of Applicant Pools
New research shows how the diversity of search committees is associated with a more diverse group of job applicants. Why does this occur?

Constant Interruptions Make Remote Work Challenging
The pandemic has made it harder for employees to concentrate on work and get their jobs done. New research offers some insight as to what can be done about it.

How To Best Communicate With Your Remote Workers
With remote work becoming much more common, researchers explain how employers can best communicate with their employees to improve performance and reduce burnout.

How Exposure To COVID-19 Information Impacts Employee Behavior
New research shows how COVID-19 information exposure can lead to death anxiety and death reflection. Ultimately, this can lead to positive and negative impacts for employees at work.

How Women Balance Work And Home Life During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the natural boundary between work and nonwork life. How have women in STEM fields successfully adapted?

How The Pandemic Has Affected Social Connections At Work
Researchers discover that social connections have suffered due to the stress and uncertainty brought on by the pandemic. Who is most affected?

The Danger Of Narcissistic CEOs – Especially During A Crisis
New research shows that high-level executives who appear narcissistic during a crisis set up their employees and their organizations for failure.

How Are Employees Treated When They Show Up To Work Sick?
When employees show up to work sick, do people consider it admirable or harmful? New research demonstrates that the answer is not so simple.

Employee Emotional Responses To The COVID-19 Pandemic
Researchers investigate the different emotional responses that employees have experienced during the pandemic. They also track how these emotions change over time in response to perceptions of a leader.

How Tired Employees Can Use Microbreaks To Recharge
Taking microbreaks may be an effective strategy for tired employees. What influences whether employees will take them? New research offers some answers.

Combat Zoom Fatigue By Turning Off The Camera
Researchers identify the specific cause of Zoom fatigue and explain why it is important for organizations to do something about it.

Reflecting On Death May Lead To Increased Creativity
New research shows how death reflection during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with subsequent increases in creativity.

Boundary Violations And Burnout Among Healthcare Workers
New research explores how healthcare workers experienced increased work-life boundary violations and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Negative News Consumption Leads To Poor Employee Outcomes
New research explores how news consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic affects employees’ anxiety and work engagement; this relationship differs based on occupational calling.

Building Psychosocial Safety Climate In Organizations
Research shows how an evidence-based intervention can help to build psychosocial safety climate to support employee psychological health.

Which Job Seekers Are At A Disadvantage During COVID-19?
Research finds that job seekers are at a disadvantage when they are more concerned with COVID-19. What can organizations do about this?

Exploring Public Attitudes About Remote Work
Researchers examine a million tweets to investigate how employees felt about working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show mixed attitudes.

Organizational Responses Affect Public Sentiment During A Crisis
Researchers investigate how various types of bonus pay and CEO messaging affect public sentiment during times of crisis.

Using Mindfulness To Promote A Positive Workplace Culture
Researchers use a mindfulness intervention in the workplace. They find that it can increase employee gratitude and helping behavior.

Death Awareness Impacts Employees During COVID-19
New research explores the different ways employees experience death awareness, and how this can impact workplace outcomes.

How Stress Influences The Decision To Work From Home
New research explores how experiencing different types of stressors can influence decisions on whether or not employees work from home.

How Daily News Consumption May Lead To A Less Productive Workplace
Researchers find that news consumption is associated with negative work outcomes. Which employees are most impacted by this and how can organizations intervene?

How to Help Conscientious Employees Avoid Burnout
Research demonstrates that conscientious employees may experience extra stress in the face of workplace ambiguity. How can organizations help them?​

Examining Uncivil Behaviors within Dyads at Work
New research examines workplace incivility among dyads of coworkers. Additionally, the role of perceived norms regarding uncivil behavior is explored.

Reconnecting with Old Friends to Cope with Work-Related Stress
New research shows how employees may reconnect with old friends or relatives in order to cope with stressors during the COVID-19 crisis.

When Do Employees Leave To Pursue Entrepreneurial Work?
Researchers find that negative events at work may inspire aspirational employees to leave their jobs and pursue work as entrepreneurs.

Team Newcomers are Treated Differently Based on Attractiveness and Sex
Research shows how reactions to a new work team member may differ depending on the newcomer’s attractiveness and sex.

The Gender Gap in Negotiation – Why It Happens and What to Do About It
Research explains how gender differences in negotiation success may be due to women receiving backlash for behaving in ways that are inconsistent with traditional gender stereotypes.

Best Practices for Reducing Zoom Fatigue
Researchers find that employee are exhausted from the increase in videoconferences. How can organizations counter this effect and make sure productivity is not harmed?

How Do Employees Feel About Working from Home?
How does working from home make employees feel during the COVID-19 pandemic? Researchers find the answer through machine learning and tweets.

How To Improve Employees’ Sense Of Job Security During A Crisis
How do unforeseen crises affect employee behavior and work attitudes, and what can organizations do to mitigate any harmful effects?

How Use Of Racially Stigmatizing Labels Hurts Employees
New research reveals that leaders’ use of racially stigmatizing labels to refer to COVID-19 is associated with adverse employee outcomes.​

Unhealthy Eating At Home Impacts Work Outcomes
New research shows how unhealthy eating habits may lead to physical symptoms and negative emotions, ultimately harming work performance.

The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Interruptions At Work
New research reveals how work interruptions can simultaneously have both positive and negative effects on job satisfaction.

What To Do About Employee Anxiety During A Pandemic
Mortality salience means being aware of the possibility of death. How does this feeling affect employees during a pandemic and how can organizations help?

Do Financial Incentives Always Improve Performance?
New research addresses the debate about whether or not financial incentives are beneficial for performance on interesting tasks.

How Proactive Personality Fosters Higher Job Performance And Well-Being
Researchers find that people with a proactive personality succeed at work during difficult times. What is their secret to success?

There May Be Harm In Putting Female Executives In The Spotlight
New research suggests that putting female executives in the spotlight may negatively impact their tenure. How can organizations help female leaders succeed?

How To Help Your Employees Take Charge And Stay Engaged
Researchers investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted employee engagement. Which simple interventions can lead to improvement?

Exposure To Changing Stressors Impacts Anxiety And Work Outcomes
Stressful events can be constant or changing. Why does this distinction matter when tracking harmful workplace outcomes for employees?

Crisis Can Increase Occupational Calling For Nurses
Researchers investigate how nurses respond during times of crisis. What leads them to increased occupational calling and job performance?

How Working Couples Balance Work And Family During COVID-19
What strategies do couples use to deal with the challenges of school closures and working from home, and how do these strategies relate to well-being and job performance?

How Core Team Members Affect Team Performance
Research shows that teams perform better when core team members are more present during the work. What can be done if core team members must be absent?

Keeping Employees Focused On Work During Difficult Times
Managerial commitment to safety plays a critical role in helping employees focus on their work during a pandemic. It may also lead to higher job performance.

The Psychological Demands On Health Care Workers During A Pandemic
New research shows that intense work is associated with negative psychological and emotional outcomes. These effects are stronger for workers with greater prosocial motivation.

The Effects Of Economic Stress On Following Health Guidelines
New research explores how experiencing economic stressors relates to following CDC recommendations on COVID-19 prevention.

Can Blue-Light Filtering Glasses Improve Employee Performance?
New research demonstrates how wearing blue-light filtering glasses may improve work outcomes, such as employee performance, engagement, and citizenship behavior.

The Effects Of COVID-19 And Socioeconomic Status On Well-Being
New research explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced well-being. How does socioeconomic status play a role?

Promoting Transfer Of Resources From Work Life To Family Life
Researchers design a new training intervention that aims to help employees transfer their work resources to family life.

How Employees React To Sudden Hero Status
Researchers explore the reactions of hospital workers who received elevated status during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How Organizations Can Better Support Telework Employees
Teleworking employees may lack resources and organizational support. How can organizations better serve employees who must work from home?

Leadership Coaching Can Improve Team Performance
New research shows how coaching a team leader can increase the quality of team processes and ultimately improve team outcomes.

How Employers Can Reduce COVID-19 Health Anxiety
New research shows how anxiety about COVID-19 is related to poor work, family, and health outcomes. These effects can be mitigated by frequent hand washing.

How New Hires Can Improve Their Chances Of Success
Self-presentation plays an important role in determining how employees are treated by their supervisors, and may ultimately influence job success.

Personalities Can Change After Taking On Leadership Roles
Researchers demonstrate that assuming a leadership position may change a person’s level of conscientiousness, even in the long term.

How To Combat Stereotype Threat In The Workplace
There are many existing interventions designed to decrease the negative effects of stereotype threat. How do they differ in substance and effectiveness?

Workplace Diversity Training Works Better With Cross-Race Friendship
Researchers find that diversity training increases people’s perspective-taking abilities. However, this finding only holds for people who report having close friends of a different race.​

How Employee Autonomy is Restored During COVID-19
Research finds that employee autonomy, an aspect of well-being, begins to restore even while stress is still ongoing. This pattern is stronger for employees higher in neuroticism.

How Hospitals Can Reduce Unsafe Behavior and Medical Errors
Research demonstrates that healthcare providers can make better use of patient experiences when trying to reduce behavioral errors that may lead to dangerous and costly mistakes.   ​

Acting Courageously Against Injustice Benefits Transgender Employees
Researchers find that transgender employees benefit when others stand up to workplace injustice on their behalf. Benefits include increased self-esteem and job satisfaction, and decreased emotional exhaustion.

​​Demanding Jobs May Lead to Poor Health and Death
Research explores how difficult jobs can ultimately lead to poor mental health and death, specifically when employees lack the resources for dealing with the high job demands.​

How to Communicate Authenticity When Using Technology
It is important for employee emotions to come off as authentic in their work interactions. What mode of communication makes employees seem most authentic?​

The Best Way to Search for a Job on LinkedIn
How does LinkedIn affect job search efforts, and how can job seekers best utilize their time on the social media platform?

How Social Media Can Influence Hiring Decisions
Employers often look at job applicants’ social media pages prior to making hiring decisions. What kind of information is available, and how is it related to recruiter evaluations?

The Benefits of Female Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Research reveals that U.S. states with female governors experienced fewer deaths from COVID-19, possibly because female leaders display more empathy and
confidence.

How Student Loan Debt Affects Employment After College
​How does student loan debt affect college students’ job search efforts and what can organizations do to help employees reduce the stress from student loan debt?