The Gig Economy has been placed on number #4 on the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology’s (SIOP) Top 10 Workplace Trends. Internet, the sophistication of digital tools, shift in the nature of career aspirations, values, etc. of the Millennials & Gen Z, people not being bound by geographic locations are some factors leading to this boom of the gig …
Person right for the job but is the Person right for the Organization?
Person job fit is a requirement is what most of the organizations look for when requiting but if we are looking at long term goals person-organization fit becomes an important aspect in the matrix The most crucial question in P-O fit is how employees and organisations choose each other, why they continue to work together, and how compatibility affects that …
Virtual Onboarding and the Challenge to Trust Building
Work from Home is not a novel term, it has been used by organizations for a very long time. However, the COVID 19 pandemic situation has compelled even the unwilling ones to resort to the same. This has made even the departments ,which rely heavily on face to face interaction to follow a virtual method of operation. One such department …
How dishonest behavior reduces individuals’ ability to read others’ emotions
In this research, researchers examine the unintended consequences of dishonest behavior for one’s interpersonal abilities and subsequent ethical behavior. Specifically, they explore how dishonest conduct can reduce one’s generalized empathic accuracy— which is the ability to accurately read other people’s emotional states. In the process, they distinguish these 2 constructs (dishonest conduct and empathic accuracy) from one another and demonstrate …