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Organizational performance is an important concept and management tool for professionals

Dr. Sumbul Tahir

Organizational performance: What it is and how to measure and improve it

This CQ Dossier summarizes the existing evidence about the financial, social, psychological, and operational aspects of organizational performance to arrive at a comprehensive definition and introduce interventions how to improve it.

Aleksandra Deric

High-performance work practices: How to improve organizational performance with HPWPs

This CQ Dossier describes the merits and shortcomings of high-performance work practices (HPWPs), explains why they matter, and gives recommendations on how they can be implemented in practice.

High Performance Organization, Job performance, VUCA, Empowerment

This CQ Dossiers addresses job performance from an evidence-based management point of view.

Dr. Markus Nini

Job performance: Why task and contextual performance matter from an Evidence-based Management perspective

Job performance (sometimes also called work performance) is a widely used tool in management, however organizations rarely address what it really is, which dimensions it includes, and in which areas of work it becomes important.

Job performance, Contextual performance, Personality, Employee selection

Job crafting puts employees in the driver seat for designing their work environment

Dr. Annette Towler

Employees in charge: Why autonomy and job crafting boost motivation

This CQ Dossier describes the Job Characteristics Model that provides recommendations on how best to design jobs to enrich employee motivation. The model focuses on the intrinsic motivation that employees gain through having control over their work. The model shows how autonomy, job crafting and feedback can enhance employee motivation and enrich the experience of work.

Motivation, Job crafting, Autonomy, Job performance, Job satisfaction, Basic psychological needs

Personality is an important concept that can be used in selection and assessment

Dr. Annette Towler

Personality as a predictor of job performance: How to measure personality and select the right employees

This CQ Dossier describes how organizations can use personality tests for selection and recruitment purposes. We focus on the Big Five Personality Model and describe the research that supports use of the Big Five for validation purposes with criteria.

Evidence-based HR, Personality, Job performance, Five Factor Model (FFM)