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Both physical and emotional wellbeing is a priority for every organization

Dr. Devon Price

Health and Wellness: Cultivating Physical and Emotional Health in an Organization

There are numerous apparent benefits for making the physical and even emotional health of employees a priority. This dossier will review some of the latest empirical research on the subject.

Work and well-being, Mental health

Psychological wellbeing has a measurable positive impact on individual and organizational performance

Dr. Devon Price

Psychological well-being: Making an organization psychologically nourishing

All employees have distinct psychological needs. When managing a large group of people, you will generally be unaware of what the full extent of these needs are. This CQ Dossier provides you an introduction into what you have to consider in order to ensure your employees' psychological wellbeing.

Work and well-being, Mental health, Workplace design, Social support

Burnout can be spread through social channels

Dr. Devon Price

Burnout contagion: Managing and reducing socially-transmitted burnout

Burnout is, largely, a social phenomenon. Many of the causes of burnout are social: when an organization is run in an unjust fashion, conflict is high, and employer demands are difficult to meet, employees are at a greater risk of burning out (Oberle et al, 2016). Burnout is also exhibited in social terms: burned out employees are more disagreeable, apathetic, and jaded. The diminished performance of a burned out employee can create more conflict and disappointment within their workplace, negatively impacting those around them (Kim et al, 2017).

Burnout, Work and well-being, Conflict resolution

High level of stress, high workload and a dysfunctional organization are predictors of burnout

Dr. Devon Price

Lighting the match: Causes of burnout and exhaustion at the workplace

Burnout is the enemy of productivity, collaboration, and morale. When an employee is experiencing burnout, they report low motivation, low investment in their organization’s goals, and an outlook that is pessimistic and grim. Burned out employees are more likely to be absent, waste time at the workplace, make avoidable errors in their work duties, and generate conflict among their co-workers.

Burnout, Work and well-being, Stress, Overwork, Workplace communication, Organizational fairness

Wellbeing is not just a hype but can have a lasting impact on organizational performance.

Dr. Devon Price

The Importance of Wellbeing: Organizational Outcomes from an Evidence-based Management Perspective

A growing number of organizations are focusing on caring for their employees in a holistic, wellbeing-focused manner. Particularly among tech companies and start-ups, employee benefits now surpass simple health and retirement benefits, and include physical health programs, continuing education credits, and even on-site wellness facilities such as yoga rooms (Dailey & Zhu, 2017).

Work and well-being, Burnout, Workplace design, Conflict resolution, Collaboration

Wellbeing is a holistic concepts that addresses psychological, emotional, and physical health

Dr. Devon Price

More than Okay: What Employee Wellbeing Is, and Why It Matters

Most managers are well aware that employee satisfaction and job enjoyment predicts performance, retention, burnout, and other crucial outcomes. Employers also tend to recognize the value in selecting and screening for employees who are optimistic, and otherwise psychologically equipped for their specific position.

Work and well-being, Job satisfaction, Resilience, Workplace design

Social sciences rely on a qualitative and quantitative research approach

Dr. Devon Price

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Evidence-Based Management

Evidence-based management covers both qualitative and quantitative research. This CQ Dossier provides a brief introduction in both research traditions.

Evidence-based Management, Evidence-based learning, Social Science, Qualitative Research, Quantitative research

Team processes that support idea generation and problem solving can boost innovation

Dr. Devon Price

Team processes that breed innovation: Idea generation, problem-finding and critique strategies

In order for a work team to thrive and develop innovative, paradigm-challenging ideas, creativity must be properly fostered. Working towards that requires that you, as a manager, recognize that creative output is inherently risky and vulnerable – especially when the pressure is high and the need for a useful solution is paramount (Paulus, 2000).

Evidence-based Innovation Management, Creativity, Innovation, Team Dynamics, Team Building, Idea generation, Problem solving

Dr. Annette Towler

Does leadership really make a difference? The benefits of leadership in a nutshell

This CQ Dossier describes modern theories of leadership through a focus on emergent theories that link human resource management and strategy across multiple-levels. The dossier describes the latest innovations in research to show that leadership is a process through which organizations can gain a competitive advantage.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Flexible leadership theory, Complexity theory of leadership

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

Teams have task-relevant knowledge, share a high level of communication and adapt to the environment

Dr. Annette Towler

The power of teams and how create the right environment to harness it

This CQ Dossier describes the key characteristics of effective teams. The dossier draws on research that show how effective teams operate through coordination, communication, and shared cognition. The dossier describes how organizations can provide human resource practices such as employee training to ensure that teams are successful in reaching their missions and goals.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, High Performance Team, Team Building, Team Dynamics, Workplace communication

Leadership as a relationship: Why "we" matters more than I"

Dr. Annette Towler

Leadership as a relationship: Why "we" matters more than I"

This CQ Dossier focuses on the importance of relationships within the leadership literature. It describes the theories of leader-member exchange (LMX) and servant leadership to describe how effective leaders build quality and strong relationships with each of their followers to gain commitment to the organizational mission.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leader Member Exchange (LMX), Leadership, Servant Leadership

Developing Talent through Human Resource Development: What does evidence tell us?

Dr. Annette Towler

Developing talent through human resource development (HRD): What does the evidence tell us?

This CQ Dossier describes how organizations can develop talent through effective Human Resource Development (HRD) systems. It describes the three main stages of HRD including needs analysis, design and implementation of training, and evaluation of training.

Evidence-based HR, Human capital, Human Resource Development

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)

Evidence-based management provides guidance on strategic HR Manaement Frameworks

Dr. Annette Towler

Strategic Human Resource Management Framework for High Performance Organizations: What does the evidence tell us?

This CQ Dossier describes how organizations can gain a competitive advantage through human capital. It describes how investment in HRM practices can enable high performing organization.

Evidence-based HR, Human capital

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