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Proper selection methods support organizations to hire top talent and gain a competitive advantage
Dr. Annette Towler's picture
Dr. Annette Towler

Challenging Myths about Selection and Recruitment. Which selection methods do really make a difference?

Many organizations use selection methods that are not valid based on myths surrounding selection and recruitment. This CQ Dossier describes and challenges those myths and provides an overview of different selection approaches and their effectiveness to predict job performance.
Evidence-based HR, Employee selection, Cognitive ability, Personality
Structured interviews are a cost effective selection method to predict job performance
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Dr. Annette Towler

Structured interviews as selection method to predict job performance

This CQ Dossier describes how organizations can utilize structured interviews to attract and retain talented personnel. In particular, it focuses on general cognitive ability (IQ) and how HR professionals can utilize situational structured interviews to assess those competencies that are reflective of an applicant’s IQ.
Evidence-based HR, Employee selection, Cognitive ability
Research quality of scientific studies can be evaluated with the concepts of validity and reliability
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Dr. Devon Price

Understanding science: How to evaluate the research quality of scientific studies?

As you continue to develop your evidence-based management skills, learning to evaluate research for its quality and applicability to your own management practice is paramount. While peer-reviewed, empirical research is generally of a much higher quality than other published information found from other sources, not all journal articles are created equally.
Evidence-based Management, Social Science, Validity, Reliability, Research quality
Team-efficacy constitutes the joint beliefs of team members in their team’s capacity
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Dr. Annette Towler

Team-efficacy and team effectiveness: A primer for management practitioners

The last two decades has witnessed a change in work practices with most organizations relying on teams to complete tasks; in addition, theory and research on team effectiveness has also increased. Effective teams are social in nature with team members having high task interdependency and shared, common values (Salas, Cooke & Rosen, 2008).
Team-efficacy
Evidence-based management is the practice of selecting management strategies and interventions that have been supported by scientific research
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Dr. Devon Price

Learn what really matters based on evidence: An Introduction to Evidence-based Management

This CQ-Dossier provides an introduction in science-based and evidence-based management and how professionals and managers can implement it. Questions such as how to find, read, evaluate and interpret scientific evidence are addressed. In addition, the limits of scientific evidence are discussed.
Evidence-based Management, Evidence-based learning
Organizations are always places where individuals exert power and influence.

Organizational politics: Curse or blessing?

Politics exist in all organizations but it is interesting to consider whether organizational politics can be a blessing or a curse. This blog post draws on scientific evidence to illustrate how...
Change Management, Job performance, Leadership, Organizational politics, Power

6 behaviors that characterize politically skilled individuals in organizations and how to learn them

This blog discusses the importance of being politically skilled within work organizations. Organizational science researchers have highlighted the importance of political skills in being effective in...
Organizational politics, Power
Organizations consist of decision according to social systems theory

Social systems theory for management practitioners: Organizations as network of decisions

In line with our critical thinking approach here at CQ Net, in this blog post we want to look beyond the traditional management understanding of organizations as machines. Sociology has a long...
Decision making, Social Science, Systems approach
Resilient employees bounce back faster from setbacks

Resisting the storm: Building employee resilience with evidence-based practices

Life as a working professional involves taking risks, enduring frustrations, and recuperating in the face of failure. However, not all people are born with a high level of emotional resilience, nor...
Psychological safety, Resilience
Leadership demystified: What leadership is really about: Evidence-based concepts for managers and professionals

What is leadership really about? Evidence-based concepts for managers and professionals

The capability to lead and influence people is essential for success even beyond management. Professionals without a formal leadership role find themselves more and more often in situations where it...
Authentic Leadership, Charismatic Leadership, Evidence-based learning, Great Man Theory, Implicit leadership theory, Leader Member Exchange (LMX), Leadership, Trait based leadership, Transformational Leadership
The modern world of work requires a different approach for decision making

What are the benefits of an evidence-based management approach in human resource practice? An Interview with Michael Vodianoi from ScienceforWork

High-quality decision-making matters. Evidence-based Management is an easy to apply approach that helps management practitioners to make better decisions. I got the chance to talk to Michael Vodianoi...
Critical thinking, Evidence-based HR, Evidence-based Management, Evidence-based practices
Below the Tip of the Iceberg: How Organizational Cultures impacts Communication
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Aaron G.

Below the tip of the iceberg: How organizational culture impacts communication at the workplace

This CQ Dossier describes how organizational culture effects communication in the workplace alongside the internal belief systems of employees. Cultural variables and their impact on workplace communication are presented.
Psychological safety, Organizational culture, Internal beliefs, Workplace communication
Toxic workplaces undermine an organization's capacity to innovate
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Dr. Devon Price

Creativity killers: Toxic workplace factors that quash innovation and how to tackle them with evidence-based practices

A well-developed, well-run organization helps its employees to thrive. Under supportive, skilled management, individuals feel secure, trust that their organization values them, and feel liberated to raise concerns and propose new solutions to existing problems. A warm, relaxed, but stimulating professional climate tends to encourage innovative thinking as a result.
Evidence-based Innovation Management, Innovation, Creativity Killers, Creativity, High Performance Organization, Psychological safety
Challenges and enablers of upward communication: How to foster a speak-up culture in your organization
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Aaron G.

Challenges and enablers of upward communication: How to foster a speak-up culture in your organization

Upward communication can be intimidating and difficult in organizations depending on the culture and how employees view authority figures. It is important for organizational leaders to be open to upward communication if they want to know what is happening in their organizations.
Workplace communication, Internal beliefs, Speak-up culture, Leadership
The way we think of leadership impacts the way we see leaders.
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Dr. Annette Towler

What followers expect from leaders or how implicit leadership theories influence the way we think of leadership

This CQ Dossier describes the key components of implicit leadership theory. The dossier draws on research by Robert Lord and his colleagues to show how the assumptions that followers hold regarding what constitutes an effective leader can influence performance ratings.
Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Implicit leadership theory, Implicit bias, Performance management, Performance appraisal
Authentic leaders put legitimacy, ethics and positive psychological capacities first
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Dr. Annette Towler

The power of authentic leadership: How legitimacy, ethics and positive psychology drive organizational performance

This CQ Dossier focuses on the topic of authentic leadership which emphasizes the importance of leaders building honest and transparent relationships with their followers. The dossier describes the key component of authentic leadership and also describes how organizations can best identify and develop these behaviors in management.
Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Positive psychology, Trust
The Effects of Personality and Emotions on Workplace Communication
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Aaron G.

The effects of personality and emotions on workplace communication

Research on communication in the workplace has revealed that personality traits such as assertiveness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extroversion tend to increase the chance that someone will communicate at work.
Personality, Five Factor Model (FFM), Workplace communication
Transformational Leadership is a prominent leadership theory with considerable evidence on its effectiveness
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Dr. Annette Towler

Transformational Leadership – What works and what doesn’t work?

Over the last ten years, researchers have focused on Transformational Leadership as being an effective leadership strategy to implement within public and private sector organizations. This CQ Dossier focus on Transformational Leadership and poses the question on when the theory is effective and ineffective for individual and organizational success
Transformational Leadership, Complexity theory of leadership, Evidence-based Leadership

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