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NeoAcademic contains the ramblings of a professor of industrial/organizational psychology, which covers the application of psychological principles to the workplace. Primary topics of interest are the use of technology in training and education.
Richard Landers
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- April 4, 2012
- 09:30 AM
- 30 views
Online Incivility by Supervisors May Lead People to Quit
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
A recent study by Giumetti et al[1] examines cyber incivility, which is defined as low intensity “rude and discourteous” behavior that takes place through an internet or intranet-based communications system (e.g. e-mail, chat, or Facebook). They found that those reporting having experienced cyber incivility were more likely to skip work, burn out, and report their [...]
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Giumetti, G., McKibben, E., Hatfield, A., Schroeder, A., & Kowalski, R. (2012) Cyber Incivility @ Work: The New Age of Interpersonal Deviance. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15(3), 148-154. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0336
- March 21, 2012
- 09:30 AM
- 62 views
Don’t Use Abbreviated Personality Measures
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
New research by Crede, Harms, Niehorster and Gaye-Valentine[1] in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology investigates the impact of using abbreviated personality measures. Short answer: don’t do it. In their study, the researchers surveyed 437 employed people (collected via StudyResponse) and 395 undergraduates. Personality was assessed with common 1-item, 2-item, 4-item, 8-item, 6-item, and [...]
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Credé, M., Harms, P., Niehorster, S., & Gaye-Valentine, A. (2012) An evaluation of the consequences of using short measures of the Big Five personality traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(4), 874-888. DOI: 10.1037/a0027403
- March 15, 2012
- 09:30 AM
- 62 views
Facebook’s Bad For You But Good For Me
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Research recently published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking[1] reveals that on average, people perceive Facebook to negatively affect other people, but do not believe themselves to be affected in the same way. To examine this, the researchers provided an anonymous survey to 357 undergraduates. They asked questions about Facebook usage, perceived negative effects toward [...]
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Paradise, A., & Sullivan, M. (2012) (In)visible threats? The third-person effect in perceptions of the influence of Facebook. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15(1), 55-60. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0054
- March 7, 2012
- 08:30 AM
- 62 views
Evaluating Organizational Training Success Improves Later Application by Employees
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent study appearing in the International Journal of Training and Development, researchers Saks and Burke[1] discovered that the frequencies of behavioral and results-based training evaluation were related to actual transfer of training material. Or in other words, organizations that evaluated behavior changes and monetary benefits resulting from training tended to have better results [...]
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Saks, A., & Burke, L. (2012) An investigation into the relationship between training evaluation and the transfer of training. International Journal of Training and Development. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2011.00397.x
- March 1, 2012
- 09:56 AM
- 109 views
LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
New research by Guillory and Hancock[1] reveals that personal information provided on LinkedIn may contain fewer deceptions about prior work experience and prior work responsibilities than traditional resumes. However, LinkedIn profiles contain more deceptions about personal interests and hobbies. This researchers believe this may be because participants are equally motivated to deceive employers in both [...]
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- February 22, 2012
- 07:30 AM
- 115 views
Combatting Lying on Personality Tests with Interactive Warnings
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
A recent article by Landers, Sackett and Tuzsinki[1] investigated the degree to which 32,311 managerial applicants at a nationwide retailer completed a personality test for promotion to or selection into the position. Up to 6% of the sample (nearly 2000 applicants) distorted their responses on the personality test by responding with only the extreme ends [...]
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Landers, R., Sackett, P., & Tuzinski, K. (2011) Retesting after initial failure, coaching rumors, and warnings against faking in online personality measures for selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(1), 202-210. DOI: 10.1037/a0020375
- February 15, 2012
- 08:30 AM
- 81 views
Survey Provider and Sponsor Reputation Influence Survey Participation
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
A recent study by Fang, Wen and Pavur[1] investigated the extent to which the reputation of survey sponsors (e.g. corporations) and technology providers (e.g. SurveyMonkey) impact response rates. They discovered an interaction between the two and concluded, “A sponsoring corporation with a weak reputation who contracts with a survey provider having a strong reputation results [...]
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Fang, J., Wen, C., & Pavur, R. (2012) Participation willingness in web surveys: Exploring effect of sponsoring corporation's and survey provider's reputation. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0411
- February 8, 2012
- 08:30 AM
- 56 views
Should You Hire BlazinWeedClown@Mail.Com?
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In recent article by Blackhurst, Congemi, Meyer and Schau[1] in The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, e-mail addresses from a group of 14,718 people who had applied for entry-level jobs in manufacturing were examined for their appropriateness. The researchers found that roughly 25% of e-mail addresses were inappropriate or antisocial, and that the level of inappropriateness predicted several [...]
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- January 19, 2012
- 08:30 AM
- 91 views
Testing Improves Learning; Quizzing Improves Student Exam Scores
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Roediger, Agarwal, McDaniel and McDermott[1] provide additional evidence for test-enhanced learning as a way to improve memory. It echoes an earlier study of Roediger’s in which he found in a controlled laboratory experiment that students randomly assigned to take a test had greater long-term [...]
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Roediger, H., Agarwal, P., McDaniel, M., & McDermott, K. (2011) Test-enhanced learning in the classroom: Long-term improvements from quizzing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17(4), 382-395. DOI: 10.1037/a0026252
- January 12, 2012
- 08:30 AM
- 88 views
Students Find Multiple-Choice Tests Fun and Rewarding with Gamification
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent study by Landers and Callan[1], undergraduates completed optional multiple-choice tests online and reported them, on average, as “fun”, “enjoyable”, and “rewarding”. They did this in the context of an online social network platform previously covered on this blog. Students were awarded badges (social rewards) in exchange for completing optional practice tests theorized [...]
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Landers, R. N., & Callan, R. C. (2011) Casual social games as serious games: The psychology of gamification in undergraduate education and employee training. Serious Games and Edutainment Applications., 399-423. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2161-9_20
- December 7, 2011
- 08:30 AM
- 70 views
Where to Place Demographics on Your Surveys
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
One of the questions faced by survey designers is presentation order. Does it matter if I put the demographics first? Should I put the cognitive items up front because they require more attention? If I put 500 personality items in a row, will anyone actually complete this thing? Some recent research in the Journal of [...]
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- November 22, 2011
- 11:19 AM
- 66 views
New Research Links Social Media Marketing and Purchase Intentions
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
One of the biggest challenges associated with this newfangled social media is demonstrating monetary return on investment (ROI). A properly run social media campaign can be very expensive, as it takes a lot of time to properly engage an audience. Up to this point, there has been little to link social media to ROI other [...]
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- September 22, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 291 views
Unfolding the IKEA Effect: Why We Love the Things We Build
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
The IKEA Effect refers to the tendency for people to value things they have created/built themselves more than if made by someone else – in fact, nearly as much as if an expert had created the same item. I recently came across a fascinating article by Norton, Mochon and Ariely[1] in the Journal of Consumer [...]
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- May 31, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 461 views
Understanding Presence in Virtual Worlds
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Beck et al.[1] examine the role of the psychological construct “presence” in the context of virtual enviornments (VE). They do this by exploring the study of presence across several disciplines of study. I’ll summarize them here:
Mass Communication: This is a discipline studying how mass [...]... Read more »
Beck, D., Fishwick, P., Kamhawi, R., Coffey, A. J., & Henderson, J. (2011) Synthesizing presence: A multidisciplinary review of the literature. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 3(3). info:other/
- May 16, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 518 views
Stats and Methods Urban Legend 4: Effect Size vs. Hypothesis Testing
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Yet another article in the null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) and effect size testing (EST) debate. Perhaps we should use both?... Read more »
Cortina, J., & Landis, R. (2010) The Earth is not round (p . Organizational Research Methods, 14(2), 332-349. DOI: 10.1177/1094428110391542
Cohen, J. (1994) The earth is round (p . American Psychologist, 49(12), 997-1003. DOI: 10.1037//0003-066X.49.12.997
- May 3, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 497 views
Stats and Methods Urban Legend 3: Myths About Meta-Analysis
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In what I can only assume is a special issue of Organizational Research Methods, several researchers discuss common statistical and methodological myths and urban legends (MUL) commonly seen in the organizational sciences (for more introduction, see the first article in the series). Third up: Aguinis et al.[1] write “Debunking Myths and Urban Legends About [...]... Read more »
Aguinis, H., Pierce, C., Bosco, F., Dalton, D., & Dalton, C. (2010) Debunking myths and urban legends about meta-analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 14(2), 306-331. DOI: 10.1177/1094428110375720
- April 27, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 451 views
Stats and Methods Urban Legend 2: Control Variables Improve Your Study
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
The use of control variables to purify statistical analyses is most often an invalid approach to solving the problem of poor methodology and design.... Read more »
Spector, P., & Brannick, M. (2010) Methodological urban legends: The misuse of statistical control variables. Organizational Research Methods, 14(2), 287-305. DOI: 10.1177/1094428110369842
- April 25, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 805 views
Stats and Methods Urban Legend 1: Formative Measurement
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
There are two models of the relationships between constructs and measures: reflective and formative. And formative's got some issues.
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- March 28, 2011
- 04:00 PM
- 760 views
Twitter vs. Student Engagement and Grades
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Student engagement and semester GPA were both improved through the addition of Twitter to a course.
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- March 25, 2011
- 10:00 AM
- 858 views
How People Have Bad Experiences on Online Social Networks
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Recent research by Tokunaga[1] in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking derives ten categories of bad experiences that people have on online social networks. Here they are, in descending order of how commonly they were reported: The person initiates a friend request which is denied or ignored by the person he sends it to. The person [...]
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