Psychology, Applied

Article Psychology, Applied

A state-of-the-art overview of job-crafting research: current trends and future research directions

Maria Tims, Melissa Twemlow, Christine Yin Man Fong

Summary: Recent trends in job-crafting research have shown significant advancements in theoretical and empirical aspects, exploring job crafting from individual, team, and social perspectives.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL (2022)

Article Psychology, Educational

A Mindfulness-Based Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention Among Psychologically Distressed University Students in Quarantine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Shufang Sun, Danhua Lin, Simon Goldberg, Zijiao Shen, Pujing Chen, Shan Qiao, Judson Brewer, Eric Loucks, Don Operario

Summary: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of a mindfulness-based mobile health intervention tailored to young adult students with elevated anxiety and/or depressive symptoms during quarantine in China, compared to a social support-based mHealth control. The results showed that mindfulness mHealth had a superior effect on anxiety, while both interventions improved depression. Mindfulness was particularly effective in addressing anxiety, with high feasibility and acceptability in engagement and perceived benefit.

JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY (2022)

Review Psychology, Applied

Flexible work arrangements and employee health: A meta-analytic review

Nicole V. Shifrin, Jesse S. Michel

Summary: Flexible work arrangements are associated with better physical health, reduced absenteeism, and fewer somatic symptoms, but their relationship with physical activity remains unclear.

WORK AND STRESS (2022)

Review Behavioral Sciences

Physiological Measurements of Situation Awareness: A Systematic Review

Ting Zhang, Jing Yang, Nade Liang, Brandon J. Pitts, Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Reates Curry, Bradley S. Duerstock, Juan P. Wachs, Denny Yu

HUMAN FACTORS (2023)

Review Business

Consumer ethics: A review and research agenda

Syed Masroor Hassan, Zillur Rahman, Justin Paul

Summary: This literature review provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of consumer ethics research from 2010 to 2020, setting a future research agenda. Current studies primarily rely on single theoretical lenses such as marketing ethics, planned behavior, and neutralization theory, but there is a need to focus on boundary conditions impacting consumer ethics.

PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

Automated Video Interview Personality Assessments: Reliability, Validity, and Generalizability Investigations

Louis Hickman, Nigel Bosch, Vincent Ng, Rachel Saef, Louis Tay, Sang Eun Woo

Summary: This study addresses the lack of research on the reliability, validity, and generalizability of automated video interviews (AVIs) for screening job applicants by developing and validating machine learning models to assess Big Five personality traits. Results show that AVI personality assessments trained on interviewer-reports exhibit stronger evidence of validity.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

Leveraging green HRM for firm performance: The joint effects of CEO environmental belief and external pollution severity and the mediating role of employee environmental commitment

Shuang Ren, Kaifeng Jiang, Guiyao Tang

Summary: The study examines the impact of CEO's environmental belief and external pollution severity on green HRM, as well as the mediating role of employee environmental commitment. The findings suggest that CEO's environmental belief is related to the use of green HRM, which in turn influences firm performance through employee commitment to the environment.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

Measuring the 7Cs of Vaccination Readiness

Mattis Geiger, Franziska Rees, Lau Lilleholt, Ana P. Santana, Ingo Zettler, Oliver Wilhelm, Cornelia Betsch, Robert Bohm

Summary: Vaccination readiness varies among individuals, and researchers have developed a questionnaire to measure the components of readiness. The questionnaire was revised to improve its validity, and two new components were added: compliance and conspiracy. The revised 7C scale was validated and found to explain a significant amount of variance in willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19. The instrument is publicly available in multiple languages, and collaboration is sought for translations.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

Job Demands-Resources Theory: Ten Years Later

Arnold B. Bakker, Evangelia Demerouti, Ana Sanz-Vergel

Summary: Burnout is a state of exhaustion and cynicism related to work, while work engagement is a positive motivational state characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. This article discusses the concepts of burnout and work engagement, as well as their antecedents and consequences. It also highlights new empirical findings and theoretical innovations in relation to the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, including the person-situation approach, multilevel JD-R theory, proactive approaches, and the work-home resources model. The article concludes with practical implications and future research opportunities, such as JD-R interventions, team-level approaches, and exploring demands and resources from other life domains.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (2023)

Article Psychology, Applied

Rigor With or Without Templates? The Pursuit of Methodological Rigor in Qualitative Research

Bill Harley, Joep Cornelissen

Summary: Rigor in qualitative research is not solely dependent on the use of templates, but rather on the way researchers reason and infer theoretical claims from data. This article presents key processes and criteria for reflecting on rigor, along with practical recommendations, to aid qualitative researchers in conducting rigorous and insightful research without relying on templates.

ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS (2022)

Article Criminology & Penology

Increases in Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19: Prevalence and Correlates

Sarah M. Peitzmeier, Lisa Fedina, Louise Ashwell, Todd I. Herrenkohl, Rich Tolman

Summary: Measures to contain the global COVID-19 pandemic resulted in stay-at-home orders across the world, leading to concerns about a global surge in intimate partner violence (IPV). A survey conducted in Michigan found that while the overall prevalence of IPV did not significantly change during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were increases in the severity of IPV and new cases occurring in previously non-abusive relationships.

JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

From Templates to Heuristics: How and Why to Move Beyond the Gioia Methodology

Jacqueline Mees-Buss, Catherine Welch, Rebecca Piekkari

Summary: Researchers face multiple interpretive challenges in the journey from field data to theoretical understanding. The popular Gioia methodology, a preferred template for interpretive management research, fails to address the challenges of interpretation with its inductive route to theory. In contrast, a return to the epistemological tradition of hermeneutics enables fieldwork to generate credible and novel theory by confronting interpretation challenges head on.

ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS (2022)

Article Business

Leader Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior and Employee Unethical Conduct: Social Learning of Moral Disengagement as a Behavioral Principle

Huiwen Lian, Mingyun Huai, Jiing-Lih Farh, Jia-Chi Huang, Cynthia Lee, Melody M. Chao

Summary: Based on two multiwave field studies with data collected from real estate agents, this research finds that employees, especially those with a high power distance orientation, can learn and utilize a moral disengagement behavioral principle after observing leader unethical pro-organizational behavior, leading to their engagement in unethical behaviors.

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (2022)

Article Psychology, Clinical

College Students Mental Health Challenges: Concerns and Considerations in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nahal Salimi, Bryan Gere, William Talley, Bridget Irioogbe

Summary: Students' mental health problems have become an increasing concern in higher education, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated these challenges. It is crucial to address and tackle the mental health challenges that college students face in adapting to virtual learning, maintaining social distancing, and dealing with socioeconomic uncertainties.

JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT PSYCHOTHERAPY (2023)

Article Criminology & Penology

Suicidality Among Transgender Youth: Elucidating the Role of Interpersonal Risk Factors

Ashley Austin, Shelley L. Craig, Sandra D'Souza, Lauren B. McInroy

Summary: This study examines the influence of intervenable risk factors and protective factors on suicide risk among transgender youth. The findings highlight the significant impact of interpersonal microaggressions, internalized self-stigma, emotional neglect by family, and adverse childhood experiences on suicidality. The results have important implications for practice and policy, providing guidance for working with parents and caregivers of transgender youth and fostering belonging for transgender youth.

JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE (2022)

Article Business

Can augmented reality satisfy consumers' need for touch?

Shirin Gatter, Verena Huttl-Maack, Philipp A. Rauschnabel

Summary: Consumers with a high autotelic need for touch may experience deprivation when shopping online, and this study explores whether augmented reality can address this issue. The findings suggest that there are differences between consumers' expectations and actual experiences of hedonic and utilitarian benefits when using AR in retail.

PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

Work and home boundary violations during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of segmentation preferences and unfinished tasks

Katja Kerman, Christian Korunka, Sara Tement

Summary: The study examines the relationship between boundary violations and employee domain satisfaction, finding that domain-specific boundary violations can impact domain satisfaction, though cross-domain effects are limited. The research also investigates the moderating role of segmentation preferences, with results showing that unfinished tasks play an important mediating role between boundary violations and domain satisfaction.

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE (2022)

Article Psychology, Applied

Job demands-resources theory in times of crises: New propositions

Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold B. Bakker

Summary: This theoretical paper presents an extended Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory that explores how organizations and employees can effectively deal with crises like COVID-19 in the workplace. It highlights the importance of considering the interaction between individual, family, job, and organizational resources and demands in predicting outcomes. Additionally, the paper suggests the need for regulatory strategies at various levels to modify the impact of demands and resources on outcomes.

ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW (2023)

Review Psychology, Applied

How shall we all live together?: Meta-analytical review of the mutual intercultural relations in plural societies project

John W. Berry, Zarina Lepshokova, Dmitry Grigoryev

Summary: Living in culturally plural societies presents challenges, with the goal of achieving positive intercultural relations. Understanding the historical, political, economic, religious, and psychological features of groups in contact is crucial. Research on three core psychological hypotheses across culturally plural societies aims to identify universal principles for intercultural relations, with potential for improving quality globally. Empirical findings generally support these hypotheses, with implications for developing policies and programs to enhance intercultural relations.

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE (2022)

Article Business

How to strategically choose or combine augmented and virtual reality for improved online experiential retailing

Tim Hilken, Mathew Chylinski, Debbie Keeling, Jonas Heller, Ko de Ruyter, Dominik Mahr

Summary: AR and VR have different advantages in the retail sector, with AR being more effective in stimulating purchase intentions and VR being better suited for improving brand attitudes. Combining AR and VR can enhance purchase intentions and brand attitudes, but the sequence of deployment is crucial, with AR followed by VR yielding better results.

PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING (2022)