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The Leadership Quarterly
Leadership Personality Theory & Philosophy of Science

Human and chimpanzee leaders are more risk-loving

Leadership and risk-taking are often assumed to be interrelated, but this assumption has rarely been investigated empirically in humans or other species. Analyzing data from the Ge…

The Leadership Quarterly
Leadership Diversity & Inclusion Theory & Philosophy of Science

Revealing the divide: Differential impact of inclusive leadership on marginalized and dominant group members

There have been increasing pushbacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in society and organizations, revealing a deepening divide across social groups. Althoug…

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Careers Research Methods

A paradox of brokerage: alter distrust, network self-promotion, and the willingness to accept referrals from brokers

Individuals embedded in networks rich in structural holes are well positioned to broker referrals between otherwise disconnected others. Yet these hole-rich networks create a parad…

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Partitioning menus to nudge single-item choice

This research examines an element of choice architecture that has received little attention—whether options are presented simultaneously or sequentially. Participants were more lik…

Organizational Research Methods

Triangulation as Methodology and Mindset: Developing Practice-Based Guidance for Organizational Research

Aiming to inform organizational research practice, we scrutinize how scholars in management and business studies report triangulation: the systematic integration of multiple data s…

Journal of Business and Psychology
Teams & Groups Diversity & Inclusion Motivation

With whom you elaborate matters: how learning orientation impacts cross-culture and same-culture information elaboration in culturally diverse teams

Abstract Work teams are increasingly characterized by diverse cultural backgrounds. Although research has established that cultural diversity holds the potential to enhance team pe…

Journal of Applied Psychology
Diversity & Inclusion Well-being & Health

Industrial-organizational science that matters: Social impact and policy implications in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

This introductory article to the special issue “Social Impact Research” examines the extent to which research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology has addressed pressing …

Journal of Vocational Behavior
Performance Management Job Attitudes Careers Research Methods

Decoding fairness: Unveiling the cognitive processes that determine pay rises and promotions

Drawing on attribution theory, this study explores how employees explain organizational decisions concerning pay rises and promotions, conceptualizing these attributional processes…

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Personality Research Methods Leadership

Reaffirming the validity of unobtrusive personality measures: A comment on Harms et al. () and guidance for the field

As unobtrusive measures of CEO personality have become more common in organizational research, questions about their validity have grown. Harms et al., Journal of Occupational and …

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Leadership Motivation Well-being & Health Research Methods

The moralization paradox at work: How Supervisor's moral framing depletes subordinates' self‐regulatory resources and suppresses proactive problem prevention

Integrating moral and ethical considerations into work is often presumed to yield a wide range of beneficial outcomes. Yet these benefits may not be unconditional, as prevailing sc…

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