Workplace Culture

The Importance of Finding A Tribe in the Workplace

Several studies indicate a direct relationship between an employee’s “fit” and, for incoming employees, the risk of rapid turnover. Commonly called “finding your tribe,” it holds significance for existing employees…

Empowering Workplaces: The Unique Impact of Veteran Spouses and Families in I-O Psychology

Submitted by the SIOP Military and Veterans Inclusion Committee Veteran spouses and families offer an incredible wealth of strengths to industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology. Their resilience, adaptability, and ability to foster…

Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Veterans: Practice and Research for Supporting the Employment Needs of Veterans Postmilitary

Submitted by the SIOP Military and Veterans Inclusion Committee Chances are that if you work in civil service or Department of Defense (DoD) communities, you have met a multitude of…

Leveraging Industrial-Organizational Psychology to Support Veterans in the Workplace

Submitted by the SIOP Military and Veterans Inclusion Committee Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology focuses on understanding and improving the workplace environment, employee performance, and overall organizational efficiency. Veterans, with their diverse…

Four Key Takeaways for Combating the Toxic Workplace

Toxicity in the workplace can severely affect employee morale, hinder productivity, and compromise the overall well-being of an organization. Recognizing the significance of this issue, the SIOP Work Smart Series…

Toxic Workplaces Are Focus of November SIOP Work Smart Series Event

Sunday Scaries. The term refers to the “dread and doom” an employee feels the day before work begins. This is more than a workplace trend or a generational joke. Symptoms may…

Helping the Worker, Healing the Workplace

It is difficult to quantify the amount of work professionals face today. The number of deadlines they are tracking. The number of projects they are juggling. If they just started…

Organizational Trust Leads to Positive Employee and Organizational Outcomes

This research was conducted by Alaina C. Keim (akeim@bellarmine.edu) and Jean M. Lamont (jean.lamont@gmail.com), Department of Psychology,  Bellarmine University. The authors would like to thank Ron Landis for his assistance with statistical…

Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Workplace Decisions: Small Steps, Big Effects

Although the need for effective decision-making is ubiquitous in the workplace, in practice the failure rate of important workplace decisions is surprisingly high. This white paper discusses evidence-based strategies that…

All the Better to Hear You With: Using Social Media for Employee Listening

Understanding employee voice in organizations is essential, as issues employees face may not always formally reach an organization’s top decision makers. Employee voice refers to the informal and voluntary expression…