Organisational psychology is the study of human behaviour in the workplace. Occupational psychology is particularly associated with: employers’ recruitment selection methods (for example, selecting someone who is the right psychological fit for the job); improving productivity (for example, staff motivation); and employees coping with stress.
Physchological distance: Leadership consultant Nik Kinley examines the lessons we can learn from the Gregg Wallace controversy
How can organisations build 'social movements' to create impact and boost engagement?
The Post Office scandal shows us how a ‘psychological phenomena can manifest in real-world organisational crises, leading to devastating consequences’
Burnout interventions at work often fail to address the problem. What organisational factors need to be changed?
Businesses have very different ways of dealing with leaders who aren't performing than political groups. Psychology is key.
Andrew Mawson discusses what employers can learn from research into how the brain manages its resources to conduct tasks, and the factors that affect its performance.
Despite recent bad press, videoconferencing remains the best way of communicating redundancy to employees. Here's why...
Research finds organisations' leaders are more likely to believe they are working in a culture of flexibility than employees.
Why we should use the return to the workplace as an opportunity to implement radical change and get to grips to poor decision-making.
It is well recognised that feeling supported and safe psychologically can enhance individual and team performance in the workplace. But...
A study has found a strong link between manager-employee trust, financial performance and productivity.
KPMG has been using a ‘set distribution’ or ranking approach to assessing employees’ performance. Like annual appraisals, this strategy has fallen out of favour in recent years, but why?
Facing a landscape of coronavirus restrictions until spring at the earliest means building resilience among employees should be top of the agenda for business leaders.
The ability to forge effective working relationships is more important than ever, with remote working now normal for many as a result of the pandemic.
In sectors steeped in the value of hierarchy, will we see a more fluid approach in the post-Covid world?
