INSPIRATION
by Abdul Rahman Mohammed
Inspiration at its core is us being mentally and emotionally Stimulated to act on something it can be to act on a task or especially to get involved in the creative process.
Category: PSYCHOLOGY
The Resilience theory: a useful thematic after a failure in the workplace
By Millena Kapamann
Resilience has been described as our ability to deal with challenges and recover quickly from them in general. The resilience strategies have a positive impact on corporations and employees because they can turn challenges into success.
Indeed, several theories were published, and so, they offer a panel of discussion. One of these theories is that: resilience is a mental strength we potentially could have or not. As research has evolved, scientists’ opinion has also changed, and now we have a clearer vision of this thematic. Furthermore, resilience includes a set of general skills we can learn, practice and improve as human. In this article, we will propose some compelling theories related to business and the effect on groups.
Talent Development: Building Commitment in Virtual Teams
By Elif Çalışkan
Commitment has been defined as the degree of devoting the individuals to a set of behaviors that motivates them to act. Employee commitment has a positive impact on performance, productivity, job satisfaction, increased competitiveness, accountability, and organizational citizenship behaviors (Fornes et al., 2008).
Talent Development: Boosting Employee Productivity
By Elif Çalışkan
One of the challenges in management has been applying effective talent development strategies to boost organizational performance and employee productivity. So, researchers in human resources management have stressed effective human resources strategies to boost productivity such as high-performance management, high-commitment management, high-involvement management, and strategic planning (Bhatti & Qureshi, 2007). Then, all those reveal a question. How can we implement those strategies to boost employee productivity?
Understanding Personality: A, B, C, and D Types
By Elif Çalışkan
Several years ago some medical practitioners had a hard time predicting which types of people would experience cardiovascular disease. In fact, they knew that high blood pressure, overweight, and inactivity would increase cardiovascular risks. However, even the combination of these factors was not enough for them to make an accurate prediction. So, they had to do pretty deep researches. Then, they’ve found a relationship between chronic medical morbidity and personality characteristics (Burger, 2006).
Understanding Personality: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
By Elif Çalışkan
We had already referred to the importance of understanding the structure of the organization, workplace situation, and personality traits to predict the actions of individuals in our previous article. This time we will explain the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is one of the widest personality preference instruments. Firstly, it described by psychiatrist Carl Jung. Then, Jung’s theory on personality developed and extended by Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother, Katharine Cooks Briggs. In fact, the MBTI is a personality typology using four pairs of contrasting traits to combine 16 different personality patterns (Fretwell et al., 2013). Let’s examine the indicator closer!
Understanding Personality: Big Five Personality Traits
By Elif Çalışkan
Psychologists have generally tried to categorize people since the emergence of personality psychology term after WWI. They have also used those categorizations to predict employee’s behaviors according to various situations and their personalities in the workplace (Chan, 2004). Above all, personality refers to individual differences in terms of thinking, feeling, understanding, and behaving (APA, 2020). On the other hand, personality trait is classifying a person according to the degree off a stable and consistent pattern of behaviors, attitudes, and feelings of the individual (Burger, 2006).
How Human Mind Produces Cognitive Dissonance?
By Elif Çalışkan
We have already mentioned both cognitive dissonance and the 3 efficient strategies to reduce it in our previous article. However, it has shown up a question about how human mind produces cognitive dissonance. Researchers have also distinguished three ways that produce cognitive dissonance: effort justification, induced compliance, and free choice (Vaughan & Hogg, 2010). Then, let us see how these paradigms differ from each other.
Reducing Cognitive Dissonance Efficiently
By Elif Çalışkan
Cognition refers to all types of knowledge and awareness, such as perceiving, remembering, conceiving, reasoning, imagining, and problem-solving (APA, 2020). Meanwhile, cognitive dissonance is a theory that mentions people tend to reduce their dissonance caused by conflicting or inconsistent attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors often by seeking harmony (Zental, 2010). Also, it helps to deal with their stress and regrets, they can feel relaxed in a conflicting context. In this article, we will explain 3 initial dissonance-reduction strategies which social psychologist Leon Festinger (1957) showed.
Halo Effect: A Constant Error in the Workplace
By Elif Çalışkan
Halo effect refers to the widespread human tendency that if a person possesses some positive or negative impression about the qualities of something or someone, his attributions will also be positive or negative (Cherney, 2019). The tendency is useful because it helps us to make quick decisions based on our past experiences or limited information but it can also lead to unfair treatments. Therefore, it’s important to realize halo effect and the impact it may have in the workplace (Miller, 2018). We will recommend some tips to eliminate the halo effect on underperformance, assigning tasks, acceptance of bad attitudes, and the recruitment process in the workplace.