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NeoAcademic contains the ramblings of a professor of industrial/organizational psychology, which covers the application of psychological principles to the workplace. Primary topics of interest are the use of technology in training and education.
Richard Landers
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- April 25, 2013
- 08:30 AM
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Overemphasis on Theory Development Is Damaging Organizational Psychology
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent article appearing in Organizational Psychology Review, Pillutla and Thau[1] make some very strongly worded arguments about the role of theory development in psychological science. I’ll start exploring their paper with a quote in their own words: The state of [industrial/organizational psychology] and its obsession with novel theoretical contributions is antithetical to the goals of [...]
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Pillutla, M., & Thau, S. (2013) Organizational sciences' obsession with "that's interesting!": Consequences and an alternative. Organizational Psychology Review, 3(2), 187-194. DOI: 10.1177/2041386613479963
- March 27, 2013
- 08:00 AM
- 43 views
Multiplayer Really Is More Fun: New Research
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Most academic research on video games studies them as single player experiences – a single individual, alone in a room with a game console. Study on massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) is also growing. However, much (and perhaps most) video game play in the modern day is multiplayer in a smaller setting: or at home in front of [...]
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Peng, W., & Crouse, J. (2013) Playing in parallel: The effects of multiplayer modes in active video game on motivation and physical exertion. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0384
- March 20, 2013
- 09:30 AM
- 84 views
Textual Harassment at Work: Romance and Sexual Harassment on Social Media
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Textual harassment, which is sexual harassment occurring via social media, is on the rise and potentially a nightmare for human resources professionals. In traditional sexual harassment, human resource professionals can generally assume that the harassment they are concerned with takes place within the boundaries of the office. However, just as social media blur the line [...]
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Mainiero, L., & Jones, K. (2013) Sexual Harassment Versus Workplace Romance: Social Media Spillover and Textual Harassment in the Workplace. Academy of Management Perspectives. DOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0031
- February 20, 2013
- 08:30 AM
- 58 views
How to Evaluate Learning in Virtual Worlds and 3D Environments
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Landers and Callan[1] examine appropriate evaluation of learning taking place in virtual worlds (VWs) and other 3D environments. In doing so, they develop a new model of training evaluation specific to the virtual world context, integrating several classic training evaluation models and research on [...]
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Landers, R.N., & Callan, R.C. (2012) Training evaluation in virtual worlds: Development of a model. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 5(3). info:other/http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6335
- February 14, 2013
- 08:30 AM
- 49 views
Trust, Shared Values, Reputation of Online Reviewers Influence Purchase Decisions
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent issue of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Chang and Hsiao[1] tried to determine why people do or do not follow recommendations provided by social recommendation systems – think of reviews on Amazon.com. Researchers have already identified that, in general, people do pay attention to such recommendations. But what is left unanswered is why some [...]
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Chang, T., & Hsiao, W. (2013) Factors Influencing Intentions to Use Social Recommender Systems: A Social Exchange Perspective. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0278
- February 6, 2013
- 08:30 AM
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3D Virtual World Superior to Traditional Training for Police Officers
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent study appearing in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Moskaliuk, Bertram and Cress[1] examined the value of virtual training environments for training effective coordination between ground police officers and a helicopter crew. This study thus applied virtual environments to one of the situations that I have previously argued is ideal for the application of virtual worlds: a [...]
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Moskaliuk, J., Bertram, J., & Cress, U. (2013) Impact of Virtual Training Environments on the Acquisition and Transfer of Knowledge. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0416
Moskaliuk, J., Bertram, J., & Cress, U. (2011) Training in virtual training environments: Connecting theory to practice. Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL2011 Conference Proceeding, Vol 1., 192-199. info:other/
- December 12, 2012
- 10:03 AM
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Games Defined: A New Taxonomy of Game Elements
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a new article appearing in Simulation & Gaming, Bedwell and colleagues[1] do what the game studies literature has generally not been able to do for games in general; they develop a taxonomy that defines what a serious game is. This effort provides a road map for researchers exploring how games can contribute to learning. [...]
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Bedwell, W., Pavlas, D., Heyne, K., Lazzara, E., & Salas, E. (2012) Toward a taxonomy linking game attributes to learning: An empirical study. Simulation , 43(6), 729-760. DOI: 10.1177/1046878112439444
- December 5, 2012
- 10:09 AM
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Millenial Workers No Different from Anyone Else: A Meta-Analysis
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent meta-analysis appearing in the Journal of Business and Psychology, Costanza and colleagues[1] compare a wide variety of attitude variables between four generations of employees: Traditionals, Boomers, Gen X, and Millenials. In a quantitative review of 20 articles on generational differences across 19,961 workers, the authors conclude that generational differences are small or [...]
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Costanza, D., Badger, J., Fraser, R., Severt, J., & Gade, P. (2012) Generational differences in work-related attitudes: A meta-analysis. Journal of Business and Psychology, 27(4), 375-394. DOI: 10.1007/s10869-012-9259-4
- November 28, 2012
- 08:30 AM
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In Online Games, Those Who Are Harassed Will Themselves Harass Others
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In the most recent issue of Journal of Media Psychology, Ross and Weaver[1] investigate how the experience of negative griefing behaviors early in playing an online multiplayer games (like World of Warcraft) causes some new players to themselves grief others. The authors attribute this primarily to observational learning – that people joining an online multiplayer [...]
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- November 14, 2012
- 08:30 AM
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Germans Remember More From Wikis Written by German Soccer Fans
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Although the title of this article may seem a little odd, that is exactly the finding that Matschke and colleagues[1] describe in a new article appearing in Cyberlearning, Behavior, and Social Networking. This was not precisely what the authors set out to discover, however. What they actually wanted to know was this: Do people remember [...]
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Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., & Kimmerle, J. (2012) The impact of group membership on collaborative learning with wikis. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0254
- October 31, 2012
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Behavioral Antecedents of Participation in Social Mentoring Networks
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In an upcoming article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Lee and Jeong[1] explore behavioral antecedents of social mentoring networks, which are defined as informal mentoring that occurs primarily through an social networking website (like Facebook). They identify the Theory of Planned Behavior, which posits that human behavior is the result of reasoned consideration of [...]
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Lee, D., & Jeong, B. (2012) An examination of behavioral antecedents to individuals' participation in a social mentoring network from a protégé's perspective. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0035
- October 10, 2012
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Why Do People Play Online Social Games?
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In a recent article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, Lee, Lee and Choi[1] investigate why people are attracted to online social games. They identify 6 dimensions describing motivation to play such games: social interaction, self-presentation, fantasy/role playing, passing time/escapism, entertainment, and challenge/competition. Interestingly, social gamers do not report that they play such games to [...]
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- September 19, 2012
- 09:30 AM
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Lack of Sleep May Lead to Wasted Time on the Internet at Work
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In a fascinating new paper appearing in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Wagner, Barnes, Lim and Ferris[1] investigate the link between lack of sleep and the amount of time that employees will spend wasting time on the Internet while at work – a phenomenon called cyberloafing. Using two studies – one using historical search data [...]
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- May 23, 2012
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Even If Job Applicants Cheat, Online Testing May Still Increase Job Performance
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
When hiring with online tests (a concept called unproctored internet testing [UIT]), one of the biggest worries is that test-takers will cheat. A home computer is just about as “unsecured” a testing environment as possible, so test-takers have many options to deceive their potential employers: looking up answers on the Internet or getting a friend [...]
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- May 16, 2012
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High Citation Counts Don’t Mean Scholarly Work is Impactful
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Aguinis, H., Suarez-Gonzalez, I., Lannelongue, G., & Joo, H. (2012) Scholarly Impact Revisited. Academy of Management Perspectives, 26(2), 105-132. DOI: 10.5465/amp.2011.0088
- April 4, 2012
- 09:30 AM
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Online Incivility by Supervisors May Lead People to Quit
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
A recent study by Giumetti et al[1] examines cyber incivility, which is defined as low intensity “rude and discourteous” behavior that takes place through an internet or intranet-based communications system (e.g. e-mail, chat, or Facebook). They found that those reporting having experienced cyber incivility were more likely to skip work, burn out, and report their [...]
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- March 21, 2012
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Don’t Use Abbreviated Personality Measures
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
New research by Crede, Harms, Niehorster and Gaye-Valentine[1] in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology investigates the impact of using abbreviated personality measures. Short answer: don’t do it. In their study, the researchers surveyed 437 employed people (collected via StudyResponse) and 395 undergraduates. Personality was assessed with common 1-item, 2-item, 4-item, 8-item, 6-item, and [...]
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- March 15, 2012
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Facebook’s Bad For You But Good For Me
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
Research recently published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking[1] reveals that on average, people perceive Facebook to negatively affect other people, but do not believe themselves to be affected in the same way. To examine this, the researchers provided an anonymous survey to 357 undergraduates. They asked questions about Facebook usage, perceived negative effects toward [...]
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- March 7, 2012
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Evaluating Organizational Training Success Improves Later Application by Employees
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
In a recent study appearing in the International Journal of Training and Development, researchers Saks and Burke[1] discovered that the frequencies of behavioral and results-based training evaluation were related to actual transfer of training material. Or in other words, organizations that evaluated behavior changes and monetary benefits resulting from training tended to have better results [...]
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- March 1, 2012
- 09:56 AM
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LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes
by Richard Landers in NeoAcademic
New research by Guillory and Hancock[1] reveals that personal information provided on LinkedIn may contain fewer deceptions about prior work experience and prior work responsibilities than traditional resumes. However, LinkedIn profiles contain more deceptions about personal interests and hobbies. This researchers believe this may be because participants are equally motivated to deceive employers in both [...]
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