George Michaelides

University of East Anglia | UEA · Norwich Business School

Despite suggestions that work performance varies with age, the empirical evidence is inconclusive and contradictory. Possible reasons for this are the lack of differentiation between different types of performance and a naïve assumption of a negative linear relationship between age and task performance across the working lifespan. With this study w...

As greater numbers of people have worked at home during the COVID‐19 pandemic, workers, organizations and policy makers have begun considering the benefits of a sustained move towards homeworking, with workers’ satisfaction with homeworking often cited as a key driver. But is satisfaction with homeworking that relevant to workers’ overall job satis...

In the literature on the antecedents and mediators of employee well-being, there is little or no acknowledgement of sudden changes in the social and environmental context in which perceptions of well-being are formed. Contextual influences are rarely so impactful and unexpected as those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To continue operating w...

Segmentation of work from nonwork life is widely presented as desirable to maximize recovery from work. Yet it involves effort which may reduce its positive effects. We present a dual-process model of segmentation based on integrating boundary theory and self-regulation theory that shows how creating and maintaining boundaries can have both positiv...

Latent state-trait research on work-family conflict confirms that occasionspecific variation in work-related demands is related to corresponding variations in perceptions of work interfering with family (WIF), but WIF also displays moderate (~35%) to substantial (~80%) trait-like stability over time. What is not clear to date is whether this cross-...

Research on assessment centers (ACs) has advanced the development of taxonomies for the evaluation of dimension and exercise performance. However, largely missing from current AC taxonomies is the perspective of subject matter expert assessors. Assessor perspectives could contribute toward improving construct differentiation and the development of...

The challenges that individuals and teams face in complex and unstable environments can negatively affect individuals’ psychological health and team performance. In such contexts, resilience becomes an essential resource for both teams and individuals. It is therefore important to develop a comprehensive approach of resilience at work. The aim of t...

In this chapter it is argued that building a sustainability mindset amongst organizational members is a key mechanism to enable business models to transition to a transformative sustainable mode of operating in the world. The organizational sustainability literature calls for a mindset paradigm shift at organizational level, yet it says little abou...

This article reports on the largest randomized control trial (with followup) to examine the effects of mindfulness among police officers and staff. The benefits of mindfulness for wellbeing are established, but less is known about long-term impact on employee wellbeing and the implications of individual outcomes at organizational level. In the RCT,...

In this Cambridge Companion, global thought leaders in the fields of workplace stress and well-being highlight how theory and research can improve employee health and well-being. The volume explains how and why the topics of workplace stress and well-being have evolved and continue to be highly relevant, and why line managers have great influence o...

Generalizability theory (G theory) continues to be underutilized in applied psychological research, both in New Zealand and internationally, possibly due to uncertainties about the types of questions that it can be used to address. G theory and its associated random effects model basis is often positioned as an approach limited to the study of reli...

The COVID-19 pandemic heightened uncertainties in people’s lives—and was itself a source of fresh uncertainty. We report a study of homeworkers on whether such uncertainties, and particularly those related to their work environment, are associated with lower levels of well-being and whether this association is exacerbated by prior poor well-being....

We modelled the effects commonly described as defining the measurement structure of supervisor performance ratings. In doing so, we contribute to different theoretical perspectives, including components of the multifactor and mediated models of performance ratings. Across 2 samples from the Jackson et al. (2020) data set (Sample 1, Nratees = 392, N...

Work engagement can cross over from one individual to another, and this process may depend on several factors, such as the work context or individual differences. With this study, we argue that agreeableness, one of the Big five personality measures that characterized empathetic, can be instrumental in the crossover process. Specifically, we hypoth...

In two recent studies, the median reliability of assessment centers (ACs) was estimated at. 90 (range=. 23, Jackson et al., 2016; Putka & Hoffman, 2013). However, these studies, among many others (eg, Lance et al., 2004; Sackett & Dreher, 1982) indicate that the dimensions which ACs are designed to measure contribute very little to their reliabilit...

This paper builds on previous studies testing the homogeneity hypothesis of personality as presented in seminal works in the field. Using a sample of 2,745 managers from 165 organizations operating in 51 sectors, spanning 30 European countries, we explore the Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA) framework in European organizations, and examine mana...

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments encouraged or mandated homeworking wherever possible. This study examines the impact of this public health initiative on homeworkers’ well-being. It explores if the general factors such as job autonomy, demands, social support and work–nonwork conflict, which under normal circumstances are cr...

How we think about sustainability will be the defining act of this generation. The Brundtland definition has enjoyed preeminent status for decades, but failure to address the challenges of the climate emergency questions its value and application. What sustainability is, and how it can be achieved, might be the single most important question for so...

Wellbeing has a prominent profile in many academic disciplines. For example, in philosophy, there is Aristotle’s conception of wellbeing as associated with human flourishing or ‘eudaimonia’. In political theory, Utilitarianism defines the main goals of policy as maximising pleasure and minimising gain (Bache & Reardon, 2016). Much more recently, so...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the protective effect of social support on psychological health and how it differs by gender in the context of part-time employment. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 22,786 employees from four service sector organisations. Structural equation modelling was used to test a moderated...

Actions such as work restructuring and wage and employment freezes taken by organizations in response to recessions are widely assumed to decrease employees' job security and detrimentally affect perceptions of management's trustworthiness. We assess whether these effects occur and if, in turn, they affect workplace absenteeism. Using data from Bri...

This randomised controlled trial (RCT) of online mindfulness training compared wellbeing related outcomes for police officers and staff allocated to three separate user groups: • Headspace (a commercially available mindfulness app and website) • Mindfit Cop (a bespoke online eight-week mindfulness course for policing) • the waiting list control (wh...

The multifaceted structure of multisource job performance ratings has been a subject of research and debate for over 30 years. However, progress in the field has been hampered by the confounding of effects relevant to the measurement design of multisource ratings and, as a consequence, the impact of ratee-, rater-, source-, and dimension-related ef...

Although differentiated relationships among leaders and their followers are fundamental to leader–member exchange ( LMX ) theory, research provides limited knowledge about whether employees’ responses to individual perceptions of LMX differentiation are uniform. In a field study, we examined whether individual‐level psychological empowerment buffer...

Introduction: We have previously shown that children who developed de novo donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (DSA) had greater decline in allograft function. We hypothesised that patients with complement-activating DSA would have poorer renal allograft outcomes. Methods: A total of 75 children developed DSA in the original...

Purpose Research into job design and employee outcomes has tended to examine job design in isolation of the wider organizational context, leading to calls to attend to the context in which work is embedded. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the interaction between job design and psychological climate on job satisfaction. Desi...

A qualitative approach was used to explore how social and organisational factors hinder identification, and prosocial and proactive motivations for knowledge sharing. 60 – 90 minute semi-structured interviews where conducted with 14 participants and data was analysed using template analysis. The findings indicate that organisational structures can...

Dimensions (e.g., communication skills, health awareness) measured through multifaceted measures hold a key position across a vast array of disciplines relevant to health and organisations. However, the measurement properties of dimensions have long been affected by confounds. The outcome of confounding in the context of multifaceted measurement is...

Despite a substantial research literature on the influence of dimensions and exercises in assessment centers (ACs), the relative impact of these 2 sources of variance continues to raise uncertainties because of confounding. With confounded effects, it is not possible to establish the degree to which any 1 effect, including those related to exercise...

Stress-based work–nonwork interference, or negative spillover, is associated with transference of negative emotions from the work to the nonwork domain. It is argued that work–nonwork interference resulting from high work demands does not necessarily entail the reproduction of any affective states. First, calmness can result in lower work–nonwork i...

PURPOSE – Although both job design and its broader context are likely to drive motivation, little is known about the specific workplace characteristics that are important for motivation. The purpose of this paper is to present the Workplace Characteristics Model, which describes the workplace characteristics that can foster motivation, and the corr...

Conservation of Resources (COR) theory suggests that individuals experience stress after encountering negative events when they lack adequate resources to manage negative events. We merge the leader-member exchange (LMX), stress, and workplace aggression literatures – an understudied amalgamation – and investigate how leadership contexts influence...

This study replicates and extends the landmark study by Schneider, Smith, Taylor, and Fleenor (1998) establishing the homogeneity hypothesis of personality. The extension explores the hypothesis within work organizations, between work organizations, and between European countries. The study sample consists of 2,839 managers from 143 organizations a...

The development of donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSA) is associated with worse renal allograft survival in adult patients. This study assessed the natural history of de novo DSA, and its impact on renal function in pediatric renal transplant recipients (RTR). HLA antibodies were measured prospectively using single-antigen-bead assays at 1, 3, 6 an...

ContextDeveloping a theory of agile technology, in combination with empirical work, must include assessing its performance effects, and whether all or some of its key ingredients account for any performance advantage over traditional methods. Given the focus on teamwork, is the agile technology what really matters, or do general team factors, such...

Heavy workloads have been central to the discussion of well-being. However, fluctuations in workloads have received sparse attention, even though transient and routine levels of workloads may have independent effects on well-being. The article assesses this, particularly focusing on the effort-recovery model of the workload/well-being relationship...

Purpose The punctuated equilibrium model of group activity and the positive task conflict‐performance relationship are prominent in the team literature; however, their respective underlying concepts, team approach and ideas‐task complexity fit have been neglected. The first aim of the paper is to introduce these concepts, show how these underlie th...

This study assesses the Shodan survey as an instrument for measuring an individual’s or a team’s adherence to the extreme programming (XP) methodology. Specifically, we hypothesize that the adherence to the XP methodology is not a uni-dimensional construct as presented by the Shodan survey but a multidimensional one reflecting dimensions that are t...

Although there is conceptual and empirical evidence that supports the existence of possible curvilinear relationships between job characteristics and health outcomes, risk assessments usually rely on linear estimation approaches. However, this approach may not be conducive to good risk management practice. Where curvilinear effects exist, it is pos...

This paper differentiates between different levels of conflict in the open-source movement and discusses the role conflict and self-organisation play in the emergence of structures of leadership emergence and the bifurcation into core and peripheral groups and soft control by cryptohierarchies; in the different levels of group polarisation and conf...

Many design notations are used during software development to help the developers better understand the required system. However they are infrequently shown to clients, partly because developers believe that clients don't understand them. In this study two popular UML diagrams (activity and use case) and Extreme X-Machines diagrams (a type of state...

The application of nonlinear dynamic models and techniques to psychological research has revealed that systems behaviour often defies many commonly held assumptions about the world (Eidelson, 1997). Consideration of nonlinear dynamics systems has shown (i) that studying phenomena in isolation from their overarching context does not yield a complete...