Occupational / Workplace Psychology

Personality, Mood, Emotions and Workplace Behaviour

Anani Gomes Akakpo - Goldsmiths University of London, UK.

Time to complete - 15 muinutes
Aug
9
2011

Researchers have been investigating the causes of workers behaviour for decades. Some found it to be related to the workers characteristics. These comprise personality and affective reactions (mood and emotion). One question remains: Which one can better explain workplace behaviour?

Are all Job Demands Bad? Employee Engagement and Burnout: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Japanese and UK Employees

Yuji Yotsukura - Aston Business School, UK.

Time to complete - 15 minutes.
Jul
14
2011

This study examine the impact of job resources and cultures (looking at values and Regulatory focus style) on the relationships between job demands and work engagement and burnout as well as several job-related outcomes. Previous research have shown inconsistent and conflicting findings on job demands-engagement relationships. This study further takes that argument suggesting that there exist good demands (so called Eustress) and bad demands (hindrance stressors). Comparison between Western context and Japanese context are also made where Japanese workers tend to show lowest engagement and highest burnout level among any other countries.

Participation of this survey is limited only to those who have some sort of work experience (including part-time, internship, full-time).
Some questions ask you to reflect on the past 2 month, however if you are currently not working, please think of when you used to work.

Can we Manipulate Personality Cues in Emails to Create a better Impression of Ourselves?

Eva Kong - Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Time to complete - 10 minutes.
Jul
14
2011

Emails recipients were said to be fairly good at guessing what the writer is like in real life. The purpose of this research is to find out whether or not email recipients can pick up any clues regarding the real personality of the writer.

Workplace Preferences among Leaders

Pawel Rebacz - Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Time to complete - 15 minutes.
Jul
14
2011

The following survey forms part of a MSc research project being conducted at Goldsmiths, University of London, which looks into workplace preferences among leaders. You will first be asked to rate a series of statements according to how strongly you agree or disagree. Thank you.

Self-Concept Clarity, Self-Concept Differentiation, and Response Processes: Exploring Self-Concept Characteristics and Personality Test Validity with Context-Specific Measurement

Marne Pomerance and Dr. Patrick Converse - Florida Institute of Technology, USA.

Time to complete - 1 hour.
Jun
9
2011

Examines individuals’ clarity during the application process.

People’s Attitudes about their Work

Lylie Fitzpatrick - University of Leicester, UK.
Feb
28
2011

This survey asks about your thoughts and feelings about your role, your career and the organisation for which you work.  Takes 10 minutes to complete.

The Psychological and Ecological Impact of Commuting by Automobile

Chris Browne and Dr.Glenn Williams. - Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Feb
18
2011

The aim of this research is to see what may predict a car driver’s commuting behaviour, be it attitudes towards driving, environmental concerns or personality characteristics.

Evolution of Leadership Questionnaire

Channah Herschberg, Florijn Vriend, Inge Dessing, Irene Rompa and Mark van Vugt - University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May
13
2010

This study is about the Evolution of Leadership. Filling in the questionnaire will only take 10 minutes.

Research into Well-being in the Workplace

Rajvinder Hayer - Nottingham Trent University
Feb
28
2010

This research is examining the wide variety of things that may affect your well-being at work such as sources of stress and enjoyment in your job, the amount of support you get from others, and whether your personality plays a part in your well being at work

Managerial Pay Survey

Clara Kulich (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Grzegorz Trojanowski (University of Exeter Business School) -
Feb
28
2010

In this research we investigate processes which influence the allocation of managerial pay. Participants of this survey should be familiar with managerial UK pay structures and have some knowledge on different types of performance-based pay. This survey asks you about your opinion on pay allocation to a manager in a specific scenario.

The Effects of Economic Recession on Job Attitudes

Richard Gelson - University of Sunderland
Feb
7
2010

The project deals with employees attitudes towards job satisfaction, job security, organisational commitment and whether the current recession has changed their attitudes towards their job

Virtual Work Teams: A Role Play

Karin S Moser - Roehampton University London
Nov
4
2009

This is a study about the relationships between members of virtual teams to understand better how they work. You will take part in a role play and imagine that you are a member of staff in a tourism company. The travel consulting team is specialized in leisure and wellness vacationing and answering on-line customer requests

Testing a Theoretical Model of Privacy Pertaining to Location-Based Services

Lisa Thomas, Pam Briggs and Linda Little - Northumbria University
Oct
16
2009

This work aims to predict employee adoption of location-tracking services, and produce guidelines to aid developers who work in the location-tracking industry. This research will test a privacy model that purports to predict intentions to use location-tracking services

Work-Family Interaction, Job Satisfaction, and the mediating influence of Motivation Orientation

Christopher Van Ness - Capella University, USA
Oct
4
2009

The study will investigate the perceptions of workers who are gainfully employed regarding their perceptions of work-family interaction, job satisfaction, and work motivation orientation

Investigating Wellbeing at Work

AC Gaskell - Birkbeck, University of London
Sep
22
2009

Investigating Wellbeing at Work: Longitudinal study (3 week total participation) of UK based Managers and or Supervisors

Attributional Ambiguity and Gender Discrimination: Effects on Full Time Employees

Julia Ferragamo & Dr Aarti Iyer - University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
Aug
23
2009

This survey will ask you questions relating to your experiences at work, your perceptions of and feelings towards your workplace and your beliefs about your supervisor/s and other colleagues

Attitudes at Work

Thomas Gilbert - Northumbria University
Jul
3
2009

The study consists of questionnaire items that aim to assess ‘attitudes at work’ in the context of the working environment. It takes around 10 minutes to complete

Causes of the Glass Cliff

Pamela Bretschneider & Michelle Ryan - University of Exeter
Jul
3
2009

This short online study is interested in reactions to gender discrimination in organisations. Takes less than 10 minutes to complete

Only working participants needed

Attitudes towards a Planned Merger

Dr Ilka Gleibs - University of Exeter
Nov
29
2008

The study is concerned with organizational members’ reactions towards a planned merger. The survey take approx. 10 minutes to complete and your contribution to the research will help in understanding people’s reaction in times of organizational change

Leadership Effects on Motivation and Trust

Markus Hasel - Aston Business School
Sep
11
2008

The study investigates the effects leaders have on their followers’ trust in their leaders and their motivation. The study takes about 10 minutes to complete and your input is highly appreciated

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