Thursday, October 7, 2010

Job performance and ambivalent thinking

I think the researcher need to also look at the work environment that the employer is creating. If the employer are risk tolerant, then the employee will be more willing to take chances and make decisions. Else they'll be at pains making up their mind and being productive. Me? I'm ambivalent no matter what environment I'm in. Kinda like "half empty" mindset?

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How Ambivalence Shades Your Thinking and Productivity

How Ambivalence Shades Your Thinking and Productivity

In the workplace, employees who are highly ambivalent about their jobs are more erratic in job performance; they may perform particularly well some days and poorly other times, says René Ziegler, a professor of social and organizational psychology at the University of Tübingen in Germany whose study of the subject is scheduled for publication in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Positive feedback for a highly ambivalent person, such as a pay raise, will boost their job performance more than for someone who isn't ambivalent about the job, he says.

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