The following post is a review/critique of : Wong, K. F. E., Yik, M., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. (2006). Understanding the emotional aspects of escalation of commitment: The role of negative affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 282-297. The article contributes to escalation of commitment research by investigating the integration of an emotional perspective, [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J.Y. Y. (2007). Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 577-585. This article builds on the theoretical suggestion by Murphy et. al (2004) to show that raters with different goals [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Barrick, M.R., Stewart, G.L., Neubert, M.J. & Mount, M.K. (1998). Relating member ability and personality to work-team processes and team effectiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(3), 377-391. Barrick et. al (1998) investigated relationships between team level variables of abilities, group personality traits and social cohesion to team [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : The Construct and Criterion Validity of Emotional Intelligence and Its Potential Utility for Management Studies Kenneth S. Law, Chi-Sum Wong, Lynda J. Song Journal of Applied Psychology, 2004, Vol. 89, No. 3, 483–496 Law et. al (2004) attempts to clarify the Emotional Intelligence (EI) construct by a [...]

In the ongoing quest for better performance and outcomes the prevalent management literature seems to argue for perfection. Accuracy, efficiency, reliability, rationality and various other "perfection measures" have led us to an inherent bias against imperfections. Who wants slow changing organizations? Who’d prefer emotionally unstable employees? But – is this bias justified? Are those perfection [...]