The Oxford Review Blog: Evidence-based practice research briefings

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Why an expert produces more, with less effort and thinking – new study

There is a central paradox at the heart of expertise: experts consistently perform better than novices, whilst at the same time they engage in less thinking and energy than novices. A core question that has intrigued psychologists for years is how can less thinking and cognitive processing produce better performance? The standard understanding about this […]

#cognitive control #context #expert #expertise

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How clients choose management consultants – what the research shows

How do organisations and clients choose a management consultant to work with them? What criteria and what decision-making processes organisations use to choose consultants is an important question for both organisations and consultants / consultancies. Looking at the current research provides a useful evidence-based overview of the nature of the problem faced by organisations when […]

#clients #consultants #management consultancy #management consultants

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Last month’s research briefings

As well as podcasts, infographics, video research briefings, a copy of the monthly review, last month we sent out the following research briefings, based on just published* research to members: What is followership and how does it work? Do personality tests predict workplace deviance? Emotion regulation abilities predict work engagement and attitudes towards work Entrepreneurs: […]

#Research #Research Briefings

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The four dilemmas of strategic timing

Having a good strategy is not enough. Like telling a good joke, strategy implementation success often hinges on timing. A new study has found that there are four primary dilemmas that leaders and managers need to face around strategic timing… Contents Getting the timing right Poor strategic timing A new study – the four dilemmas […]

#strategic implementation #strategic timing #strategy

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The 15 conditions that are needed to make team diversity increase performance

Contents Common perception that team diversity is goodTwo types of explanation for diverse team performanceThe Categorisation-Elaboration ModelDeep and surface diversity15 conditions Common perception that team diversity is goodThere is a pretty ubiquitous modern common perception that team diversity in terms of nationality, race, age and/or gender, is a wholly positive team attribute and that team […]

#Diversity #Team diversity #team performance #teams

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Sleepiness at work: does alertness management training actually work?

The issue of sleepiness at work is a serious one in many professions. People feeling sleepy, or actually falling asleep at work, can have serious health and safety consequences, but also lowers productivity and can cause a range of other issues to do with a lack of focus, engagement and work absorption. Sleepiness at work […]

#alertness management training #learning #learning and development #on duty sleepiness #organisational learning #shift workers #shifts #sleepiness

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Just how valid is the idea of emotional intelligence?

As mentioned in a previous blogs, interest in emotional intelligence is a relatively recent phenomenon. With the exception of a small blip of interest at the end of the Second World War, emotional intelligence has only really come to prominence in terms of research since the 1990s. Emotional intelligence, however, isn’t one construct, […]

#emotion recognition #emotion regulation #emotional intelligence #reliability #validity

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The Principled Leadership Scale – Interview / podcast

Introduction Principled leadership is essential in todays environment. Issues like the Enron scandal (where the Chief Executive was found guilty of 18 counts of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading) and the VW emissions scandal (where technology was used to cheat emissions testing protocol and a range of other scandals) show that unethical and unprincipled decision-making […]

#interview #Leadership #Podcast #principled leadership

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Why organisations are having problems using big data – research interview

More and more organisations are turning to big data to inform their decision-making. However, they are finding that all is not well when they try to use big data in this way and as a result frequently get disappointing results and end up abandoning the exercise or worse end up making bad decisions as a […]

#big data #Data diagnosticity #data quality #decision-making #decision-making quality #organisational decision-making

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Job crafting: How to get people engaged with it – new study

How to get people engaged with job crafting

Job crafting has been found to be a productive employee activity, but there are problems with getting people engaged with it. New research looks at how to get employees engaged with job crafting. The idea of job crafting The three facets of job crafting A new study Findings The idea of job crafting One […]

#cognitive crafting #Job crafting #job satisfaction #P-J fit #performance #person-job fit #relational crafting #task crafting

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