Organizational Psychology

We are pleased to continue to acquaint readers with the latest developments in organizational psychology in 2019–4 issue of Organizational Psychology Journal.

The column “Research in Organizational Psychology” contains three articles. Each of them raises the topic of emotional burnout in different professions — in the hotel and restaurant business (an article in English by our Indian colleagues Asi Reddy and Harshita Mehta “Mediating role of transformational leadership on the relationship between burnout and intention to quit among the employees of select hotels in South India”), among figure skating athletes (an article “The using of eye movements parameters in burnout syndrome diagnostic”  by Valentina Barabanschikova, Oksana Klimova, Artem Kovalev, Galina Men'shikova), among social care workers (an article by Natalya Bondarchuk and Elizaveta Bykova “Professional self-concept of a care worker: research among the social pedagogue in the Magadan region”).

The “Organizational psychology in practice” column covers the issue of training effectiveness. This is the subject of the article by Vladislava Stepanenko and Natalia Antonova, “Evaluation of the effectiveness of training in organization: case study”. Authors developed the contextual hierarchical model for evaluating the effectiveness of training and tested on 201 employees of consulting company.

In the column “First Steps” there is wide range of articles by young researchers.  The topic of proactive behavior is raised in two investigations.  These are articles by Mariya Starikova  and Sergey Manichev "Building a professional career in organizations: The role of employee's proactivity" and "Innovative and bureaucratic organizational culture as factors of proactivity in organization" by Olga Abramova and Aleksandr Tatarko. The role of humor in organizational everyday life is discussed in an article by Alla Ustinova and Anastasiya Kachina "The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Types of Humor in Business Communication” . Gender issues are raised in the article by Aleksandra Bordunos “Alternatives to a «rose-colored glasses»: inclusion of employees with childcare commitments”. Features of the intragroup role structure are considered in an article “Group work: peer assessment and rewards distribution” (in English) by Diana Bayazitova.

The problem of professional training is raised in the article “Generalists in Modern Organizations: Theoretical Review” by Natalya Ivanova, Anna Klimova, and Warren Thorngate W. Thorningate in the column “Organizational psychology in dialogues and discussions”.

In the “Conferences” section you will find brief summary of professional events of 2019: II-nd all-Russian scientific and practical conference “Government, business, education: effective partnership” by Mariya Gornakova and Anna Dyachuk and “Traditional and innovative in organizational psychology” by Tatiana Kochetova.

In the “Literary Guide” Takhir Bazarov shared his impressions of the book by U.J. Bennis and R.J. Thomas “Geeks & Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders” after a new reading with a difference of 10 years in the book review “Leadership Formula: A look through the decade”.