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What makes a good employee? How can you determine a good fit for your organization? These are some of the questions Missouri State University’s Dr. Robert Jones has been trying to answer. In his research, Jones found that satisfaction, performance, citizenship and other measures of success were all higher when people were better able to see themselves as part of a bigger … [Read more...] about What the workplace needs from employees
For Dr. Adena Young-Jones, associate professor of psychology, bullying awareness is a fierce passion. “With the media attributing teen suicides and shooting to bullying, individuals may not feel the harassment they have experienced to be in a similar realm,” said Young-Jones. “It’s as if the definition of bullying is a paradox since it is both too harsh and too … [Read more...] about Stomp out bullying this October
Bullying is a scary prospect for parents and children. For victims, it’s even scarier. Dr. Leslie Echols, assistant professor of psychology at Missouri State University, has gathered first-hand accounts of aggression for her research. Victimization is the concept of bullying from the perspective of the victim. To discover what it is that makes a chronic victim, Echols has … [Read more...] about A habitat for victimization