Jennifer Harrison

Can employers gauge your trait positivity on LinkedIn? A recent study published in Career Development International suggests they can. It shows that job seekers with higher levels of positive affectivity are more likely to receive favorable ratings from recruiters. This influence occurs through two key factors: their intrinsic motivation and their efforts in building professional […]

Gratitude within co-worker relations may explain varying levels and scope of help. Workplaces and co-worker relationships are evolving with increasing complexity. Exchanges between colleagues and perceived intentions are especially important for driving these interactions. Individuals rely upon emotional cues to guide their responses, which sometimes includes being helpful. Particularly, relationship-specific gratitude – or gratitude feelings […]

Landing one’s first job is documented as a stressful life event. A competitive job market coupled with a pandemic is enough to make students feel a drain on their resources and discouraged about their future. Preparing for one’s job search (i.e., updating one’s CV, identifying and discussing job leads, etc.) becomes crucial for subsequent job search […]

When it comes to work engagement (one’s vigor, dedication, and absorption directed to work tasks), some job resources are more important for some, but not for others – and it is largely dependent on your office location. Halinski and Harrison (2020) recently published an article in the International Journal of Public Sector Management, exploring this hypothesis with public service employees in […]

In every life we have some trouble But when you worry you make it double Don’t worry, be happy Don’t worry, be happy now In Bobby McFerrin’s classic song Don’t Worry Be Happy, the common story goes the following way: a negative event has happened, an individual considers the consequences, and then decides to not […]