19 Nov 2012

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Success of Employees
Research has shown that while intelligence in its traditional form, including tasks assessing verbal, numerical, visuo-spatial, reasoning and working memory, is the best predictor of job performance, other skills are also important for managerial success. Sternberg's (1996; 1997) triarchic theory of intelligence proposes that intelligence is comprised of traditional analytic skills, p...
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19 Nov 2012

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Employee Ethics
A recent study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has revealed that organisations may not be doing enough to promote and protect their values within the organisation. The study found that 40% of employees believe their organisation ignores unethical behaviour and even rewards or promotes those who act improperly. In addition, only 29% of respondents had a good unders...
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12 Nov 2012

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Job Performance
lower-levelCross-cultural job performance has become a critical factor in today’s globalised workplace, where employees often interact with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders from diverse cultural backgrounds. Understanding cross-cultural job performance involves examining how cultural differences impact communication, teamwork, leadership, and productivity. The Australian work con...
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12 Nov 2012

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Research
A meta-analysis conducted in the United Kingdom (Bertua, Anderson & Salgado, 2005) has found that intelligence tests and tests of  specific cognitive abilities are strong, reliable and valid predictors of both job performance  and response to training.  Operational validities are in the range of .5-.6, meaning that these  cognitive tests can account for approximately 30% of the varia...
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05 Nov 2012

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Learning Skills
A recently released report outlining the findings of Deloitte's 2012 Bribery and Corruption survey reveals that organisations in Australia and New Zealand may be ill-equipped to identify and manage corruption and bribery risk. The survey was completed by 390 organisations from Australia and New Zealand, including publicly listed companies, Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies,...
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22 Oct 2012

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Dr Brad Dolph
In our efforts to ensure that we offer the most up-to-date, empirically based, well-researched tools available, we are constantly doing research and market-place testing of our new assessment tools. We even go to China! In an earlier blog we introduced the Multi-Tasks test, an empirically based competing tasks measure with a long history in job selection research that is particular...
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15 Oct 2012

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Survey
Recent research has found that up to 80% of staff turnover can be better controlled by organisations by improving their understanding of employee needs, employee-organisational fit and workplace culture.  The research, which included over 11,000 employees from 40 Australian organisations, was based on exit survey responses from employees who left their organisations between January 2011 ...
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10 Oct 2012

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Skilled Job Seekers
Australia's immigration policy had long focused largely on accepting highly-skilled migrants. Seeking workers with outstanding skills and qualifications that are lacking in Australia aims to address specific skill shortages and enhances the size and skill level of the Australian labour force. In the 2012-13 period Australia accepted approximately 190,000 migrants. 68 percent of these,...
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24 Sep 2012

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Report Reveals
A report by the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), Talent pipeline draining growth: Connecting human capital to the growth agenda has found that failing to draw on the talent and expertise of employees can result in significant difficulties with growing the business and reaching financial targets. CGMA surveyed over 300 CEOs, CFOs, and HR Directors. They found that almost ha...
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10 Sep 2012

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Employee Retention
Thursday 13 September is National R U OK? Day. R U OK? Day is a national mental health day on the second Thursday of September to encourage Australians to connect with their colleagues/employees by asking them: Are you okay? One in five people experience depression at some point in their lives. That means that approximately 4 million Australians will suffer from depression. More th...
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