Genesee’s consultants regularly present at national conferences and write research papers providing insight on topics of interest in the field of organizational research.
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Sarah Johnson interviewed for an article in HR World
Sarah Johnson was recently interviewed for HR World's recent article, Six Ways to Make Employee Surveys More Effective. She offers her expertise and insight in making surveys a real catayst for improvement.
“Get to the Point! Presenting Survey Research Data for Maximum Impact”
This presentation was designed to provide information and insights on the most pressing issues affecting the IO Psychology discipline.
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“More Survey Ponderables...Questions and Answers on Effective Employee Surveys”
The Panel discussed seven research inquiries inspired by practitioner experiences and their implications for employee survey design.
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“The Promise and Peril of Employee Engagement”
Within our field, the term Engagement has been applied to many different concepts. In this presentation, Genesee's Vice President of Strategy, Research and Development, Larry Eldridge, explored several of the definitions, integrated them using a cognitive-emotional model of human behavior and shared the results some early empirical tests.
“Staying on Your High Horse:
Ethical Challenges in Employee Surveys”
Three sets of scenarios presenting ethical issues commonly found in employee survey research are discussed by a panel of three survey professionals. The nuances distinguishing changes in decisions and strategies relating to the different scenarios will be discussed. Participants will be given a chance to pose their own ethical questions.
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“Are you still wondering…
Ponderables about Using Employee Survey Results”
The success of any employee survey hinges on what happens after the survey has been completed. In this session survey professionals discuss their findings to commonly asked survey questions on using employee survey data in organizations. This session is a sister to another proposed session discussing ponderables on survey methodologies.
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“Patterns Across Global Organizational Surveys:
Timeliness, Norms, Structural Equation Models”
Companies have been surveying their employees for over 50 years, but in the past decade leaders of survey programs have been faced with increasingly complex survey data due to globalization. We examine cross-cultural differences in the timing of employees’ participation, their responses, and how they consider satisfaction and commitment.
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"Remembrance of Surveys Past:
The Evolution of the Employee Survey"
The Employee Opinion survey has become a fixture in many companies since its origins in the 1950’s. This series of presentations looks back at the changes in surveys, survey technologies, and the role of the survey professional. In addition to a discussion of changes in general, changes to a survey program in one company are discussed.
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"Have You Ever Wondered? Research Ponderables from Employee Survey Experiences"
Seven research inquiries inspired by practitioner experiences and implications for survey design and analysis are discussed. Topics include differences between early and late survey responders, role of anonymity, characteristics of those making comments, influence of group size on survey results, value of industry norms, and lessons learned from first survey experience.
Complex Employee Survey Challenges: Survival Tales and Strategies
Three case studies present the different challenges faced in complex employee survey projects. Xerox found resistance while changing its survey initiatives, HP worked to create a successful survey program following a major merger, and Johnson & Johnson used its survey to promote the corporate credo throughout its businesses worldwide.
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Genesee/Syracuse University Partner to Research Behavioral Information Security
Employee-Related Stress on the Job:
Sources, Consequences and What's Next