Survey methodology has been and continues to be a pervasively used data-collection
method in social science research. To better understand the state of the science, we first …

Perceptions of clothing are complex, varying across individuals, situations, cultures, and
time. Although there is very little research on the topic in our field, evidence from a wide …

The psychometric soundness of measures has been a central concern of articles published
in the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP) since the inception of the journal. At the same …

Several reviews have been critical of the degree to which scales in industrial/organizational
psychology and organizational behavior adequately reflect the content of their construct …

Small talk—trivial communication not core to task completion—is normative and ubiquitous
in organizations. Although small talk comprises up to one-third of adults' speech, its effects in …

Research on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) typically focuses on either one type
of OCB or an aggregate of multiple types of OCB. We investigate a third conceptualization of …

Although research has added to our understanding of the positive and negative effects of the
use of humor at work, scholars have paid little attention to characteristics of the humor …

Although scholars across fields have studied threats to individuals' identities for their impact
and ubiquity, the absence of standard scales has hindered the advancement of this …

Although research suggests that leader humor shapes followers' perceptions of their
leaders' status, questions remain as to whether and how leader humor can shape followers' …

Unethical pro‐organizational behavior (UPB) is often visible to co‐workers; however,
reactions to UPB are rarely considered in empirical research in spite of their importance to …