Ludek’s Blog About People Analytics


Ludek's Blog About People Analytics

Did the Nobel Prize put causal inference on the public radar?

causal inference
econometrics
nobel prize
segmented regression
time series data
bayesian inference
r

Applying Bayesian segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series data to Google Trends data to test the hypothesis of a positive impact of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics on public interest in causal inference, while accounting for changes in Google's data collection methods and seasonal variations.

How to get causal interpretation for the Employee Attrition dataset?

causality
causal ml
econml
python
employee attrition

An interesting demonstration of causal inference in the People Analytics space using the famous IBM Employee Attrition dataset.

How to analyze employee survey results with less (selection) bias?

employee survey
selection bias
causal inference
propensity score

About a simple method for correcting non-response bias in employee survey analysis, based on causal inference, that estimates the average satisfaction if everyone had responded.

Are age and gender variables really so non-actionable in the context of People Analytics?

hr data
hr metrics
demographics
actionability

A short musing on which variables in People Analytics should—or should not—be considered non-actionable.

Experiencing and seeing team similarities and differences

personality
team development
data visualization
feedback

A brief reflection on an effective method for presenting team personality profiles during team development workshops.

A way to make prediction models more precise and interpretable at the same time?

causal identification
causal inference
feature selection
prediction models
ml interpretability
machine learning

An interesting and potentially useful combination of causal identification algorithms and prediction modeling in the machine learning pipeline.

And what are your career hurdles?

subjective career success
io psychology
meta-analysis

Visualization of the results from a meta-analytic review of the hurdles to subjective career success.

How variations in analytic choices affect results?

reproducibility
open science
data science

It’s human nature to take things at face value, assuming they are exactly as they appear, without noticing the assumptions and choices shaping that appearance. Remember Kahneman’s WYSIATI principle—What You See Is All There Is?

Does your personality interfere with your self-awareness?

personality
self-awareness
multi-rater feedback
hpi

A brief data-driven exploration of personality factors that might negatively affect self-awareness.

We are probably more similar - and different - than expected

personality
culture values
multilevel modeling
intercultural psychology

A brief summary of the key findings from the research paper on the multilevel exploration of Big Five personality traits and cultural values.

Unexpected protective effect of having a good manager?

people management
employee attrition
manager
causal analysis
heterogeneity

Imagine that your direct manager recently left your company voluntarily, and she was among those who excelled in her managerial duties. Do you think that her above-average managerial skills would make you more or less likely to leave the company in the following months?

Self-Leadership: A New Superpower?

self-leadership
performance
flexible work
meta-analysis

In today’s world of hybrid work and freelancing, people can no longer rely solely on external supervision. Instead, they need to build and cultivate self-leadership — the skill to guide themselves toward better performance and personal fulfillment by actively influencing their thoughts, emotions, and actions.

Stop. Start. Continue.

change
resolution
development
google trends

A brief, year-end reflection on the 'what,' 'why,' and 'how' behind our personal growth journeys.

Divorce usually impacts both sides - but does that hold true for Brexit?

causal inference
synthetic control
causalpy
brexit
eurozone
oecd
gdp

We can often come across analyses highlighting the negative effects of Brexit on the UK’s economic performance as measured by GDP. But what about the reverse perspective? How has Brexit impacted the economies of EU member countries?

"A new broom sweeps clean"

performance evaluation
performance management
employee feedback
organizational behavior

Does the saying above also apply to new managers and how they evaluate their direct reports?

Not all workplace relationships are created equal when it comes to retaining talent

ona
networks
employee turnover
meta-analysis

A brief sneak peek into an interesting and potentially useful meta-analysis that explored the specific mechanisms through which two types of workplace networks are related to employee turnover.

ChatGPT as a new email writing coach?

email communication
genai
chatgpt
llm
google trends
causal inference
causalpy
python

Using CausalPy package to test the plausibility of the hypothesis that Stack Overflow may not be the only “victim” of ChatGPT and the GenAI likes.

How does your company stack up in the Big Nine Cultural Values?

culture
employee listening
glassdoor
nlp

A quick intro to the Culture 500 - a tool for assessing company culture using Glassdoor reviews.

Do you use XmR charts for People Analytics use cases?

xmr chart
signal and noise
statistical inference
data vizualization

Looking for tips from those who answered "Yes" to the question in the title of this post 🙂

Do people’s personalities vary across different jobs?

personality
job-person fit
career counseling

And if they do, are those differences big enough to be useful for career counseling and personal development?

Nonlinear relationships between personality traits and business outcomes seem to be the norm rather than the exception

personality
prediction
nonlinearity
machine learning
interpretable ml
hogan
hpi

... at least in my projects 😉

Simulating the "survivorship" effect in employee satisfaction data over time

tenure
employee satisfaction
simulation
r

How to align observations in organizational data with the results of one research on the relationship between tenure and employee satisfaction?

Motivation vs. Performance: What causes what?

performance
motivation
meta-analysis
causality

An interesting research paper by Wang, Luan & Ma (2024) in Nature explores the causal relationship between work motivation and job performance using longitudinal data from 11 independent studies and meta-analytic structural equation modeling.

Why are introverts often described in terms of negative emotionality, and should they be?

personality
introversion
extraversion
neuroticism
ipip

If interested, here are a few quick thoughts of mine along with some light data exploration on the topic.