Examining recovery experiences among working college students: A person-centered study
Publication date: Available online 19 July 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Allison S. Gabriel, Andrew A. Bennett, Jason J. Dahling, Charles Calderwood, Elena M. Wong, John P. TrougakosAbstractRecovery experiences are seen as key correlates of employee well-being at work. Yet, there is a dearth of research on the recovery experiences of working college students, despite the fact that these employees comprise a large and potentially at-risk percentage of the workforce. Building from recent profile analytic work on recovery experiences conducted with full-time employees (e.g., Bennett, Gabriel, Calderwood...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - July 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A theory of work-family conflict episode processing
Publication date: Available online 11 July 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Carl P. Maertz, Scott L. Boya, Patrick W. MaloneyAbstractTo clarify how work and non-work role conflicts are processed and produce psychological change, we propose an integrative theory of work-family conflict (WFC) episode processing. We clarify ambiguities around the meaning of WFC, overcome questionable research assumptions, make testable counter-normative predictions, reconcile “levels” and “episodes” WFC conceptions, and explain how WFC can even have a net positive effect for the person. In the model, a trigger even...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - July 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Adolescents' development of occupational aspirations in a tracked and vocation-oriented educational system
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Ariane Basler, Irene KriesiAbstractThe formation of occupational aspirations is an important developmental task during adolescence, and aspirations are an important predictor of occupational attainment in adulthood. This paper investigates the formation and development of occupational aspirations in a tracked educational system. We focus on the social status of occupations and take Switzerland as an example. We use data of the Swiss Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine how characteristics of the educational pathw...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - July 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Managers moving on up (or out): Linking self-other agreement on leadership behaviors to succession planning and voluntary turnover
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Kameron M. Carter, Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, Michael K. Mount, In-Sue Oh, Linda Sinclair ZacharAbstractDespite the importance of succession planning programs (SPPs) to organizational success, there is a lack of theory and empirical research on the behaviors that predict which managers are most likely to be selected for SPPs, and managers' reactions to being selected. In an effort to address this gap, we focus on the leadership behaviors of Consideration (i.e., interpersonally-oriented behaviors) and Initiating Structure (i.e., task-o...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - July 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Enhancing late-career management among aging employees – A randomized controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 6 July 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Jukka Vuori, Kaisa Törnroos, Mervi Ruokolainen, Marjo WallinAbstractOur study investigates the long-term effects of a resource-based group intervention designed to strengthen older employees' late-career management preparedness on their perceptions of age discrimination, work engagement and future time perspective at work. A randomly assigned field experimental study (RCT) was carried out in 17 organizations representing both the private and public sectors. The data consisted of 699 employees with a mean age of 58. The results o...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - July 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Attracting applicants through the organization's social media page: Signaling employer brand personality
Publication date: Available online 3 July 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Marieke Carpentier, Greet Van Hoye, Bert WeijtersAbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine how potential applicants' exposure to an organization's social media page relates to their subsequent organizational attractiveness perceptions and word-of-mouth intentions. Based on signaling theory and the theory of symbolic attraction, we propose that potential applicants rely on perceived communication characteristics of the social media page (social presence and informativeness) as signals of the organization's employer brand per...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - July 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A test of psychology of working theory among Chinese urban workers: Examining predictors and outcomes of decent work
This study draws on the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) framework to examine a structural model of the predictors and outcomes of decent work in a sample of 377 Chinese urban workers. The model consists of subjective social status as a precursor, job satisfaction and turnover intention as two outcomes, work volition and decent work as two mediators, and proactive personality and social support as two moderators buffering the prediction of social status. While the study found cross-cultural invariance in the measurement of work volition and decent work, the results supported the significant mediating roles of work voliti...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
How being in learning mode may enable a sustainable career across the lifespan
Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Peter A. Heslin, Lauren A. Keating, Susan J. AshfordAbstractA sustainable career is one in which individuals enjoy at least a moderate degree of productivity, health, and happiness across their lifespan. To elucidate what people might need to learn to enhance their career sustainability, we depict a wide range of typical career- and home-realm challenges. Being in learning mode is proposed as a self-regulatory meta-competency that shapes self-directed learning regarding how to tackle sustainable career challenges. People are in ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Does work-to-family guilt mediate the relationship between work-to-family conflict and job satisfaction? Testing the moderating roles of segmentation preference and family collectivism orientation
Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Mian Zhang, Kai Zhao, Karen KorabikAbstractWe test whether work-to-family guilt mediates the relationship between work-to-family conflict and job satisfaction, and extend the contingent perspective of source attribution by exploring the moderating roles of segmentation preference and family collectivism orientation. Using a scenario experiment in Study 1 (N = 66), we found evidence supporting the mediating role of work-to-family guilt. In Study 2, we tested a moderated mediation model. Using survey data collected from Chines...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Career customization: Putting an organizational practice to facilitate sustainable careers to the test
Publication date: Available online 26 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Caroline Straub, Claartje J. Vinkenburg, Marco van KleefAbstractCareer customization has been suggested as a sustainable solution to the mismatch between traditional career models and the needs of today's workforce. We examine career consequences of Mass Career Customization (MCC) in a Professional Service Firm (PSF). This customization allows employees to tailor their career development up or down on four dimensions (pace, workload, location/schedule, responsibility). Using a multiple wave research design in a firm setting, we ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A whole-life perspective of sustainable careers: The nature and consequences of nonwork orientations
Publication date: Available online 24 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Andreas Hirschi, Rebekka Steiner, Anne Burmeister, Claire S. JohnstonAbstractDeveloping a sustainable career necessitates actively considering nonwork roles relative to one's career. However, little is known about who is more or less likely to consider nonwork roles, and what consequences this entails for a sustainable career development. To address this issue, we investigated the nomological net of nonwork orientations (NWO) in two studies, with five samples (total N = 2679). Study 1 explored the nomological net of NWO and ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Linking protean career orientation and career decidedness: The mediating role of career decision self-efficacy
This study examines the linkage between protean career orientation and career decidedness. It also explores the possible mediating roles of career decision self-efficacy and career adaptability in the above relationship. Several hypotheses are developed and tested with data collected from university students in Hong Kong and the United States. Results of structural equation modeling and bootstrapping indicate that protean career orientation is positively related to career decision self-efficacy and career adaptability. Career decision self-efficacy, but not career adaptability, is found to mediate the relationship between ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Too good for your job? Disentangling the relationships between objective overqualification, perceived overqualification, and job dissatisfaction
Publication date: Available online 22 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Maryana L. Arvan, Shani Pindek, Stephanie A. Andel, Paul E. SpectorAbstractIn the present study, we investigated the relationships between objective overqualification, perceived overqualification, and job satisfaction based on the tenets of P-E fit theory, a commonly-used theoretical framework in the overqualification literature. Specifically, we tested whether employee perceptions of overqualification mediate the relationship between objective overqualification and job dissatisfaction. Results across two studies indicated that ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Stereotypes at work: Occupational stereotypes predict race and gender segregation in the workforce
Publication date: Available online 18 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Joyce C. He, Sonia K. Kang, Kaylie Tse, Soo Min TohAbstractThe current research set out to understand the stereotypes individuals hold about occupations, and to examine how occupational segregation is related to incongruences between demographic and occupational stereotypes. In Study 1, we applied the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) to develop a novel classification of occupational stereotypes based on the dimensions of warmth and competence. We found evidence that occupations are reliably stereotyped along the dimensions of warm...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Fit of role involvement with values: Theoretical, conceptual, and psychometric development of work and family authenticity
Publication date: Available online 14 June 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Julie Holliday Wayne, Russell Matthews, Heather Odle-Dusseau, Wendy J. CasperAbstractScholars acknowledge the importance of authenticity to the work-family interface, yet the construct is underdeveloped and measures are lacking. We provide a conceptual definition of work (and family) authenticity- extent to which one's time, energy, and attention to work (and family) is consistent with life values. We develop, refine, and test the psychometric properties of a measure. Using over time data, we find that work-to-family conflict ne...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - June 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
