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Accent modification and workplace accentism: the institutionalization of linguistic profiling and its career implications Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Vijay A. Ramjattan
Purpose This paper argues that accent modification acts as a mechanism that (re)produces workplace accentism, which is a set of ideologies and practices positioning some English accents as inherently superior/inferior to others in the context of work and careers. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper draws on existing literature mainly from critical sociolinguistic and labor studies to
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Do my accents matter? Examining the relationship between English language teachers’ linguistic profiling and career development Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ning Chen, Chinaza Solomon Ironsi
Purpose This paper examines the relationship between linguistic profiling and English language teachers’ career development. Design/methodology/approach This paper collected data from 20 participants using a qualitative approach. Semi-structured interview guides were used to collect qualitative data on this topic. Findings After collecting and analyzing the data, the results showed that linguistic
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Career enhancement strategies, supportive work relationships and subjective career success: the moderating role of family–work conflict Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Anushri Rawat, Shiva Nadavulakere, Linda Isenhour, Jean McEnery
Purpose Our study examines the impact of career enhancing strategies (CES), supportive work relationships and family–work conflict (FWC) on subjective career success. Design/methodology/approach The data were sourced from 107 professionals, who were the members of an alumni LinkedIn group of the Masters Human Resource degree program from a university in the Midwestern United States. Multiple regression
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Proactive behaviors matter for my job! The roles of career decidedness and career stress in face of VUCA Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Huong Le, Joohan Lee, Neena Gopalan, Beatrice Van der Heijden
Purpose Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, this study examines how proactive skill development (PSD) influences job performance and mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying the above relationship. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a sample of 261 full-time workers in three waves, spaced by a six-week interval (Time 1, N = 360; Time 2, N = 320; Time 3, N = 261)
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Motivational drivers and psychological detachment in shaping the work–home interface for Saudi women Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Maha Alsuwailem, Yseult Freeney
Purpose This study examines the role of Saudi women’s work motivational drivers on work–home conflict (WHC) and work–home enrichment (WHE). It considers the moderating role of psychological detachment from work during the evening between one workday and the next and how it impacts on the mediating role of WHC and WHE on work performance. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on self-determination theory
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Employee development and employee engagement: a review and integrated model Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Kibum Kwon, Shinhee Jeong, Jiwon Park, Seung Won Yoon
Purpose In response to the lack of connection between employee development and employee engagement, this study explores the existing empirical findings regarding these two concepts. Based on the conservation of resources theory, the authors propose a novel theoretical framework that can better leverage the identified antecedents and relationships for future research. Design/methodology/approach An
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Precarious employment amidst global crises: career shocks, resources and migrants' employability Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Kornélia Anna Kerti, Marloes Van Engen, Orsolya Szabó, Brigitte Kroon, Inge Bleijenbergh, Charissa Freese
Purpose The authors conducted 22 in-depth longitudinal interviews with 11 Hungarian migrant workers in the Dutch logistics sector, before and during the COVID-19 crisis, using thematic analysis and visual life diagrams to interpret them. Design/methodology/approach This study aims to contribute to conservation of resources theory, by exploring how global crises influence the perceived employability
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Protean career orientation to turnover intentions: moderating roles of current organizational career growth and future organizational career growth prospect Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Linna Zhu, Hui Yang, Yong Gao, Qiong Wang
Purpose Targeting at the inconsistent relationship between protean career orientation and turnover intentions, this study aims to uncover when and why such inconsistency occurs. It emphasized the mediating role of organizational identification and moderating effects of current organizational career growth and future organizational career growth prospect. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted
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How do German and French expatriates develop social networks? Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Matthias Walther, Ulrike Mayrhofer, Noémie Dominguez
Purpose This exploratory research aims to identify the types of social networks established by German and French expatriates. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the concepts of social capital and social networks, as well as the societal and cultural approaches, to investigate the way expatriates develop their social networks. The authors' empirical study is based on 40 semi-structured interviews
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No person is an island: how employees attribute and react to coworkers' approach crafting Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Xinyue Lin, Maria Tims, Liang Meng
Purpose Taking attribution theory as an overarching framework, the study aims to examine how employees attribute and respond to a colleague's approach crafting. Design/methodology/approach Two complementary studies, including a scenario experiment (Study 1; N = 114) and an online survey (Study 2; N = 220), were conducted to test the hypothesized model. Findings Study 1 found support for the attribution
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Proactive personality and turnover intentions of nurses: the roles of professional recognition and their supervisor’s proactive personality Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Mijeong Kim, Jinuk Oh
Purpose Given that the relationship between proactive personality and turnover intention is not straightforward in the literature, the authors address two research questions focusing on the nursing profession: does proactive personality negatively influence nurses' turnover intention by alleviating their lack of professional recognition? And does a supervisor’s proactive personality act as a boundary
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Job resourcefulness, job crafting and task performance in a post-COVID-19 context: a diary study on tour and travel frontline employees Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Ume Rubaca, Majid Khan
Purpose The study aims to examine whether job resourcefulness affects task performance through job crafting at the within-person level. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from employees of the tour and travel firms and their supervisors. Multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) was used for analysis due to the repeated data structure, for example, days (n = 900) nested in individuals
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Why employees engage in proactive career behavior: examining the role of family motivation Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Yating Wang, Qinghui Hou, Zewei Xue, Huan Li
Purpose This study established and examined a moderated mediation model connecting family motivation with proactive career behavior (PCB). Drawing on social cognitive career theory model of career self-management and person-environment fit theory, the authors posit that the influence of family motivation on PCB is mediated by career goal setting (CGS) and moderated by career support climate (CSC).
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Reconstruction work awaits: work identity in the aftermath of health-related career shock Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Pamela Agata Suzanne, Viktoriya Voloshyna, Jelena Zikic
Purpose This paper aims to explore the stages and processes of work identity reconstruction following a major health-related career shock. Design/methodology/approach In-depth case study and interpretive phenomenological methods are used to allow for deep reflective self-analysis of post-career shock stages. The paper explores the identity processes and stages a Chief of Human Resources of a multinational
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Reputational self-awareness: an innovative career development tool Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Jeff Foster, Thomas Stone, I.M. Jawahar, Brigitte Steinheider, Truit W. Gray
Purpose The authors introduce a new construct, reputational self-awareness (RSA). RSA represents the congruence between how individuals think they are viewed by others (i.e. metaperceptions) versus how they are actually viewed (i.e. other ratings). The authors sought to demonstrate that RSA is a superior predictor of performance indices. Design/methodology/approach Personality self-ratings from 381
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Who is successful in career development? A person-centered approach to the study of career orientation profiles Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Nicolas Bazine, Léandre Alexis Chénard-Poirier, Adalgisa Battistelli, Marie-Christine Lagabrielle
Purpose This research examined the presence of career orientation profiles by investigating how young workers combined protean career orientation attitudes, motivation to learn to develop one's career and an optimistic future perspective on their career. It explored how a differentiated endorsement of these attitudes and motivation (i.e. career orientation profiles) were associated with the adoption
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An exploratory study on career models and mechanisms of career advancement of Emirati women managers Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Lama Al Imam, Luisa Helena Pinto
Purpose This study uses a Kaleidoscope Career (KC) approach to explore how UAE women managers experience their careers, the advancement in management and the career models they encounter. Design/methodology/approach This study employs an interpretative phenomenological approach to analyse in-depth face-to-face interviews with 22 Emirati women in middle and senior management positions across various
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Leader's desire for promotion, workplace anxiety and exploitative leadership: the moderating effect of Machiavellianism Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Jie Huang, Yali Li, Chunyong Tang
Purpose Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, the present research paper examines the moderating role of leaders' Machiavellianism in the relationships between the desire for promotion, workplace anxiety and exploitative leadership. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected matched time-lagged data from part-time MBA students and their subordinates. The subordinate questionnaires
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Are we talking about the same thing? The case for stronger connections between graduate and worker employability research Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Jos Akkermans, William E. Donald, Denise Jackson, Anneleen Forrier
Purpose and approach This article presents the case for creating stronger connections between research on graduate and worker employability. We offer a narrative review of commonalities and differences between these research streams and offer thoughts and suggestions for further integration and mutual learning. Findings We outline some of the main theories and concepts in the graduate and worker employability
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From job crafting to job quitting? Testing a wise proactivity perspective Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Tom L. Junker, Christine Yin Man Fong, Marjan Gorgievski, Jason C.L. Gawke, Arnold B. Bakker
Purpose This study investigates when and for whom job crafting may turn into job quitting. The authors hypothesize that approach job crafting relates more positively to turnover intentions and subsequent voluntary job changes among employees with (a) high (vs low) need for career challenges and (b) those with high (vs low) self-esteem. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 575 employees
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Determinants and consequences of job crafting under the boundary conditions of work uncertainty Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Syed Muhammad Irfan, Faisal Qadeer, Muddassar Sarfraz, Mohammed Khurrum Bhutta
Purpose This paper explores critical job resources (CRJRs) as predictors of job crafting and sustainable employability. Using job demands-resources (JD-R) theory as a theoretical lens, the authors examine how job crafting mediates CRJR and sustainable employability and whether work uncertainty as a boundary condition further strengthened these associations using moderated mediation approach. Desig
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What does expatriate success mean? Developing a comprehensive definition through a systematic literature review Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Nour R. El Amine, Rosalía Cascón-Pereira
Purpose Despite being one of the most used dependent variables in expatriate management research, no clear-cut understanding exists of what expatriate success means. Thus, this study aims to propose an integrative definition of expatriate success by providing an overview of expatriate success's dimensions, antecedents, and their interplay. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review
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Misconceptions and misunderstandings: an exploration of the interplay of religion, culture and gender from Muslim scholars and clerics Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Tamer Koburtay, Ahmad Abualigah, Jawad Syed, Abbas J. Ali
Purpose This study seeks to offer a contextual, multilevel perspective on the impact of patriarchal culture and Islamic faith on issues facing women holding leadership positions in a Middle Eastern context. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through 25 in-depth qualitative interviews along with open-ended questions in a paper-based survey. In view of the authors' research objectives, the
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The relationship between job insecurity and employee performance: a systematic literature review and research agenda Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Felipe Muñoz Medina, Sergio Andrés López Bohle, Jeske Van Beurden, Maria José Chambel, Sebastian M. Ugarte
Purpose Although research on job insecurity (JI) and its relationship with employee performance has increased in recent years, results are mixed and inconclusive. The objectives of this paper are to explore 1) the conceptualizations of JI, 2) the relationship between JI and different performance dimensions, 3) the theoretical perspectives used to explain the JI–performance relationship and 4) the mechanisms
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The antecedents of career decision self-efficacy: a meta-analysis on 20 years of research Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Nan Wang, Yuxiang Luan, Guolong Zhao, Rui Ma
Purpose This study aims to examine the antecedents of career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) and provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence this critical construct in career development and decision-making. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a meta-analysis of 43 independent studies, comprising 90 correlations and 17,143 participants. The Hunter-Schmidt method meta-analysis
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Perceived overqualification leads to being ostracized: the mediating role of psychological entitlement and moderating role of task interdependence Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Xiongliang Peng, Kun Yu, Yezi Kang, Kairui Zhang, Qishu Chen
Purpose The purpose of this study was to test the mediating effect of psychological entitlement in the relationship between perceived overqualification (POQ) and workplace ostracism. In addition, the authors posited that POQ would interact with task interdependence to influence psychological entitlement and indirectly affect workplace ostracism. Design/methodology/approach Using data collected in three
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Exploring the impact of national context on adjustment of self-initiated expatriates: the case of German professionals in Britain Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Elena Samarsky
Purpose The self-initiated nature of migration by self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) may make them more susceptible to the impact of the national context within which their adjustment takes place. Consequently, the failure or success of the expatriation depends on an SIE's ability to adapt to this national context. The paper aims to contribute to the adjustment theory literature by using the contextual
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Linking high-performance work systems and happiness at work: role of career aspiration and thriving Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Faisal Qamar, Shuaib Ahmed Soomro, Yasir Mansoor Kundi
Purpose This study utilizes self-determination theory (SDT) to understand how high-performance work systems (HPWS) may foster happiness at work through serial transmission pathways of career aspiration and thriving at work. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data collected from a sample of 309 employees working in various organizations. It uses multilevel, multisource and time-lagged data and
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Surviving limbo: critical career capital aspects for entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Gamze Arman
Purpose The present study explored the adjustment (i.e. survival vs stay) of a unique group of Turkish entrepreneur immigrants in the United Kingdom, whose initial experiences upon their move were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. Design/methodology/approach Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore this immigrant group's experience on the path to potential immigration
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Career success of expatriates: the impacts of career capital, expatriate type, career type and career stage Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Rodrigo Mello, Vesa Suutari, Michael Dickmann
Purpose This paper investigates whether career capital (CC) development abroad, expatriate type, career type and career stage affect expatriates' career success in terms of perceived marketability and the number of promotions. Design/methodology/approach The study presents findings from a 2020 follow-up study among 327 expatriates, including assigned expatriates (AEs) (n = 117) and self-initiated expatriates
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The multilevel intelligent career framework: an exploration and application to skilled migrants Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Marian Crowley–Henry, Shamika Almeida, Santina Bertone, Asanka Gunasekara
Purpose Skilled migrants' careers are heterogeneous, with existing theories capturing only some of their diversity and dynamic development over time and circumstance. This paper aims to draw out the multilevel (macro, meso and micro levels) influences impacting skilled migrants' careers by using the lens of the intelligent career framework. Furthermore, structuration theory captures the agency of skilled
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Towards a dynamic conceptual model for understanding the impact of social isolation on SIE women's adjustment and career development Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Riana Schreuders, Andreia Carita, Suzanne van Aswegen
Purpose Self-initiated expatriates (SIE) women's career decisions are often based on the establishment of close personal relationships in various spheres of life. This paper aims to explore the effects of social isolation in times of crisis on SIE women's work, psychological and general adjustment. Design/methodology/approach The model of expatriate women's adjustment by Caligiuri and Lazarova (2002)
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Self-initiated expatriation: a career perspective through a social chronology lens Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Hugh Gunz
Purpose This is a conceptual paper, intended to link the constructs self-initiated expatriation (SIE) and career. The author suggests that regarding SIE as an episode in a career allows one to use ideas from the careers literature to suggest novel areas for research on SIE, thereby contributing to the SIE literature. The author employs a particular perspective on career – the social chronology framework
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Mediating roles of employee cynicism and workplace ostracism on the relationship between perceived organizational politics and counterproductive work behavior Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Fabian Ugwu, Anthony C. Nwali, Lawrence E. Ugwu, Chiedozie O. Okafor, Keyna C. Ozurumba, Ike E. Onyishi
Purpose This study investigated employee cynicism and workplace ostracism as pathways through which perceived organizational politics (POPs) is related to counterproductive work behavior (CWB) targeted at individual coworkers (CWB-I) and the organization (CWB-O). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 794 university employees in Southeastern, Nigeria at three-point of measurements. Findings
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Evolving as an entrepreneur: a life story approach to studying Indian women entrepreneurs Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Vrinda Khattar, Upasna A. Agarwal
Purpose The purpose of this article is to understand how women develop entrepreneurship as a career identity through women's various life stages. Using a life story approach, the authors study the formation of Indian businesswomen's entrepreneurial identity in businesswomen's unique socio-cultural context. Design/methodology/approach The study drew upon 15 semi-structured interviews with practicing
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Self-initiated expatriates from emerging markets: career benefits arising from personal initiative Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Prashanth N. Bharadwaj, F. Robert Buchanan
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of self-initiated professional expatriates about their subjective/intangible and objective/tangible successes in both home and host countries. Design/methodology/approach This is an empirical study using a survey methodology that included a sample of 211 (Male = 120 and Female = 91) employed professionals from India. Structural equation
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“Crafting your own success”: a time-lagged study on the mediating role of job crafting dimensions in the relationship between protean career and career success Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Alessandro Lo Presti, Beatrice van der Heijden, Jon P. Briscoe, Assunta De Rosa
Purpose As the notions of protean career and job crafting share a common emphasis on self-management, proactivity and customization, this study aimed to examine if the associations between protean career, subjective and objective career success were mediated by job crafting, assessed via its three main dimensions (i.e. increasing structural job resources, increasing social job resources and increasing
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Sustainable talent pipelines and person-organisation fit: strategic insights from UK graduates Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 William E. Donald
Purpose Drawing on a framework of person-organisation fit (POF) theory, this paper aims to understand how organisations can establish and maintain sustainable early-career talent pipelines. Research question one asks, “How do graduates feel that organisations can attract early-career talent?” Research question two asks, ‘What can employers learn from graduate perspectives about the retention of early-career
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Transnational education, labor market outcomes and graduate employability: a scoping review Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Jessica Schueller
Purpose This scoping review aims to survey literature that covers employability preparation and labor market outcomes for graduates from transnational higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach This scoping literature review uses career ecosystems as a theoretical framework and the context-input-process-outcomes model as a conceptual framework. Findings This scoping review confirms
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A comparative study of the work–life balance experiences and coping mechanisms of Nigerian and British single student-working mothers Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Tonbara Mordi, Toyin Ajibade Adisa, Olatunji David Adekoya, Kareem Folohunso Sani, Chima Mordi, Muhammad Naseer Akhtar
Purpose Recent gender-related research has focused on how gender affects work–life balance (WLB), particularly whether men and women have similar difficulties balancing work and family demands. However, to broaden WLB research beyond its concentration on employees to a different population, this study investigates the WLB experiences of single student-working mothers. Design/methodology/approach This
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Who wants to leave when facing mass lay-off: a regulatory focus perspective on turnover intentions and mobility-oriented behavior Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Melvyn R.W. Hamstra, Bert Schreurs, L. Maxim Laurijssen, Elise Marescaux
Purpose Mass lay-offs tremendously impact employees and companies. Helping people toward new employment could help organizations manage costs and reputation. The authors sought to test a model, based on regulatory focus theory, predicting which employees are more likely to consider leaving the company during this uncertain time (turnover intentions) and indirectly to engage in behavior to strengthen
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Called to stay? The moderating roles of feedback from others and role clarity in the relationship between experiencing a calling and organizational embeddedness Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Julia Muehlhausen, Daniel Spurk, Andreas Hirschi, Anita Sandmeier
Purpose Organizational embeddedness of employees who are experiencing their work as a calling is of high relevance. Understanding what promotes staying in organizations can provide benefits for individuals with a calling while at the same time helping organizations to retain those valuable employees. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate how and when experiencing work as a calling
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Transnational sensemaking narratives of highly skilled Canadian immigrants' career change Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Dunja Palic, Luciara Nardon, Amrita Hari
Purpose The authors answer calls for research on the experiences of international professionals' career transitions by investigating how highly skilled immigrants make sense of their career changes in the host country's labor market. Design/methodology/approach The authors report on a qualitative, inductive and elaborative study, drawing on sensemaking theories and career transitions literature and
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The influence of complexity, chance and change on the career crafting strategies of SIEs Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Blanca Suarez-Bilbao, Maike Andresen, Marian Crowley-Henry, Edward P. O'Connor
Purpose Externalities influence the career trajectories of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) and their respective career crafting. This study aims to explore the international career crafting of SIEs (encompassing their proactive career reflection and construction), taking the combined external influences of complexity, chance and change into consideration. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ
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Career implications of career shocks through the lens of gender: the role of the academic career script Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Daphne Lisanne Van Helden, Laura Den Dulk, Bram Steijn, Meike Willemijn Vernooij
Purpose The purpose of this explorative study is to investigate through the lens of gender the role of career shocks in career advancement experiences in academia. By taking a contextual approach, this study increases understanding of the role of the academic career script as a potential boundary for career shock implications. Design/methodology/approach The authors studied career advancement experiences
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Toward a sustainable career perspective on contingent work: a critical review and a research agenda Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Jana Retkowsky, Sanne Nijs, Jos Akkermans, Paul Jansen, Svetlana N. Khapova
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the contingent work field and to advocate a sustainable career perspective on contingent work. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a broader review approach allowed to synthesize the contingent work literature across contingent work types (temporary agency work, gig work and freelance work) and develop a sustainable career perspective
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“Locked at the job”: a qualitative study on the process of this phenomenon Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Merel T. Feenstra-Verschure, Dorien Kooij, Charissa Freese, Mandy Van der Velde, Evgenia I. Lysova
Purpose Many employees experience a “locked at the job” situation and are not satisfied with their current job and at the same time, perceive limited job opportunities. This study examines the process that individuals who experience locked at the job go through and the coping mechanisms individuals use. Design/methodology/approach A total of Thirty in-depth interviews were conducted. Of the participants
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Uncovering the antecedents and motivational determinants of job crafting Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Huda Masood, Mark Podolsky, Marie-Helene Budworth, Stefan Karajovic
Purpose The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to examine the motivational determinants and contextual antecedents of individual job crafting behaviors. Design/methodology/approach The current research uses the mixed-methods design to elucidate the relationship between career outcome expectations and different forms of job crafting through external regulation. In Study 1, surveys were collected
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From personal resources to proactive work strategies and performance: testing the antecedents and outcomes of strengths use in a three-wave study Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Zselyke Pap, Luca Tisu, Delia Vîrgă
Purpose Based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, this study aims to identify person-contingent antecedents and consequences of proactive strength-oriented behaviors at work. Thus, the authors propose and test a model in which psychological capital (PsyCap), as a personal resource, represents a precursor of strengths use, which in turn is a facilitator of employees' self-rated performance.
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Organizational career management: a review and future prospect Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Qinglin Zhao,Zijun Cai,Wenxia Zhou,Ledi Zang
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to review the research about organizational career management (OCM) and provide an integrated understanding of OCM research.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors systematically review 85 OCM-related papers published in highly influential journals over the past four decades (1978–2021). This paper reviews the definitions, measurements, antecedents
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Executive competencies and individual ambidexterity: shaping late-career transition to Canada’s recreational cannabis industry Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-04-27 Deborah M. McPhee,Francine K. Schlosser
PurposeThe authors contribute to scholarship on motivation for late-career transition, by examining how older executives drew on individual ambidexterity (IA) in the stigmatized, Canadian-licensed recreational cannabis industry.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology utilizes a qualitative method, utilizing semi-structured interviews with 15 late-career executives. Inductive examination of data
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Dysfunctional leadership: investigating employee experiences with dysfunctional leaders Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Jouharah M. Abalkhail
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of employees who are exposed to dysfunctional behaviors by their leaders in a healthcare organization.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a qualitative methodology drawing on 25 semi-structured interviews with administrative and clinical employees working in a healthcare setting operating in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.FindingsThis
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What do we know about diversity, intersectionality and inclusion in organisationally-assigned expatriation? A review of relocation management company/consultancy practitioner research Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Susan Shortland,Stephen J. Perkins
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on trends in the deployment of minority expatriates, review organisational interventions to increase expatriate diversity and to consider the challenges facing employers in widening expatriate diversity through a review of practitioner publications published by relocation management companies/consultancies.Design/methodology/approachA review of 109 practitioner
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Guest editorial: Introducing the Special Issue on current trends in careers theory and research Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 I.M. Jawahar
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The social psychology of work engagement: state of the field Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Arnold B. Bakker
PurposeResearch on work engagement is flourishing and shows important links between work engagement and career success. However, a systematic account of the social-psychological origins of engagement is largely lacking. In the paper, the author develops a theoretical model and discusses how employees actively influence and are influenced by employees' leader's, colleagues' and partner's work engagement
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Narrowing ideal self-discrepancy: the roles of organizational career management and protean career orientation Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-02-04 Linna Zhu,Lan Wang
PurposeThis study investigated the joint impact of organizational and individual career management on employees' ideal self-discrepancy. Drawing on the identity literature, the authors aimed to uncover the mechanism and boundary condition of this impact, focusing on how organizations influence ideal and actual selves of employees with different protean career orientation.Design/methodology/approachThe
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Local worker perspectives from Nicaraguan surf tourism: revisiting career anchors in non-standard work contexts Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Michelle Mielly,Amanda Peticca-Harris
PurposeThis qualitative study explores, through the lens of Schein's (1978) career anchor theory, the internal career perceptions (self-perceived values, challenges and capabilities) of local surf workers in the highly internationalized sector of surf tourism in Nicaragua.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews were carried out with 22 local surf tourism workers. Participant experiences
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The why, what and how of career research: a review and recommendations for future study Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Yehuda Baruch,Sherry E. Sullivan
PurposeThe field of careers studies is complex and fragmented. The aim of this paper is to detail why it is important to study careers, what we study and how we study key issues in this evolving field.Design/methodology/approachKey theories, concepts and models are briefly reviewed to lay the groundwork for offering an agenda for future research.FindingsThe authors recommend ten key directions for
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Torn between individual aspirations and the family legacy – individual career development in family firms Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2022-01-03 Leona Achtenhagen,Kajsa Haag,Kajsa Hultén,Jen Lundgren
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore individual career management by family members in the context of their family firms.Design/methodology/approachThe interpretative interview study of family members active in family businesses explores how this context affects the choice, planning, goals and development of family members' careers in their family business.FindingsThe authors find that career
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Meta-analysis of the impact of cross-cultural training on adjustment, cultural intelligence, and job performance Career Development International (IF 2.443) Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Li Chenyang
PurposeThis research aims to provide an updated meta-analysis of cross-cultural training effectiveness through quantitatively reviewing the links between cross-cultural training and three outcomes: adjustment, cultural intelligence and job performance.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from 37 independent samples from 1991 through August 2021 involving a total of 7,040 trainees, the author adopt random-effects