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Dignity at Work: A Critical Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 David L. Blustein, Blake A. Allan
This article provides a narrative review of the literature on dignity at work with a focus on social justice perspectives, which informs the development of a conceptual framework to guide future theory, research, practice, and public policies. Dignity at work encompasses earned and inherent dignity; the capacity for autonomous action; the affirmation of diversity; access to decent and humane work conditions;
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Career Insecurity Scale Short Form (CI-S): Construction and Validation Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Zijun Cai, Xiaotong Ji, Zhen Wang
To facilitate research on career insecurity, we develop and validate an eight-item short form of the 32-item original scale across three studies, namely the CI-S. In all studies, CI-S consistently showed high internal reliabilities and correlations with the full scale. Specifically, Study 1 finishes the preliminary item selection and makes an initial validation. Study 2 demonstrates that CI-S has a
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Career Construction Networks Among Junior and Senior High School Students Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Qing Zeng, Zhilin Song, Zhiying Yang, Shiyu Wang, Ping Chen
Although career construction theory has been utilized to understand how to construct the career process, it remains unclear how the various factors involved in this process interact comprehensively. In this study, we introduced the career construction network to explore the career development of junior high school students ( N = 372) and senior high school students ( N = 516) and its influencing factors
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Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision Making: Ambiguity Management Under Environmental Adversity Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Hui Xu, Blake A. Allan
The dual-process theory of career decision making (DTC) offers unique insights into how people’s responses to inevitable decision ambiguity affect career choice and outcomes as well as how to cope with such ambiguity. While the DTC advances career decision research by incorporating key findings from decision science, it remains largely focused on people’s psychological processes; consequently, how
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Longitudinal Patterns in Gender-Typed Career Interests and Career Stereotypes Among Boys and Girls in Middle Adolescence Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Mirta Blažev, Dora Popović, Iva Šverko
The aim of this study was to examine changes in gender-typed career interests and career-related gender stereotypes, as well as the bidirectional relationship between these factors, among 524 (61% girls) middle adolescents, aged 14 to 17 ( M = 15.58, SD = 0.35), over three years. Data were collected through an online survey in schools, using the Personal Globe Inventory to assess gender-typed career
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Development and Validation of the Online Proactive Career Behavior Scale Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Ozan Korkmaz, Hacı Arif Doğanülkü, Fuad Bakioğlu, Süleyman Barbaros Yalçın
In today’s technology world, the number and use of online tools has almost reached its peak. Depending on the developments in technology, individuals’ approaches and behaviors regarding their careers have also begun to change. However, validated measures that measure individuals' online proactive career behavior appear to be lacking today. The current study aims to develop and validate the scale to
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Vocational Experiences of Korean Women With a High School Diploma: Insights into Work Precarity and Social Marginalization Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Yunkyoung L. Garrison, Ji Eun Her, Taewon Kim, Haram J. Kim
A college education is a means to achieve upward social mobility and secure decent employment. Yet, college education tends to be accessible for families already part of privileged groups, such as those with financial resources. With attention to systemic oppression and varying degrees of access to education and employment, this study aims to describe the experiences of job-seeking and working among
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Measurement Invariance of the Occupational Engagement Scale – Student and Career Adapt-Abilities Scale Across U.S. Veterans’ Employment Status Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Arpita Ghosh, Sean Joo, Aydanur Aydin
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces experience employment-related challenges when they separate from the military and reintegrate into civilian life. Challenges related to finding and maintaining employment may impact their post-military career choices and decisions. The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of the Occupational Engagement Scale-Student (OES-S) and the Career
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Decent Work Among Turkish Working Adults: A Latent Profile Analysis Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Ersoy Çarkıt
The present study explores the interrelationship among decent work components via a latent profile analysis among Turkish workers. Using a sample of 596 employees in Türkiye, the latent profile analysis revealed four distinct profiles (highly indecent work, low compensation-low rest, indecent work-low healthcare-dominant, and decent work). The auxiliary variable analysis showed that work volition and
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18REST-2: A Revised Measure of the RIASEC Model for Large-Scale Assessment With Students Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Gustavo H. Martins, Ana C. Crispim, Rodolfo A. M. Ambiel, Felipe Valentini, Nelson Hauck-Filho, Leonardo B. Mose, Leonardo O. Barros, Ricardo Primi, Filip De Fruyt
This study aims to revise 18REST, a short RIASEC-based measure about vocational interests, developed for large-scale assessment in education. Using a large sample of 63,128 Brazilian students from 5th, 9th, and 12th grade, a revised version with partly new items was proposed, i.e., 18REST-2. 18REST-2 RIASEC scales showed a circular order in 12th grade. Younger students exhibited lower coherence and
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Career-Related Teacher Support Scale: Validation Among Italian Adolescents and Assessment of the Effect on Career Decision Self-Efficacy Through Career Adaptability Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Anna Parola, Jenny Marcionetti, Lawrence P. W. Wong
Teachers have a key role in adolescents’ career development. Nevertheless, few studies examined their effect on career outcomes. The present study has two objectives. First, to test the factorial structure of the Italian version of the Career-related Teacher Support Scale (CRTSS) with Italian adolescents. Second, to test how career-related teacher support leads to career decision self-efficacy through
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College Career Courses and Growth Toward Vocational Identity Achievement Status Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Michael J. Morgan, Debra S. Osborn
This study used a longitudinal quasi-experimental design to explore the intersection of self-regulated learning and career development, while validating a manualized college career course as an effective career intervention. A group of undergraduate students enrolled in a for-credit college career course was compared to students in the general student body on measures of career exploration, career
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Decent Work Profiles of Korean Workers: Antecedents and Outcomes of Profile Membership Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Seran Lee, Ji-Hye Kim, Ki-Hak Lee
Recent research has explored profiles of decent work based on the Psychology of Working Theory. However, such investigations have rarely been attempted in Korea. This study applied latent profile analysis to discover decent work profiles and their relationships with antecedents and outcomes. Among 605 Korean workers, five distinct profiles emerged: indecent (7.9%), low safety and healthcare access
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A Social Cognitive Career Theory Study of Agricultural Mechanical Trade Workers Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Rebecca Black, P. Nancey Hoare, Nicole McDonald, Peter McIlveen
Attracting and retaining skilled workers in agriculture is a global problem. Shortages of essential workers disrupt supplies of goods and services from the point of production on farms through manufacturing, transport, to ultimate consumption. The global pandemic’s effect on food supply was a salutary lesson in the effects of a diminished agricultural workforce. Agricultural mechanics are vital to
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Antecedents and Outcomes of Positive Career Goal Progress Discrepancy Appraisal in Young Adults Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Sari Z. Akmal, Michelle Hood, Amanda L. Duffy, Peter A. Creed
Informed by self-regulation theories, this study examines the role of positive career goal discrepancies, where young adults appraise their progress towards career goal outcomes as better than expected. The research investigates how person-specific factors, like career calling, and situational factors, such as career congruence with parents, relate to self-regulatory responses, specifically career
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Actor, Partner and (Dis)Similarity Effects of Vocational Interests on Work-Family Interface Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Katarina Banov, Nada Krapic, Igor Kardum
The study explored the predictive role of vocational interests in work-family conflict and work-family enrichment in 271 employed heterosexual couples. We administered questionnaires measuring vocational interests, time-based and strain-based work-family conflicts and work-family enrichment. Going beyond prior studies, we (a) utilized a dyadic paradigm to examine actor and partner effects of interest
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The Role of Self-Efficacy in Coping With the Psychological Challenges of Job Loss: Application of the Social Cognitive Career Self-Management Model Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Ruogu J. Wang, Robert W. Lent
There is substantial evidence that involuntary job loss can have major implications for workers’ well-being. Yet research on coping with unemployment has most often focused on the job search process and progress toward re-employment, with less emphasis on the process of coping with the myriad psychological challenges of job loss. This study adapted the social cognitive model of career self-management
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The Effect of Openness to Experience on Students’ Readiness for School-To-Work Transition Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Chinyere O. Elom, Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Chidebe Chijioke Uwaleke, Chukwudum Collins Umoke, Sunday Okechukwu Abonyi, Anamelechi Ogai Nwele
This study examines how and whether the constructs of openness to experience in the work placement learning setting (openness to learning in a new environment, openness to supervisor feedback, and openness to diversity) might influence students’ readiness for school-to-work transition. Also, it builds upon the assumptions of the social cognitive career theory – model of self-career management to examine
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Sustainable Career Trajectories in Switzerland: The Role of Psychological Resources and Sociodemographic Characteristics Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Shagini Udayar, Cecilia Toscanelli, Koorosh Massoudi
In the current volatile and insecure professional context, developing and maintaining sustainable careers has become a major concern. This study contributes to the advancement of research on sustainable careers by applying the career sustainability framework in a 7-year longitudinal study on Swiss workers’ career trajectories ( N = 789). We thus aimed to (a) identify various types of career trajectories
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Contribution of Social Bonds to the Development of Scientific Research Identity in Adolescent Participants of a Science Enrichment Program Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Eric D. Deemer, Joseph P. Ogas, Amy C. Barr
An abundance of research on self-determination theory has shown that satisfaction of basic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness among adolescents promotes the experience of optimal career-related outcomes such as academic motivation and engagement. However, few studies have explored how satisfaction of these needs promotes identification with particular careers, and less attention has been
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Testing the Validity of the Expanded Five-Dimensional Model of Work Orientations Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Tirza Willner, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler, Itamar Gati, Bar Shachrur
Finding meaning and purpose in work has become increasingly important in today’s volatile world. Work orientations reflect the purpose individuals see in their work. The Work Orientation Questionnaire (WOQ), based on the expanded five-dimensional model of work orientation (Willner et al., 2020), was used to elicit individuals’ purpose of work - calling, job, career, social embeddedness, and busyness
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Associations of Career Decision-Making Strategies With Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Difficulties Among French-Speaking Swiss Adolescents and Young Adults Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Nimrod Levin, Jonas Masdonati, Pauline Castella, Elodie Grassi
Individuals differ in the strategies, self-efficacy beliefs, and difficulties that characterize their career decision-making process. Although some strategies are deemed adaptive, the differential links of career decision-making strategies to self-efficacy and difficulties, in general and in various cultural contexts, remain unclear. To address this issue, we investigated the associations of 12 career
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Predicting Outcomes of a Manualized Individual Career Counseling Intervention Over a One-Year Follow-Up From Trajectories of Change in Career Decision Difficulties Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Francis Milot-Lapointe, Yann Le Corff
This study tested whether trajectories of career decision difficulties identified in Milot-Lapointe and Le Corff (2023) predict outcomes of a manualized individual career counseling intervention 12 months after the intervention. Participants were 248 individuals who received an average of 7.79 sessions at a career counseling clinic and were reassessed 12 months after the intervention. Results showed
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Invisibility and Negative Career Outcome Expectations among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students at a Predominantly White Institution Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Han Na Suh, Lisa Y. Flores, Remy Johanson-Murray, Sangha Park, Foong Yan Lee
The present study explored the relationship between invisibility experiences, a component of microaggressions, and negative career outcome expectations among a sample of Black, Indigenous, and Peop...
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Social Mobility and Vocational Outcomes: A Psychology of Working Perspective Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Gianella Perez, Ryan D. Duffy, Haram J. Kim, Taewon Kim
The current study was aimed at understanding how social mobility relates to vocational outcomes. Drawing from Psychology of Working Theory (PWT), social mobility was operationalized as changes in e...
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Decent Work, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Posttraumatic Growth From the Psychology of Working Perspective: A Three-Wave Study of Military Personnel Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-18 Jeong Hoon Seol, Young Woo Sohn, Minjun Yoo, Yonguk Park
Scholarly interest in the relationship between decent work and mental health based on the Psychology of Working Theory has recently increased. This study evaluated the indirect effects of survival,...
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Mind the Overlap: A Qualitative Exploration of the Vocational Lives of Veterans Living With Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Brian J. Stevenson, Elizabeth Chamberlin, Camille M. Smith, Taina Teravainen, Ummul Kiram Kathawalla, Lisa Mueller
Veterans with mental health and substance use conditions have poor employment outcomes and would likely benefit from integrated career, mental health, and substance use related interventions. Howev...
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Romanian Version of the Career Crafting Assessment: Psychometric Properties Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Raluca Ioana Chifor, Bogdan Oprea
The notion of career is no longer understood as a progressive advancement within the same organization, but rather as a lifelong dynamic transition between multiple jobs. Lee et al. (2021) develope...
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A Process Model of Career Decision-Making and Adaptation Under Uncertainty: Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision-Making Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Hui Xu, Lisa Y. Flores
The dual-process theory of career decision-making (DTC; Xu, 2021a; 2021b) resulted from a synthesized and critical reflection of career decision-making and related models in the contemporary psycho...
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The Relationship Between Parental Attachment and Career Aspirations in Indian Female Undergraduate Students Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Avantika Bhatia, Simran Rana, Margo Gregor
The purpose of the present study was to examine the career aspirations of Indian female undergraduate students, by utilizing a theoretical framework integrating Attachment Theory and Social Cogniti...
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Predicting Decent Work Among US Black Workers: Examining Psychology of Working Theory Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Tiffany R. Williams, Kelsey L. Autin, Jayla Pugh, Megan E. Herdt, Roberto G. Garcia, Dana Jennings, Taylor Roberts
The U.S. has a history of marginalizing Black people. Marginalization impedes Black Americans’ ability to secure wealth, education, and meaningful work. The Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) uses ...
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Pre-Occupation: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Gender Differences in Adolescent Vocational Interests Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Kristi Baerg MacDonald, Alex Benson, John Kitchener Sakaluk, Julie Aitken Schermer
Vocational interests have important implications for a range of life outcomes, such as satisfaction with career choice. Extending research on gender differences in vocational interests with adult s...
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Job Desperation: Scale Development and Construct Validation Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Brent A. Stevenor, Michael J. Zickar
We introduce a new construct to the vocational behavior literature: job desperation. Job desperation is defined as a state of despair in which a person feels pressure to find a new job, has a negat...
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On the Combined Role of Work Engagement and Burnout Among Novice Nurses: A Longitudinal Person-Centered Analysis Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Nicolas Gillet, Claude Fernet, Yael Blechman, Alexandre J. S. Morin
This study examined the profiles taken by global and specific facets of work engagement and burnout among a sample of novice (M tenure = 3.77 years) nurses (n = 570; 88.4% females; Mage = 29.3 year...
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Trajectories of Change in Career Decision Difficulties During a Manualized Individual Career Counseling Intervention: The Influence of Counselor Adherence, Working Alliance and Client Personality Traits Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Francis Milot-Lapointe, Yann Le Corff
This study aimed to identify trajectories of change in client career decision difficulties during a manualized career counseling intervention and examine the role of counselor adherence, working al...
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Reciprocal Effects of Career Adaptability and Occupational Self-Efficacy: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study With Varying Time Lags Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Judith Volmer, Daniel Spurk, Maximilian Orth, Anja Göritz
Researchers widely agree upon the pivotal role of career self-management in vocational development. Yet, little is known about how core self-management constructs denoting agentic capacity affect e...
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The Work Interevention Network (WIN): Foundations of a Holistic Vocational Intervention Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Kelsey L. Autin, Blake A. Allan, David L. Blustein, Saliha Kozan, Ofer Sharone, Brian J. Stevenson, Rachel Gali Cinamon, Joaquim Ferreira, Mindi N. Thompson
The aim of the current study was to examine whether the key constructs targeted in the Work Intervention Network (WIN) intervention uniquely predicted well-being outcomes and mediated relations bet...
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Extending the Psychology of Working Model for Latinx Youth: Incorporating Youth Voice Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Maureen E. Kenny, Mary Beth Medvide, XiYue Wu, Karley M. P. Guterres, Yunqing Yang
Psychology of working theory (PWT) emphasizes the role of contextual constraints in career development, as well as promotive factors that might be cultivated to navigate these constraints. Although...
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Career Adapt-Abilities Scale–Short Form: Validation among Portuguese University Students and Workers Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Joana Soares, Maria do Céu Taveira, Paula Barroso, Ana Daniela Silva
Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) was recently reduced to a briefer 12-items version, the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-Short Form (CAAS-SF). Considering its advantages in long protocols, we valid...
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Beliefs About the Malleability of Professional Skills and Abilities: Development and Validation of a Scale Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Antje Schmitt, Susanne Scheibe
The concept of a professional skills and abilities mindset denotes beliefs that professional skills and abilities are either malleable (growth mindset) or are uncontrollable and difficult to change...
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Development and Validation of the Academic Persistence Outcome Expectations Scale Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Michael B. Kozlowski, Nadya A. Fouad
Outcome expectations, an integral theoretical component of social cognitive career theory, remains almost completely unexamined in the domain of academic persistence, or the decision a student make...
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Development and Initial Validation of the Career Decision-Making Ambiguity Scale Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Hui Xu
The dual-process theory of career decision-making (DTC) adds to the conversation about understanding and facilitating career decision-making from a more realistic and inclusive perspective and high...
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Career Adaptability Development in the School-To-Work Transition Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Chuhang Fu, Yang Cai, Qiandong Yang, Guoqiang Pan, Dezhen Xu, Wendian Shi
The development pattern of career adaptability has an important influence on individual mental health and career outcomes. Based on career construction theory, our study explored the development ch...
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Academic Satisfaction of Women Students of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Roles of Discrimination, Proactive Personality, and Critical Consciousness Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Chan Jeong Park, Patrick J. Rottinghaus
Underrepresentation of women and students of color has been a longstanding issue in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The present study examined factors that contribute to a...
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Daily Environments During Emerging Adulthood and Gender Atypical Occupational Choices: The Role of Sexist Experiences Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-21 Katie M. Lawson, Mackenzie J. Miller, Kanila L. Brown, Chloe M. Woodling
Past research on occupational choices often focuses on the role of personal attributes. Research is needed that examines whether daily environments and individuals’ reactivity to these environments...
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Viewing the Joint Operation of Five Major Decision Difficulties Within the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision-Making Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Hui Xu
While research has identified a five-factor model of career decision-making difficulty based on meta-analytical evidence and cross-cultural comparison, the field lacks an elaborated theoretical acc...
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Work Needs Satisfaction Scale- Spanish Version: Psychometric Properties and Validity Evidence Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Kelsey L. Autin, Andrew J. Shelton, Roberto G. Garcia, Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia, Germán A. Cadenas
With a growing Latinx workforce in the U.S., many of whom are Spanish-speaking, there is a pressing need to examine key constructs related to vocational well-being in this population. The aim of the current study was to validate a Spanish language version of the Work Needs Satisfaction Scales (WNSS; Autin et al., 2019). The WNSS comprises a set of scales developed to measure satisfaction of survival
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Profiles of Decent Work and Precarious Work: Exploring Macro-Level Predictors and Mental Health Outcomes Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 David L. Blustein, Blake A. Allan, Alekzander Davila, Camille M. Smith, Michael Gordon, XiYue Wu, Lauren Milo, Nathan Whitson
Using a person-centered approach, this study explored the interrelationship between decent work and precarious work via a latent profile analysis (LPA). This investigation sought to replicate the latent profiles from Blustein and colleagues (2020) and extend the results by examining the role of individual lifetime experiences of macro-level factors (economic constraints and marginalization) as predictors
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A Multi-Group Study of Psychological Capital and Job Search Behaviours Among University Graduates With and Without Work Placement Learning Experience Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-14 Rowland Chukwuemeka Uwakwe, Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Christian Ehiobuche, Chinedu Ochinanwata, Ifeanyi Matthew Idike
We build upon the social cognitive career theory model of career self-management (SCCT-CSM) to test the effects of psychological capital constructs (hope, self-efficacy, optimism and resilience) on...
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Does the Attainment of Vocational Aspirations Make Youths Happy? Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Hyung In Park, Seunghee Lee, Bora Lee
The current study aims to investigate the developmental perspective on the relationships between person-vocation (P-V) fit and its criteria (extrinsic job satisfaction, workplace satisfaction, and ...
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I Can’t Quit: Experiences of Black Women in STEM Professions Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Margery S. Sendze
Using job embeddedness theory, this study investigated the off- and on-the-job forces experienced at the axis of race and gender that contribute to Black women staying in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions. Using purposive, snowball sampling, 13 Black women with STEM degrees and professional experience were selected for semi-structured interviews via Zoom. Tensions
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Subjective Career Success, Career Competencies, and Perceived Employability: Three-way Interaction Effects on Organizational and Occupational Turnover Intentions Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Surendra Babu Talluri, Nishant Uppal
Despite a plethora of research on turnover intentions, we know little about the impact of subjective career aspects (e.g., authenticity, recognition, and meaningful work) on turnover intentions. Drawing upon turnover theory, we argue that subjective career success negatively influences organizational and occupational turnover intentions. This negative effect will be stronger in the presence of career
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Social Cognitive Predictors of Music Majors’ Academic Well-Being and Persistence Intentions Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Emily R. Cygrymus, Robert W. Lent
Vocational psychology has devoted limited attention to factors that promote or hinder the career development of musicians. We combined features of social cognitive career theory’s (SCCT) well-being and choice models to examine the experiences of musicians at a formative point in their career development – the first few years of college, during which many would-be musicians either reaffirm or abandon
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A Multiple Mediational Meta-Analysis of the Influence of Proactive Personality on Subjective Career Success at the Career Exploration Stage Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Haibo Yu, Zhenhua Dong, Xiaoyu Guan, Changli Yan, Xia Su, Long Cheng
Drawing on the career construction theory model of adaptation, this meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) examines the effects of proactive personality on the subjective career success of adolescents and emerging adults. We identified 46 studies that covered 52 independent samples and 24,092 participants through literature retrieval. Based on these studies, we created an integrative model
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Development of a Three-Dimensional Measure of the Calling Work Orientation: Assessing Craftsmanship, Kinship, and Serving Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Gargi Sawhney, Thomas W. Britt, Kristen J. Black, Chloe Wilson
Although conceptualized as a multidimensional construct, the majority of measures of calling are unidimensional. In order to further expand the operationalization of calling, this study developed and validated a measure of the three dimensions of calling, namely, craftsmanship, kinship, and serving using three separate samples. Using a sample of 85 undergraduate students, the pilot study established
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An Examination of Psychology of Working Theory With Immigrant Workers in the United States Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Taewon Kim, Kelsey Autin, Blake A. Allan
As the proportion of immigrant workers in the United States grows, understanding how contextual constraints restrict immigrant workers from securing decent work is critical. Therefore, drawing from psychology of working theory (PWT), this study examined relations from contextual barriers (economic constraints and acculturative stress) to psychological mechanisms (work volition and career adaptability)
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Construction and Initial Validation of the Higher Education Orientations Questionnaire Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Tirza Willner, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler, Itamar Gati
Attaining higher education continues to be important for successful integration into the 21st-century world of work. The goal of the present study was to develop and test a 5-dimensional model and a corresponding measure of individuals’ orientations toward higher education––the Higher Education Orientations (HEO) questionnaire. The proposed model comprises five orientations: Profession (attaining an
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How Dispositional Gratitude Shapes Employee Well-being and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Teng Zhao, Hairong Li, Lu Zheng, Yuyan Zhang
Dispositional gratitude has recently emerged as a variable of interest in organizational contexts. However, it remains unclear whether dispositional gratitude is predictive of employee well-being, with limited theoretical and empirical elucidation of the underlying mechanisms. To address these limitations, the present study investigated dispositional gratitude as a predictor of employee well-being
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The Structure of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire Across 13 Countries Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-06 Nimrod Levin, Shagini Udayar, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler, Itamar Gati, Jérôme Rossier
Assessing the causes of career indecision is among the first steps in career counseling. Gati et al. (1996) proposed a multidimensional taxonomy of career indecision and developed the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ), consisting of 10 scales that cohere into three higher-order clusters and a total score. However, studies investigating the CDDQ reported cross-cultural variations
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A Longitudinal Study of Relationships Between Vocational Graduates’ Career Adaptability, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity Clarity, and Life Satisfaction Journal of Career Assessment (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Lucia Kvasková, Petr Hlado, Petr Palíšek, Václav Šašinka, Andreas Hirschi, Stanislav Ježek, Petr Macek
Career construction theory proposes that high career adaptability leads to positive adaptation outcomes during career transition. However, the specific pathways of how this happens remain underexplored. Drawing on the career construction model of adaptation, we hypothesized that career decision-making self-efficacy mediates the link of career adaptability with vocational identity clarity and life satisfaction