Political skill camouflages Machiavellianism: Career role performance and organizational misbehavior at short and long tenure
Publication date: Available online 14 February 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Gerhard Blickle, Bastian Kückelhaus, Iris Kranefeld, Nora Schütte, Hanna A. Genau, Andreas Wihler, Dominic Gansen-AmmannAbstractOn the basis of socioanalytic theory (Hogan & Shelton, 1998) and mimicry-deception theory (Jones, 2014), we hypothesized that political skill would effectively mask Machiavellianism (socioanalytic theory) with consequences for coworker perceived career role performance and actual counterproductive work behavior at low and high levels of job tenure (mimicry-deception theory). We tested our hypothes...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - February 14, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Person-job fit across the work lifespan – The case of classical ballet dancers
This study examines how employees assess demands-abilities and needs-supplies across their work lifespan, and how they better adjust to their work. Based on person-environment fit theory, the job design and the lifespan literatures, and using interviews with a sample of 40 professional ballet dancers, our research shows how the interplay between demands, abilities, needs, organizational resources, and regulation strategies contributes to a process of adjustment, and consequently enhances psychological well-being across the work lifespan. Additionally, we contribute to literature on well-being by presenting evidence of how ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - February 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Going the distance in vocational behavior research: Introducing three extensions for optimal matching analysis based on distances between career sequences
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Torsten Biemann, Max Mühlenbock, Katja DlouhyAbstractOptimal matching analysis is the most commonly used method to analyze career sequences. It enables researchers to calculate the distance (i.e. the dissimilarity) between individuals' careers. However, the method's primarily descriptive and explorative approach limits its scope and complicates statistical inference testing for a wide field of research questions. We introduce three extensions to optimal matching analysis that combine the method's core idea with approaches fr...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - February 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Person-centered methods in vocational research
Publication date: Available online 8 February 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Joeri Hofmans, Bart Wille, Bert SchreursAbstractThe vast majority of vocational research adopts a variable-centered approach. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that the population under study is homogeneous, and that therefore we can use a set of “averaged” parameters to describe it. Person-centered methods are a family of methods that relax this assumption of population homogeneity, viewing the individual as holistic and paying more attention to how specific configurations of variables, present in different sub...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - February 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Meta-analysis in vocational behavior: A systematic review and recommendations for best practices
Publication date: Available online 5 February 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Cort W. Rudolph, Kahea Chang, Rachel S. Rauvola, Hannes ZacherAbstractMeta-analysis is a powerful tool for the synthesis of quantitative empirical research. Overall, the field of vocational behavior has benefited from the results of meta-analyses. Yet, there is still quite a bit to learn about how we can improve the quality of meta-analyses reported in this field of inquiry. In this paper, we systematically review all meta-analyses published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior (JVB) to date. We do so to address two related ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - February 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Networking via LinkedIn: An examination of usage and career benefits
Publication date: Available online 25 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Joanna Davis, Hans-Georg Wolff, Monica L. Forret, Sherry E. SullivanAbstractEven though networking has been identified as an important career self-management behavior, research to date has been limited to traditional channels of communication. With the advent of social media, networking opportunities have expanded to a new set of technology-based methods. However, very little is known about the benefits of using such social networking platforms, especially LinkedIn, which was designed for professional purposes. Integrating re...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Editorial Board
Publication date: February 2020Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Volume 116, Part BAuthor(s): (Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior)
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Literature searches in systematic reviews and meta-analyses: A review, evaluation, and recommendations
Publication date: Available online 16 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Michael B. Harari, Heather R. Parola, Christopher J. Hartwell, Amy RiegelmanAbstractThe search strategy used in systematic reviews is an important consideration, as the comprehensiveness and representativeness of studies identified influences the quality of conclusions derived from the review. Despite the importance of this step, little in the way of best practice recommendations exist. In an effort to inform future reviews, we report the results of two studies. In Study 1, we outline a series of recommendations for designing...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Coping with home demands can be contagious: A faultline perspective on the role of in-groups, out-groups, and family supportive supervision
Publication date: Available online 15 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Tao Yang, Douglas P. Giddings, Theresa M. Glomb, John D. Kammeyer-MuellerAbstractWe integrate behavioral contagion and faultline perspectives to understand the association between workgroup context and individuals' coping with home demands. Our central contention is that workgroup members who are similar to one another come to adopt similar strategies for coping with home demands. To assess similarity, we use faultline techniques based on average silhouette width to differentiate an individual's workgroup into an in-group ver...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Political skill in the stressor - strain relationship: A meta-analytic update and extension
Publication date: Available online 15 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): James K. Summers, Timothy P. Munyon, Robyn L. Brouer, Phoebe Pahng, Gerald R. FerrisAbstractThe role of political skill in stressor and strain processes has thus far produced inconsistent and conflicting results. Consequently, the present investigation sought to help reconcile these inconsistencies by estimating the meta-analytic effect sizes of political skill in stressor and strain processes. In contrast to prior meta-analytic results, we find that political skill is negatively related to general job stressors, role conflic...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
What influences fathers' daily work-related worries during parental leave? A diary study
Publication date: Available online 7 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Anna M. Stertz, Lisa K. Horvath, Bettina S. WieseAbstractThis research aims to expand the understanding of how fathers' daily parental leave experiences are affected by the interplay of organizational influences and fathers' leave behavior. Using data from a diary study involving fathers on parental leave from Germany and Austria (N = 108), we examined the impact of family-supportive organizational perceptions and length of leave on fathers' daily work-related worries. With regard to within-person effects, we took a closer...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological ownership within psychology of working theory: A three-wave study of gender and sexual minority employees
Publication date: Available online 7 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Rachel Williamson Smith, Lisa E. Baranik, Ryan D. DuffyAbstractThe present study examines the experiences of gender and sexual minority employees regarding their ability to secure decent work. Specifically, we extend psychology of working theory (PWT) by integrating social identity theory and incorporating psychological ownership into the model. We tested our hypotheses in a sample of 240 gender and sexual minority employees gathering data at three time points over a two-week period. Financial strain, work volition, and psycho...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Thriving at work: A mentoring-moderated process linking task identity and autonomy to job satisfaction
Publication date: Available online 7 January 2020Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Zhou Jiang, Lee Di Milia, Yiqi Jiang, Xuan JiangAbstractBuilding on two studies, this research explored thriving at work by considering task identity and autonomy as its antecedents and job satisfaction as its outcome, with a focus on the moderating role of mentoring. Through a three-wave survey conducted among 140 Chinese university students with volunteer work, Study 1 found that task identity and autonomy positively predicted thriving, which in turn was positively related to job satisfaction. This mediation effect of thrivi...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - January 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Editor's introduction: 2020 review issue
Publication date: Available online 28 December 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Nadya A. Fouad (Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior)
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - December 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The relationship between meritocratic beliefs and career outcomes: The moderating role of socioeconomic status
Publication date: Available online 19 December 2019Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Shi Hu, Xueping Shen, Peter A. Creed, Michelle HoodAbstractBased on a self-regulatory perspective, this study examined a serial mediation model in which meritocratic beliefs about social attainment were related to higher expected income via career goal clarity and goal persistence. In addition, we tested whether these potential relationships were stronger for young people from lower SES families. Using a sample of 251 young adults (66.5% male), we found, as expected, meritocratic beliefs were related to greater goal clarity ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - December 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
