Extraversion as a moderator in the curvilinear relationship between newcomers' organizational tenure and job satisfaction
Publication date: Available online 9 November 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Jooyeon Son, Chiho OkAbstractThe present study examines the nonlinear relationship between organizational tenure of and job satisfaction among new employees (i.e., newcomers). In particular, a newcomer's job satisfaction is described as a U-shaped curve that decreases after joining but increases after some time. Moreover, it predicts that this temporal change in job satisfaction differs depending on a newcomer's extraversion. Analyzing five-wave unbalanced panel data for 1553 individuals and 5770 observations in South Korea, ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - November 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Managing (in)visibility and hypervisibility in the workplace
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): NiCole T. Buchanan, Isis H. SettlesAbstractVisibility at work, being seen fully and accurately by others, is important for individual self-determination and authenticity, and for organizational outcomes such as commitment and sense of belonging. Although there has been increasing attention in the organizational literature on marginalized groups' workplace experiences of harassment, discrimination, and identity-based microaggressions, little attention has been given to issues of invisibility and hypervisibility. We conceptuali...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - November 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Vocational behavior from the dark side
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Robert R. Hirschfeld, James Van ScotterAbstractThe purpose of our review is to document existing studies on vocational behavior from the dark side of personality, with the aims of promoting and informing new research. Although relevant research was published as far back as the 1930s, this review contains evidence for an assertion that the dark side should be studied more regularly by scholars interested in vocational behavior. We focus primarily on what is known of relevance about more-established dark constructs: social domi...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - November 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Gendered STEM career choices: Altruistic values, beliefs, and identity
This study highlights the importance of values and offers evidence that STEM career trajectories may be influenced by congruency between values, identity, and gendered beliefs about STEM fields. (Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior)
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - November 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Job strain, time strain, and well-being: A longitudinal, person-centered approach in two industries
Publication date: Available online 31 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Leslie B. Hammer, Lisa F. BerkmanAbstractThe notion of constellations is central to many occupational health theories; empirical research is nevertheless dominated by variable-centered methodologies. Guided by the job demands-resources framework, we use a person-centered longitudinal approach to identify constellations of job demands and resources (task-based and time-based) over time that predict changes in well-being. We situate our research in two dissimilar, but growing, industries in...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - November 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Linking intersectional invisibility and hypervisibility to experiences of microaggressions among graduate women of color in STEM
Publication date: Available online 29 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Jacqueline Hyman, Nelson O.O. ZounlomeAbstractGiven their intersecting identities as both women and people of color within STEM discourses that have been historically shaped to respond to one or the other, women of color are invisible within both (Crenshaw, 1991). These experiences of intersectional invisibility increase the likelihood of being scrutinized, isolated, and marginalized by the dominant group. Thus, exacerbating the chilly STEM climate. Using a nationwide sample of 176 participants, the cur...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The three faces of interests: An integrative review of interest research in vocational, organizational, and educational psychology
Publication date: Available online 29 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Rong SuAbstractThe current review presents a theoretical integration of interest research across the fields of vocational, organizational, and educational psychology and provides empirical evidence that supports this integration. Guided by the framework of Trait-State Interest Dynamics (TSID; Su, Stoll, & Rounds, 2018), I discuss three research themes that cut across and link the currently segregated disciplines: (1) the motivational functions of interests (direction, vigor, persistence), (2) the behavioral outcomes of intere...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Realities of the American dream: Vocational experiences and intersecting invisibility of low-income Chinese immigrant laborers
Publication date: Available online 29 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Ming-Che Tu, Shangyun Zhou, Stephanie N. Wong, Sumie OkazakiAbstractHistorically, aspirations for greater economic opportunities have been a core motivation of many immigrants. However, most low-income Chinese immigrant laborers in the U.S. endure harsh working conditions on the margin of the economy and society. The current study explores qualitatively the vocational lives of low-income Chinese immigrant laborers and the implications of their intersecting invisibility. Participants reported immigrating to the U.S. to better ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Decent work in Italy: Context, conceptualization, and assessment
Publication date: Available online 26 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Annamaria Di Fabio, Maureen E. KennyAbstractThe aim of this study is to explore the understanding of decent work in the Italian context and to examine the validity of the Italian version of the Decent Work Scale. Four hundred and thirty-six Italian workers were involved in the study. Dimensionality, reliability, and construct validity of the Decent Work Scale were analysed. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a bifactor model of the instrument consistent with the original version. In addition, solid evidence for internal c...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Home is where the mind is: Family interference with work and safety performance in two high risk industries
This study examines the process through which family interference with work (FIW) negatively relates to safety performance in two unique samples from high-risk industries. Using a sample from the construction industry, Study 1 finds that FIW is related to employees' workplace cognitive failures, which in turn, were a significant predictor of safety-related behaviors. Using a sample from a utility company, Study 2 replicates these results and demonstrates that psychological strain further explains the complex relationship between FIW and safety. Furthermore, in Study 2, the mediation pathways linking FIW with safety behavio...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Career adaptability and employee well-being over a two-year period: Investigating cross-lagged effects and their boundary conditions
Publication date: Available online 27 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Ieva Urbanaviciute, Shagini Udayar, Jérôme RossierAbstractThe present study investigates the role of career adaptability in employee well-being within a period of two years. In addition, it aims to shed light on the boundary conditions that potentially determine the use of adaptability resources and thereby may moderate the relationship between career adaptability and work and life outcomes. The study was based on a representative sample of a Swiss working population from the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“They really don't want to see us”: How cleaners experience invisible ‘dirty’ work
Publication date: Available online 26 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Verónica Caridad Rabelo, Ramaswami MahalingamAbstractMany people want to feel valued and included but being invisible may undermine one's sense of belonging and meaningful engagement. Some employees may face chronic invisibility due to job stigma (e.g., ‘dirty’ work), overnight shifts, and/or spatial separation from coworkers and customers. We examine how people make sense of feeling invisible at work: what people experience when they are not seen or are treated as though they cannot be seen. We sought to understand when...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Networking as predictor of work-nonwork enrichment: Mechanisms on the within- and between-person level
Publication date: Available online 25 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Franziska Baumeler, Claire S. Johnston, Andreas Hirschi, Daniel SpurkAbstractA positive work–nonwork interface is an important aspect of successful career development because it is associated with satisfaction, positive health, and positive work outcomes. However, the role of proactive behaviors at work for work–nonwork enrichment mechanisms has thus far not received much attention. Based on the conservation of resource theory (Hobfoll, 1989) and work–family enrichment theory (Greenhaus & Powell, 2006), we investigated ...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Applying career construction model of adaptation to career transition in adolescence: A two-study paper
Publication date: Available online 25 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Iva Šverko, Toni BabarovićAbstractThis paper evaluates the applicability of career construction model of adaptation for explaining after-school career transition in adolescence by examining the relationships between measures of adaptive readiness, adaptability resources, adapting responses, and adaptation results. To test the model, we conducted two studies on samples of high school students in Croatia (N1 = 622; N2 = 299). The first study focused primarily on the cross-sectional relations between adaptability resou...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Managing hypervisibility: An exploration of theory and research on identity shifting strategies in the workplace among Black women
Publication date: Available online 23 October 2018Source: Journal of Vocational BehaviorAuthor(s): Danielle Dickens, Veronica Y. Womack, Treshae DimesAbstractBlack women who are tokenized in the workplace experience race and gender-based discrimination and thus, may shift their identities to mitigate the negative outcomes associated with discrimination. Identity shifting is the conscious or unconscious process of shifting one's language, and/or cultural behaviors. In this conceptual paper, we briefly examine three major identity shifting theories – identity negotiation theory, cultural contract paradigm, and the phenomen...
Source: Journal of Vocational Behavior - October 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
