Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
The Importance of Work Engagement for Person-Job Fit
Researchers discover ways that highly engaged employees enhance their person-job fit. How do they do it?
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
How Values Guide New Employees When Entering the Workforce
Life after college can be intimidating. Finding work is often hard, and finding work that lives up to your hopes and dreams is even harder. A new study sheds light on which career values are most important to identify and use as guides when entering the workforce.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Work-Life Balance Still Applies to Those Without Families
Work Life balance doesn’t have to mean juggling job responsibilities and responsibilities to a wife and kids. In the modern era, families and social ties take all different forms.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Stretch Goals May Not Work for All Employees
Conventional wisdom says continuing to challenge your employees over time with difficult assignments and stretch goals is vital to keeping their engagement high. But what challenges are the right challenges?
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Three Types of Organizational Commitment
Meyer, et al. (2002) conducted meta-analyses to investigate the relationship between the three different forms of commitment presented in Meyer and Allen’s (1991) Three Component Model (TCM). They also evaluated antecedents, consequences, and correlates presented in the TCM.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Do Today’s Employees Still Have Organizational Commitment?
Researchers explore how organizational commitment is impacted by the fast-changing expectations for what a typical career looks like.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Predicting Burnout Among Employees
Researchers consider the topic of burnout at work. Are certain employees more susceptible than others?
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
What Makes African-American Employees Successful?
Researchers consider the factors that relate to career success, specifically for African-American employees.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Improving Work-Life Balance For Lower Level Employees
Researchers consider work-life balance for lower level employees.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior
Some Employees Are Simply More Likely to Leave Their Jobs
Researchers explore employee turnover and try to determine if certain employees are more likely to leave a job.