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 a Family
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 Burnout Engagement
Predicting Burnout: Playing Well With Others Can Go a Long Way!
Topic: Burnout, Engagement
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol 79
Article: Social strategies during university studies predict early career work burnout and engagement: 18-year longitudinal study
Authors: Salmela-Aro, K., Tolvanen, A., Nurmi, J. E.
Reviewed by: Larry Martinez
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Diversity
Career success? The differences are Black and White
Topic: Diversity
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (online pre-publication)
Article: Evaluating career success of African American males: It’s what you know and who you are that matters.
Authors: Johnson, C. D. & Eby, L. T.
Reviewed by: Larry Martinez
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Work-Life Balance
Supervisor support can tip work/family balance into equilibrium
Topic: Work-Life Balance
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (online pre-publication)
Article: A comparison of types of social support for lower-skill workers: Evidence for the importance of family supportive supervisors.
Authors: Muse, L. A., Pichler, S.
Reviewed by: Larry Martinez
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Turnover
Human Resources Management: For Some, The Grass is Always Greener
Topic: Turnover
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (online pre-publication)
Article: Is the past prologue for some more than others? The hobo syndrome and job complexity.
Authors: Becton, J. B., Carr, J. C., Judge, T. A.
Reviewed by: Larry Martinez