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 Development Engagement Motivation
It’s Not All About the Money? The Role of Career Values in the Engagement of Recent College Graduates
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. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by all the choices you have to make when transitioning from college to working life. But a new study sheds light on which career values are most important to identify and use as guides when entering the working world.
Work Life Balance: Assessing Non-Family Conflict
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. Yet, the discussion of balanced work and personal life has largely excluded non-families- unmarried employees and employees without children. This is a mistake.
Stretch Goals: Careful Timing Required
We’ve all heard that boredom leads to employee turnover. 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? A new study indicates that treating all your employees the same way might be a serious mistake.
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Organizational Commitment
Types of commitment and their effects (IO Psychology)
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.
The New Deal at Work: Breaking Traditional Organizational Development Boundaries (IO Psychology)
Topic: Development, Organizational Commitment Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior Article: Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes and Organizational Commitment: The Effects of Perceived Supervisor Support Authors: K. Ovgu Cakmak-Otluoglu Reviewed By: Lauren A. Wood, M.S. The last few decades have brought many changes to the world of work. For vocational scholars,
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Personality
Not So Fast! Rethinking the Use of the Five-Factor Model of Personality When Studying Vocational Interests
Topic: Personality Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (OCT 2012) Article: The HEXACO and Five-Factor Models of Personality in Relation to RIASEC Vocational Interests Authors: Derek A. McKay & David M. Tokar Reviewed By: Thaddeus Rada In human resource management, there is a longstanding interest in the relationship between personality traits
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