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Journal of Career Assessment
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Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 1069-0727 - ISSN (Online) 1552-4590
Published by Sage Publications

[1176 journals]

Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision Making: Ambiguity
Management Under Environmental Adversity
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  Authors: Hui Xu, Blake A. Allan
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  The dual-process theory of career decision making (DTC) offers unique insights into how people’s responses to inevitable decision ambiguity affect career choice and outcomes as well as how to cope with such ambiguity. While the DTC advances career decision research by incorporating key findings from decision science, it remains largely focused on people’s psychological processes; consequently, how contextual challenges influence the ambiguity management process remains unclear. To enhance the DTC’s utility in explaining career choice and outcomes and to be more inclusive of marginalized populations, the present conceptual article draws on the science of environmental adversity to articulate mechanisms through which environmental adversity affects career choice and attained career, particularly with respect to career pursuits that facilitate resource accumulation and upward mobility. The discussion features ambiguity management as a key explanatory mechanism, given the inherent ambiguity about the outcomes of pursuing careers outside of socially prescribed norms. Seven propositions are offered centering on how environmental adversity influences career choice and attained career through ambiguity management. In general, the current article holds that environmental adversity could thwart resource accumulation through inducing ambiguity about the goodness of resource-accumulating careers and activating a need to prioritize short-term goals. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-07-30T10:30:19Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241268584
Longitudinal Patterns in Gender-Typed Career Interests and Career
Stereotypes Among Boys and Girls in Middle Adolescence
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  Authors: Mirta Blažev, Dora Popović, Iva Šverko
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  The aim of this study was to examine changes in gender-typed career interests and career-related gender stereotypes, as well as the bidirectional relationship between these factors, among 524 (61% girls) middle adolescents, aged 14 to 17 (M = 15.58, SD = 0.35), over three years. Data were collected through an online survey in schools, using the Personal Globe Inventory to assess gender-typed career interests and the Vocational Gender Stereotype Attitudes Scale to measure career-related gender stereotype endorsement. Results from Latent growth curve modelling (LGCM) indicated no significant mean changes in gender-typed career interests over time for both genders but did reveal significant differences in the developmental trajectories of gender-typed career interests among girls. Moreover, results revealed gender differences in baseline levels and developmental trajectories of gender stereotype endorsement, showing distinct temporal patterns for boys and girls. Results from multi-domain LGCM provided more evidence supporting the attitudinal pathway model, suggesting that career gender stereotypes influence career interests among girls over time, rather than the other way around. Our findings highlight the need for further exploration of the potential contributing factors that shape the interplay between career interests and gender stereotypes in boys and girls during middle adolescence.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-07-30T05:39:41Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241267757
Vocational Experiences of Korean Women With a High School Diploma:
Insights into Work Precarity and Social Marginalization
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  Authors: Yunkyoung L. Garrison, Ji Eun Her, Taewon Kim, Haram J. Kim
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  A college education is a means to achieve upward social mobility and secure decent employment. Yet, college education tends to be accessible for families already part of privileged groups, such as those with financial resources. With attention to systemic oppression and varying degrees of access to education and employment, this study aims to describe the experiences of job-seeking and working among Korean women with a high school diploma as their highest educational attainment. The psychology of working theory, the work precarity framework, and intersectionality informed the study, exploring interview data from 13 Korean women. Findings from the reflective thematic analysis show that struggles in seeking and maintaining employment among the participants were particularly exacerbated by mistreatment, harassment, and disrespect due to having neither college degrees nor male privilege. Participants’ experiences with economic deprivation, lack of societal support and respect, and precarious work conditions led to psychological, social, and physical pain that went neglected. As they confront barriers to employment and undesirable work conditions, they affirm themselves and express the hope that the work society should better meet their fundamental needs as humans. Future research directions and practical implications are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-07-23T07:19:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241266937
Development and Validation of the Online Proactive Career Behavior Scale
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  Authors: Ozan Korkmaz, Hacı Arif Doğanülkü, Fuad Bakioğlu, Süleyman Barbaros Yalçın
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  In today’s technology world, the number and use of online tools has almost reached its peak. Depending on the developments in technology, individuals’ approaches and behaviors regarding their careers have also begun to change. However, validated measures that measure individuals' online proactive career behavior appear to be lacking today. The current study aims to develop and validate the scale to measure online proactive career behaviors. The participants of the study consist of 942 university students in Türkiye (aged between 19 to 42). The findings showed that the developed scale met the validity and reliability criteria. In addition, it seemed that the online proactive career behaviors obtained within this current study may represent the career behaviors in the Career Construction Model of Adaptation as proactive career behaviors.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-07-23T03:24:43Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241265702
Measurement Invariance of the Occupational Engagement Scale – Student
and Career Adapt-Abilities Scale Across U.S. Veterans’ Employment Status
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  Authors: Arpita Ghosh, Sean Joo, Aydanur Aydin
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces experience employment-related challenges when they separate from the military and reintegrate into civilian life. Challenges related to finding and maintaining employment may impact their post-military career choices and decisions. The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of the Occupational Engagement Scale-Student (OES-S) and the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) across veterans’ employment status. A sample of 140 employed, 55 unemployed, and 331 retired U.S. military veterans were recruited via Qualtrics Research Services. Multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) was used to determine whether the OES-S and CAAS were invariant for employed, unemployed, and retired veterans. Findings suggested full invariance for the OES-S and CAAS. Importantly, there were latent mean differences for both measures, with employed veterans scoring higher, on average, on occupational engagement and career adaptability. Implications for research and practice in career assessment and counseling are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-06-25T05:49:08Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241260631
Decent Work Among Turkish Working Adults: A Latent Profile Analysis
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  Authors: Ersoy Çarkıt
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  The present study explores the interrelationship among decent work components via a latent profile analysis among Turkish workers. Using a sample of 596 employees in Türkiye, the latent profile analysis revealed four distinct profiles (highly indecent work, low compensation-low rest, indecent work-low healthcare-dominant, and decent work). The auxiliary variable analysis showed that work volition and social class increased the likelihood of workers’ membership in the decent work group. Economic constraints and marginalization increased the likelihood of workers’ membership in the highly indecent work group. Women were more likely to be members of the indecent work-low healthcare-dominant group, and workers with bachelor’s degrees or higher were more likely to be members of the low compensation-low rest group. In addition, the results showed significant mean differences in the levels of job satisfaction across profile memberships, such that the decent work group had the highest job satisfaction. The results reveal how components of decent work are uniquely configured among Turkish workers and contribute to the growing literature examining how indecent work is experienced around the world. Implications are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-06-24T05:01:30Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241262324
Protean Career Orientation and Career Success: On the Roles of Proactive
Career Process During the School-To-Work Transition
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  Authors: Nicolas Bazine, Lauren Stevenson, Léa Freour
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  In order to better understand the factors fostering the success of school-to-work-transition (STWT), the current research examines a longitudinal model of proactive career development and career success on a sample of students transitioning from university to work. Using structural equation modeling, we tested a theoretical model based on Grant and Ashford’s (2008) and Hall’s et al. (2018) propositions, specifying the relationship between protean career orientation, career planning, networking behaviors and career success. A four-wave longitudinal study was conducted over three years on a sample of 231 university students (75% of female, mean age = 28.24 years) transitioning from school to work. The findings support the process model, indicating that protean career orientation influences career planning which in turn, positively affects networking. Finally, networking is found to be related to career success. The findings are considered in terms of their implications for understanding the process underlying the transition from school to work. Our study provides practical implications which are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T11:30:35Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241262289
Improving School-to-Work Transitions: Antecedents of High-Quality
Intern-Supervisor Exchanges
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  Authors: Ingrid C. Chadwick, Guylaine Landry, Alexandru M. Lefter, Alexandra Panaccio
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Using a Canadian sample of 146 interns surveyed on three occasions (i.e., before, during, and after their internship experiences), we investigated university students’ skills and intentions as critical factors contributing to high-quality intern-supervisor exchanges. Specifically, we sought to better understand how to promote high-quality intern-supervisor relationships by looking at the influences of student-centered factors related to both educational (skills developed while in university) and organizational (intentions to develop relationship with supervisor) domains. To highlight the importance of these factors, we also examined whether their impacts on the quality of intern-supervisor exchanges ultimately translate into better internship outcomes, which we assessed by incorporating perceptions from both interns (i.e., internship satisfaction and general learning) and their supervisors (i.e., interns’ in-role performance and preparedness for work). Consistent with expectations, we found that both students’ skills developed while in university and students’ intentions to develop the relationships with their supervisors were positively related to the quality of intern-supervisor exchanges and, through that pathway, had positive indirect effects on internship satisfaction, general learning, in-role performance, and preparedness for work. Our findings indicate that students, universities, and employers all play a role in the development of high-quality intern-supervisor relationships, which are critical to student learning and performance.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-06-13T03:15:40Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241256046
Examining the Role of Mentoring on Perceived Employability Among
University Students in China
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  Authors: Yuanlu Niu, Xu Xu, Shane Lewis, Lei Xie, Markum Reed
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of mentoring on university students’ perception of employability in China and to investigate the role of mentoring duration, frequency, and mentor-mentee similarity as potential moderating factors. This quantitative study was conducted by administering an online survey among university students in China. All participants (N = 1023) completed demographic questions and a Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 16 self-perceived employability scale items and 25 college student mentoring scale items. After controlling for the university students’ age, gender, academic field, and university rank, mentoring was significantly positively associated with perceived employability. Our results further reveal that out of the four mentoring functions, psychological emotional support is significantly positively associated with perceived employability. The findings suggest that mentoring duration, frequency, and mentor-mentee similarities shape the impact of psychological emotional support on employability. The findings of this study contribute to the literature on mentoring and perceived employability, and provide valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and mentoring program developers. By emphasizing the importance of key mentorship functions, educational institutions can develop effective mentoring programs and interventions to enhance university students’ career prospects and employability.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-06-05T12:31:36Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241256291
18REST-2: A Revised Measure of the RIASEC Model for Large-Scale Assessment
With Students
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  Authors: Gustavo H. Martins, Ana C. Crispim, Rodolfo A. M. Ambiel, Felipe Valentini, Nelson Hauck-Filho, Leonardo B. Mose, Leonardo O. Barros, Ricardo Primi, Filip De Fruyt
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  This study aims to revise 18REST, a short RIASEC-based measure about vocational interests, developed for large-scale assessment in education. Using a large sample of 63,128 Brazilian students from 5th, 9th, and 12th grade, a revised version with partly new items was proposed, i.e., 18REST-2. 18REST-2 RIASEC scales showed a circular order in 12th grade. Younger students exhibited lower coherence and differentiation in their interests than students in more advanced grades. Gender differences in vocational interests were more pronounced in 9th and 12th grades. Overall, the study established validity and reliability evidence for the 18REST-2 scales for general vocational interest surveys and provided valuable insights into gender and developmental differences in vocational interests in an educational context.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-28T06:55:10Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241256289
Career-Related Teacher Support Scale: Validation Among Italian Adolescents
and Assessment of the Effect on Career Decision Self-Efficacy Through
Career Adaptability
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  Authors: Anna Parola, Jenny Marcionetti, Lawrence P. W. Wong
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Teachers have a key role in adolescents’ career development. Nevertheless, few studies examined their effect on career outcomes. The present study has two objectives. First, to test the factorial structure of the Italian version of the Career-related Teacher Support Scale (CRTSS) with Italian adolescents. Second, to test how career-related teacher support leads to career decision self-efficacy through career adaptability. In Study I, 469 adolescents were asked to complete the CRTSS. A first-order model, a second-order model (hierarchical), a bi-factor model (hierarchical), and a single-factor model were compared to check the best model solution. Additionally, the measurement invariance was examined across male and female. Results reveal the superiority of the second-order (hierarchical) model and the invariance between males and females. In the Study II took part 228 adolescents. A structural equation modeling approach assessed the relationship between career-related teacher support, career adaptability and career decision self-efficacy. A mediation model showed a significant indirect effect of career-related teacher support on decision self-efficacy through career adaptability. Practical implications for interventions were discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-22T11:25:51Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241256285
College Career Courses and Growth Toward Vocational Identity Achievement
Status
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  Authors: Michael J. Morgan, Debra S. Osborn
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  This study used a longitudinal quasi-experimental design to explore the intersection of self-regulated learning and career development, while validating a manualized college career course as an effective career intervention. A group of undergraduate students enrolled in a for-credit college career course was compared to students in the general student body on measures of career exploration, career commitment, and commitment resistance to observe whether participation in the career course was associated with growth toward vocational identity achievement as observed by significant increases in both career exploration and career commitment and significant decreases in commitment resistance. Multilevel modeling revealed that the treatment group experienced significantly more growth toward vocational identity achievement compared to the control group. Additionally, career metacognitions were observed to differentially impact the effects of the career course on career exploration, career commitment, and commitment resistance.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-14T04:57:56Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241250352
Decent Work Profiles of Korean Workers: Antecedents and Outcomes of
Profile Membership
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  Authors: Seran Lee, Ji-Hye Kim, Ki-Hak Lee
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Recent research has explored profiles of decent work based on the Psychology of Working Theory. However, such investigations have rarely been attempted in Korea. This study applied latent profile analysis to discover decent work profiles and their relationships with antecedents and outcomes. Among 605 Korean workers, five distinct profiles emerged: indecent (7.9%), low safety and healthcare access (34.9%), average (38.1%), decent (13.7%), and value-dominant but low rest (5.4%). Higher subjective social status and work volition were associated with the decent work group, whereas women and individuals with less education were linked to work characterized by greater vulnerability. Furthermore, satisfaction with work needs, job, and life varied significantly across these profiles. The decent work group generally exhibited the highest satisfaction, whereas the indecent work group had the lowest. The low-safety and healthcare access work group tended to exhibit higher satisfaction levels than the indecent work group, but lower levels than the average work group. The value-dominant but low-rest work group exhibited life satisfaction comparable to the decent work group. The findings of this study highlight the distinctive characteristics of the working conditions in South Korea. Based on these results, we discuss theoretical and practical implications.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-13T03:26:44Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241254120
A Social Cognitive Career Theory Study of Agricultural Mechanical Trade
Workers
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  Authors: Rebecca Black, P. Nancey Hoare, Nicole McDonald, Peter McIlveen
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Attracting and retaining skilled workers in agriculture is a global problem. Shortages of essential workers disrupt supplies of goods and services from the point of production on farms through manufacturing, transport, to ultimate consumption. The global pandemic’s effect on food supply was a salutary lesson in the effects of a diminished agricultural workforce. Agricultural mechanics are vital to productivity. The present research used the social cognitive career theory to explore agricultural mechanics’ careers. An exploratory qualitative study deployed interviews to collect data from N = 19 mechanical trade workers. Interviews were centered on participants’ descriptions of their work regarding theoretical constructs including self-efficacy, outcome expectations, satisfaction, dispositional traits, and contextual affordances. Reflective thematic analysis of the data produced concordance with key constructs of the social cognitive career theory sufficient to justify its utility for research with this specific agricultural occupation. This research makes an important contribution to the literature of vocational psychology which can and should contribute to solving the complex problem of supporting a workforce needed for agriculture’s ongoing challenge of feeding and clothing the world’s growing population.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-13T01:55:48Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241245962
A Qualitative Exploration of Chinese Rural College Students’ Career
Development: A Psychology of Working Perspective
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  Authors: Wei Wan, Qing Xiong
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Rural college youth encounter numerous challenges in securing decent education and work. However, there has been scant research on their career development from a vocational psychology perspective. Drawing from the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT), we examined the contextual and personal factors that shape their work volition and perceptions of future decent work. We conducted semistructural interviews with 12 Chinese rural college students and employed Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) method to analyze the data. Our findings revealed that their vocational barriers included economic constraints, inadequate educational resources, limited access to decent internship opportunities, and lack of study-related electronics. However, their coping stratgies to overcome these constraints included social support, notably from teachers, as well as positive attributes such as critical consciousness and proactive personality. Regarding future employment, participants valued job stability, a balance between work and life, the ability to provide for their families, and displayed prosocial and growth orientations. These findings provided support for the applicability of PWT in understanding the vocational trajectories of rural college students in a non-Western context. The implications of these findings for future research and vocational interventions are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-09T11:10:48Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241252830
Influence of Mobility Constraints and Educational Experiences on Future
Decent Work Access Among Chinese Emerging Adults
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  Authors: Jingyi Wei, Sow Hup Joanne Chan, Hanyu Gao
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Drawing on the Psychology of Working Theory, the present study investigates whether and how mobility constraints and educational experiences predict access to future decent work among two samples of Chinese undergraduates. The results reveal that educational experiences are directly related to future decent work access, while also indirectly linked to future decent work access via career adaptability and work volition, respectively. In addition, both objective and subjective mobility constraints are not associated with future decent work access, yet they are indirectly linked to future decent work access through career adaptability and work volition, respectively. Moreover, subjective mobility constraints but not objective mobility constraints are indirectly linked to future decent work access through educational experiences. The results provide empirical evidence for the recent expansion of decent education and of the school-to-work transition expansion of the Psychology of Working Theory.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-09T09:51:34Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241252828
Antecedents and Outcomes of Positive Career Goal Progress Discrepancy
Appraisal in Young Adults
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  Authors: Sari Z. Akmal, Michelle Hood, Amanda L. Duffy, Peter A. Creed
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Informed by self-regulation theories, this study examines the role of positive career goal discrepancies, where young adults appraise their progress towards career goal outcomes as better than expected. The research investigates how person-specific factors, like career calling, and situational factors, such as career congruence with parents, relate to self-regulatory responses, specifically career satisfaction and optimism. The cross-sectional study was conducted to test the hypotheses in a sample of 295 young adults (MAge = 18.58 years, SD = 0.70). The latent variable analyses results showed that career calling and congruence with parents correlate positively with career satisfaction and optimism, and that positive career goal discrepancy appraisals played a significant role in explaining these relationships. Notably, positive achievement/ability and effort discrepancies, but not standard discrepancies, explained how career calling and congruence with parents relate to career satisfaction, but not optimism. These insights contribute to our understanding of working with young adults who already perceive themselves as highly capable and motivated, helping them to optimize their career progress and success.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-05-08T09:41:25Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241252976
Actor, Partner and (Dis)Similarity Effects of Vocational Interests on
Work-Family Interface
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  Authors: Katarina Banov, Nada Krapic, Igor Kardum
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  The study explored the predictive role of vocational interests in work-family conflict and work-family enrichment in 271 employed heterosexual couples. We administered questionnaires measuring vocational interests, time-based and strain-based work-family conflicts and work-family enrichment. Going beyond prior studies, we (a) utilized a dyadic paradigm to examine actor and partner effects of interest types, (b) considered two characteristics of the interest profile - differentiation and elevation, and (c) simultaneously tested (dis)similarity effects. Actor-partner interdependence modelling and dyadic response surface analysis were employed. The results revealed modest negative actor effects of Investigative, Social, and Enterprising interests on various types of work-family conflict, along with positive actor effects of Social, Enterprising and Conventional interests, profile elevation and differentiation on work-family enrichment. Partner effects supported the interpersonal relevance of people-oriented interest types. The effects obtained were similar for women and men, and evidence generally spoke against the (dis)similarity effects of interests on work-family conflict or enrichment. A higher educational level in women was associated with increased work-family enrichment but also family-work conflict. This study highlights the interdependence of vocational interests in romantic dyads and their contribution to work-family dynamics.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-04-18T10:19:05Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241247184
The Role of Self-Efficacy in Coping With the Psychological Challenges of
Job Loss: Application of the Social Cognitive Career Self-Management Model
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  Authors: Ruogu J. Wang, Robert W. Lent
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  There is substantial evidence that involuntary job loss can have major implications for workers’ well-being. Yet research on coping with unemployment has most often focused on the job search process and progress toward re-employment, with less emphasis on the process of coping with the myriad psychological challenges of job loss. This study adapted the social cognitive model of career self-management as a framework for understanding well-being and psychological distress during unemployment. Participants were 602 unemployed workers who completed social cognitive measures representing two coping sub-domains, job searching and psychological coping. Within each sub-domain, measures included coping behaviors, self-efficacy, and support. Measures of proactive personality, financial strain, and two psychological functioning criteria (emotional well-being and distress) were also completed. The findings provided initial psychometric support for a novel measure of psychological coping self-efficacy and suggested the utility of the psychological coping variables as predictors of well-being and distress above and beyond job search coping in the context of unemployment. The study’s implications for practice and future research on coping with unemployment are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-03-21T04:04:55Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241239946
The Effect of Openness to Experience on Students’ Readiness for
School-To-Work Transition
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  Authors: Chinyere O. Elom, Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Chidebe Chijioke Uwaleke, Chukwudum Collins Umoke, Sunday Okechukwu Abonyi, Anamelechi Ogai Nwele
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  This study examines how and whether the constructs of openness to experience in the work placement learning setting (openness to learning in a new environment, openness to supervisor feedback, and openness to diversity) might influence students’ readiness for school-to-work transition. Also, it builds upon the assumptions of the social cognitive career theory – model of self-career management to examine the mediating effect of self-efficacy in the proposed relationships. Analysis of 543 responses from undergraduate students undertaking work placement learning in 221 Nigerian firms using the structural equation modelling revealed positive effects of the constructs of openness to experience on students’ readiness for school-to-work transition. Also, self-efficacy was a significant mediator in the positive relationships. Our findings make important theoretical and practical contributions by offering highlights into the crucial role of openness to experience in enhancing students’ readiness for school-to-work transition via self-efficacy in the work placement learning setting.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-03-14T10:33:36Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241239943
Sustainable Career Trajectories in Switzerland: The Role of Psychological
Resources and Sociodemographic Characteristics
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  Authors: Shagini Udayar, Cecilia Toscanelli, Koorosh Massoudi
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  In the current volatile and insecure professional context, developing and maintaining sustainable careers has become a major concern. This study contributes to the advancement of research on sustainable careers by applying the career sustainability framework in a 7-year longitudinal study on Swiss workers’ career trajectories (N = 789). We thus aimed to (a) identify various types of career trajectories based on employment status (i.e., full-time employment, substantial part-time employment, marginal part-time employment, unemployment), (b) distinguish sustainable and unsustainable trajectories by investigating their outcomes in terms of health (i.e., self-rated health), happiness (i.e., career and life satisfaction), and productivity (i.e., income and promotion), and (c) predict the probability of falling into a (un)sustainable career trajectory based on psychological resources (i.e., personality traits and career adaptability) and sociodemographic characteristics (i.e., age, gender, and education level). Optimal matching analysis revealed a 4-cluster solution, with the traditional full-time and stable career trajectories being the predominant ones alongside more transitional or discontinuous trajectories. Differences in health, happiness and productivity were found between the four types. Furthermore, our results showed that being a woman, having a lower education level and higher neuroticism and agreeableness scores increased the likelihood of experiencing an unsustainable career.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-03-05T09:48:09Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241234929
Gender Differences in the Mechanism of the Impact of Employee Family
Sacrifice Behavior on Partner’s Career Aspirations
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  Authors: Lanxia Zhang, Huichen Wang, Jiamin Li
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  The literature lacks clarity about the influence of family sacrifice behavior, which is considered a pro-family activity, on the career aspirations of partners. The study employed interdependence theory and gender role theory to examine a sample of 248 double-working couples in China. The hypotheses were tested using a three-wave survey administered to both parties. The main aim is to investigate the gender differences in how employee family sacrifice behavior affects their partner’s career aspirations. Furthermore, the study investigates the moderating role of gender egalitarianism. Research findings suggest that when husbands engage in sacrificial behavior for their families, it has a notable detrimental effect on their own career aspirations. Individual family sacrifice behavior promotes an increase in the partner’s family-work enrichment, thereby enhancing the partner’s career aspirations. This mediating mechanism is conditional and displays differences in gender. When husbands engage in family sacrifice behavior, the mediating mechanism holds true regardless of their wives’ level of gender egalitarianism. However, when wives engage in family sacrifice behavior, the mediating mechanism only holds true when their husbands have a high level of gender egalitarianism. The research findings have profound theoretical implications and practical insights for improving employees’ career aspirations and advancing gender egalitarianism.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-02-19T06:11:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241235164
Contribution of Social Bonds to the Development of Scientific Research
Identity in Adolescent Participants of a Science Enrichment Program
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  Authors: Eric D. Deemer, Joseph P. Ogas, Amy C. Barr
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  An abundance of research on self-determination theory has shown that satisfaction of basic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness among adolescents promotes the experience of optimal career-related outcomes such as academic motivation and engagement. However, few studies have explored how satisfaction of these needs promotes identification with particular careers, and less attention has been paid to the role of relatedness satisfaction in these developmental processes compared to autonomy and competence. We addressed these issues in the current study by examining the relationship between relatedness and identification as a research scientist. Five latent classes of scientific research identity development were identified using growth mixture modeling: (a) strong positive growth, (b) moderate positive growth, (c) weak positive growth, (d) no growth, and (e) strong negative growth. Results of logistic regression analyses indicated that need for relatedness was a significant positive predictor of membership in the strong positive growth class relative to the no growth class. Implications for identity development as a research scientist and the social and motivational influences undergirding this process are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-02-16T02:25:35Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241234931
Associations of Career Decision-Making Strategies With Career
Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Difficulties Among French-Speaking Swiss
Adolescents and Young Adults
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  Authors: Nimrod Levin, Jonas Masdonati, Pauline Castella, Elodie Grassi
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Individuals differ in the strategies, self-efficacy beliefs, and difficulties that characterize their career decision-making process. Although some strategies are deemed adaptive, the differential links of career decision-making strategies to self-efficacy and difficulties, in general and in various cultural contexts, remain unclear. To address this issue, we investigated the associations of 12 career decision-making strategies with self-efficacy and difficulties among 414 adolescents and young adults in the cultural context of the French-speaking part of Switzerland. In doing so, we also sought to develop a French version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles questionnaire (CDMP-F) for assessing career decision-making strategies. Results confirmed the fit of the hypothesized 12-factor model underlying the CDMP-F and the adaptability assumption for six of 12 strategies: information gathering, locus of control, procrastination, speed of making the final decision, dependence on others, and desire to please others. Moreover, differentiated associations were uncovered: high procrastination and external locus of control were linked to lack of motivation; slow speed of making the final decision was linked to general indecisiveness; and high desire to please others was linked to external conflicts. Supporting the structural and construct validity of the CDMP-F and identifying differential associations, implications for research and practice are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-02-15T12:57:01Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241232439
Testing the Validity of the Expanded Five-Dimensional Model of Work
Orientations
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  Authors: Tirza Willner, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler, Itamar Gati, Bar Shachrur
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  Finding meaning and purpose in work has become increasingly important in today’s volatile world. Work orientations reflect the purpose individuals see in their work. The Work Orientation Questionnaire (WOQ), based on the expanded five-dimensional model of work orientation (Willner et al., 2020), was used to elicit individuals’ purpose of work - calling, job, career, social embeddedness, and busyness. In Study 1 (N = 315 employees), the five work orientations were moderately associated with Schein’s (1990) career anchors supporting the WOQ’s convergent and discriminant validity. Study 2 using 5-year longitudinal data from 206 college graduates, revealed that the motives for selecting a college major had small to negligible associations with the five work orientations. Study 3 (N = 414 employees), applying Holland’s (1997) classification of the six RIASEC environments, found that a calling orientation was most prominent among those working in a Social environment, whereas a job orientation was most prominent among individuals in a Conventional environment. Moreover, work orientations accounted for work satisfaction and career choice satisfaction beyond career anchors, motives for choosing a college major, and work environments. Theoretical and practical implications of cultivating purpose at work are discussed.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-02-15T01:40:41Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241232437
Predicting Outcomes of a Manualized Individual Career Counseling
Intervention Over a One-Year Follow-Up From Trajectories of Change in
Career Decision Difficulties
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  Authors: Francis Milot-Lapointe, Yann Le Corff
  Abstract: Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
  This study tested whether trajectories of career decision difficulties identified in Milot-Lapointe and Le Corff (2023) predict outcomes of a manualized individual career counseling intervention 12 months after the intervention. Participants were 248 individuals who received an average of 7.79 sessions at a career counseling clinic and were reassessed 12 months after the intervention. Results showed that clients who experienced an optimal (Classes 1 and 2; 66% of clients) or a positive change but suboptimal (Class 3; 21% of clients) change during career counseling had negligible career decision difficulties 12 months after the intervention and were satisfied with their career decision, career situation and with counseling. Clients in Class 4, who did not experience any change during counseling (13% of clients), had significantly higher decision difficulties, were less satisfied with their career decision, career situation, counseling, and had lower life satisfaction at the 12-month follow-up compared to clients in the other classes. Results demonstrate the long-term utility of individual career counseling in producing, on average, sustainable positive outcomes for a large proportion of clients (87%). They also offer insights into the longitudinal consequences associated to variability in career counseling as clients who did not experience any change during counseling achieved poorer outcomes on the long run.
  Citation: Journal of Career Assessment
  PubDate: 2024-02-08T11:03:51Z
  DOI: 10.1177/10690727241232438

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