{"title":"Young adults perceived future employability: testing a social cognitive career model","authors":"W. Gunawan, A. I. Glendon, P. A. Creed","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09666-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09666-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Being optimistic about their future employability can help to provide young people with certainty and independence. We examined the relationship of perceived future employability (PFE) and some career outcomes using the social cognitive career framework. Response (<i>N</i> = 449, 78% female, mean age 21.07 years), revealed that: (a) PFE was associated with career self-efficacy and outcome expectations, (b) career self-efficacy and outcome expectations were associated with career distress, career effort, and career aspirations, and (c) career self-efficacy and outcome expectations mediated PFE and career distress, career effort, and career aspirations.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonwork orientations and job crafting: a moderated mediation model of life satisfaction and age","authors":"SuJin Son","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09686-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09686-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the link between nonwork orientation (concern for life roles beyond careers) and employee job crafting, emphasizing the mediating role of life satisfaction and the moderating effect of age, using 1-month time-lagged data from 305 Korean employees aged 23 to 58 (mean = 42.0, standard deviation (SD) = 8.5). The study confirmed the anticipated results, highlighting that the impact of life satisfaction on job crafting is stronger for younger employees (1 SD below the mean) than for older ones (1 SD above the mean). These findings provide valuable insights for career practitioners and policymakers considering employees’ nonwork interests.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The socioeconomic gap in the development of Korean adolescents’ occupational aspirations while approaching the post-secondary transition","authors":"Anna Yong, Sangwoo Lee","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09690-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09690-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study longitudinally investigates the socioeconomic differentials in South Korean adolescents’ occupational aspiration development while they approach the post-secondary transition. It also takes into account the two-fold relation between socioeconomic status and academic performance in shaping occupational aspirations: mediation and interaction. Using the Korean Education and Employment Panel (KEEP), the study documents two main results. First, there exists a significant socioeconomic gap in Korean adolescents’ occupational aspirations which is neither widened nor narrowed over the transition period. Second, the relationship between socioeconomic status and academic performance is not limited to mediation but demonstrates a significant interaction in developing occupational aspirations.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141718774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
André Borges, Cecilia Toscanelli, Koorosh Massoudi
{"title":"I would prefer not to: a qualitative investigation of adolescents’ perceptions of dirty work in Switzerland","authors":"André Borges, Cecilia Toscanelli, Koorosh Massoudi","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09661-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09661-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Defined as occupations, tasks, or roles perceived as disgusting or degrading, dirty work results from perceptions of a broad array of actors in society. This study aimed at identifying descriptors adolescents in Switzerland associate with dirty work. The originality of this study stems from investigating dirty work on the basis of adolescents’ perceptions, which represent an outsider group receptive to social norms, and thus informative of social stigmatizations. Responses of 225 adolescents to an open-ended question were analyzed using a consensual qualitative research-modified approach. Participants associated dirty work with adverse working conditions, adverse employment conditions, negative social images, and negative well-being outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141613619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Col McCowan, Peter McIlveen, Brad McLennan, Lucia Ciccarone
{"title":"Career education and development scales for primary school and junior secondary school students","authors":"Col McCowan, Peter McIlveen, Brad McLennan, Lucia Ciccarone","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09678-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09678-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present research provides evidence of the measurement properties of the Career Education and Development Scale-Junior (CEDS-Junior) and the Career Education and Development Scale-Primary (CEDS-Primary). Study 1 tested a theoretically informed three-factor structure of the CEDS-Junior using a sample of <i>N</i> = 381 junior high school students in grades 7, 8 and 9, and Study 2 tested the CEDS-Primary using a sample of <i>N</i> = 179 primary school students in grades 5 and 6. Three hypothesized factors were recovered from the data: understanding, action and attitude. These novel measures are a resource for exploring and tracking students’ career development learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"1247 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141613618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valérie Cohen-Scali, Richard Gucek, Marie-Line Robinet, Katia Terriot, Emmanuelle Vignoli
{"title":"Social representations of the challenges linked to the Anthropocene: a qualitative study of managers","authors":"Valérie Cohen-Scali, Richard Gucek, Marie-Line Robinet, Katia Terriot, Emmanuelle Vignoli","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09659-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09659-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of this research study was to identify the perception that managers have of the main challenges facing their company, and their impact on human resource and career management practices. The focus was on the place of the ecological transition among these challenges. The structural model of social representation was used as theoretical framework. A total of 30 managers of 20 organisations in the industry and cultural sectors based in France took part in a semi-structured interview. The data were analysed using consensual thematic analysis. The results show that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the digitalisation of society were mentioned first. The ecological transition is mentioned by just over half of managers. The discussion deals with the current mindset of managers regarding the Anthropocene crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141569236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adolescent educational and occupational anxiety: A three-dimensional model to fit into an attachment framework","authors":"Pascal Mallet, Emmanuelle Vignoli, Noëlle Lallemand","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09676-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09676-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We propose a model of the anxiety adolescents experience about their educational and occupational future that includes three topics they worry about: (a) career failure, (b) parental disappointment, and (c) separation from loved ones to achieve one’s career. A total of 16,663 15-year-old French participants filled out a new anxiety questionnaire and other self-reports. Factor analyses showed that all three topics belong to the same type of anxiety, and suggested that the adolescents’ fear about their career is closely interwoven with parental attachment. This new kind of anxiety varied across gender and was correlated with school-adjustment and personality variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141569235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Santilli, Maria Cristina Ginevra, Paul J. Hartung, Salvatore Soresi, Laura Nota
{"title":"The economy and career choices scale: Construction and initial validation","authors":"Sara Santilli, Maria Cristina Ginevra, Paul J. Hartung, Salvatore Soresi, Laura Nota","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09660-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09660-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Today’s youth have grown up according to a largely neoliberal dominance. To assess youth’s views of the economy in relation to their career choices, we developed the Economy and Career Choices Scale (ECCS). Two studies involving Italian youth were conducted to develop the scale and examine its psychometric properties. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) conducted with two groups of high-school students confirmed the two-factor structure, specifically related to thoughts more consistent with a neoliberal view of the economy and thoughts in tune with a more equitable and supportive conception of it. Moreover, correlational analyses were conducted with the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and Views of the Future Scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141549455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexsandro Luiz De Andrade, Fernanda Mendes Pires, Gustavo Henrique Martins
{"title":"The psychology of working: first evidence with Brazilian workers","authors":"Alexsandro Luiz De Andrade, Fernanda Mendes Pires, Gustavo Henrique Martins","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09650-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09650-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) has been effective in fostering discussions about social justice and career development. In this study, psychometric scales that assess economic constraints, experiences with marginalization, and job satisfaction were adapted, and comprehensive theoretical models were illustrated in the analysis. With a sample of 399 Brazilian workers, the scales showed a satisfactory evidence of internal and external structure and adequate levels of precision. The results of the structural model of PWT partially support the hypotheses of the original theory. Further research on specific Latin American and other impoverished populations worldwide is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139956750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The roles of COVID-19 diagnosis and COVID-19 stress on the links among academic support, academic self-efficacy, and academic satisfaction: Boundary conditions","authors":"Ersoy Çarkıt","doi":"10.1007/s10775-024-09649-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09649-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present study aims to explore the links among academic support, academic self-efficacy, and academic satisfaction and the moderator roles of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis and COVID-19 stress in a sample of Turkish university students (<i>N</i> = 397). The results show that the direct effect of academic support on academic self-efficacy was moderated by whether or not one has been diagnosed with COVID-19, but not by the indirect effect on academic satisfaction. Additionally, the results show that COVID-19 stress moderates the direct effect of academic self-efficacy on academic satisfaction and the indirect effect of academic support on academic satisfaction. The implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139921891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}