Qiqi Wang, Yiwei Yuan, Erich C. Dierdorff, Jun Liu
{"title":"How promotion-oriented job crafting affects job performance: exploring the role of job-crafting motives","authors":"Qiqi Wang, Yiwei Yuan, Erich C. Dierdorff, Jun Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104151","url":null,"abstract":"Although theory has recognized that promotion-oriented job crafting may not be inherently beneficial for individuals, previous research has primarily emphasized positive effects to the neglect of potential detrimental consequences. Drawing from the cognitive-affective processing system framework and conservation of resources theory, we propose a balanced model that simultaneously considers the beneficial and detrimental effects of promotion-oriented job crafting on multidimensional job performance (i.e., task performance, altruistic behavior, and workplace deviance). We examined our hypothesized model using three-wave data collected from 288 employees (Study 1) and daily diary data collected from 213 participants across two consecutive work weeks (Study 2). Results from these studies consistently supported the beneficial effects of promotion-oriented job crafting on job performance via positive affect. Results were less consistent regarding the detrimental effects of promotion-oriented job crafting. Study 1 revealed that promotion-oriented job crafting can directly induce a sense of entitlement (i.e., state workplace entitlement), yet Study 2 suggested that these detrimental effects were significant only when employees hold high levels of impression management motives for engaging in promotion-oriented job crafting.","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144305021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allison M. Esparza , Andrea McMurray , Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez
{"title":"Changes within: How within-person changes on key social cognitive career theory constructs relate to first-year engineering student persistence intentions","authors":"Allison M. Esparza , Andrea McMurray , Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The engineering field is experiencing a disparity between the growing demand for engineers and the supply of new entrants into the labor market. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) has long been used to model student persistence in engineering. However, almost all prior studies use differences between students and not changes within students over time to predict persistence. To address this gap, we measured salient Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) constructs, namely self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interest in engineering, at four time points to explore the relationship between persistence intentions and changes in those constructs within individual students. Participants were enrolled in introductory engineering courses during their first semester of their engineering program of study. Using hierarchical linear modeling, engineering persistence intentions over their first semester were predicted from between-student differences in self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interest and importantly within-person differences over time in the same suite of predictors. We found that within-student self-efficacy and within-person outcome expectations were statistically significant predictors of persistence intentions, with the strength of these relationships changing over time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 104141"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guodong Cui , Dorien D.T.A.M. Kooij , Ying Zhang , Depeng Liu , Jingzhou Pan
{"title":"Building an age-inclusive workplace for older workers: A dual pathway of age-inclusive HR practices to facilitate successful aging at work","authors":"Guodong Cui , Dorien D.T.A.M. Kooij , Ying Zhang , Depeng Liu , Jingzhou Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With an increasing number of older workers in the workplace worldwide, it is critical for organizations to help older workers age successfully. However, little is known about how and why human resource (HR) practices contribute to older workers' successful aging at work. Guided by the process model of successful aging at work (Kooij et al., 2020), we propose a dual-path mediation model in which age-inclusive HR practices (AIHRP) positively contribute to successful aging at work via demands-abilities fit and relatedness needs-supplies fit. We further extend this theoretical model by hypothesizing occupational future time perspective as a self-regulation resource that strengthens the benefits of AIHRP. A multi-source and multi-wave survey was conducted, and a matched sample of older workers (aged 45 years and above) and their leaders were used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that AIHRP had a positive direct and indirect effect on successful aging at work through increased demands-abilities fit and relatedness needs-supplies fit, particularly among those older workers with higher occupational future time perspective (vs. lower). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 104148"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jie Zhong , Chao Ma , (George) Zhen Xiong Chen , Li Zhang , Xue Zhang
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Humble leader, successful follower: Linking leader humility with follower career outcomes via leader competence from an implicit leadership theory perspective” [Journal of Vocational Behavior, 155, 104060]","authors":"Jie Zhong , Chao Ma , (George) Zhen Xiong Chen , Li Zhang , Xue Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104140"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144222025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not all distance is alike: revisiting the associations between physical and perceived proximity in multilocational work","authors":"Ward van Zoonen , Jennifer L. Gibbs , Anu Sivunen","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The relation between distance and perceived proximity within multilocational work has been subject to mixed empirical support. The massive shift toward remote work and technology-mediated communication gives renewed urgency to the need to understand the association between distance and proximity. This study utilizes multi-sourced two-wave data to examine different conceptualizations of distance and its consequential effects on perceived proximity through communication, work practices, and worker engagement. The findings suggest that configural dispersion (i.e., the percentage of dispersed colleagues) may be a more meaningful predictor of work experiences and practices than time distance (i.e., time zone differences between colleagues) and physical distance (i.e., miles apart). The findings also challenge the theorized reciprocal association between perceived proximity and communicative behaviors, suggesting perceived proximity is a distal outcome of, rather than an antecedent to, communication and engagement. The findings underscore the role of engagement and social communication in enhancing perceived proximity. In contrast, task-related communication and supplemental work practices deter perceptions of proximity to others. This investigation not only updates existing knowledge but also contributes a more comprehensive understanding of the spatial and temporal demands in multilocational work settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104139"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon A. Houle , Hoe-Yin Ng , Joon J. Lee , Alexandre J.S. Morin
{"title":"Newcomer psychological health profiles: A Latent Transition Analysis","authors":"Simon A. Houle , Hoe-Yin Ng , Joon J. Lee , Alexandre J.S. Morin","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rather than focusing on performance as the ultimate outcome in organizational and vocational research, it has been argued that psychological health represents a far more relevant outcome given its pervasive impact on employee's lives, including their work performance. This longitudinal study examined the various combinations of work and non-work psychological health indicators observed among distinct profiles of newly hired employees (<em>N</em> = 604; <em>M</em><sub><em>age</em></sub> = 42.34; 53.4 % males). This study also assessed the stability and generalizability of employee profiles and profile membership over a six-month period. Latent profile analysis revealed six stable newcomer profiles: Apathetic, Detrimental, <em>Normative-Comfortable</em>, Optimal, Workaholic, and Distressed. Newcomer socialization, particularly in relation to the organization and workgroup functioning, were linked to membership into profiles characterized by more favourable psychological states. The profiles were also related to turnover intention, performance, and physical symptoms, highlighting the connection between negative psychological states and adverse outcomes at the organizational and individual levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104138"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When newcomer voice is (not) endorsed: The moderating effect of organizational socialization","authors":"Tim A. Reissner, Hannes Guenter, Simon B. de Jong","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104126","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Upon entering an organization, newcomers aim to reduce uncertainty, and often do so by adjusting to the organizational status quo. In this paper, we argue that these efforts to adjust and fit in can, paradoxically, enable newcomers to stand out. We focus on a specific way in which newcomers can stand out—by constructively challenging the organizational status quo. Although such challenge-oriented behavior is potentially risky, as it may antagonize incumbents, it holds great promise for organizations seeking new ideas and fresh perspectives on a status quo that many incumbents may have become blind to. Specifically, we investigate newcomer voice behavior—the upward communication of challenging but constructive ideas, suggestions, and concerns—and whether and when supervisors endorse such input. Informed by sensemaking theory, we argue that supervisor endorsement of voice critically depends on the organizational socialization of newcomers as this enables them to communicate ideas, suggestions, and concerns in ways that resonate with incumbents. We test our model using matched supervisor-newcomer data (i.e., 108 dyads), distinguishing between promotive (suggestion-oriented) and prohibitive (problem-focused) voice. We find that supervisors are generally receptive to newcomer promotive voice but tend to not endorse problem-focused voice from less-adjusted newcomers. Overall, our research provides novel, theory-driven insights into organizational socialization and newcomer voice endorsement, cautioning organizations against rejecting newcomer input that may be difficult to make sense of.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104126"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143873211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinxin Lu , Donald Kluemper , Yidong Tu , Haiming Zhou
{"title":"Goal orientation, time pressure, and daily job crafting profiles: an integration of job demands-resources model and approach-avoidance perspective","authors":"Xinxin Lu , Donald Kluemper , Yidong Tu , Haiming Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104128","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the emerging research on job crafting profiles at the general, monthly, and weekly levels, we have limited knowledge of how and when employees combine different job crafting strategies in daily work. Integrating the job demands-resources model and the approach–avoidance perspective, the present research investigates job crafting profiles at the daily level and the antecedents and consequences of daily job crafting profiles. Using two experience sampling method samples (Sample 1: <em>N</em> = 92, four times per day across 10 consecutive workdays; Sample 2: <em>N</em> = 46, four times per day across 10 consecutive workdays), we found four quantitatively distinct (passive, moderate, active, and intensively active) job crafting profiles at the daily level. Individual trait performance-prove goal-oriented employees and daily time pressure were positively related to the intensively active job crafting profile. Moreover, daily job crafting profiles were found to significantly differentiate employee daily work engagement, task performance, and work-family conflict, such that intensively active job crafters reported the highest work engagement, task performance, and also the highest time- and strain-based work–family conflicts. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in detail.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104128"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clarissa Zwarg , Martin P. Fladerer , Armin Pircher Verdorfer , Claudia Peus
{"title":"Morality in careers: A systematic review, integration, and ways forward","authors":"Clarissa Zwarg , Martin P. Fladerer , Armin Pircher Verdorfer , Claudia Peus","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on (un)ethical behavior in organizations has a long tradition, yet the role of individual morality in career development remains underexamined. Insights from both career and behavioral ethics research can help address this issue. While career research so far lacks systematic investigation into the morality-career relationship, behavioral ethics research overlooks the developmental and career-related outcomes of individual morality. This points to a critical need for dialogue between these two fields. An initial analysis of core theories and concepts in career research reveals the scant inclusion of moral variables. Through our systematic review of a final sample of 43 articles, we identify gaps in understanding the interplay between morality and career dynamics, particularly concerning career options (including decisions and opportunities) and both subjective and objective career success. By leveraging the specific insights extracted from the literature review, our aim is to bridge the morality and career research domains. We highlight discrepancies and untapped areas in this field, proposing future research directions concerning (1) the role of morality in career decisions and opportunities, (2) the nexus between morality and career success, and (3) employees' implicit beliefs about this relationship. Furthermore, we consider implications for measurement and career counseling. Altogether, we advocate for a fresh research focus on exploring the impact of individual morality on career development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104127"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143899123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madeleine Haenggli , Andreas Hirschi , Julian Marciniak
{"title":"Navigating transitions: A longitudinal exploration of career decision-making process dynamics in adolescents","authors":"Madeleine Haenggli , Andreas Hirschi , Julian Marciniak","doi":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In times of changing labor markets and rapid technological development, individuals are repeatedly faced with career decision-making to manage frequent and complex transitions within and between learning and work. Thus, it is crucial to understand the dynamic process of career decision-making. Career decision-making models propose specific sequences of key aspects, such as actions of career exploration, gaining career knowledge, and making a career decision. However, how such key aspects are related over time remains not well understood. In this six-wave longitudinal study across 30 months, we investigate the intra-personal dynamics between career self management actions (i.e., environmental exploration), career knowledge (i.e., labor market knowledge), and attitudes (i.e., career decidedness). Based on a sample of 1132 students in 8th grade in Switzerland, we tested a random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to examine within-person dynamics while accounting for stable between-person differences. We found a dynamic link between these variables, in that increases in environmental career exploration predicted subsequent increases in career knowledge and career decidedness. Moreover, increased career knowledge and career decidedness predicted subsequent increases in environmental exploration. We discuss the findings considering a dynamic intra-person approach to understanding the career decision-making process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vocational Behavior","volume":"159 ","pages":"Article 104125"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143800579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}