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Under my umbrella? Gig workers' perspectives on career sustainability as employees in Swedish umbrella companies 在我的伞下？瑞典伞形公司员工对零工职业可持续性的看法

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104182

Franziska Müller , Linda Weidenstedt , Claudia Bernhard-Oettel , Constanze Eib

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Pathways to second chances: A multidisciplinary integrative review of 25 years of research on the employment of formerly incarcerated individuals 途径到第二次机会：一个多学科综合审查25年研究的就业前监禁的人

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104179

C. Allen Gorman , Sarah C. Tucker , Tamanna K. Patel , Joseph R. Himmler , Tanya F. Contreras

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Navigating crisis in non-standard work: Social entrepreneurs' sensemaking and purpose protection during career shocks 非标准工作中的危机导航：社会企业家在职业冲击中的意义建构与目的保护

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104178

Andreana Drencheva , Wee Chan Au

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Living a calling despite the challenges of the gig economy? The role of meaning-making and work alienation 尽管面临零工经济的挑战，但仍坚持自己的职业？意义制造与工作异化的作用

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104175

Lorenz Affolter , Daniel Spurk , Caroline Straub

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Proactive coping and job insecurity among solo self-employed workers: Investigating a cyclic model with monthly measures 主动应对和独立个体经营者的工作不安全感：调查每月测量的循环模型

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104176

Judith B. Langerak , Edwin A.J. van Hooft , Jessie Koen

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Hybrid work design profiles: Antecedents and well-being outcomes 混合工作设计概况：前因和幸福结果

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104174

Caroline Knight , Matthew J.W. McLarnon , Doina Olaru , Julie A. Lee , Sharon K. Parker

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Social inequality in career trajectories: How occupations shape unequal task allocation between social groups 职业轨迹中的社会不平等：职业如何塑造社会群体之间不平等的任务分配

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104173

Andrea Wessendorf , Rasmus Pichler

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Living a value-based work life: Individual values as predictors of career outcomes 以价值为基础的工作生活：个人价值观作为职业结果的预测因素

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104172

Marne L. Arthaud-Day , Joseph C. Rode , Kyle Bradley

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Employee flourishing and moral obligation in extreme conditions 员工繁荣与极端条件下的道德义务

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104171

Baniyelme D. Zoogah , William Y. Degbey , Felicity Asiedu-Appiah , Chidiebere Ogbonnaya , Benjamin Laker

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Employability as antecedent of eudaimonic wellbeing at work: The mediating role of work meaningfulness 就业能力作为工作幸福感的先决条件：工作意义的中介作用

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Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104170

Marija Davcheva , Vicente González-Romá , Pascale Le Blanc , Ana Hernández , Inés Tomás

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