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{"title":"The dark side of work-life policies: the influence of co-workers taking childcare leave on work anxiety","authors":"Katia Osso, Michael Halinski","doi":"10.1108/cdi-04-2023-0098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-04-2023-0098","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>While work-life policies (WLPs) are tools that employees may draw on to better manage and balance their work and life demands, there is growing evidence that suggests the usage of WLPs may negatively impact other employees. Drawing from the theory of role dynamics and social role theory, we examine the indirect effect of co-workers taking childcare leave (CTCL) on work anxiety via work-role overload, as well as the impact of gender on this indirect relationship.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We used Prolific Academic to recruit 236 employees to participate in a three-wave study. These data were analyzed as a hypothesized structural equation modelling (SEM) using SPSS AMOS.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Findings reveal: (1) CTCL positively relates to work anxiety via work-role overload, and (2) gender moderates this indirect effect such that this positive relationship is stronger for men than women.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Work-life policy makers should take note of the “hidden costs” associated with work-life policy usage on other employees. Managers should work with policy users to mitigate the negative effects of policy usage on others.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>In contrast to broader WLP research, which focuses on the benefits of policy usage on the policy user, this research shows the negative implications of work-life policies on others’ work anxiety via work-role overload. In doing so, it becomes the first study to showcase a crossover effect of CTCL on employees’ work anxiety.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"2016 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Follow the leader”: how inclusive leaders inspire followers to perform well through strengths use","authors":"Sait Gürbüz, Beatrice Van der Heijden, Charissa Freese, Evelien P.M. Brouwers","doi":"10.1108/cdi-11-2023-0393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-11-2023-0393","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>While previous research in career studies has highlighted the positive impact of several leadership behaviors on followers’ work and career success, less is known about how the emergent topic of inclusive leadership shapes followers’ task performance. Using an inclusive leadership approach and job demands-resources theory, we developed a novel sequential mediation model in which inclusive leadership indirectly facilitates followers’ performance through self-initiating behavior and work motivation. Specifically, we aimed to investigate whether inclusive leaders encourage followers to show enhanced task performance through strengths use and work engagement.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>A representative sample of 278 Dutch employees from diverse organizations was surveyed at three different time points.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results of structural equation modeling evidenced that inclusive leadership was indirectly related to follower task performance, initially through the utilization of strengths and subsequently through work engagement over time. When leaders exhibited behaviors that were inclusive in nature, they encouraged their followers to make use of their strengths at work. Such leadership actions boosted the work engagement of their followers and led to enhanced task performance.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>We develop and test a novel sequential mediation model that explores how inclusive leadership fosters improved task performance among followers by promoting the utilization of strengths and subsequent work engagement. This sheds light on the mechanisms through which inclusive leadership contributes to follower performance, a crucial indicator in shaping sustainable career trajectories.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A career-lifespan perspective on strengths utilization at work","authors":"Marianne van Woerkom","doi":"10.1108/cdi-12-2023-0433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-12-2023-0433","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>While the career literature does acknowledge that personal strengths may function as protective factors that increase the likelihood of positive career outcomes, the topic of strengths has predominantly been studied in the context of career guidance for adolescents and young adults. However, the evolution of strengths persists throughout the entire career and individuals’ awareness and inclination to leverage their strengths change when aging. This paper aims to examine strengths over the (career) lifespan.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>For this purpose, a conceptual analysis was made of the interplay between age and strengths application within the work environment, based on a narrative review of both empirical and conceptual literature on strengths and lifespan (career) development.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Based on lifespan development theory and results from studies that investigate the relationship between age and strengths, it can be expected that the prominence, awareness and use of strengths, as well as the active engagement in strengths development increase with age. Also, based on the corresponsive principle it is proposed that strengths prominence is reciprocally related to the awareness, use and development of strengths. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Whereas positive psychology has contributed to research on career development by its focus on healthy functioning, human potential and well-being the implications from theorizing and research on strengths for the career-lifespan are still relatively unclear. This paper develops testable propositions regarding the relationship between age and strengths and discusses implications for the types of organizational support for strengths that workers of different ages might need.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of social impact and task variety on innovative work behavior: the mediating role of work meaningfulness","authors":"Jonghun Sun, Eunsun Ahn, Jiseon Shin","doi":"10.1108/cdi-05-2023-0157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-05-2023-0157","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, we investigate antecedents and consequences of work meaningfulness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We used survey data from employees in various South Korean organizations and applied Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and a bootstrapping procedure to test our proposed model.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>We found that employees’ perceptions of their jobs’ social impact and task variety are positively related to work meaningfulness, which leads to higher levels of innovative behavior. We found that work meaningfulness mediates the effects of employees’ perceived social impact and task variety on their innovative behaviors.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Our study contributes to the positive psychology literature by identifying work meaningfulness as a critical underlying mechanism in explaining the relationship between task variety, perceived social impact, and innovative behavior.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building a sustainable career during the initial transition to work: a multiple-stakeholder perspective on proactive behaviors and contextual factors","authors":"Sjoerd Gerritsen, Karen Pak, Maral Darouei, Jos Akkermans, Beatrice Van der Heijden","doi":"10.1108/cdi-03-2024-0096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-03-2024-0096","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The initial transition into work has become less predictable. Therefore, emerging adults should take charge and be proactively engaged in their careers during the preparation stage of the school-to-work transition (STWT). We explored which behaviors emerging adults display during the STWT to foster their happiness, health, and productivity, how various contextual factors enable or hinder these behaviors, and to what extent these behaviors can be considered proactive.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Taking a qualitative approach, we conducted 44 semi-structured interviews with undergraduate students at an Applied Sciences University in the Netherlands six months before graduation. Additionally, we held nine focus groups (<em>n</em> = 55) and four interviews (<em>n</em> = 6) with contextual stakeholders (i.e. parents, faculty/staff, employers, the board of the university, higher education policymakers, and the Ministry of Education).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The students mentioned three main behaviors to foster their health, happiness, and productivity, namely, eating healthy food, maintaining social contacts, and reflecting on their motivations. Our analysis shows that, conceptually, none of these behaviors can be considered truly proactive. Moreover, the findings revealed multiple systemic underlying contextual hindrances to portray these behaviors, such as educational system characteristics, which make proactive behaviors less likely.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>As the STWT is affected by multiple contexts, adopting a multi-stakeholder perspective is imperative when studying the phenomenon. We adopted the sustainable careers framework as a lens to uncover how emerging adults may build early career sustainability—additionally, we nuance current research on proactivity by concretizing the conceptualization of proactive behaviors.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The holding pattern of the worker Bs: how bifurcation of consciousness impacts female academic career progression","authors":"Fleur Sharafizad, Kerry Brown, Uma Jogulu, Maryam Omari, Michelle Gander","doi":"10.1108/cdi-09-2023-0348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-09-2023-0348","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper examines an identified but unexplored career gap evidenced at a mid-level classification in the academic career path for women in Australia. This career-stalling effect or holding pattern, is examined to determine underlying causes of career trajectory interruption.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Guided by the epistemological stance of standpoint theory, this exploratory abductive study employs a novel arts-based method, draw, write, reflect, to access experiences that may be difficult to convey verbally. The obtained drawings and reflections were thematically analysed.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of illusio this article finds support for female academics’ bifurcated consciousness. Results demonstrate how opposing social role prescriptions result in the deliberate avoidance of work-life conflict, a nuanced lack of confidence in work tasks in combination with other, often competing responsibilities, and the uneven distribution of administrative duties known as “academic housework”, which combine to stall careers. Female academics feel pressure to prioritise their domestic role and eschew career progression.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>Despite the small sample size, the findings provide rich career narratives and experiences of female academics in Australia providing additional impetus for increased gender equity efforts.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study is the first to explore the previously unidentified holding pattern for female academics in Australia. Findings suggest there is a range of previously unexplored impediments resulting in a gendered stalling at a mid-level classification interrupting female academic career progression.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Don't you worry ‘bout a thing” – the moderating role of age in the relationship between qualitative job insecurity and career sustainability","authors":"Beatrice Van der Heijden, Annabelle Hofer, Judith Semeijn","doi":"10.1108/cdi-08-2023-0280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-08-2023-0280","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Building on a stress-related view, this study examines the impact of qualitative job insecurity on three indicators of career sustainability. It also examines the moderating role of employee age in this relationship.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Dutch respondents (<em>N</em> = 398) working in various sectors responded to an online survey. Our hypotheses were tested using path modeling with Mplus.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Qualitative job insecurity was negatively related to job satisfaction, general health, and employability. Moreover, a moderating effect of employee age on the relationship between qualitative job insecurity and job satisfaction was found.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Organizations need to take measures to prevent qualitative job insecurity, as this appears to be an essential hindering factor that might endanger an employee's career sustainability. Especially younger workers (&lt;40 years) seem to suffer from qualitative job insecurity as this decreases their job satisfaction, urging management and HR professionals to protect them against it.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>By focusing on qualitative job insecurity, this study helps to close an essential gap in the literature that so far has mainly focused on quantitative job insecurity. Besides, this is the very first empirical work investigating the link between qualitative job insecurity and multiple indicators of career sustainability. Finally, this research adds a developmental approach to sustainable careers by comparing younger and older workers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"357 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141526206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting clients via narrative storytelling and artificial intelligence: a practitioner guide for career development professionals","authors":"William E. Donald, Rob Straby","doi":"10.1108/cdi-02-2024-0085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-02-2024-0085","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>In this practitioner-focused essay, we combine traditional narrative storytelling approaches with Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) innovative abilities to enable career development professionals to support individuals across their lifespan.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We propose a three-phase career exploration approach, developed and tested in a real-world setting for career development professionals to support their clients to consider various career-related options as well as identify strengths and opportunities for personal development.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>In phase one, the client recounts 7–10 positive narrative stories about engaging in activities they enjoyed. In phase two, the career development professional uses AI with tailored prompts to generate a personalised client report based on these narrative stories. In phase three, the report serves as the basis for further discussion and exploration with the client.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The approach provides a practical guide for career development professionals to increase their capability to support their clients in response to technological advancement and the contemporary world of work. A training document incorporating a worked example of the approach is provided in “Supplementary Material Appendix 1”.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Our approach acknowledges AI as a new actor and career development professionals as undervalued actors in supporting individuals to foster a sustainable career ecosystem.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"197 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141509864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revisiting mindsets for careers research: what we know, what we don’t and why we should care","authors":"Lauren A. Keating","doi":"10.1108/cdi-04-2024-0182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-04-2024-0182","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>By virtue of affecting how people perceive and respond to challenges, mindsets are conceivably consequential for, though relatively under-studied, in careers research. This paper thereby highlights the importance of bridging the mindsets and careers literature.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>I review literature describing the ontology of mindsets, before reviewing what is currently known about mindsets in the careers domain. This is followed by theorizing about mindset dynamics in pressing career challenges, and providing avenues for future research.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>I outline some of the major implications of fixed and growth mindsets as they (potentially) relate to career-relevant cognitions, emotions and behaviors. I also formulate an agenda for future research with regard to what we study, who we study and how we, as scholars, can study mindsets in careers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This review enables looking back on the state of mindsets and careers research. The theorizing herein about mindset dynamics in careers also invites scholars to look toward exciting research possibilities about how mindsets can shape careers in ways not yet realized.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141509865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The search for greener pastures: a qualitative analysis of employee job search dynamics","authors":"Adam Kanar, Dave Bouckenooghe","doi":"10.1108/cdi-07-2023-0222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-07-2023-0222","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study explores job search dynamics among employed individuals. We focus on factors related to employees initiating their job searches and changing its intensity.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We conducted a qualitative study with 41 employed job seekers using semi-structured interviews.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Our analysis reveals six catalysts that initiate employee job searches and nine modulators that influence fluctuations in job search effort. We highlight the significant roles of social actors, resource dynamics, and personal, professional, and environmental factors in shaping employees’ job searches.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The diverse sample strengthens theory building but may not represent all employed job seekers. Future research would benefit from longitudinal designs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>This study underscores the influence of social actors on employee job search processes. Our findings offer valuable insights for policymakers and employers seeking to support employed job seekers and proactively manage voluntary turnover.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This research advances our understanding of employee job search beyond its traditional role in voluntary turnover. By integrating Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, we provide a framework for understanding employee job search initiation and modulation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":9597,"journal":{"name":"Career Development International","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141509866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}