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Stiglbauer, Barbara; Batinic, Bernad – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
This study examined the role of the latent and financial benefits of work as defined by Marie Jahoda (1982) in explaining a person's work involvement. Drawing upon theoretical frameworks on work commitment and work motivation, the latent benefits were expected to have a positive, whereas the financial benefits were expected to have a negative…
Descriptors: Employment, Work Attitudes, Motivation, Employees
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Janeiro, Isabel Nunes – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Super (1990) proposed that the psychological determinants of career development attitudes are time perspective, self-esteem, and causal attributions. The present study analyzed the effects of these determinants on the career development attitudes of 320 students from grade 9 and 300 students from grade 12. The analysis of the data using structural…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Vocational Maturity, Time Perspective, Grade 9
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Xanthopoulou, Despoina; Bakker, Arnold B.; Demerouti, Evangelia; Schaufeli, Wilmar B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
This study examined longitudinal relationships between job resources, personal resources, and work engagement. On the basis of Conservation of Resources theory, we hypothesized that job resources, personal resources, and work engagement are reciprocal over time. The study was conducted among 163 employees, who were followed-up over a period of 18…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Work Environment, Employee Attitudes, Correlation
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Steinmetz, Holger; Frese, Michael; Schmidt, Peter – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Theoretical models of the antecedents and outcomes of work-home interference (WHI) suggest that work characteristics (e.g., job stressors, working hours) increase the probability that an individual experiences work-home interference. Since work-home interference is considered as a role stressor, these experiences should be detrimental for…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Structural Equation Models, Motivation, Depression (Psychology)