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Young Adult Couples Transitioning to Work: The Intersection of Career and Relationship
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Domene, Jose F.; Nee, Jessica J.; Cavanaugh, Ashley K.; McLelland, Serita; Stewart, Becky; Stephenson, Michelle; Kauffman, Bradley; Tse, Christopher K.; Young, Richard A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Contextual action theory was used to frame an exploratory qualitative study of young adult couples' experiences of transitioning from post-secondary education into the labor force, addressing the specific research question ''What kinds of projects for future work and life together do young adult couples jointly construct and pursue as they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Interpersonal Relationship, Employment
Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory to Predict Interests and Choice Goals in Statistics among Spanish Psychology Students
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Blanco, Angeles – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
This study investigated the usefulness of social cognitive career theory--SCCT (Lent, Brown, and Hackett, 1994) in predicting interests and goals relating to statistics among psychology students. The participants were 1036 Spanish students who completed measurements of statistics-related mastery experiences, self-efficacy, outcome expectations,…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Student Interests, Objectives, Statistics
Adaptation of Career Goals to Self and Opportunities in Early Adolescence
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Hirschi, Andreas; Vondracek, Fred W. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
Development of career goals that are adapted to self and opportunities is a central component of adolescent career preparation. The present longitudinal study (conducted throughout the eighth grade with three assessment points) investigated how 330 Swiss adolescents simultaneously adapt career goals to interests, scholastic achievement and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Interests, Early Adolescents, Grade 8
Young Managers' Drive to Thrive: A Personal Work Goal Approach to Burnout and Work Engagement
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Hyvonen, Katriina; Feldt, Taru; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Kinnunen, Ulla; Makikangas, Anne – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
This study approaches young managers' occupational well-being through their work-related goal pursuit. The main aim was to identify content categories of personal work goals and investigate their associations with background factors, goal appraisals, burnout, and work engagement. The questionnaire data consisted of 747 young Finnish managers…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Burnout, Academic Achievement, Career Change
Selection, Optimization, and Compensation: An Action-Related Approach to Work and Partnership.
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Wiese, Bettina S.; Baltes, Paul B.; Freund, Alexandra M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
Data from German professionals (n=206) were used to test selective optimization with compensation (SOC)--goal setting in career and partnership domains and use of means to achieve goals. A positive relationship was found between SOC behaviors and successful life management; it was more predictive for the partnership domain. (Contains 82…
Descriptors: Career Development, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Objectives
Farmers' Attitudes, Objectives, Behaviors, and Personality Traits: The Edinburgh Study of Decision Making on Farms.
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Willock, Joyce; Deary, Ian J.; McGregor, Murray M.; Sutherland, Alister; Edwards-Jones, Gareth; Morgan, Oliver; Dent, Barry; Grieve, Robert; Gibson, Gavin; Austin, Elizabeth – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
This report of a multidisciplinary study of Scottish farmers' attitudes, goals, and behavior describes scales developed specifically for this population and explains how they can be used to find correlations among attitudes, objectives, and implementation. The article contains 113 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classification, Decision Making, Farmers
Side-Bet Theory and the Three-Component Model of Organizational Commitment
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Powell, Deborah M.; Meyer, John P. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
We tested Becker's (1960) side-bet conceptualization of commitment within the context of Meyer and Allen's (1991) three-component model of organizational commitment. Employees (N=202) from various organizations completed a survey including measures of (a) seven categories of side bets (b) affective, normative, and continuance commitment, and (c)…
Descriptors: Intention, Structural Equation Models, Employees, Organizations (Groups)