Career Development International: Volume 28 Issue 6/7

The relationship between job insecurity and employee performance: a systematic literature review and research agenda

Felipe Muñoz Medina, Sergio Andrés López Bohle, Jeske Van Beurden, Maria José Chambel, Sebastian M. Ugarte

Although research on job insecurity (JI) and its relationship with employee performance has increased in recent years, results are mixed and inconclusive. The objectives of this…

The antecedents of career decision self-efficacy: a meta-analysis on 20 years of research

Nan Wang, Yuxiang Luan, Guolong Zhao, Rui Ma

This study aims to examine the antecedents of career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) and provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence this critical construct…

Misconceptions and misunderstandings: an exploration of the interplay of religion, culture and gender from Muslim scholars and clerics

Tamer Koburtay, Ahmad Abualigah, Jawad Syed, Abbas J. Ali

This study seeks to offer a contextual, multilevel perspective on the impact of patriarchal culture and Islamic faith on issues facing women holding leadership positions in a…

From job crafting to job quitting? Testing a wise proactivity perspective

Tom L. Junker, Christine Yin Man Fong, Marjan Gorgievski, Jason C.L. Gawke, Arnold B. Bakker

This study investigates when and for whom job crafting may turn into job quitting. The authors hypothesize that approach job crafting relates more positively to turnover…

Determinants and consequences of job crafting under the boundary conditions of work uncertainty

Syed Muhammad Irfan, Faisal Qadeer, Muddassar Sarfraz, Mohammed Khurrum Bhutta

This paper explores critical job resources (CRJRs) as predictors of job crafting and sustainable employability. Using job demands-resources (JD-R) theory as a theoretical lens…

Leader's desire for promotion, workplace anxiety and exploitative leadership: the moderating effect of Machiavellianism

Jie Huang, Yali Li, Chunyong Tang

Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, the present research paper examines the moderating role of leaders' Machiavellianism in the relationships between the desire for…

The impacts of role commitment and pay-for-performance on proactive career behavior: an interactionist perspective

Hui Chen, Jie Liu, Yu Wang, Ning Yang, Xiao-Hua (Frank) Wang

Proactive career behavior (PCB) is an effective form of career self-management that has positive impacts on individual career development and career success, and therefore, the…

An exploratory study on career models and mechanisms of career advancement of Emirati women managers

Lama Al Imam, Luisa Helena Pinto

This study uses a Kaleidoscope Career (KC) approach to explore how UAE women managers experience their careers, the advancement in management and the career models they encounter.

Self-goal setting as a way to career sustainability: exploring the roles of career crafting and perceived organizational goal clarity

Xiaolin Ge, Haibo Yu, Qing Zhang, Shanghao Song, Siyuan Liu

As an increasingly important variable in the career field, career sustainability has received particular attention, yet few empirical studies have been conducted to examine its…

Who is successful in career development? A person-centered approach to the study of career orientation profiles

Nicolas Bazine, Léandre Alexis Chénard-Poirier, Adalgisa Battistelli, Marie-Christine Lagabrielle

This research examined the presence of career orientation profiles by investigating how young workers combined protean career orientation attitudes, motivation to learn to develop…

Reputational self-awareness: an innovative career development tool

Jeff Foster, Thomas Stone, I.M. Jawahar, Brigitte Steinheider, Truit W. Gray

The authors introduce a new construct, reputational self-awareness (RSA). RSA represents the congruence between how individuals think they are viewed by others (i.e…

Reconstruction work awaits: work identity in the aftermath of health-related career shock

Pamela Agata Suzanne, Viktoriya Voloshyna, Jelena Zikic

This paper aims to explore the stages and processes of work identity reconstruction following a major health-related career shock.