The scientific investigation of the relationship between resources and retirement well-being is impeded by the lack of proper measurement of resources. This study reports on the development of an inventory that assesses resources relevant to retirement well-being. The 35-item Retirement Resources Inventory (RRI) is a self-report measure consisting…

We surveyed 506 Australian high school students on career development (exploration, planning, job-knowledge, decision-making, indecision), personal functioning (well-being, self-esteem, life satisfaction, school satisfaction) and control variables (parent education, school achievement), and tested differences among work-bound, college-bound and…

This study used the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, developed in the context of occupational well-being in the paid workforce, to examine the antecedents of burnout and connectedness in the formal volunteer rural ambulance officer vocation (N=487). Structural equation modeling using self-reports provide strong evidence for the central…

Usable responses from 197 of 300 Australian managers indicated those who had mentors perceived more organizational justice than those who had not. Career, psychosocial, and role modeling functions of mentoring were significantly and positively related to perceptions of distributive and procedural justice. (SK)

A fuzzy graphic rating scale elicited work preferences and job perceptions of 166 (of 170) Australian bank employees. Correspondence between preferences and perceptions correlated significantly with job satisfaction. Satisfaction and performance related to tenure intentions; this relation was higher for poorer performers. (SK)

Investigates concept of stability in study of work values. Australian students were assessed, using work-values lists in Grade 12 and 2 1/2 years later. Of the work values assessed only independence and intellectual stimulation increased in importance. Surroundings decreased. Further theoretical and methodological refinement of stability is…

According to responses from 498 Australian professional women representing Levinson's 7 stages, pay satisfaction was the only 1 of 12 variables that displayed cyclic alternation between stability and transition. Some age differences appeared in terms of work involvement, aspiration, and plans to move. (SK)

A study of the function of leisure activities shows: people select leisure activities congruent with their personality; people in congruent occupations were vocationally satisfied and conceived their preferred activities as an extension of the activities they do at work; people in incongruent occupations compensate by selecting compensatory…

Protege--mentor agreement (PMA) about the provision of psychosocial support was examined in relation to job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work self-esteem. One-hundred and sixty-six junior administrative and information technology (IT) staff at an Australian university and their matched mentors completed a questionnaire that…