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Five-Factor Model of Personality and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affective States
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Panaccio, Alexandra; Vandenberghe, Christian – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Using a one-year longitudinal study of four components of organizational commitment (affective, normative, continuance-sacrifices, and continuance-alternatives) on a sample of employees from multiple organizations (N=220), we examined the relationships of employee Big-Five personality traits to employee commitment components, and the mediating…
Descriptors: Employees, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Personality Traits
Career Success: Constructing a Multidimensional Model
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Dries, Nicky; Pepermans, Roland; Carlier, Olivier – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
A multidimensional model of career success was developed aiming to be more inclusive than existing models. In a first study, 22 managers were asked to tell the story of their careers. At the end of each interview, idiosyncratic career success "construct ladders" were constructed for each interviewee through an interactive process with the…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Multidimensional Scaling, Models, Managerial Occupations
Career Behavior in the Knowledge Economy: Experiences and Perceptions of Career Mobility among Management and IT Consultants in the UK and the USA
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Donnelly, Rory – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
The traditional lifelong organizational career model no longer remains relevant for many workers, particularly those active in the knowledge economy. Instead these workers are claimed to pursue boundaryless and protean careers. This paper explores management and IT consultants' experiences and perceptions of career mobility in the UK and the USA.…
Descriptors: Consultants, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Administrators
A Causal Model of the Antecedents of Organizational Commitment among Professionals and Nonprofessionals.
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Mathieu, John E.; Hamel, Karin – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1989
A causal model of organizational commitment was developed from previous theory and research. The model included variables from each of four categories--personal needs, job characteristics, role states, and work experiences--as well as employees' job satisfaction and mental health. It was tested in surveys of nonprofessional and professional…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Models, Need Gratification
Developmental Tasks of Career Maintenance.
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Williams, Caitlin P.; Savickas, Mark L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Compared employed adults' (N=136) career concerns to vocational development tasks in Super's model of maintenance career stage. Found results indicated adaptation not maturation propelled development. Results support posited renewal task which deals with midlife reassessment of career choice and commitment. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Counseling Theories, Decision Making
Age vs Stage Models of Career Attitudes of Women: A Partial Replication and Extension.
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Ornstein, Suzyn; Isabella, Lynn – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Assessed organizational commitment, satisfaction, intention to leave, willingness to relocate, desire for promotion, timing of promotion, and career stage in female managers (N=204). Found women's experiences were more closely aligned with how old they were than with where they were in their career suggesting shifting career attitudes are function…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Careers