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The "double-edged sword" effects of career support mentoring on newcomer turnover: How and when it helps or hurts. (2023)
Journal Article
Deng, H., Guan, Y., Zhou, X., Li, Y., Cai, D., Li, N., & Liu, B. (2023). The "double-edged sword" effects of career support mentoring on newcomer turnover: How and when it helps or hurts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(7), 1094-1114. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001143

Research on mentoring programs has portrayed them almost exclusively beneficial for newcomer retention. Drawing from the social cognitive model of career management and the boundaryless career perspective, we depart from this predominant view and exa... Read More about The "double-edged sword" effects of career support mentoring on newcomer turnover: How and when it helps or hurts..

Distressed yet bonded: A longitudinal investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver lining effects on life satisfaction. (2023)
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Guan, Y., Jiang, D., Wu, C., Deng, H., Su, S., Buchtel, E. E., & Chen, S. X. (2023). Distressed yet bonded: A longitudinal investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver lining effects on life satisfaction. American Psychologist, 79(2), 268–284. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001188

It is a common understanding that the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) significantly
harmed mental health. However, findings on changes in overall life satisfaction have been
mixed and inconclusive. To address this puzzling phenomenon, we dra... Read More about Distressed yet bonded: A longitudinal investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver lining effects on life satisfaction..

Long-term effect of childhood pandemic experience on medical major choice: Evidence from the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in China (2023)
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Chen, Z., Wang, Y., Guan, Y., Guo, M. J., & Xu, R. (2023). Long-term effect of childhood pandemic experience on medical major choice: Evidence from the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in China. Health Economics, 32(5), 1120-1147. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4659

This study examines the long-term effect of a pandemic on a crucial human capital decision, namely college major choice. Using China’s 2008–2016 major-level National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) entry grades, we find that the 2003 SARS had a... Read More about Long-term effect of childhood pandemic experience on medical major choice: Evidence from the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in China.

Sustaining newcomers' career adaptability: The roles of socialization tactics, job embeddedness and career variety (2023)
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Fan, L., Cai, D., Li, Z., Xu, L., Wen, S., Li, F., Guan, Z., & Guan, Y. (2023). Sustaining newcomers' career adaptability: The roles of socialization tactics, job embeddedness and career variety. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 96(2), 264-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12423

In this study, we aim to examine how socialization practices predict newcomers' career adaptability during their organizational transitions. Drawing on career construction theory and conservation of resources theory, we argue that newcomers' job embe... Read More about Sustaining newcomers' career adaptability: The roles of socialization tactics, job embeddedness and career variety.

Role of Perceived Events in University Graduates' Job Search Self-efficacy and Success (2022)
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Guan, Y., Zhou, X., Zheng, Y., Wen, S., Fu, Y., Hu, N., Fu, A., Han, Y., & Wang, Z. (2022). Role of Perceived Events in University Graduates' Job Search Self-efficacy and Success. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 136, Article 103741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103741

This study aims to enrich job search literature by examining the unique role of perceived job search events in predicting job search self-efficacy (JSSE) and two job search outcomes (i.e., perceived job search progress, the number of job offers) duri... Read More about Role of Perceived Events in University Graduates' Job Search Self-efficacy and Success.

Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking (2022)
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Wang, X. (., Zheng, X. (., Guan, Y., & Zhao, S. (2022). Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(2), 332-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12386

Drawing on social exchange theory, this study examines when and why high performers may fail to obtain supervisory career mentoring (SCM). Although high performance by protégés often makes SCM more efficient and successful, we argue that supervising... Read More about Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking.

Leaders' response to employee overqualification: An explanation of the curvilinear moderated relationship (2022)
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Jiang, J., Dong, Y., Hu, H., Liu, Q., & Guan, Y. (2022). Leaders' response to employee overqualification: An explanation of the curvilinear moderated relationship. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(2), 459-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12383

This research aimed to advance overqualification literature by examining how leaders’ perceived employee overqualification influences their empowering behavior and employee work behaviors. Drawing upon the individualized leadership theory, we propose... Read More about Leaders' response to employee overqualification: An explanation of the curvilinear moderated relationship.

Who in the World is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in 56 Countries (2021)
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Baranski, E., Sweeny, K., Gardiner, G., Project, M. O. I. S., & Funder, D. (2021). Who in the World is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in 56 Countries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(5), 1140-1156. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000389

Recent research conducted largely in the US suggests that most people would like to change one or more of their personality traits. Yet almost no research has investigated the degree to which and in what ways volitional personality change (VPC), or i... Read More about Who in the World is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in 56 Countries.

Are adaptable employees more likely to stay? Boundaryless careers and career ecosystem perspectives on career adaptability and turnover (2021)
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Wang, F., Xu, Y., Zhou, X., Fu, A., Guan, Y., She, Z., Wang, Z., & Bi, Y. (2022). Are adaptable employees more likely to stay? Boundaryless careers and career ecosystem perspectives on career adaptability and turnover. Applied Psychology, 71(4), 1326-1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12356

Employees with higher career adaptability (CA) have been shown in previous research to be more likely to build high-quality social exchange relations with current employers, thereby displaying a lower intention to leave. Based on boundaryless careers... Read More about Are adaptable employees more likely to stay? Boundaryless careers and career ecosystem perspectives on career adaptability and turnover.

Self-consistency and self-determination perspectives of career value changes: A cross-lagged panel study among Chinese university students (2021)
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Xu, Y., Liu, S., Li, R., Guan, Y., & Zhou, W. (2021). Self-consistency and self-determination perspectives of career value changes: A cross-lagged panel study among Chinese university students. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 127, Article 103584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103584

Drawing upon value change and self-determination theories, a cross-lagged panel survey study was conducted to examine the dynamic changes among different value dimensions (i.e., external compensation, intrinsic fulfillment, and work-life balance valu... Read More about Self-consistency and self-determination perspectives of career value changes: A cross-lagged panel study among Chinese university students.

Theorizing person-environment fit in a changing career world: Interdisciplinary integration and future directions (2021)
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Guan, Y., Deng, H., Fan, L., & Zhou, X. (2021). Theorizing person-environment fit in a changing career world: Interdisciplinary integration and future directions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 126, Article 103557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103557

This article is part of the 50th anniversary issue of the Journal of Vocational Behavior (JVB), with a focus on Person-environment (P-E) fit. P-E fit has been a central research area in vocational and organizational psychology. With a focus on highly... Read More about Theorizing person-environment fit in a changing career world: Interdisciplinary integration and future directions.

My fault or yours? leaders’ dual reactions to abusive supervision via rumination depend on their independent self‐construal (2020)
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Deng, H., Lam, C. K., Guan, Y., & Wang, M. (2021). My fault or yours? leaders’ dual reactions to abusive supervision via rumination depend on their independent self‐construal. Personnel Psychology, 74(4), 773-798. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12430

In this research, we propose a novel goal‐failure perspective based on cognitive theories of rumination to examine how leaders react to their own abusive supervision in distinct ways. Findings from two multi‐wave, multisource field studies conducted... Read More about My fault or yours? leaders’ dual reactions to abusive supervision via rumination depend on their independent self‐construal.

Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Career Development: Insights from Cultural Psychology (2020)
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Guan, Y., Deng, H., & Zhou, X. (2020). Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Career Development: Insights from Cultural Psychology. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 119, Article 103438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103438

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a significant global crisis that requires individuals, organizations and nations to take necessary steps to cope. To develop a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on individua... Read More about Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Career Development: Insights from Cultural Psychology.

Supervisor-Directed Emotional Labor as Upward Influence: An Emotions-as-Social-Information Perspective (2020)
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Deng, H., Walter, F., & Guan, Y. (2020). Supervisor-Directed Emotional Labor as Upward Influence: An Emotions-as-Social-Information Perspective. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41(4), 384-402. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2424

To access organizational resources, subordinates often strive to influence supervisors' impressions. Moreover, subordinates' interactions with supervisors are known to be ripe with emotions. Nevertheless, research on upward impression management has... Read More about Supervisor-Directed Emotional Labor as Upward Influence: An Emotions-as-Social-Information Perspective.

A relational model of career adaptability and career prospects: The roles of leader-member exchange and agreeableness (2019)
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Yang, X., Guan, Y., Zhang, Y., She, Z., Buchtel, E., Mak, M., & Hu, H. (2020). A relational model of career adaptability and career prospects: The roles of leader-member exchange and agreeableness. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 93(2), 405-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12301

Drawing on career construction theory and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, this research examined the mediating role of LMX in explaining the effect of employee career adaptability on career prospects, as well as the moderating role of agreeablen... Read More about A relational model of career adaptability and career prospects: The roles of leader-member exchange and agreeableness.

Assessing the Similarity of Injunctive Norm Profiles across Different Social Roles: The Effect of Closeness and Status in the USA and China (2019)
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Buchtel, E., Ma, P., & Guan, Y. (2019). Assessing the Similarity of Injunctive Norm Profiles across Different Social Roles: The Effect of Closeness and Status in the USA and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(10), 1140-1160. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119871357

Do social roles affect injunctive norms for behavior and more so in Chinese than American cultural contexts? We use mixed methods to analyze open-ended data describing appropriate behavior within social roles that differ in interpersonal closeness an... Read More about Assessing the Similarity of Injunctive Norm Profiles across Different Social Roles: The Effect of Closeness and Status in the USA and China.

Career construction in social exchange: a dual-path model linking career adaptability to turnover intention (2019)
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Zhu, F., Cai, Z., Buchtel, E., & Guan, Y. (2019). Career construction in social exchange: a dual-path model linking career adaptability to turnover intention. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 112(282-293), 282-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.04.003

Although the negative relationship between career adaptability and turnover intention has been established in previous research, understanding of the mechanisms and boundary conditions is still incomplete. In this study we attempt to address this gap... Read More about Career construction in social exchange: a dual-path model linking career adaptability to turnover intention.

Parents’ Career Values, Adaptability, Career-specific Parenting Behaviors, and Undergraduates’ Career Adaptability (2018)
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Guan, Y., Wang, Z., Gong, Q., Cai, Z., Xu, S., Xiang, Q., Wang, Y., Chen, S., Hu, H., & Tian, L. (2018). Parents’ Career Values, Adaptability, Career-specific Parenting Behaviors, and Undergraduates’ Career Adaptability. The Counseling Psychologist, 46(7), 922-946. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000018808215

This study examined how Chinese parents’ career values and adaptability predict their career-specific parenting behaviors and their children’s career adaptability. We conducted a survey study with Chinese university students and their parents (N = 26... Read More about Parents’ Career Values, Adaptability, Career-specific Parenting Behaviors, and Undergraduates’ Career Adaptability.

The interplay of proactive personality and internship quality in Chinese university graduates' job search success: The role of career adaptability (2018)
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Pan, J., Guan, Y., Wu, J., Han, L., Zhu, F., Fu, X., & Yu, J. (2018). The interplay of proactive personality and internship quality in Chinese university graduates' job search success: The role of career adaptability. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 109, 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.09.003

Based on the job characteristics model and career construction theory, this study examined the role of internship quality in the employment success of Chinese university students. A four-wave survey study was conducted in a sample of university gradu... Read More about The interplay of proactive personality and internship quality in Chinese university graduates' job search success: The role of career adaptability.

How much is enough in a perfect world? Cultural variation in ideal levels of happiness, pleasure, freedom, health, self-esteem, longevity, and intelligence (2018)
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Hornsey, M., Bain, P., Harris, E., Lebedeva, N., Kashima, E., Guan, Y., …Blumen, S. (2018). How much is enough in a perfect world? Cultural variation in ideal levels of happiness, pleasure, freedom, health, self-esteem, longevity, and intelligence. Psychological Science, 29(9), 1393-1404. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618768058

The maximization principle—that people aspire to the highest possible level of something good if all practical constraints are removed—is a common yet untested assumption about human nature. We predict that in holistic cultures—where contradiction, c... Read More about How much is enough in a perfect world? Cultural variation in ideal levels of happiness, pleasure, freedom, health, self-esteem, longevity, and intelligence.