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

Career Boundarylessness and Career Success: A Review, Integration and Guide to Future Research (2018)
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Guan, Y., Arthur, M., Khapova, S., Hall, R., & Lord, R. (2019). Career Boundarylessness and Career Success: A Review, Integration and Guide to Future Research. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110(Part B), 390--402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.05.013

The concept of boundaryless careers characterizes emerging career patterns that are less dependent on traditional organizational career management. Based on an evidence-based review of literature on the relationship between career boundarylessness an... Read More about Career Boundarylessness and Career Success: A Review, Integration and Guide to Future Research.

Acculturation Orientations and Chinese Student Sojourners’ Career Adaptability: The Roles of Career Exploration and Cultural Distance (2017)
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Guan, Y., Liu, S., Guo, M., Li, M., Wu, M., Chen, S., …Tian, L. (2018). Acculturation Orientations and Chinese Student Sojourners’ Career Adaptability: The Roles of Career Exploration and Cultural Distance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 104, 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.11.008

Drawing on career construction theory and Berry's acculturation model, this study examined how student sojourners' acculturation orientations predicted their career exploration and career adaptability. We conducted a survey study among Chinese studen... Read More about Acculturation Orientations and Chinese Student Sojourners’ Career Adaptability: The Roles of Career Exploration and Cultural Distance.

How Long Can Cultural Events Elevate Group Identity Salience? The Mediating Role of Affective Adaptation (2017)
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Chen, S., Hui, C., Ng, J., & Guan, Y. (2019). How Long Can Cultural Events Elevate Group Identity Salience? The Mediating Role of Affective Adaptation. Self and Identity, 18(2), 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1391874

Cultural events have been found to make one’s group identity temporarily more salient. How long such an elevated sense of identity can endure remains, however, an empirical question. Building upon the model of affective adaptation, we propose that th... Read More about How Long Can Cultural Events Elevate Group Identity Salience? The Mediating Role of Affective Adaptation.

On the relation between social dominance orientation and environmentalism: A 25-nation study (2017)
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Milfont, T., Bain, P., Kashima, Y., Corral-Verdugo, V., Pasquali, C., Johansson, L., …Einarsdóttir, G. (2018). On the relation between social dominance orientation and environmentalism: A 25-nation study. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(7), 802-814. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617722832

Approval of hierarchy and inequality in society indexed by social dominance orientation (SDO) extends to support for human dominance over the natural world. We tested this negative association between SDO and environmentalism and the validity of the... Read More about On the relation between social dominance orientation and environmentalism: A 25-nation study.

Understanding the trait basis of career adaptability: A two-wave mediation analysis among Chinese university students (2017)
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Guan, Y., Dai, X., Gong, Q., Deng, Y., Hou, Y., Dong, Z., …Lai, X. (2017). Understanding the trait basis of career adaptability: A two-wave mediation analysis among Chinese university students. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 101, 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.04.004

To investigate the mechanisms through which the basic traits (big-five personality and approach/avoidance traits) predict career adaptability, and develop a more systematic view of the components of career adaptivity, we conducted a two-wave survey s... Read More about Understanding the trait basis of career adaptability: A two-wave mediation analysis among Chinese university students.

The Added Value of World views over Self-Views: Predicting Modest Behaviour in Eastern and Western Cultures (2017)
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Chen, S., Ng, J., Buchtel, E., Guan, Y., Deng, H., & Bond, M. (2017). The Added Value of World views over Self-Views: Predicting Modest Behaviour in Eastern and Western Cultures. British Journal of Social Psychology, 56(4), 723-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12196

Personality research has been focused on different aspects of the self, including traits, attitudes, beliefs, goals, and motivation. These aspects of the self are used to explain and predict social behaviour. The present research assessed generalized... Read More about The Added Value of World views over Self-Views: Predicting Modest Behaviour in Eastern and Western Cultures.

Modeling dynamics in career construction: Reciprocal relationship between future work self and career exploration (2017)
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Guan, Y., Zhuang, M., Cai, Z., Ding, Y., Wang, Y., Huang, Z., & Lai, X. (2017). Modeling dynamics in career construction: Reciprocal relationship between future work self and career exploration. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 101, 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.04.003

In extant research, scholars have treated proactive career behavior (e.g., career exploration) primarily as a consequence of future work self. Yet, emerging evidence provides support for a relationship in the opposite direction, suggesting that caree... Read More about Modeling dynamics in career construction: Reciprocal relationship between future work self and career exploration.

Conservatives are more reluctant to give and receive apologies than liberals (2017)
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Hornsey, M., Schumann, K., Bain, P., Blumen, S., Chen, S., Gómez, A., …Wohl, M. (2017). Conservatives are more reluctant to give and receive apologies than liberals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(7), 827-835. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617691096

This article examines the proposition that conservatives will be less willing than liberals to apologize and less likely to forgive after receiving an apology. In Study 1, we found evidence for both relationships in a nine-nation survey. In Study 2,... Read More about Conservatives are more reluctant to give and receive apologies than liberals.

A Relational Model of Perceived Overqualification: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Influence on Social Acceptance (2016)
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Deng, H., Guan, Y., Wu, C., Erdogan, B., Bauer, T., & Yao, X. (2018). A Relational Model of Perceived Overqualification: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Influence on Social Acceptance. Journal of Management, 44(8), 3288-3310. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206316668237

Theories of perceived overqualification have tended to focus on employees’ job-related responses to account for effects on performance. We offer an alternative perspective and theorize that perceived overqualification could influence work performance... Read More about A Relational Model of Perceived Overqualification: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Influence on Social Acceptance.

Self-referent and Other-referent Career Successes, Career Satisfaction and Turnover Intention among Chinese Employees: The Role of Achievement Motivation (2016)
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Guan, Y., Jiang, P., Wang, Z., Mo, Z., & Zhu, F. (2017). Self-referent and Other-referent Career Successes, Career Satisfaction and Turnover Intention among Chinese Employees: The Role of Achievement Motivation. Journal of Career Development, 44(5), 379-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845316657181

Based on the social comparison theory, this research examined how self-referent and other-referent career successes predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among a sample of Chinese employees (N = 299). It was found that both self-referent... Read More about Self-referent and Other-referent Career Successes, Career Satisfaction and Turnover Intention among Chinese Employees: The Role of Achievement Motivation.

Making sense of positive self-evaluations in China: The role of sociocultural change (2016)
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Zhang, R., Noels, K., Guan, Y., & Weng, L. (2017). Making sense of positive self-evaluations in China: The role of sociocultural change. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47(1), 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2214

Recent research points to Chinese people's elevated tendency to make positive self-evaluations, despite the general claim that East Asians do not self-enhance. We present three studies in support of a novel prediction that sociocultural change in Chi... Read More about Making sense of positive self-evaluations in China: The role of sociocultural change.

Contextual effect of wealth on independence: an examination through regional differences in China (2016)
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Takemura, K., Hamamura, T., Guan, Y., & Suzuki, S. (2016). Contextual effect of wealth on independence: an examination through regional differences in China. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00384

The current study disentangled two different effects of wealth on psychological tendency toward independence: one is an effect exerted at the individual level (i.e., being rich) and the other one is a contextual effect (i.e., being surrounded by rich... Read More about Contextual effect of wealth on independence: an examination through regional differences in China.

Career success criteria and locus of control as indicators of adaptive readiness in the career adaptation model (2016)
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Zhou, W., Guan, Y., Xin, L., Mak, M., & Deng, Y. (2016). Career success criteria and locus of control as indicators of adaptive readiness in the career adaptation model. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 94, 124-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.02.015

The present research had two goals. The first goal was to identify additional individual characteristics that may contribute to adaptive readiness. The second goal was to test if these characteristics fit the career adaptation model of readiness to r... Read More about Career success criteria and locus of control as indicators of adaptive readiness in the career adaptation model.

Attitudes toward older adults: A matter of cultural values or personal values? (2015)
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Zhang, X., Xing, C., Guan, Y., Song, X., Melloy, R., Wang, F., & Jin, X. (2016). Attitudes toward older adults: A matter of cultural values or personal values?. Psychology and Aging, 31(1), 89-100. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000068

The current research aimed to address the inconsistent findings regarding cultural differences in attitudes toward older adults by differentiating the effects of personal and cultural values. In Study 1, we used data from the sixth wave of the World... Read More about Attitudes toward older adults: A matter of cultural values or personal values?.

Predicting Chinese human resource managers' strategic competence: Roles of identity, career variety, organizational support and career adaptability (2015)
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Guan, Y., Yang, W., Zhou, X., Tian, Z., & Eves, A. (2016). Predicting Chinese human resource managers' strategic competence: Roles of identity, career variety, organizational support and career adaptability. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 92, 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.11.012

Based on career construction theory, the predictors of human resource managers' strategic competence in the Chinese context were examined. Results from a survey administered to Chinese HR managers (N = 220) showed that professional identification, ca... Read More about Predicting Chinese human resource managers' strategic competence: Roles of identity, career variety, organizational support and career adaptability.

Do people’s world views matter? The why and how (2015)
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Chen, S., Lam, B., Wu, W., Ng, J., Buchtel, E., Guan, Y., & Deng, H. (2016). Do people’s world views matter? The why and how. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(5), 743-765. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000061

Over the past decades, personality and social psychologists have extensively investigated the role of self-views in individual functioning. Research on world views, however, has been less well studied due to overly specific conceptualizations, and li... Read More about Do people’s world views matter? The why and how.

Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world (2015)
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Bain, P. G., Milfont, T. L., Kashima, Y., Bilewicz, M., Doron, G., Garðarsdóttir, R. B., …Saviolidis, N. M. (2016). Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world. Nature Climate Change, 6(2), 154-157. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2814

Personal and political action on climate change is traditionally thought to be motivated by people accepting its reality and importance. However, convincing the public that climate change is real faces powerful ideological obstacles1, 2, 3, 4, and cl... Read More about Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world.

Career adaptability and perceived overqualification: Testing a dual-path model among Chinese human resource management professionals. (2015)
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Yang, W., Guan, Y., She, Z., Lai, X., & Lockwood, A. (2015). Career adaptability and perceived overqualification: Testing a dual-path model among Chinese human resource management professionals. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 90, 154-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.08.007

Based on career construction theory, the current research examined the relationship between career adaptability and perceived overqualification among a sample of Chinese human resource management professionals (N = 220). The results of a survey study... Read More about Career adaptability and perceived overqualification: Testing a dual-path model among Chinese human resource management professionals..

Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations (2015)
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Chen, S., Lam, B., Hui, B., Ng, J., Mak, W., Guan, Y., …Lau, V. (2016). Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(2), 302-331. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039647

The influences of globalization have permeated various aspects of life in contemporary society, from technical innovations, economic development, and lifestyles, to communication patterns. The present research proposed a construct termed global orien... Read More about Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations.

Immorality East and West: Are immoral behaviors especially harmful, or especially uncultured? (2015)
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Buchtel, E., Guan, Y., Peng, Q., Su, Y., Sang, B., Chen, S., & Bond, M. (2015). Immorality East and West: Are immoral behaviors especially harmful, or especially uncultured?. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(10), 1382-1394. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167215595606

What makes some acts immoral? Although Western theories of morality often define harmful behaviors as centrally immoral, whether this is applicable to other cultures is still under debate. In particular, Confucianism emphasizes civility as fundamenta... Read More about Immorality East and West: Are immoral behaviors especially harmful, or especially uncultured?.

Depletion from Self-Regulation: A Resource-based Account of the Effect of Value Incongruence (2015)
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Deng, H., Wu, C., Leung, K., & Guan, Y. (2016). Depletion from Self-Regulation: A Resource-based Account of the Effect of Value Incongruence. Personnel Psychology, 69(2), 431-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12107

Value incongruence between employees and organizations has been identified as a negative work condition. An attitude-based account suggests that value incongruence gives rise to negative attitudes toward organizations and thus causes low performance.... Read More about Depletion from Self-Regulation: A Resource-based Account of the Effect of Value Incongruence.

Differences in career decision-making profiles between American and Chinese university students: The relative strength of mediating mechanisms across cultures. (2015)
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Guan, Y., Chen, S., Levin, N., Bond, M., Luo, N., Xu, J., …Han, X. (2015). Differences in career decision-making profiles between American and Chinese university students: The relative strength of mediating mechanisms across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46(6), 856-872. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022115585874

The current research examined differences in career decision-making profiles (CDMP) between American and Chinese university students, as well as the mediating mechanisms possibly underlying these cultural differences. The results of a survey among Am... Read More about Differences in career decision-making profiles between American and Chinese university students: The relative strength of mediating mechanisms across cultures..

Big-five personality and BIS/BAS traits as predictors of career exploration: The mediation role of career adaptability. (2015)
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Li, Y., Guan, Y., Wang, F., Zhou, X., Guo, K., Jiang, P., …Fang, Z. (2015). Big-five personality and BIS/BAS traits as predictors of career exploration: The mediation role of career adaptability. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 89, 39-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.04.006

Based on career construction theory, the current research examined whether career adaptability mediates the relations of the personality traits (Five-Factor Model personality traits and behavioral inhibition and activation systems (BIS/BAS)) to caree... Read More about Big-five personality and BIS/BAS traits as predictors of career exploration: The mediation role of career adaptability..

Perceived organizational career management and career adaptability as predictors of success and turnover intention among Chinese employees. (2015)
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Guan, Y., Zhou, W., Ye, L., Jiang, P., & Zhou, Y. (2015). Perceived organizational career management and career adaptability as predictors of success and turnover intention among Chinese employees. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.04.002

Based on the theories of career construction and of social exchange, the current research examined the joint and interactive effects of perceived organizational career management and career adaptability on indicators of career success (i.e., salary a... Read More about Perceived organizational career management and career adaptability as predictors of success and turnover intention among Chinese employees..

Career decision-making profiles and career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural comparison among US, Israeli, and Chinese samples. (2015)
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Willner, T., Gati, I., & Guan, Y. (2015). Career decision-making profiles and career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural comparison among US, Israeli, and Chinese samples. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 143-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.03.007

Assessing individuals' career decision-making difficulties and career decision-making profile (style) allows counselors to help them make better career decisions. The present study focused on the associations between the Career Decision-Making Profil... Read More about Career decision-making profiles and career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural comparison among US, Israeli, and Chinese samples..

Career-specific parental behaviors, career exploration and career adaptability: A three-wave investigation among Chinese undergraduates. (2014)
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Guan, Y., Wang, F., Liu, H., Ji, Y., Jia, X., Fang, Z., …Li, C. (2015). Career-specific parental behaviors, career exploration and career adaptability: A three-wave investigation among Chinese undergraduates. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 86, 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.10.007

The current research examined the effects of career-specific parental behaviors (reported by parents at time 1) on Chinese university students' career exploration (reported by students at time 2) and career adaptability (reported by students at time... Read More about Career-specific parental behaviors, career exploration and career adaptability: A three-wave investigation among Chinese undergraduates..

Self-esteem and proactive personality as predictors of future work self and career adaptability: An examination of mediating and moderating processes. (2014)
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Cai, Z., Guan, Y., Li, H., Shi, W., Guo, K., Liu, Y., …Hua, H. (2015). Self-esteem and proactive personality as predictors of future work self and career adaptability: An examination of mediating and moderating processes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 86, 86-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.10.004

Basing on career construction theory and self-verification theory, current research examined the mediating and moderating models for the relations among self-esteem, proactive personality, career exploration, future work self and career adaptability.... Read More about Self-esteem and proactive personality as predictors of future work self and career adaptability: An examination of mediating and moderating processes..

Career adaptability, calling and the professional competence of social work students in China: A career construction perspective. (2014)
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Guo, Y., Guan, Y., Yang, X., Xu, J., Zhou, X., She, Z., …Fu, M. (2014). Career adaptability, calling and the professional competence of social work students in China: A career construction perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85(3), 394-402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.09.001

Based on career construction theory, the current research examined individual and contextual predictors for the professional competence of Chinese undergraduates majoring in social work (N = 270). Results showed that career concern and career curiosi... Read More about Career adaptability, calling and the professional competence of social work students in China: A career construction perspective..

Parents’ music training motivation and children’s music learning achievement: An investigation in the Chinese context. (2014)
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Liu, L., Bond, M., Guan, Y., Cai, Z., Sun, J., Yu, Q., …Wang, Z. (2015). Parents’ music training motivation and children’s music learning achievement: An investigation in the Chinese context. Psychology of Music, 43(5), 661-674. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735614532703

The current research examined Chinese parents’ motivation regarding music training for their children, and its relationships with their children’s learning outcomes (N = 269). Results of principal component analysis showed that Chinese parents had bo... Read More about Parents’ music training motivation and children’s music learning achievement: An investigation in the Chinese context..

New job market entrants’ future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models. (2014)
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Guan, Y., Guo, Y., Bond, M., Cai, Z., Zhou, X., Xu, J., …Ye, L. (2014). New job market entrants’ future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85(1), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.05.003

Based on career construction theory and the model of proactive motivation, the current research examined the mediating and moderating models for the relations among future work self, career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and employment status... Read More about New job market entrants’ future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models..

Personal choice: a blessing or a burden, or both? A cross-cultural investigation on need for closure effects in two western and two East-Asian societies. (2013)
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Roets, A., Soetens, B., Au, E., & Guan, Y. (2014). Personal choice: a blessing or a burden, or both? A cross-cultural investigation on need for closure effects in two western and two East-Asian societies. International Journal of Psychology, 49(3), 216-221. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12027

The present study investigates the role of dispositional need for closure (NFC) in how individuals within a particular culture perceive and appreciate choice. Data sets from the US (283 adults), Europe (263 adults and 427 students), China (218 adults... Read More about Personal choice: a blessing or a burden, or both? A cross-cultural investigation on need for closure effects in two western and two East-Asian societies..

Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates. (2013)
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Guan, Y., Deng, H., Sun, J., Wang, Y., Cai, Z., Ye, L., …Li, Y. (2013). Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(3), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2013.09.003

Based on career construction theory, the current research examined the role of career adaptability in Chinese university graduates' job search process (N = 270). Results from a three-wave survey study showed that the four dimension of career adaptabi... Read More about Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates..

Predictive validity of career decision-making profiles over time among Chinese college students. (2013)
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Tian, L., Guan, Y., Chen, S., Levin, N., Cai, Z., Chen, P., …Zhang, S. (2014). Predictive validity of career decision-making profiles over time among Chinese college students. Journal of Career Development, 41(4), 282-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845313495590

Two studies were conducted to validate the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire, a multidimensional measure of the way individuals make career decisions. Results of Study 1 showed that after dropping 1 item from... Read More about Predictive validity of career decision-making profiles over time among Chinese college students..

When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor (2013)
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Guan, Y., Wen, Y., Chen, S., Liu, H., Si, W., Liu, Y., …Dong, Z. (2014). When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 23(4), 596-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2013.763403

The current research examined a moderated mediation model for the relationships among indicators of objective career success (salary and job level), subjective career success (career satisfaction), and turnover intention, as well as the boundary cond... Read More about When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor.

Supplementary fit, complementary fit and work-related attitudes: The role of self-construal. (2011)
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Guan, Y., Deng, H., Risavy, S., Bond, M., & Li, F. (2011). Supplementary fit, complementary fit and work-related attitudes: The role of self-construal. Applied Psychology, 60(2), 286-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00436.x

The current research investigated whether employees' self-construals moderated the effects of supplementary fit and complementary fit on their work-related outcomes (i.e. affective commitment and citizenship behavior). An organisational sample of 317... Read More about Supplementary fit, complementary fit and work-related attitudes: The role of self-construal..