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Professor Yanjun Guan's Outputs (8)

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.