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Who in the World is Trying to Change Their Personality Traits? Volitional Personality Change Among College Students in 56 Countries (2021)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.