Associations between career adaptability and career decision-making difficulties among Turkish high school students Abstract The present study examined the influence of career adaptability and gender on career decision-making difficulties among Turkish adolescents. The sample consisted of 702 high school students, 55% girls. The results showed that concern correlated negatively with lack of readiness, but positively with lack of information and inconsistent information. Control was negatively associated only with lack of readiness. Curiosity correlated positively with lack of readiness but negatively with lack of information and inconsistent information. Confidence was unrelated to any difficulties. The model did not change according to gender. These findings can provide guidance for proactive career services in schools.

The influence and development of psychological capital in the job search context Abstract Past research shows Psychological Capital (PsyCap) to be associated with behaviors and performance at work, but few studies link PsyCap to the job seeking process. This project highlights how PsyCap might support persistence and success among job seekers. In study 1, using a two-wave design (N = 447), findings indicate that PsyCap might help individuals persist in job seeking, resulting in more interviews, offers, and employment. In study 2, using a quasi-experimental design (N = 361), findings indicate that PsyCap can be developed among job seekers through the PsyCap intervention model. Practical implications for counsellors and job seekers are discussed.

Development and evaluation of a short RIASEC interest inventory Abstract This study set out to develop a short interest inventory based on Holland’s model of vocational personality types using items from the South African Career Interest Inventory (SACII). In study 1, we used 1000 responses to the SACII from an existing database to select 30 items for this interest inventory. Satisfactory reliability and structural validity were found for responses to these items. In study 2, we investigated the psychometric properties of these items on a sample of 183 participants. Satisfactory reliability and structural validity were again found. Implications and recommendations for research are discussed.

Diverse histories, common ground and a shared future: the education of career guidance and counselling professionals in the Nordic countries Abstract The development of education programmes in career guidance and counseling (CGC) has followed different paths among the various Nordic countries. Ten CGC programmes in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden were evaluated against the NICE curricular model. The results show that all NICE core competences are represented in the curricula. However, there is greater focus in some programmes on developing competences for individual career guidance, than on developing competences for working at organisational and societal levels. Implications for the cooperation and professionalisation of CGC within the Nordic countries are discussed as well as limitations of the NICE model.

Practitioners’ conceptions of ethical practice in social networking in career services Abstract This article reports on a phenomenographic investigation into practitioners’ conceptions of ethical practice in social networking in career services. The results show that ethical practice was conceived as stemming from: (1) an information orientation, (2) a networking orientation, (3) an educational orientation, and (4) a collaborative orientation. Differences appeared along six dimensions including: approach, activities, level of usage, perception, strategy and ethical principles. The findings give us a more profound understanding of critical aspects that may have an important role in relation to further developments and the successful implementation of existing and emerging technologies in the career service sector.

Assessing manifest interests within the career construction interview Abstract The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine narrative responses of participants (n = 83) to the prompts of the career construction interview for manifest interests. We compared our analyzed results of narrative responses to participant Strong Interest Inventory-College Profile results to determine correlational strength. The results indicated a .27 overall correlation between the two assessments, demonstrating that some questions from the career construction interview are more and less effective in assessing manifest interests. Results from this study provide efficacy evidence for the combination of interest inventories and the career construction interview in assessing clients’ manifest interests.

Models for antecedents of turnover intention and behavior among Brazilian employees Abstract Studies indicate that the costs resulting from voluntary turnover range from 93 to 200% of the annual salary for a single position, besides intangible losses for teams and individuals. The present study tested an explanatory model of turnover intention and a predictive model of voluntary turnover behavior among Brazilian employees. Participants were 379 employees (52% male) between 23 and 55 years old (M = 34.3). The results of the linear and logistic regression analyses indicated that the motives for turnover intention and behavior differ and that variables controlled by organizations, more than contextual or individual ones, lead to voluntary employee turnover.

Using the log-linear cognitive diagnosis model to classify individuals in career and educational assessment Abstract The log-linear cognitive diagnosis model (LCDM) is a modern technique that dichotomously classifies individuals (e.g., possession and non-possession) on attributes of a multidimensional construct, which is particularly suited to diagnostic and formative assessments where a classification decision is desired (e.g., to assign intervention or not). This article provides a tutorial for conducting analyses using the LCDM and illustrates an application in career assessment with simulated data to showcase the unique types of diagnostic feedback the LCDM provides. The article concludes with a discussion of the ideal contexts in which to apply the model and its implications in career and educational assessment.

Longitudinal relations among economic deprivation, work volition, and academic satisfaction: a psychology of working perspective Abstract Using the Psychology of Working Theory as a guide, the goal of this study was to examine the longitudinal relations of economic deprivation to work volition and work volition to academic satisfaction among college students. We sampled 1508 students and surveyed them at three time points over a 6-month period. We found that economic deprivation partially predicted work volition over time, and work volition consistently predicted academic satisfaction over time. These results have theoretical implications as well as relevance to personnel working with economically marginalized college students.