Purpose Given its importance, career optimism (CO) has drawn much attention from
researchers. Fruitful evidence has been accumulated; unfortunately, a quantitative review is …

Purpose This study investigates when and why negative organization-related career shocks
affect career optimism, which is a positive career-planning attitude. The indirect effect of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore individual career management by family
members in the context of their family firms. Design/methodology/approach The …

Guided by Self-Determination Theory (SDT), this study examined the relationships among
parenting (autonomy-supportive and controlling), major choice motivations (autonomous …

Sažetak Student motivation represents an important factor in their academic performance.
The present study explored university students' academic motivation across the academic …

Purpose In the process of pursuing an entrepreneurial career, the role of the relational
institution of the family depends on the economy in which the institutions are embedded. In …

Informed by self-regulation theories, this study examines the role of positive career goal
discrepancies, where young adults appraise their progress towards career goal outcomes …

Access to job and study resources is important to enhance workers' and students' career
optimism, respectively. Yet, it is unknown how these resources foster career optimism in …

The characteristics of Western societies pose significant challenges to how emerging adults
view their futures. In the present study, we analyzed the associations between romantic …

While interest in career optimism has grown steadily in the last 15 years, most of its
investigations rely on cross-sectional convenience samples that prevent exploring how …