There is solid evidence that proactivity, defined as self-initiated and future-focused action to
change oneself or the situation, can positively benefit individuals and organizations …

Although continuing to capture the attention of scholars, the study of “work–family backlash”
remains plagued by a lack of conceptual clarity. As a result, there is growing evidence to …

Requests for flexible work practices have become commonplace, with the aim of helping
employees perform more effectively in both their private and work lives. One path for …

Purpose Employees need a sustainable career to prolong their working lives. The ability,
motivation and opportunity to work form an important basis for sustainable careers across …

Purpose Transformational leadership (TFL) has been suggested to create positive changes
in employees with the goal of developing them into leaders. The authors integrate this well …

Purpose This study intends to investigate how an employee's proactive personality and a
supervisor's idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) relate to their subordinates' affective commitment …

To provide context for this special issue's eight articles, we review the lenses adopted in i-
deals research and its findings and then address under-studied aspects of i-deals. Part of …

Background Occupational demands are well documented for the general population. Social
relationships are one such demand, according to job demands-resources theory. When …

Drawing on theories of perspective‐taking and i‐deals, this study explores the impact of
supervisors' own caregiving responsibilities for elders and parental status on subordinates' …

This study explores the role of idiosyncratic developmental deals (i-deals) in shaping the
career of employees. The study tests how employees use i-deals to influence promotability …