1st Edition
Vocational Interests in the Workplace Rethinking Behavior at Work
Introduction
Christopher D. Nye and James Rounds
Chapter 1: The Nature of Interests: Toward A Unifying Theory of Trait-State Interest Dynamics
Rong Su, Gundula Stoll and James Rounds
Chapter 2: Interest Development as a Dynamic Process in the Workplace
K. Ann Renninger and Suzanne E. Hidi
Chapter 3: A History of Vocational Interest Measurement
Michael J. Zickar and Hanyi Min
Chapter 4: Interest Measurement
Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko, Stephen Stark and Christopher D. Nye
Chapter 5: Vocational Interests and Work Outcomes
Christopher D. Nye, Sarena Bhatia and Joshua Prasad
Chapter 6: Personnel Selection and Vocational Interests: Recent Research and Future Directions
Frederick L. Oswald, Leaetta M. Hough and Chen Zuo
Chapter 7: Vocational Interests and Meaningful Work
M. Teresa Cardador
Chapter 8: The Importance of Interests for Understanding Retirement
Laura Venz and Mo Wang
Chapter 9: New(ish) Directions for Vocational Interests Research
Robert Hogan and Ryne A. Sherman
Chapter 10: Connecting Concepts: Effects of Diversity of Interests and Interests’ Effects on Diversity
Ann Marie Ryan and Danielle D. King
Chapter 11: Vocational Interests in a Global Business Environment
Jason L. Huang, Shan Ran and Mengqiao Lui
Chapter 12: Development of Vocational Interests in Adulthood
Bart Wille and Filip De Fruyt
Chapter 13: The Role of Interests in the Development of Expertise: A Multifactorial Perspective
David Z. Hambrick, Alexander P. Burgoyne and Frederick L. Oswald
Biography
Christopher D. Nye is Assistant Professor of Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University, USA. He has received awards from the University of Illinois, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the International Personnel Assessment Council for his work. More recently, Dr. Nye was awarded the Early Career Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division. He has also been a Consortium Research Fellow for the Defense Manpower Data Center and a Senior Consortium Research Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute.
James Rounds is Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology and College of Education Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA. His publications have appeared in numerous journals. He has received the American Psychological Association John L. Holland Award for outstanding achievement in career and personality research, American Educational Research Association Outstanding Research Award in Counseling and has been designated a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science.
"Most adults spend 1/3 or more of their waking hours at work. Some people wonder, "What went wrong?" while others think, "How did I get so lucky?" Vocational Interests in the Workplace takes up such questions in a collection of essays by experts in the field. These essays explore the complex interplay of personal interests and work environments, considering jobs from the view of the organization, the worker, the vocational psychologist, and the measurement specialist. This book invites both casual and serious readers into the study of interests, embracing organizational, vocational, and educational psychology." - Susan X Day, PhD, Research Professor, University of Houston, USA
