Career Development International: Volume 22 Issue 1

Editorial

I.M. “Jim” Jawahar

Global careers in the Arabian Gulf: Understanding motives for self-initiated expatriation of the highly skilled, globally mobile professionals

Yehuda Baruch, Ingo Forstenlechner

The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of expatriation, both firm-initiated and self-initiated. The authors identified factors influencing the…

The impact of career ambition on psychologists’ extrinsic and intrinsic career success: The less they want, the more they get

Kathleen Otto, Robert Roe, Sonja Sobiraj, Martin Mabunda Baluku, Mauricio E. Garrido Vásquez

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between career ambition – defined as high achievement motivation and strong career orientation – and both…

The mechanisms of regulatory focus: Mindfulness, leader-member exchange, and motivational outcomes

Suzanne Zivnuska, K. Michele Kacmar, Matthew Valle

The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying prevention-focus and promotion-focus, two distinct dimensions of regulatory focus undertaken to fulfill…

Mediator analysis of passion for work in Indian millennials: Relationship between protean career attitude and proactive work behavior

Gaatha Gulyani, Jyotsna Bhatnagar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between protean career attitude (PCA) and proactive work behaviors (PWB) and with the theoretical underpinning of…

Emotional intelligence competencies in engineer’s effectiveness and engagement

Richard Boyatzis, Kylie Rochford, Kevin V. Cavanagh

Little research has explored the importance of interpersonal skills, and more specifically, emotional and social intelligence (ESI) competencies for an engineer’s…

Ambition at work and career satisfaction: The mediating role of taking charge behavior and the moderating role of pay

Sabrine El Baroudi, Chen Fleisher, Svetlana N. Khapova, Paul Jansen, Julia Richardson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of pay in the relationship between employee ambition and taking charge behavior, and its subsequent effects on…