Vocational Interests in the Workplace: Rethinking Behavior at Work (SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series)

Vocational Interests in the Workplaceis an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date. With increasing recognition of the importance of vocational interests and their relevance to the workplace, this book emphasizes the strong links between vocational interests and work behavior. It proposes new models and approaches that facilitate thorough exploration of the implications of this relationship between interests and practice. The authors, drawing on knowledge and experience from a range of professional backgrounds, cover essential topics, including: interest measurement; personnel selection; motivation and performance; expertise; meaningful work; effects of a global business environment; diversity; and the ongoing development of interests through adulthood to retirement. Endorsed by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organizational behaviour, and industrial or organizational psychology. ciety for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organizational behaviour, and industrial or organizational psychology. The nature of interests : toward a unifying theory of trait-state interest dynamics / Rong Su, Gundula Stoll and James Rounds -- Interest development as a dynamic process in the workplace / K. Ann Renninger and Suzanne E. Hidi -- A history of vocational interest measurement / Michael J. Zickar and Hanyi Min -- Interest measurement / Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko, Stephen Stark and Christopher D. Nye -- Vocational interests and work outcomes / Christopher D. Nye, Sarena Bhatia and Joshua Prasad -- Personnel selection and vocational interests : recent research and future directions / Frederick L. Oswald, Leaetta M. Hough and Chen Zuo -- Vocational interests and meaningful work / M. Teresa Cardador -- The importance of interests for understanding retirement / Laura Venz and Mo Wang -- New(ish) directions for vocational interests research / Robert Hogan and Ryne A. Sherman -- Connecting concepts: effects of diversity of interests and interests' effects on diversity / Ann Marie Ryan and Danielle D. King -- Vocational interests in a global business environment / Jason L. Huang, Shan Ran and Mengqiao Lui -- Development of vocational interests in adulthood / Bart Wille and Filip De Fruyt -- The role of interests in the development of expertise : a multifactorial perspective / David Z. Hambrick, Alexander P. Burgoyne and Frederick L. Oswald. Vocational Interests in the Workplace is an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date. With increasing recognition of the importance of vocational interests and their relevance to the workplace, this book emphasizes the strong links between vocational interests and work behavior. It proposes new models and approaches that facilitate thorough exploration of the implications of this relationship between interests and practice. The authors, drawing on knowledge and experience from a range of professional backgrounds, cover essential topics, including: interest measurement; personnel selection; motivation and performance; expertise; meaningful work; effects of a global business environment; diversity; and the ongoing development of interests through adulthood to retirement. Endorsed by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organizational behaviour, and industrial or organizational psychology.