...Aline D. Masuda; Claudia Holtschlag; Jessica M. Nicklin Purpose In line with conservation of resources theory and signaling theory, the purpose of this paper is to conceptualize and test a multiple mediation model in which telecommuting affects engagement via perceived supervisor goal support...

...Isabelle Fort; Flora Jacquet; Naïs Leroy Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between job search self‐efficacy, employment goals, job search planning, job search behaviors and effort allocated to job search. Design/methodology/approach The authors expected that employment goals...

.... Successful individuals and organizations learn not to accept initial setbacks and continue pursuing a goal. The author cites examples of individuals and companies that persisted in moving forward even though their colleagues saw no value in their efforts. Minor failures are considered the sacrifices paid...

...Doug Counsell Within the context of increasingly uncertain career prospects for the UK’s recently expanded student population, examines the career‐related perceptions and expectations of UK business studies undergraduates. Presents data relating to career goals, factors influencing career decisions...

...Jeffrey H. Greenhaus; Gerard A. Callanan; Eileen Kaplan Examines the conditions under which career goal setting contributes to effective career management. Views career management as a process by which individuals can make informed decisions regarding their work lives. Highlights the role...

.... The analysis has implications for undergraduates, employers and career advisers. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Career planning Goals Hong Kong Job mobility Labour market Promotion Salaries Undergraduates Values The political uncertainties regarding “1997”, when the British colony of Hong...

...Christopher Orpen Using a contingency model of the effectiveness of performance appraisal interviews as a framework, examines the extent to which employee job performance and employee relations with their superior moderate the impact of goal setting in the interviews on the important outcomes...

...Fred A. Mael Employee desires for promotions and upward mobility have been threatened by recent changes in organisations and workplace demographics, leading to a call for reassessment of career goals. However, the Presthus (1978) typology of dispositionally based orientations towards upward...