...Yan Liu; Yina Mao; Chi-Sum Wong Purpose Drawing on the social influence literature and proposing parental intervention as a social influence process, this study seeks to theorize why parental intervention occurs and how it affects young adults' career development. Design/methodology/approach...

...‐subordinate dyads in a Chinese sample. Findings The results indicate that individuals who use positive emotions in social influence tend to enhance their access to network resources and career growth potential, and those who use negative emotions in social influence tend to erode their network resources...