OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Career Development is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Crafting Work Happiness: Balancing Client Agency & Empowerment With Critical Social Awareness	32
Future Orientation and Career Development for Culturally Diverse At-Risk Youth: Qualitative Insights	29
The Career Trajectories and Outcomes in Substance Use Recovery: A Scoping Review	26
Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Purpose in Life: Dynamic Components for Sustainable Careers—Does Gender Matter?	24
Family Capital, Career-Related Parental Behaviors, and Career Adaptability Among Chinese Adolescents: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study	21
Career Development in Transitional Work Settings: A Qualitative Investigation Among Veterans and Vocational Counselors	21
Give Twice to Get the Same: Gender Impact on Leaders’ Orientations and Career Paths	18
Transcendent or Fraudulent: Investigating the Relationships Among Imposter Phenomenon, Perfectionism, and Calling	17
Women’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Persistence After University Graduation: Insights From Kazakhstan	15
Family Care-Work Interference and Mid/Late-Career Motivation and Intentions: Mediating Role of Occupational Future Time Perspective	14
Centering Race in Career Development: A Critical Review of Career Scholarship and Practice	14
Exploring the Identities, Barriers, and Interventions for Motherscholars During a Global Pandemic	12
Linking Career Adaptability to Entrepreneurial Burnout: A Moderated Mediation Model	11
Proactivity and Job Search: The Mediating Role of Psychological Closeness With External Mentors	11
Linking Future Decent Work Perceptions With Employment Anxiety: A Psychology of Working Perspective	11
The U.S. Workforce From 1960 to 2020: A RIASEC View	11
Job Choice Under Crisis Conditions: Differences in Motivational Systems and Job-Attribute Preferences of Young Adults	11
International Students’ Emotional Experiences and Reactions During the Transition to Employment	11
Who I Am and What I Want to Do: Linking Self-Construals and Career Interests	11
How to Elicit Organizational Citizenship Behavior? The Role of Strengths-Based Leadership	10
Job-Search Behaviors During Involuntary Unemployment: A Social Cognitive Approach	10
Navigating Involuntary Career Changes: Emotional Dynamics During Work-Related Identity Loss and Recovery	10
Vocational Identity Statuses Among Hong Kong Sub-degree Students: Pattern Identification and Relationship to Career Development and Academic Performance	8
When Does Binge-Watching Help? Informal Learning, Viewing Intensity, and Job-Search Readiness Among Graduating University Students	8
The Association Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Job-Seeking Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model	8

Purposeful Pathways: An Integrative Career Development Intervention for Vocational, Mental Health, and Substance Use Recovery	8
Two Emotional Roots of Youths’ Earth-Friendly Career Aspirations: Eco-Anxiety and Empathy Toward Animals	8
Erratum to “Career Goal Profiles of Early Career Scientists: A Person-Centered Approach”	8
Achieving Workplace Wellbeing Among Indian IT Engineers	7
Career Exploration and Decision-Making of Turkish Undergraduates: Testing a Social Cognitive Model	7
Validation of the Family-Supportive Coworker Behavior Scale in the Chinese Context	7
How Career Exploration Affects Employment Outcomes: A Two-Wave Study Among Young Chinese Adults	7
Career Self-Efficacy, Future Perceptions, and Life Satisfaction: Investigating Two Adolescent Career Development Models	7
Association Among Parent–Teacher Relationship, Autonomy Support, and Career Development of High School Students Across School Types	7
High-Achieving Rural Youth and Math and Science Talent Development: An Application of SCCT	6
Job Search Interventions for Long-Term Unemployed Job Seekers: Comparing Approaches to Effective Support	6
Career Adaptability and Life Satisfaction Among Academics: A Moderated Mediation Model	6
Role of Family Acculturation Stress in Career Development Among Adolescents From Multicultural Families in Korea	6
Employability Development during Internships: A Three-Wave Study on a Sample of Psychology Graduates in Italy	5
Disentangling Career Change Magnitude Through Expert Analysis	5
Evaluating the Decent Work Scale Measurement Model in Zimbabwe	5
Individuals’ Interests in Vocational Environments with Activity Opportunities That Are Inconsistent with Holland’s Calculus Hypothesis	5
Motivational Conflict and Volitional Career Actions in Young Adults: Ego Depletion as an Explanatory Mechanism	5
Unveiling the Nexus: Career Optimism as a Mediator Between Protean Career Attitudes and Career Success Among U.S. Women	5
“The World We Want… Let’s All ‘Work’ Together!”: A Career Education Program for Primary Schools	5
The Best of Both Worlds: Affiliation and Agency in Traditional and Gig Work Choices	5
Motivational Resources of Agency in Adolescents’ Career Development in Postsecondary Transition: More than Being Self-Efficacious	5
Adolescent–Parent Career Congruence and Vocational Identity Among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model	5
Adolescent Self-Control and Career Ambivalence: Longitudinal Mediation via Decision-Making Self-Efficacy	5
Influence of Career-Related Parental Support on Adolescents’ Career Maturity: A Two-Wave Moderated Mediation Model	4
How Career Development Is Affected When Students Work in Precarious Jobs: Impact of Meritocratic Beliefs	4
Do Work–Life Balance Climates Constrain Leadership Aspirations? Gender and Career Values in Korea’s Accounting Profession	4
Vocational Identity as a Protective Factor for the Occupational Functioning of Adults With ADHD	4
Social-Cognitive Predictors of College Athletes’ Career Decision-Making: A Longitudinal Test of Career Self-Management Model	4
Work–Family Balance Satisfaction of Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Postdoctoral Scholars in the STEM Fields	4
Motivation, College Integration, and Intentions to Persist Among First-Generation College Students: A Latent Class Approach	4
Work–Family Interface and Subjective Career Success: The Role(s) of Job Crafting as a Personal Resource	4
Work–Family Conflict and Proactive Career Behaviors: The Roles of Career Resilience and Conscientiousness	4
Economic Constraints as Career Catalysts: The Adversity-Transformation Framework in Vietnamese Higher Education	4
The Origins of Emerging Adults’ Work–Family Balance Self-Efficacy: A Dyadic Study	4
Meaningful Work Linking High-Quality Relationships and Commitment: A Conditional Process Study with Career Orientation	4
Social Identities and Cognitive Information Processing Theory: A Qualitative Analysis	4
Answering the Calling with Passion: Academic Odyssey as Freelance Faculty From Corporate to Campus	4
Acceptance of Disability Promotes Proactive Career Behavior Among People With Disabilities	3
A Phenomenological Exploration of Individual and University Supports Affecting U.S. International Students’ Job Searches	3
Exploring the Benefits of Boundarylessness: Pathways From Boundaryless Career Orientation to Insecurity and Engagement	3
Drivers of Involuntary Career Changes: A Qualitative Study of Push, Pull, Anti-Push, and Anti-Pull Factors	3
Career Aspirations of Arab Minority College Students in Israel: A Longitudinal Study	3
Career Building Among Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates	3
“It Felt Like a Little Community”: Supporting Rural Appalachian College Students	3
Youth Perceptions of Their Futures, Society, and the Work Landscape: A Psychology of Working Perspective	3
Perceived Scarcity of Job Opportunities and Job Search: An Evolutionary Life History Perspective	2
Decent Work and Turnover Intentions Among Chinese Millennials: A Longitudinal Study	2
Is REBT Useful for Reducing Adolescents’ Career Decision Difficulties and Distress? A Randomized Trial	2
Examining Understandings of Racial Equity Among Career Services Professionals	2

Influence of Career Adaptability and Job Control on Decent Work and Occupational Stress in a Sample of Apprentices	2
A Test of the Career Construction Theory Model of Adaptation with Turkish Final Year Undergraduate Students	2
“Finding Your Purpose Doesn’t Come Overnight”: How Youth Describe Vocational Training Opportunities in Juvenile Justice	2
Secondary Students’ Academic Engagement Through Career Construction: The Role of Parental Support and Career Hope	2
Purpose-led Career Change and Well-being: The Experience of Midlife Women	2
Impacts of a STEM-Focused Summer Camp on Postsecondary Aspirations for Rural Appalachian High School Students	2
Mentor–Protégé Matching Regarding Communication Relates to Career Attitudes	2
Career Adaptability as a Predictor of Job Search Intentions and Career Readiness of Young Adults in the United Arab Emirates	2
Longitudinal Relationships Between Career Satisfaction, Perceived Organizational Support, and Psychological Capital in Teachers	2
Social Class and Career Decision Self-Efficacy: Roles of Career Social Support and Birthplace	2
Unrealistic Career Optimism Among Korean Adolescents: A Discrepancy Between Career Aspirations and Career Preparation Behaviors	2
Career Development and Family Support Among Sexual Minorities: A Psychology of Working Perspective	2
Managerial Egocentricity and Subordinates’ Career Sustainability: The Role of Emotional Disengagement	2
Does Burnout Decrease With Teacher Professional Identity Among Teachers in China?	2
Neurodivergent Perspectives on Vocational Success: A Qualitative Typology of Self-Positioning	2