Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships of personality traits and interpersonal relationships with vocational indecision and the mediating role that identity construction plays in the development of those relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Data are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a fuzzy multicriteria decision‐making (MCDM) methodology for selecting employees. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is based on the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) multicriteria decision...

Purpose – This longitudinal study seeks to advance the understanding of consultant relationship competencies and interpersonal style in promotions to partner. Design/methodology/approach – The relationship management survey (RMS), 360‐degree competency assessment and FIRO‐B interpersonal...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the relative importance of the motives and sub‐motives which influence a highly educated individual's decision to move across global boundaries. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes a multi‐dimensional perspective of mobility, resulting in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that perceived collective efficacy would mediate the effects of self‐efficacy on individual task performance. Design/methodology/approach – An assessment center design with 147 participants in 49 three‐person groups was used....

Purpose – This paper aims to explore whether the rite of passage is still a useful model with which to conceptualise the MBA in the era of the boundaryless career. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the formative experiences of full‐time MBA students at an elite business...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of subjective career success, organizational learning climate, and the calling work orientation on the protean career. Design/methodology/approach – For this study employees of a Korean financial service company...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expand the literature on career success by examining the moderating role of self‐efficacy on the relationship between career commitment and career success. Design/methodology/approach – Managers and non‐manager employees and surveyed in Lebanon...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of US MBA and specialist master's degree alumni to determine the influence that their degree program experiences had on subsequent perceptions of career success. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 318...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of gender identity on protégés' satisfaction with mentoring relationships. More specifically, it aims to investigate whether or not a protégé's feminine or masculine identity, by virtue of emphasizing different criteria, roles,...