Purpose – This study aims to empirically examine the career competencies of global managers having world‐wide coordination responsibility: knowing‐why, knowing‐how and knowing‐whom career competencies. Design/methodology/approach – Based on in‐depth interviews with 45 global...

Purpose – Despite the crucial role that emotional intelligence (EI) could play in improving individuals' performance and career prospects in organizations, employees, executives and career professionals across the world are still in search of practical frameworks for understanding the concept....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between job tension (JT) and the use of intimidation in the workplace, as well as positive and negative affectivity as two potential personality trait moderators of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore individual approaches to career and employability through the career stories of a group of mid‐level to senior managers in career transition. Career patterns are identified and then compared with traditional, boundaryless and protean models...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish whether positive or negative relationships exist between boundaryless and protean career attitudes (respectively) and organizational commitment and whether such relationships can be moderated by development opportunities....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine how employees in different generational groups (or cohorts) and different career stages perceive their psychological contracts. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of 345 working adults included psychological contract obligations,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, utilising the Kaleidoscope Career Model, whether members of the Baby Boom generation and Generation X differ in their needs for authenticity, balance, and challenge. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were obtained from 982...

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...