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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Crafting Work Happiness: Balancing Client Agency & Empowerment With Critical Social Awareness	27
The Career Trajectories and Outcomes in Substance Use Recovery: A Scoping Review	25
Future Orientation and Career Development for Culturally Diverse At-Risk Youth: Qualitative Insights	25
Family Capital, Career-Related Parental Behaviors, and Career Adaptability Among Chinese Adolescents: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study	22
Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Purpose in Life: Dynamic Components for Sustainable Careers—Does Gender Matter?	22
Career Development in Transitional Work Settings: A Qualitative Investigation Among Veterans and Vocational Counselors	19
Give Twice to Get the Same: Gender Impact on Leaders’ Orientations and Career Paths	18
Does Future Work Self Benefit Everyone Equally? The Moderating Role of Organizational Support for Development	17
Transcendent or Fraudulent: Investigating the Relationships Among Imposter Phenomenon, Perfectionism, and Calling	16
Exploring the Identities, Barriers, and Interventions for Motherscholars During a Global Pandemic	14
Centering Race in Career Development: A Critical Review of Career Scholarship and Practice	12
Women’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Persistence After University Graduation: Insights From Kazakhstan	12
Family Care-Work Interference and Mid/Late-Career Motivation and Intentions: Mediating Role of Occupational Future Time Perspective	11
Proactivity and Job Search: The Mediating Role of Psychological Closeness With External Mentors	10
The U.S. Workforce From 1960 to 2020: A RIASEC View	10
A Meta-Study of the Journal of Career Development : An Analysis of Publication Characteristics from 2000 to 2019	10
International Students’ Emotional Experiences and Reactions During the Transition to Employment	10
Linking Career Adaptability to Entrepreneurial Burnout: A Moderated Mediation Model	10
Job Choice Under Crisis Conditions: Differences in Motivational Systems and Job-Attribute Preferences of Young Adults	10
Who I Am and What I Want to Do: Linking Self-Construals and Career Interests	10
Navigating Involuntary Career Changes: Emotional Dynamics During Work-Related Identity Loss and Recovery	9
Linking Future Decent Work Perceptions With Employment Anxiety: A Psychology of Working Perspective	9
Erratum to “Career Goal Profiles of Early Career Scientists: A Person-Centered Approach”	8
Job-Search Behaviors During Involuntary Unemployment: A Social Cognitive Approach	8
Two Emotional Roots of Youths’ Earth-Friendly Career Aspirations: Eco-Anxiety and Empathy Toward Animals	8

How to Elicit Organizational Citizenship Behavior? The Role of Strengths-Based Leadership	8
The Association Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Job-Seeking Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model	8
Achieving Workplace Wellbeing Among Indian IT Engineers	7
When Does Binge-Watching Help? Informal Learning, Viewing Intensity, and Job-Search Readiness Among Graduating University Students	7
Validation of the Family-Supportive Coworker Behavior Scale in the Chinese Context	7
Career Exploration and Decision-Making of Turkish Undergraduates: Testing a Social Cognitive Model	7
Vocational Identity Statuses Among Hong Kong Sub-degree Students: Pattern Identification and Relationship to Career Development and Academic Performance	7
Purposeful Pathways: An Integrative Career Development Intervention for Vocational, Mental Health, and Substance Use Recovery	7
Motivational Resources of Agency in Adolescents’ Career Development in Postsecondary Transition: More than Being Self-Efficacious	6
Role of Family Acculturation Stress in Career Development Among Adolescents From Multicultural Families in Korea	6
Mentoring as an Investment: A Quantitative Review of Mentoring and Well-Being for the Protégé	6
Career Self-Efficacy, Future Perceptions, and Life Satisfaction: Investigating Two Adolescent Career Development Models	6
Disentangling Career Change Magnitude Through Expert Analysis	6
Conceptualizing a Proposed Model for Re-Orienting Career Centers for Immigrant College Students	6
How Career Exploration Affects Employment Outcomes: A Two-Wave Study Among Young Chinese Adults	6
Employability Development during Internships: A Three-Wave Study on a Sample of Psychology Graduates in Italy	6
Association Among Parent–Teacher Relationship, Autonomy Support, and Career Development of High School Students Across School Types	6
The Origins of Emerging Adults’ Work–Family Balance Self-Efficacy: A Dyadic Study	5
Adolescent Self-Control and Career Ambivalence: Longitudinal Mediation via Decision-Making Self-Efficacy	5
High-Achieving Rural Youth and Math and Science Talent Development: An Application of SCCT	5
Work–Family Balance Satisfaction of Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Postdoctoral Scholars in the STEM Fields	5
The Best of Both Worlds: Affiliation and Agency in Traditional and Gig Work Choices	5
Motivational Conflict and Volitional Career Actions in Young Adults: Ego Depletion as an Explanatory Mechanism	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
Adolescent–Parent Career Congruence and Vocational Identity Among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model	5
Job Search Interventions for Long-Term Unemployed Job Seekers: Comparing Approaches to Effective Support	5
Motivation, College Integration, and Intentions to Persist Among First-Generation College Students: A Latent Class Approach	4
Economic Constraints as Career Catalysts: The Adversity-Transformation Framework in Vietnamese Higher Education	4
Answering the Calling with Passion: Academic Odyssey as Freelance Faculty From Corporate to Campus	4
Meaningful Work Linking High-Quality Relationships and Commitment: A Conditional Process Study with Career Orientation	4
Vocational Identity as a Protective Factor for the Occupational Functioning of Adults With ADHD	4
Work–Family Conflict and Proactive Career Behaviors: The Roles of Career Resilience and Conscientiousness	4
Do Work–Life Balance Climates Constrain Leadership Aspirations? Gender and Career Values in Korea’s Accounting Profession	4
Social Identities and Cognitive Information Processing Theory: A Qualitative Analysis	4
Influence of Career-Related Parental Support on Adolescents’ Career Maturity: A Two-Wave Moderated Mediation Model	4
Work–Family Interface and Subjective Career Success: The Role(s) of Job Crafting as a Personal Resource	3
“It Felt Like a Little Community”: Supporting Rural Appalachian College Students	3
A Phenomenological Exploration of Individual and University Supports Affecting U.S. International Students’ Job Searches	3
Protean Career Orientation and Proactive Career Behaviors During School-to-Work Transition: Mechanism Exploration and Coaching Intervention	3
Exploring the Benefits of Boundarylessness: Pathways From Boundaryless Career Orientation to Insecurity and Engagement	3
Youth Perceptions of Their Futures, Society, and the Work Landscape: A Psychology of Working Perspective	3
Career Building Among Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates	3
Social-Cognitive Predictors of College Athletes’ Career Decision-Making: A Longitudinal Test of Career Self-Management Model	3
Acceptance of Disability Promotes Proactive Career Behavior Among People With Disabilities	3
Drivers of Involuntary Career Changes: A Qualitative Study of Push, Pull, Anti-Push, and Anti-Pull Factors	3
Social Class and Career Decision Self-Efficacy: Roles of Career Social Support and Birthplace	2
“Finding Your Purpose Doesn’t Come Overnight”: How Youth Describe Vocational Training Opportunities in Juvenile Justice	2
Does Burnout Decrease With Teacher Professional Identity Among Teachers in China?	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
Building Aspirations Through Supportive Systems: Understanding the Career Learning Experiences of Middle School Prospective First-Generation College 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
Influence of Career Adaptability and Job Control on Decent Work and Occupational Stress in a Sample of Apprentices	2
Decent Work and Turnover Intentions Among Chinese Millennials: A Longitudinal Study	2
Longitudinal Relationships Between Career Satisfaction, Perceived Organizational Support, and Psychological Capital in Teachers	2
Is REBT Useful for Reducing Adolescents’ Career Decision Difficulties and Distress? A Randomized Trial	2
Analyzing Factors Influencing College Athletes’ Career Actions Using Social Cognitive Career Self-Management Model	2
Perceived Scarcity of Job Opportunities and Job Search: An Evolutionary Life History Perspective	2
A Test of the Career Construction Theory Model of Adaptation with Turkish Final Year Undergraduate Students	2
Career Aspirations of Arab Minority College Students in Israel: A Longitudinal Study	2
Managerial Egocentricity and Subordinates’ Career Sustainability: The Role of Emotional Disengagement	2
Unrealistic Career Optimism Among Korean Adolescents: A Discrepancy Between Career Aspirations and Career Preparation Behaviors	2
Impacts of a STEM-Focused Summer Camp on Postsecondary Aspirations for Rural Appalachian High School Students	2
Examining Understandings of Racial Equity Among Career Services Professionals	2