OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Career Development International is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The antecedents and outcomes of career optimism: a meta-analysis	123
Career self-management perceptions reflected in the psychological contract of virtual employees: a qualitative and quantitative analysis	78
The shape of careers in the future workplace: extreme scenarios and their prospect impact	67
Job resourcefulness, job crafting and task performance in a post-COVID-19 context: a diary study on tour and travel frontline employees	33
Leader's desire for promotion, workplace anxiety and exploitative leadership: the moderating effect of Machiavellianism	32
Spillover and crossover effects of social support through work-family balance: a time-lagged analysis in Italian dyads	31
11 topics among 7,591 employability research abstracts (1942–2024): a structural topic model and call for interdisciplinary perspectives	22
Proactive personality and turnover intentions of nurses: the roles of professional recognition and their supervisor’s proactive personality	22
Guest editorial: Introducing the Special Issue on current trends in careers theory and research	19
Motherhood enrichment in leadership: exploring top female executives in Spain	18
Misconceptions and misunderstandings: an exploration of the interplay of religion, culture and gender from Muslim scholars and clerics	18
Transnational sensemaking narratives of highly skilled Canadian immigrants' career change	17
Do newcomers with high political skill benefit more from the formal mentoring program?	16
Editorial: Farewell message from the outgoing editor	14
How knowledge sharing affects career adaptability: roles of knowledge depth, self-efficacy and reflective thinking	14
Determinants and consequences of job crafting under the boundary conditions of work uncertainty	13
Exploring careers through a qualitative lens: an investigation and invitation	13
Age-inclusive HR practices and the thriving of older workers: the mediating role of occupational future time perspective	12
Self-goal setting as a way to career sustainability: exploring the roles of career crafting and perceived organizational goal clarity	12
“Locked at the job”: a qualitative study on the process of this phenomenon	12
Reducing linguistic profiling of individuals with communication disabilities to enhance careers: avoiding assumptions based on speech, language and communication mode	11
Career sustainability of digital micro-entrepreneurs: strategic insights from YouTubers in India	11
Supporting clients via narrative storytelling and artificial intelligence: a practitioner guide for career development professionals	11
Do my accents matter? Examining the relationship between English language teachers’ linguistic profiling and career development	11
Couples experiencing private life constraints to their career: understanding home-to-career interference from a couple's perspective	10

Accent modification and workplace accentism: the institutionalization of linguistic profiling and its career implications	10
International backpackers' experiences of precarious visa-contingent farmwork	10
Chinese women’s entrepreneurial career choices: exploring factors	9
Linking high-performance work systems and happiness at work: role of career aspiration and thriving	9
Guest editorial: Positive careers research: where do we go from here?	8
A career-lifespan perspective on strengths utilization at work	8
The why, what and how of career research: a review and recommendations for future study	8
Pursuing a sustainable career: how strengths-based leadership develops career adaptability and compensates for protean career orientation	8
Does organizational cronyism undermine social capital? Testing the mediating role of workplace ostracism and the moderating role of workplace incivility	7
A state-of-the-art overview of job-crafting research: current trends and future research directions	7
Fostering sustainable career narratives with neurodivergent clients: introducing the Cluster Approach to the Development of Identity (CADI)	6
“Don't you worry ‘bout a thing” – the moderating role of age in the relationship between qualitative job insecurity and career sustainability	6
Self-initiated expatriates from emerging markets: career benefits arising from personal initiative	6
No person is an island: how employees attribute and react to coworkers' approach crafting	6
Called to stay? The moderating roles of feedback from others and role clarity in the relationship between experiencing a calling and organizational embeddedness	6
Toward a sustainable career perspective on contingent work: a critical review and a research agenda	6
Guest editorial: Careers of self-initiated expatriates: exploring the impact of context	6
Uncovering the antecedents and motivational determinants of job crafting	6
The antecedents of career decision self-efficacy: a meta-analysis on 20 years of research	5
Career enhancement strategies, supportive work relationships and subjective career success: the moderating role of family–work conflict	5
Be a boundaryless good guy! How job embeddedness mediates and organizational identification moderates the associations of boundaryless career attitude with extra-role behaviours	5
A comparative study of the work–life balance experiences and coping mechanisms of Nigerian and British single student-working mothers	5
The effect of parents’ support, protean career orientation and self-perceived employability on the school-to-work transition	5
From job crafting to job quitting? Testing a wise proactivity perspective	5
Dysfunctional leadership: investigating employee experiences with dysfunctional leaders	5
Building a sustainable career during the initial transition to work: a multiple-stakeholder perspective on proactive behaviors and contextual factors	5
A person-centered perspective on entrepreneurial success: combining proactive behavioral strategies across various life domains	5
“Follow the leader”: how inclusive leaders inspire followers to perform well through strengths use	5
Editorial: Introducing the new practitioner insights section at career development international	5
Happy, and they know it? The roles of positive affectivity, intrinsic motivation and network building on LinkedIn on employment predictions	5
Career challenges of international female faculty in US universities: from a linguistic profiling perspective	5
Trait gratitude and subjective career success: the mediating roles of growth mindset and network breadth	5
Precarious employment amidst global crises: career shocks, resources and migrants' employability	5