Vocational Interests in the Workplace ― Rethinking Behavior at Work

Recently, new research in vocational interests at work indicates that they play an important role in understanding workplace behavior. This book provides a review of existing theory on the topic and expands on the current literature to propose new models and approaches that clearly outline the links between interest theory and conduct at work. These approaches focus on how interests that influence career choices may play a role in some of the most widely researched topics in organizational psychology, including employee selection, training, motivation, and diversity at work. The book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in the fields of industrial/organizational psychology, management, human resources, and organizational behavior.

Christopher D. Nye is assistant professor of Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University, USA. He has received awards from the University of Illinois, the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the International Personnel Assessment Council for his work. He has also been a Consortium Research Fellow for the Defense Manpower Data Center and a Senior Consortium Research Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute.

James Rounds is Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology and a College of Education Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His publications have appeared in numerous journals. He has received the American Psychological Association John L. Holland Award for outstanding achievement in career and personality research, American Educational Research Association Outstanding Research Award in Counseling and has been designated a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science.