Vocational Interests in the Workplace: Rethinking Behavior at Work

Vocational Interests in the Workplace is an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date. With increasing recognition of the importance of vocational interests and their relevance to the workplace, this book emphasizes the strong links between vocational interests and work behavior. It proposes new models and approaches that facilitate thorough exploration of the implications of this relationship between interests and practice.

The authors, drawing on knowledge and experience from a range of professional backgrounds, cover essential topics, including: interest measurement; personnel selection; motivation and performance; expertise; meaningful work; effects of a global business environment; diversity; and the ongoing development of interests through adulthood to retirement.

Endorsed by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organizational behaviour, and industrial or organizational psychology.

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 for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the International Personnel Assessment Council for his work. More recently, Dr. Nye was awarded the Early Career Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division. 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 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.