Dear colleagues,
It our pleasure to invite you to submit your work to JVB Special issue on "Calling and Careers: New Insights and Future Directions".
Please review full Call for Papers here.
We are looking forward to receiving your great papers!
If you have any questions about the special issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Evgenia Lysova
On Behalf of Bryan Dik, Ryan Duffy, Svetlana Khapova, & Michael Arthur
Call for Papers/Special Issue in Journal of Vocational Behavior
CALLING AND CAREERS:
NEW INSIGHTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Recent years have generated many signals of a growing cultural emphasis on careers that provide not only income and passion, but also a deep sense of meaning (Weir, 2013). To capture careers that provide meaning, many scholars have turned to the construct of calling. Accordingly, research addressing what calling means and its effects on individual careers has increased exponentially during the last decade. Despite a lack of consensus regarding the definition of calling in the literature, different research efforts have been undertaken to relate calling to diverse individual career-related outcomes, showing it not only to be associated with positive individual outcomes but also to serve as a "double-edged sword" (e.g., Duffy, Dik, & Steger, 2011; Dobrow & Tosti-Kharas, 2012; Bunderson & Thompson, 2009). Yet, the conditions and mechanisms governing when a calling leads to positive outcomes, vulnerabilities, or both are still poorly understood.
We invite scholars from various disciplines to submit their conceptual and empirical papers that would address one or more of the following topics (although topics need not be limited to these):
a) What do we know and what do we still need to learn about individual predictors of calling and its career-related consequences?
b) Which factors and conditions determine positive and negative outcomes of calling?
c) How does calling evolve over time? And, through what mechanisms does calling influence career development over time?
d) How do others in our work context and outside the work context influence individuals' experience and definition of calling?
e) How do different societies (professional, cultural, or regional/national) define and experience calling, and what implications does this have for individual careers?
f) How does social context, including working in teams, working in specific industries, and/or working in flexible or traditional work spaces, influence individual experiences of calling, and consequently their careers?
Deadline for submitting papers to this Special Issue: December 1, 2017.
The submission portal will be open from 16 October – 1 December 2017.
Guest Editors:
Evgenia I. Lysova (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Bryan J. Dik (Colorado State University, USA)
Ryan D. Duffy (University of Florida, USA)
Svetlana N. Khapova (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Michael B. Arthur (Suffolk University, USA)
Mini-conference associated with the Special Issue
On October 13-14, guest editors are organizing a two day mini-conference on the topic of Calling at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This mini-conference aims to stimulate quality submissions for this special issue. Participation in this mini-conference will not be regarded as a requirement for submitting a paper to the special issue, but the conference offers an opportunity for scholars to get some feedback on a paper prior to its final submission and for editors to get an understanding of what kind of papers will be submitted to this special issue call.
To participate in this mini-conference, please send an extended abstract of your paper (max 1,000 words) by August 27, 2017 to Evgenia Lysova (e.lysova@vu.nl). Please indicated "JVB Special Issue Conference" in the subject line.