Department of Psychology, University of Florida.
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teacher's College, Columbia University.
J Couns Psychol. 2018 Apr;65(3):280-293. doi: 10.1037/cou0000247.
The present study tested key tenets of the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) in a sample of 526 racially and ethnically diverse employed adults. The authors investigated how economic resources and marginalization predicted decent work through experiences of work volition and career adaptability. Support for the hypotheses was mixed. There was a direct, negative relation between marginalization and decent work; a direct, positive relation between economic resources and work volition; and a direct, negative relation between marginalization and work volition. There was a positive relation between work volition and career adaptability as well as with decent work. Work volition was also found to significantly mediate the relations between marginalization and economic resources to decent work. These results suggest that the primary reason why greater economic resources and lower experiences of marginalization predict engaging in decent work is attributable to an increased sense of choice in one's career decision making. Results suggest the need for further investigation using the PWT to understand how racially and ethnically diverse employed adults secure decent work. Practical implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究在一个由 526 名种族和民族多样化的在职成年人组成的样本中检验了工作心理学理论（PWT）的主要原则。作者研究了经济资源和边缘化如何通过工作意愿和职业适应性的体验来预测体面工作。假设的支持是混合的。边缘化与体面工作呈直接负相关；经济资源与工作意愿呈直接正相关；边缘化与工作意愿呈直接负相关。工作意愿与职业适应性以及体面工作呈正相关。工作意愿也被发现可以显著调节边缘化和经济资源与体面工作之间的关系。这些结果表明，经济资源的增加和边缘化经历的减少之所以能预测体面工作，主要是因为在职业决策中增加了选择感。研究结果表明，需要进一步使用 PWT 进行调查，以了解不同种族和民族的在职成年人如何获得体面的工作。讨论了实际意义。
