Person-Centered Approaches in Management: Methodological Insights and Substantive Examples

Abstract

In response to the call for person-centered methods from ORM in 2018, this symposium seeks to provide substantive examples of person-centered methodology in practice. The first paper conducts a systematic review of the person-centered literature in careers research and discusses how the use of these methods is important for answering relevant questions. The second paper explores a novel person-centered method, the latent profile exploratory factor analysis, and discusses how this method may be useful in answering questions related to performance, personality and emotions. The final three papers provide substantive examples of profiling in management research and focus on topics such as job embeddedness, job crafting and employee engagement. Person-centered methods in vocational behavior research: A systematic review Presenter: Joeri Hofmans; Vrije U. Brussel Presenter: Bart Wille; Ghent U. Presenter: Bert Schreurs; Vrije U. Brussel Latent Profile Exploratory Factor Analysis: A Novel Two-Part Procedure for a New Era of Big Data Presenter: Matt Caleb Howard; U. of South Alabama Are People Embedded Differently? A Person-Centered Approach to Embeddedness Presenter: James Rigby; U. of Houston Presenter: Caitlin M. Porter; U. of Memphis Profiles of Job Crafting Strategies and Their Antecedents: Longitudinal Person-Centered Approach Presenter: Anne Mäkikangas; Tampere U. Presenter: Jaana Minkkinen; Tampere U. Presenter: Jessica De Bloom; U. of Groningen Presenter: Miika Kujanpää; Tampere U. Presenter: Ulla Kinnunen; Tampere U. A Person-Centered Analysis of the Antecedents of Employee Engagement Presenter: Sydney Reichin; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Susannah Ivory; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Kayla Walters; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Terri Frasca; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Anthony Roberson; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Samuel T. Hunter; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Sarah Coley; BB&T Leadership Institute Presenter: Patrick Gallagher; BB&T Leadership Institute