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Overview

Kelsey L. Autin is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, with a focus on various subfields including General Health Professions, Demography, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Safety Research, and Education.

Their scholarly work covers topics such as Employment and Welfare Studies, Workplace Health and Well-being, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Career Development and Diversity, Gender Diversity and Inequality, and Higher Education and Employability.

Autin has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Career Assessment (13 publications)
  • Journal of Career Development (3 publications)
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology (3 publications)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset (2 publications)
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior (1 publication)

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Autin include:

  • "Career Development Impacts of COVID-19: Practice and Policy Recommendations," 2020, Journal of Career Development
  • "Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Autonomous Motivation, and Meaningful Work: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective," 2021, Journal of Career Assessment

Other influential works related to their research interests, albeit led by other authors, include:

  • "Precarious Work in the 21st Century: A Psychological Perspective," 2021, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • "Validation of the Chinese Decent Work Scale," 2022, Journal of Career Development
  • "Linking Decent Work With Academic Engagement and Satisfaction Among First-Generation College Students: A Psychology of Working Perspective," 2020, Journal of Career Assessment

Autin collaborates frequently with several academics, including Blake A. Allan, Megan E. Herdt, Roberto García, Germán A. Cadenas, and Gabriel N. Ezema.

Best Publications

  • The Psychology of Working Theory.

    Ryan D. Duffy;David L. Blustein;Matthew A. Diemer;Kelsey L. Autin

  • The development and initial validation of the Decent Work Scale.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Blake A. Allan;Jessica W. England;David L. Blustein

  • Calling and life satisfaction: It's not about having it, it's about living it.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Blake A. Allan;Kelsey L. Autin;Elizabeth M. Bott

  • Career adaptability and academic satisfaction: Examining work volition and self efficacy as mediators

    Ryan D. Duffy;Richard P. Douglass;Kelsey L. Autin

  • Work Volition and Job Satisfaction: Examining the Role of Work Meaning and Person–Environment Fit

    Ryan D. Duffy;Kelsey L. Autin;Elizabeth M. Bott

  • Living a calling and work well-being: a longitudinal study.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Blake A. Allan;Kelsey L. Autin;Richard P. Douglass

  • Disentangling the link between perceiving a calling and living a calling.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Kelsey L. Autin

  • Decent work in Turkey: Context, conceptualization, and assessment

    Aysenur Buyukgoze-Kavas;Kelsey L. Autin

  • Precarious work in the 21st century: A psychological perspective

    Blake A. Allan;Kelsey L. Autin;Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel

  • Examining Social Class and Work Meaning Within the Psychology of Working Framework

    Blake A. Allan;Kelsey L. Autin;Ryan D. Duffy

  • Subjective social status, work volition, and career adaptability: A longitudinal study

    Kelsey L. Autin;Richard P. Douglass;Ryan D. Duffy;Jessica W. England

  • Self-Determination and Meaningful Work: Exploring Socioeconomic Constraints

    Blake A. Allan;Kelsey L. Autin;Ryan D. Duffy

  • Does the dark side of a calling exist? Examining potential negative effects

    Ryan D. Duffy;Richard P. Douglass;Kelsey L. Autin;Jessica England

  • Examining predictors and outcomes of a career calling among undergraduate students

    Ryan D. Duffy;Richard P. Douglass;Kelsey L. Autin;Blake A. Allan

  • Perceiving a calling and well-being: Motivation and access to opportunity as moderators

    Ryan D. Duffy;Jessica W. England;Richard P. Douglass;Kelsey L. Autin

  • Living a Calling, Nationality, and Life Satisfaction A Moderated, Multiple Mediator Model

    Richard P. Douglass;Ryan D. Duffy;Kelsey L. Autin

  • An examination of the Psychology of Working Theory with racially and ethnically diverse employed adults.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Brandon L. Velez;Jessica W. England;Kelsey L. Autin

  • Assessing Work as a Calling An Evaluation of Instruments and Practice Recommendations

    Ryan D. Duffy;Kelsey L. Autin;Blake A. Allan;Richard P. Douglass

  • The Psychology of Working in Practice: A Theory of Change for a New Era

    David L. Blustein;Maureen E. Kenny;Kelsey Autin;Ryan Duffy

  • Developing, validating, and testing improved measures within the Psychology of Working Theory

    Ryan D. Duffy;Nicholas Gensmer;Blake A. Allan;Haram J. Kim

  • Career Development Impacts of COVID-19: Practice and Policy Recommendations

    Kelsey L. Autin;David L. Blustein;Saba R. Ali;Patton O. Garriott

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan D. Duffy
Ryan D. Duffy University of Florida
Blake A. Allan
Blake A. Allan University of Houston
David L. Blustein
David L. Blustein Boston College
Bryan J. Dik
Bryan J. Dik Colorado State University
Maureen E. Kenny
Maureen E. Kenny Boston College
Matthew A. Diemer
Matthew A. Diemer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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