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Overview

Yanjun Guan is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom, with a research focus spanning Environmental Science and several interdisciplinary subfields. Their work primarily addresses issues related to global environmental changes, social psychology, and organizational behavior within the context of natural resource management and career development.

Their research output includes a diverse range of recent papers such as:

  • Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on career development: Insights from cultural psychology (2020, Journal of Vocational Behavior)
  • Theorizing person-environment fit in a changing career world: Interdisciplinary integration and future directions (2021, Journal of Vocational Behavior)
  • Identification of land reclamation stages based on succession characteristics of rehabilitated vegetation in the Pingshuo opencast coal mine (2021, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Delimitation of supervision zones based on the soil property characteristics in a reclaimed opencast coal mine dump on the Loess Plateau, China (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Optimization of management by analyzing ecosystem service value variations in different watersheds in the Three-River Headwaters Basin (2022, Journal of Environmental Management)

Yanjun Guan collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Xinyi Zhou (7 collaborations)
  • Zhongke Bai (6 collaborations)
  • Hong Deng (5 collaborations)
  • Wei Zhou (5 collaborations)
  • Jiangfeng Gong (5 collaborations)

Their work is regularly published in well-established venues, including:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings (7 publications)
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior (4 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Management (3 publications)
  • Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

The primary field of study for Yanjun Guan is Environmental Science, with notable subfields encompassing:

  • Global and Planetary Change (15 publications)
  • Social Psychology (14 publications)
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (14 publications)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering (9 publications)
  • Education (8 publications)

The main topics addressed in their research cover:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (24 publications)
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services (22 publications)
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research (10 publications)
  • Cultural Differences and Values (8 publications)
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 publications)
  • Higher Education and Employability (8 publications)
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world

    Paul G. Bain;Paul G. Bain;Taciano L. Milfont;Yoshihisa Kashima;Michał Bilewicz

  • Career adaptability, job search self-efficacy and outcomes: A three-wave investigation among Chinese University Graduates

    Yanjun Guan;Hong Deng;Jiaqing Sun;Yanan Wang

  • Self-esteem and proactive personality as predictors of future work self and career adaptability: An examination of mediating and moderating processes

    Zijun Cai;Yanjun Guan;Hongyan Li;Wei Shi

  • Perceived Organizational Career Management and Career Adaptability as Predictors of Success and Turnover Intention among Chinese Employees

    Yanjun Guan;Wenxia Zhou;Lihui Ye;Peng Jiang

  • Career boundarylessness and career success: A review, integration and guide to future research

    Yanjun Guan;Michael B. Arthur;Svetlana N. Khapova;Rosalie J. Hall

  • Career-specific parental behaviors, career exploration and career adaptability: A three-wave investigation among Chinese undergraduates

    Yanjun Guan;Yanjun Guan;Fuxi Wang;Haiyang Liu;Yueting Ji

  • New job market entrants' future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models

    Yanjun Guan;Yu Guo;Michael Harris Bond;Zijun Cai

  • Optimism across cultures: In response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak.

    Li-Jun Ji;Zhiyong Zhang;Esther Usborne;Yanjun Guan

  • Big-five personality and BIS/BAS traits as predictors of career exploration: The mediation role of career adaptability

    Yuhui Li;Yanjun Guan;Fuxi Wang;Xiang Zhou

  • Immorality East and West Are Immoral Behaviors Especially Harmful, or Especially Uncivilized?

    Emma E. Buchtel;Yanjun Guan;Qin Peng;Yanjie Su

  • Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on career development: Insights from cultural psychology.

    Yanjun Guan;Hong Deng;Xinyi Zhou

  • A Relational Model of Perceived Overqualification: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Influence on Social Acceptance

    Hong Deng;Yanjun Guan;Chia-Huei Wu;Berrin Erdogan

  • Career adaptability, calling and the professional competence of social work students in China: A career construction perspective

    Yu Guo;Yanjun Guan;Yanjun Guan;Xuhua Yang;Jingwen Xu

  • When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor

    Yanjun Guan;Yueran Wen;Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Haiyang Liu

  • Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations.

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Ben C. P. Lam;Bryant P. H. Hui;Jacky C. K. Ng

  • Public views of the Sustainable Development Goals across countries

    Paul Bain;Pieter M. Kroonenberg;Lars-Olof Johansson;Taciano l. Milfont

  • The Effect of Response Style on Self-Reported Conscientiousness Across 20 Countries:

    Rene Mottus;Jueri Allik;Jueri Allik;Anu Realo;Jerome Rossier

  • Career success criteria and locus of control as indicators of adaptive readiness in the career adaptation model

    Wenxia Zhou;Yanjun Guan;Lu Xin;Miranda Chi Kuan Mak

  • The tyranny of choice: a cross-cultural investigation of maximizing-satisficing effects on well-being

    Arne Roets;Barry Schwartz;Yanjun Guan

  • The interplay of proactive personality and internship quality in Chinese university graduates' job search success: The role of career adaptability

    Jingzhou Pan;Yanjun Guan;Jingru Wu;Lihong Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvia Xiaohua Chen
Sylvia Xiaohua Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael Bond
Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Paul G. Bain
Paul G. Bain University of Bath
Chia-Huei Wu
Chia-Huei Wu University of Leeds
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
Guy Doron
Guy Doron Reichman University
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia Federal University of Paraíba
Berrin Erdogan
Berrin Erdogan Portland State University
Talya N. Bauer
Talya N. Bauer Portland State University

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