Research Description
Vocational interests and how they change over the life span. Research examines the structure of interests, how that structure develops and changes over the life course, and the reciprocal influences among personality, interests, and abilities with a focus on constructing models. Also, career development in adulthood, assessment of personality traits and work values, and occasionally, a venture into health psychology.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Educational Psychology
Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Recent Publications
Kirkendall, C. D., Nye, C. D., Rounds, J., Drasgow, F., Chernyshenko, O. S., & Stark, S. (2020). Adaptive vocational interest diagnostic: Informing and improving the job assignment process. Military Psychology, 32(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2019.1652480
Stoll, G., Einarsdóttir, S., Song, Q. C., Ondish, P., Sun, J. J., & Rounds, J. (2020). The Roles of Personality Traits and Vocational Interests in Explaining What People Want Out of Life. Journal of Research in Personality, 86, [103939]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103939
Hoff, K. A., Song, Q. C., Einarsdóttir, S., Briley, D. A., & Rounds, J. (Accepted/In press). Developmental Structure of Personality and Interests: A Four-Wave, 8-Year Longitudinal Study. Journal of personality and social psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000228
Nye, C. D., & Rounds, J. (2019). Introduction. In C. D. Nye, & J. Rounds (Eds.), Vocational Interests in the Workplace: Rethinking Behavior at Work (pp. 1-10). (SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315678924-1
Nye, C. D., & Rounds, J. (Eds.) (2019). Vocational Interests in the Workplace: Rethinking Behavior at Work. (SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315678924