Selected Publications

Careers of Skilled Migrants:

Zikic, J. & Klehe, U. (in press). Going against the grain: The role of skilled migrants’ self-regulation in finding quality employment. Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Hajro, A., Caprar, D., Zikic, J. (2021). Global migrants: Understanding the implications for international business and management. Journal of World Business, Vol 56 (2).

Wherle, K. Klehe, U., Kira, M. & Zikic, J. (2018). Can I come as I am? Identity threats, coping and growth among refugees, Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Zikic, J. & Richardson, J. (2016). What happens when you can’t be who you are: Professional identity at the institutional periphery. Human Relations, vol. 69 (1), pp.139-168.

Zikic, J. (2015). Skilled Migrants’ Career Capital as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Implications for Strategic HRM. International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Malik, A.R, Cooper-Thomas, H.D., & Zikic, J. (2014). The neglected role of cultural intelligence in recent immigrant newcomers’ socialization. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management,14 (2), 195-213.

Zikic, J., Bonache, J., & Cerdin J-L. (2010). Crossing national boundaries: A typology of qualified immigrants’ career orientations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 667-686.

Turchick-Hakak, L., Holzinger, I., & Zikic, J. (2010). Barriers and paths to success: Latin American MBAs’ views of employment in Canada. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 25, 159-176.

 Career Transitions of diverse groups and Job Search Research (selected publications)

Andresen, M., Apospori, E., Gunz, H., Suzanne, P. A., Taniguchi, M., Lysova, E. I., . . . Zikic, J. (2019). Careers in context: An international study of career goals as mesostructure between societies’ career-related human potential and proactive career behavior. Human Resource Management Journal.

Smale, A.,et al.. & Zikic as part of the Cross‐Cultural Collaboration on Contemporary Careers (5C) research collaborative. (2018) Proactive career behaviors and subjective career success: The moderating role of national culture. Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Lee, D.M., Zikic, J., Sung-Chul, N., & Leisa, S. (2017). Human Resource Approaches to Retirement: Gatekeeping, Improvising, Orchestrating, and Partnering. Human Resource Management, 56 (3), 455-477

Koen, J., van Vianen, A.E.M., Klehe, U.C. & Zikic, J. (2016). “A Whole New Future”: Identity Construction among Disadvantaged Young Adults. Career Development International, vol.21 (7), 1-25.

Saks, A., Zikic, J., Koen, J. (2015). A Reconceptualization of the Measurement of Job Search Self-Efficacy, Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol, 86, pp.104-114.

Zikic, J., & Ezzedeen, S. (2015). Towards a more integrated view of entrepreneurial careers: Qualitative investigation of the three forms of career capital and their relationships among high tech entrepreneurs”. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol. 21 (6) pp. 756-777.

Ezzedeen, S. & Zikic, J. (2015). Finding balance amidst boundarylessness: An interpretive study of entrepreneurial work-life balance and boundary management. Journal of Family Issues. Vol.36, (14), 1883-1894.

Lee, M D., Sargent, L. D., Martin, B., & Zikic, J. (2013). Reinventing retirement: New pathways, new arrangements, new meanings. Human Relations, 66, 3-21.

Klehe, U.-C., Van Vianen, A.E.M., & Zikic, J. (2012). Coping with economic stress: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 745-751.

Zikic J., & Saks, A. (2009). Job search and social cognitive theory: The role of career-relevant activities. Journal of Vocational Behavior 74, 117–127.

Chapters:

Zikic, J. & Voloshyna, V. (2021). Skilled Migrant Careers: From identity struggle to organizational integration. In Bonache, J. Brewster, C, & Froese, F. J. (Eds.) Global Mobility and the Management of Expatriates. Cambridge University Press (pp.204-224).

Zikic, J. & Voloshyna, V. (2021). Mixed method in Careers Research: Contradictory paradigms or desired approach? In W. Murphy & J. Tosti-Kharas (Eds.) Handbook of Research Methods in Careers. Edward Elgar Publishing (pp.299-316).

Zikic, J., Kent, D., & Richardson, J. (in press) International Job Search. Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search, Oxford University Press.(Ed) Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin A.J. van Hooft

Recent Conference Presentations:

Zikic, J. & Richardson, J. What Happens When You Can’t Be Who You Are: Professional Identities at the Institutional Periphery. Presented at the People & Organizations Conference at Wharton School, October, 2014.

Zikic, J. Exploring Mentoring Relationships between Local & Foreign

Professionals: Do Similarities Attract and lead to High Quality Relationships? Presented at the Positive Relationships at Work (PRW) Micro community Meeting, Philadelphia, March 2014

Recent Invited Presentations:

Zikic, J. (September 2014). Exploring Immigrants’ Professional Identity and their Access to Professions, Invited Academic to Panel Presentation at CERIS (Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement), Toronto.

Zikic, J. (October 2014). Jobs without people and People without Jobs: Migrant Professionals, Babyboomers, and Strategic Organizational Initiatives. Invited Academic to the Panel Presentation at Strategic Capability Network in Toronto.

View video of Prof. Zikic’s recent presentation:

CERIS  (@CERISMetropolis) tweeted at 1:36 PM on Tue, Sep 23, 2014:
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