A NEW VOCATIONAL PERSONALITY THEORY IN THE CHINESE CULTURAL CONTEXT: THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WBCP TEN-DIMENSIONAL MODEL

Wang Biao

Муҳандислик ва Иқтисодиёт · 2026-yil

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Purpose: To address the recurrent interpretive failures that arise when mainstream Western vocationalpersonality and trait models are applied in Chinese settings - for example, the same score being assigned oppositemeanings across jobs, or key work-behavior orientations being compressed or omitted - this article proposes a culturallyembedded middle-range theoretical framework. The framework is designed to translate personality tendencies into jobaccountabilitylogics and executable behavioral processes in a stable manner, thereby making person-job explanationsmore interpretable and testable. Method/Approach: The study adopts a problem-driven theory-building strategy anchoredby the dual lens of cultural socialization and occupational classification. Through systematic induction from Chineseoccupational classifications and job descriptions, comparative analysis of representative cases in career consulting andorganizational assessment, and abductive iteration across counterexample testing, boundary clarification, and constructrefinement, the article develops ten career-personality dimensions with observable indicators. It further proposes typicaloccupational behavior processes as the mechanism bridge and constructs a dual representational system composedof a Quadrant Map (structural positioning) and a Tension Compass (situational deployment). Findings: WBCP elevatesculture from contextual background to an operational generative mechanism in the form of cultural socialization scripts,thereby explaining what counts as appropriate action in highly normative work ecologies. The framework specifies tendimensions, explicit construct boundaries, process bridges, and a grammar of situational domains. In so doing, it providesauditable interpretive rules for person-job matching, mismatch diagnosis, and process-oriented intervention, whilegenerating a set of testable propositions for future empirical research. Theoretical contribution: The article advancestheorizing in cultural psychology for work and careers by modeling meaning systems, normative constraints, and actionprocesses as a cumulative interpretive grammar; by proposing job-accountability logic as the key interface linking cultureand vocational personality; and by introducing dual representational tools that jointly capture structural resources andsituational activation.

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MualliflarWang Biao
JurnalМуҳандислик ва Иқтисодиёт
Nashr sanasi2026-04-01
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cultural psychology; cultural socialization scripts; vocational personality; work behavior; job accountability; typical occupational behavior process; interpretability; theoretical propositions

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