Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine - 2014 (Psychology and Social Behavior)
M.Sc., Keele University - 2007 (Psychological Research Methods)
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder - 2002 (Psychology)
Areas of Expertise:
Lifespan development, motivation, beliefs about the self and society, structural and perceived opportunities and constraints
Books and Publications
Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Kanfer, R. (2017). Competence and motivation at work throughout adulthood: Making the most of changing capacities and opportunities. A. Elliot, C. S. Dweck, & D. Yeager (Eds.), Handbook of Competence and Motivation: Theory and Application (2nd Edition) (pp. 449-470). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
(Books and Publications: Chapter) 2017
Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Youth's causal beliefs about success: Socioeconomic differences and prediction of early career development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(10), 2169-2180.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2017
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). It's only a dream if you wake up: Young adults' SES expectations, opportunities, and meritocratic beliefs in the aftermath of the Great Recession. International Journal of Psychology, 52, 40-48.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2017
Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). High-school predictors of university achievement: Youths' self-reported relationships with parents, beliefs about success, and university aspirations. Journal of Adolescence, 53, 95-106.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). Optimized engagement across life domains in adult development: Balancing diversity and inter-domain consequences. Research in Human Development, 13, 280-296.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J., (2016). For better or worse: Young adults' opportunity beliefs and motivational self-regulation during career entry. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 107-116.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016
Heckhausen, J., & Shane, J. (2015). How individuals navigate social mobility: Changing capacities and opportunities in careers across adulthood. In L. Finkelstein, D. Truxillo, F. Fraccaroli, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Managing an Aging Workforce: A Use Inspired Approach. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Frontier Series (pp. 313-320). New York, NY: Routledge.
(Books and Publications: Chapter) 2015
Heckhausen, J., & Shane, J. (2015). Social mobility in the transition to adulthood: Educational systems, career entry, and individual agency. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture (pp. 535 ? 553). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
(Books and Publications: Chapter) 2015
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2013). University students' causal conceptions about social mobility: Diverging pathways for believers in personal merit and luck. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82, 10-19.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2012). Motivational self-regulation in the work domain: Congruence of individuals? control striving and the control potential in their developmental ecologies. Research in Human Development, 9, (4); 337-357.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., Chen, C., & Greenberger, E. (2012). Career-related goal pursuit among post-high school youth: Relations between personal control beliefs and control strivings. Motivation and Emotion, 36, (2); 159-169.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
