Selected publications

Kira, M., Belgrade, A., Saleem, N., Pattipati, M. A., & Lee, F. (2023), Values informing former refugees’ good life experiences and endeavors. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2023.2213173

Belgrade, A., Kira, M., Sadaghiyani, S., & Lee, F. (2022). What makes us complete: Hybrid multicultural identity and its social contextual origins. Journal of Community Psychology, 50(5), 2290-2313. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22776

Belgrade, A., Kira, M., & Lee, F. (2022), The role of stable security in resettled refugees’ sense of wellbeing. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 20(4), 546-560. DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2021.1955171.

Sadaghiyani, S., Belgrade, A., Kira, M., & Lee, F. (2022). Finding strength in adversity: Exploring the process of posttraumatic growth among multicultural individuals. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000517

Wallin, A., Nokelainen, P., & Kira, M. (2022). From thriving developers to stagnant self-doubters: An identity-centered approach to exploring the relationship between digitalization and professional development. Vocations and Learning, 15, 285–316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-022-09288-6

Wegmeyer, L. J., Tenbrink, A. P., Delacruz, A. Y., Salim, R., & Speer, A. B. (2022). Interviews from Scratch: Individual Differences in Writing Interview Questions. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 8(1), 2.

Naegeli Costa, C., Park, N., & Kira, M. (2021). #ArmMeWith: Resources for teacher wellbeing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 11(2), 20-37.

Xiong, Z. B., Her, M., Kira, M., Belgrade, A. J., Pattipati, M. A., Xiong, G. N., Miller, H., & Lee, F. (2021). Role of family in refugee adjustment: Experiences of Hmong, Somali, and Syrian refugees in the USA. Adversity and Resilience Science, 2, 285-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-021-00043-9

Wehrle, K., Kira, M., & Klehe, U.-C. (2019). Putting career construction into context: Career adaptability among refugees. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 111, 107-124.

Klehe, U.-C., Koen, J., De Pater, I. E., & Kira, M. (2018). Too old to tango? Job loss and job search among older workers. In U.-C. Klehe & E. A. J. Hooft (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Wehrle, K., Klehe, U.-C., Kira, M., & Zikic. J. (2018). Can I come as I am? Refugees’ vocational identity threats, coping, and growth. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 105, 83-101.

Kira, M. & Klehe, U.-C. (2016). Self-definition threats and potential for growth among mature-aged job-loss victims. Human Resource Management Review, 26, 242–259.

Kira, M. & Balkin, D. B. (2014). Interactions between work and identities: Thriving, withering, or redefining the self? Human Resource Management Review, 24, 131-143.

Kira, M. & Lifvergren, S. (2014). Sowing the seeds for sustainability, In: I. Ehnert, W. Harry and K. Zink (Eds), Handbook of Sustainability and Human Resource Management (pp. 57-81). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.

Kira, M., Balkin, D.B. & San, E. (2012). Authentic work and organizational change: Longitudinal evidence from a merger. Journal of Change Management, 21, 31-51.

Vuori, T., San, E., & Kira, M. (2012). Meaningfulness making at work. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 7, 231-248.

Kira, M., Eijnatten, F.M. Van & Balkin D.B. (2010). Crafting sustainable work: Development of personal resources. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 23, 616-632.