Running Head: CAREER TIMING OF CHALLENGING JOB ASSIGNMENTS 1 Does Career Timing of Challenging Job Assignments Influence the Relationship with In-Role Job Performance? Bernd Carette, Frederik Anseel, and Filip Lievens Ghent University, Belgium Paper accepted for publication in Journal of Vocational Behavior Author Note Bernd Carette, Frederik Anseel, and Filip Lievens. Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Address of Correspondence: Bernd Carette, Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Phone: +32-(0)9-2646459. Fax: +32-(0)9-2646494. E-mail: Bernd.Carette@UGent.be This work was supported by a research grant from the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (FWO) awarded to Bernd Carette. The authors would like to thank Inne De La Ruelle for her help in collecting the data.