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Sönmez B, Gül D, Gümüş C. The relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction, career adaptability and career construction in nursing students: A career construction theory perspective. Nurse Educ Pract 2024; 78:104017. [PMID: 38889527 DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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AIM To determine (i) the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction (competence, relatedness and autonomy), career adaptability and career construction, (ii) the role of career adaptability in this relationship and (iii) the variables that predict career construction in nursing students. BACKGROUND Career Construction Theory, which predicts that appropriate career behaviour, facilitated by individual characteristics, promotes a person's career outcomes, has not yet been tested in nursing students. DESIGN Cross-sectional and correlational design. METHODS A total of 536 students who were reached through a snowball sampling method among nursing students in the 2022-2023 academic year in Türkiye constituted the sample of the study. Data were collected online using the Student Information Form, the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-Short Form and the Student Career Construction Inventory. Data analysis was performed using Model 4 in Hayes' PROCESS Macro and hierarchical linear regression. RESULTS Autonomy, competence and relatedness were found to have a direct significant effect on career adaptability and overall career construction score (p<.001). Career adaptability was found to have a partial mediating role in the effect of autonomy, competence and relatedness on overall career construction score (p<.001). When examining the predictor variables for the career construction score, it was found that some variables, such as not having willingly chosen the nursing profession, had a negative effect, while a positive effect was found in the need for competence from the basic psychological needs satisfaction subscales and concern and confidence from the career adaptability subscales (p<.05). CONCLUSIONS Nursing educators should ensure that nursing students receive career counseling during their education according to Career Construction Theory to make effective career decisions by allowing them to self-identify and self-discover. Accordingly, career guidance, career education and career counseling initiatives can be implemented in accordance with students' needs.
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- Betül Sönmez
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing Management, İstanbul, Türkiye.
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- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
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- Ege University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Fundamental Nursing Second Cycle Programme with Thesis, İzmir, Türkiye.
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Ma G, Wu W, Liu C, Ji J, Gao X. Empathetic leadership and employees' innovative behavior: examining the roles of career adaptability and uncertainty avoidance. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1371936. [PMID: 38840737 PMCID: PMC11150825 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1371936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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Introduction Career construction theory proposes that adaptivity affects career adapting through career adaptability. However, research on the mechanism of this pathway remains scarce. By applying career construction theory and conservation of resources theory, we hypothesize that career adaptability (concern, control, curiosity, and confidence) mediates the relationship between empathetic leadership (adaptivity) and innovative behavior (career adapting). Moreover, we posit that uncertain avoidance moderates the mediating mechanism. Methods Our study used SPSS23 and bootstrap methods (PROCESS) to test the proposed model. The sample comprised 301 employees from different firms in various industries. In this study, empathetic leadership-5, career adaptability-24, uncertainty avoidance-5, and innovative behavior-6 scales were used to measure empathetic leadership, career adaptability, and uncertainty avoidance. Results The results revealed that (1) empathetic leadership is positively related to employees' innovative behavior (2) Concern (H2a), control (H2b), curiosity (H2c), and confidence (H2d) mediate the relations between empathetic leadership and employee's innovative behavior (3) Uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between empathetic leadership and concern (H3a), control (H3b), curiosity (H3c), and confidence (H3d), such that this relationship is stronger when uncertainty avoidance is higher (4) Uncertainty avoidance moderates the indirect relationship between empathetic leadership and employee innovative behavior through concern (H4a), control (H4b), curiosity (H4c), and confidence (H4d), such that this indirect relationship will be stronger when uncertainty avoidance is high than when it is low. Conclusion We investigated how empathetic leadership affects innovative behavior. Based on career construction theory and conservation of resources theory, we also tested the hypothesis that concern, control, curiosity, and confidence play mediating roles in linking empathetic leadership (career adaptivity) to innovative behavior (career adapting). In addition, this study found that uncertainty avoidance does not always have negative effects. People with a high uncertainty avoidance tendency may be dependent more on empathetic leadership to improve their career adaptability, which promotes their innovative behavior.
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- Guangya Ma
- School of Foreign Studies, Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Economics, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- Postdoctoral Workstation, China Rongtong Group Strategy Research Institute, Beijing, China
- School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Humanities and Tourism, Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Business, Shenzhen Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Al-Waqfi MA, Tlaiss H, Ghoudi K. Career Adaptability as a Predictor of Job Search Intentions and Career Readiness of Young Adults in the United Arab Emirates. JOURNAL OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1177/08948453231157759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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In this study, we used the career construction theory (CCT) to examine the effects of career adaptability resources and career adapting responses on the career readiness of young adults in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Using data from a sample of 635 senior business students at two universities, we found that career adaptability has a positive impact on two measures of career readiness including career decidedness and perceived employability. Our findings also indicate that career adaptability, as expected, predicts two relevant career adaptive responses within the United Arab Emirates context including intentions to seek “Wasta” (using social connections to help in finding a job) and willingness to work in the private sector (WWPS). We further found that WWPS mediates the relationship between career adaptability and perceived employability. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
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- Mohammed A. Al-Waqfi
- College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Chen H, Wu Y, Jiang L, Xu B, Gao X, Cai W. Future orientation and perceived employability of chinese undergraduates: a moderated mediation model. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:1-14. [PMID: 36254214 PMCID: PMC9556284 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03769-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Although scholars and practitioners have highlighted the significance of students' attitudes for their future employment, few empirical examinations have attempted to determine the potential association between students' future orientation and their perceived employability. Thus, drawing on career construction theory, we test the positive effect of students' future orientation on their perceived employability by exploring the mediator of problem-based learning and the moderators of job market knowledge and proactive personality. Collecting our data via a time-lagged design (N = 368), we have found that the positive association between future orientation and employability is mediated by problem-based learning. Our moderation analyses further revealed that job market knowledge positively moderates the relationship between future orientation and problem-based learning and that students' proactive personality positively moderates the relationship between problem-based learning and perceived employability.
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- Hao Chen
- College of Economics & Management, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China
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- School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
- Institute of Intellectual Property, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
- Institute of Intellectual Property, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
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- School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
- Institute of Intellectual Property, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China
- Department of Management & Organisation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gong Z, Jiao X, Zhang M, Qu Q, Sun B. Effects of personal growth initiative on occupational engagement of college students in the uncertain social context: A cross-lagged model and a moderated mediation model. Front Psychol 2022; 13:988737. [PMID: 36211915 PMCID: PMC9533056 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.988737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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In recent years, the international social context has become increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA), and college students need a high level of long-term occupational engagement to cope with the unpredictability of the current employment environment. In this context, this study used a longitudinal design to explore the relationship between personal growth initiative and occupational engagement among college students and, based on this, further explored the role of vocational identity and Big Five personality traits in it. This study used a questionnaire survey method and the study participants were 700 college students in Shandong, China. And the time interval between the two questionnaire measurements was 4 months, with 559 final valid participants (182 males and 377 females). The following results were found in this study: (1) The cross-lagged model found that personal growth initiative was a significant positive predictor of occupational engagement. (2) The moderated mediation model found that vocational identity mediated the relationship between personal growth initiative and occupational engagement, and that neuroticism among the Big Five personality traits played a moderating role, i.e., individuals with higher level of neuroticism personality trait had a relatively weaker positive predictive effect of vocational identity on occupational engagement. This study concludes that colleges and universities need to understand students' interests and personality traits and provide more targeted career education (e.g., intentional growth training and cognitive behavioral therapy) to promote their personal growth initiatives, reduce their neuroticism levels and in turn enhance their vocational identity in order to help college students achieve long-term sustainable occupational engagement in the uncertain social context.
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- Zhun Gong
- Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
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- Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Bilon-Piórko AD, Thomsen R. A critical review of contemporary concepts of agency in the field of career guidance: life-design counselling and a systems theory framework. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2022.2101614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland
- Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Stemela-Zali U, Kathard H, Sefotho MM. The matrix of linguistic exclusions impeding career construction for D/deaf learners. Afr J Disabil 2022; 11:935. [PMID: 35812771 PMCID: PMC9257708 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background The purpose of this research study was to explore how D/deaf learners in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa constructed their careers and what types of support were available for them to do so. The study found that among the support required, support for their linguistic development, particularly Sign Language acquisition, was critical in home, school and community settings. Objectives The objective of this study was to highlight the multiple linguistic exclusions faced by D/deaf learners in the Eastern Cape, which negatively impacted their career construction. Method Savickas’s theory of career construction framed this analytical-qualitative case study. The study was conducted in two out of four schools for the D/deaf in two districts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Data were gathered via four participant groups viz. Deaf learners, their parents, teachers and officials of the Department of Basic Education, as well as through document reviews. Results The results indicated that multiple linguistic exclusions for these learners begin early in their lives and continue into their school years and beyond. These experiences at home, school and in social contexts combined impact negatively career construction and its prospects. Conclusion This study concluded that linguistic exclusions experienced by Deaf learners are created by a combination of systemic factors, which impede the career construction of D/deaf learners. Implications and suggestions for advancing their linguistic inclusion are discussed.
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- Unati Stemela-Zali
- Department of Rehabilitative Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa
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- Department of Disability Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Chen H, Pang L, Liu F, Fang T, Wen Y. "Be perfect in every respect": the mediating role of career adaptability in the relationship between perfectionism and career decision-making difficulties of college students. BMC Psychol 2022; 10:137. [PMID: 35624459 PMCID: PMC9145158 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00845-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Considering the weakening of the economy and the shrinkage of jobs under the current global epidemic crisis, the employment of college graduates is facing unprecedented and cruel competition. However, many college students lack a reasonable understanding and orientation of themselves, which leads to them having high expectations for future careers and not considering whether they are competent or not. Due to a lack of ability and self-confidence, they appear to be at a loss and hesitant when facing career choices. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between perfectionism, career adaptability and career decision-making difficulties from both positive and negative aspects. METHODS We sampled 400 college students in China and used a questionnaire to obtain cross-sectional data through the Perfectionism, Career Adaptability, and Career Decision Difficulties scales. This study explored the relationship between them using statistical analysis software such as SPSS and AMOS through the results of correlation analysis and mediating role analysis. RESULTS College students' perfectionism, career adaptability, and career decision-making difficulties were significantly correlated (p < 0.01). Positive perfectionism has a negative predictive effect on career decision-making difficulties, and career adaptability plays a completely mediating role in it (the direct effect is -0.032, the mediation effect is -0.244, and the total effect is -0.276.). Negative perfectionism plays a positive predictive role in career decision-making difficulties, and career adaptability plays a part in mediating roles (the direct effect is 0.334, the mediating effect is 0.099, and the total effect is 0.433.). CONCLUSIONS College students will more or less pursue "perfect", but often with their own preferences to pursue, cannot be done based on the rational analysis of things to pursue perfect. College students have higher positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism, and their career adaptability is also at a higher level, but there is a higher degree of career decision-making difficulties. Positive perfectionism of college students can reduce the difficulty of career decision-making, and career adaptability plays a completely mediating role in it. Negative perfectionism of college students will lead to difficulties in career decision-making, in which career adaptability plays a mediating role.
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- Huaruo Chen
- Institute of Vocational and Adult Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.,Center for Research and Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 21286, USA
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- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China.,School of Psychology, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, 223300, China
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- School of Psychology, Naning Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- School of Teacher Education, NanJing XiaoZhuangl University, Nanjing, China.
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Becker K, Bish A, Abell D, McCormack M, Smidt M. Supporting Australian veteran transition: career construction through a person-environment fit perspective. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2022.2077127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Karen Becker
- School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia
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- College of Business and Economics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
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- School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia
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- School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia
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How are career adaptable and customer oriented employees treated? Examining career-situated factors that reduce customer mistreatment. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A moderated-mediation model of career adaptability and life satisfaction among working adults in Malaysia. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-020-00837-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bouckenooghe D, Kanar A, Klehe UC. A latent transition analysis examining the nature of and movement between career adaptability profiles. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhang W, Chin T, Li F, Lin CL, Shan YN, Ventimiglia F. The Impact of Career Competence on Career Sustainability Among Chinese Expatriate Managers Amid Digital Transformation in Vietnam: The Role of Lifelong Learning. Front Psychol 2022; 13:791636. [PMID: 35310244 PMCID: PMC8928143 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.791636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Digitalization and advanced technologies are replacing human jobs. Around the world, many people have lost their jobs due to increasing digitalization. Similarly, Chinese expatriates associated with the manufacturing sector in emerging countries such as Vietnam face similar challenges. Therefore, Chinese expatriates need to bring competitiveness in their competencies. This competitiveness brings sustainability to their career. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of career competencies on career sustainability. Moreover, we test the mediating effect of lifelong learning in the relationship between career competencies and career sustainability. A questionnaire survey approach was used in this study. The target population was the Chinese expatriate managers working at China-invested manufacturing multinational organizations in Vietnam. To estimate the proposed relationships, we use structural equation modeling. The results are confirmed that in the direct relationship career competence has a positive impact on career sustainability. The findings of this study also indicate that career competencies have a positive impact on lifelong learning. Furthermore, outcomes confirmed that lifelong learning has a positive impact on career sustainability. Similarly, results are also confirmed that lifelong learning is positively mediating between career competencies and career sustainability. Therefore, the empirical results of this article identify that lifelong learning has a critical impact on sustainable careers. Specifically, this study is useful for mid-level managers who are associated with multinational organizations. At the end of this article, we also explained the practical implications, limitations, and future research directions.
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- Wei Zhang
- College of Business, Honghe University, Mengzi, China
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- College of Business, Honghe University, Mengzi, China
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- College of Business, Honghe University, Mengzi, China
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Cixi, China
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- College of Business, Honghe University, Mengzi, China
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Will hope and career adapt-abilities bring students closer to their career goals? An investigation through the career construction model of adaptation. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-02932-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hallpike H, Vallée-Tourangeau G, Van der Heijden B. A Distributed Interactive Decision-Making Framework for Sustainable Career Development. Front Psychol 2022; 12:790533. [PMID: 35250691 PMCID: PMC8896176 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.790533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The purpose of this article is to present a new distributed interactive career decision-making framework (diCDM) in which person and context together determine the development of a sustainable career. We build upon recent theories from two disciplines: decision theory and career theory. Our new conceptual framework incorporates distributed stakeholders into the career decision-making process and suggests that individuals make decisions through a system of distributed agency, in which they interact with their context to make each career decision, at varying levels of participation, from proactive to reactive. We focus on two key career decision-making drivers originating from the person (exercising personal agency and seeking meaning), and two key drivers from the career context (making demands on an individual’s resources and affording scripts). This manuscript challenges the individual-driven approach to career development, and instead proposes that a process of distributed career decision-making takes place between each person and the various stakeholders, both individual and institutional, that also drive their career. Career seekers and counselors can use this framework to supplement an individual-focused approach and incorporate the role of distributed decision-makers in sustaining an individual’s career. Empirical research is needed to explore and test the applicability of the framework to career decisions in practice.
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- Helen Hallpike
- Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Faculty of Management, Open Universiteit, Heerlen, Netherlands.,Department of Marketing, Innovation, and Organisation, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.,Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
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Chen H, Liu F, Wen Y. The Influence of College Students' Core Self-evaluation on Job Search Outcomes: Chain Mediating Effect of Career Exploration and Career Adaptability. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:1-12. [PMID: 35228786 PMCID: PMC8865730 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-02923-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The study of college students' job search and influencing factors has been an important topic in college students' career development. The degree of satisfaction with the results of a college student's perceived job search directly affects the sustainability of his or her future career. Although the importance of core self-evaluation in the job search process has been confirmed by a large body of literature, very little literature has focused on the mechanism of action between core self-evaluation and job search outcomes. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the impact of core self-evaluation on job search outcomes through a chain mediation model and to discuss the role of career exploration and career adaptability in this relationship. Two waves of survey data were utilized to test the research hypotheses on a sample of 310 college students facing employment in different regions of China. The results indicated that core self-evaluation positively impacted job search outcomes. In addition, career exploration and career adaptability moderated the relationship between core self-evaluation and job search outcomes, respectively. More importantly, core self-evaluation could also influence job search outcomes through the chain-mediating effects of career exploration and career adaptability.
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- Huaruo Chen
- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Center for Research and Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Teacher Education, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, China
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Wen Y, Li K, Chen H, Liu F. Life Design Counseling: Theory, Methodology, Challenges, and Future Trends. Front Psychol 2022; 13:814458. [PMID: 35178017 PMCID: PMC8844019 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.814458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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With the rapid development of society and the dramatic change of environment, previous career counseling focusing on personal choice has been difficult to meet individuals’ needs. It is very meaningful and valuable to introduce the ideology of Life Design Counseling (LDC). In this mini review, we introduce and analyze the theory and methodology of LDC. This review puts forward challenges in the field of LDC, including the lack of attention to clients from multiple backgrounds and professional counselors, the lack of diversified methods in the intervention process, and the lack of diversified research. The theoretical research, practical research, and the integration of theory and practice of LDC still need to be further concerned by researchers.
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- Ya Wen
- School of Teacher Education, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.,Center for Research and Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.,School of Education Science, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, China
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Zacher H, Rudolph CW. Researching employee experiences and behavior in times of crisis: Theoretical and methodological considerations and implications for human resource management. GERMAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PERSONALFORSCHUNG 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/23970022211058812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Over the past 2 years, numerous empirical studies in the fields of human resource management, organizational behavior, and industrial, work, and organizational psychology have investigated employee experiences and behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this paper is to take a step back and to outline several theoretical and methodological considerations when researching employee experiences and behavior in times of crisis more generally. These insights may be useful when developing conceptual models, designing empirical studies, and managing people in the context of future crises. We first review theoretical approaches that could be applied to explain changes in employee experiences and behavior in times of crisis, including stress theories, theories of adjustment to work-related changes, career construction theory, event system theory, transition-adaptation theories, the crisis management and resilience framework, and the social identity model of identity change. Second, we outline methodological considerations and best practices regarding the research design of quantitative empirical studies, sampling, measurement, and analytic strategies. Throughout, we highlight empirical studies on employee experiences and behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic that have adopted these theoretical approaches and methodological best practices. We conclude with several suggestions for future theory development and empirical studies on employee experiences and behavior as well as human resource management in times of crisis.
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Simosi M, Daskalaki M, Rousseau DM. What's next? Career narratives of women university graduates in times of precarity. EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/emre.12482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Maria Simosi
- Royal Holloway University of London, UK, School of Business & Management UK
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Wong SW. Life themes of a slash worker in Hong Kong identified through a Career Construction Interview. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2021.1921697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Shui-wai Wong
- School of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
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Going full circle: Integrating research on career adaptation and proactivity. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Auvinen E, Huhtala M, Rantanen J, Feldt T. Drivers or Drifters? The "Who" and "Why" of Leader Role Occupancy-A Mixed-Method Study. Front Psychol 2021; 12:573924. [PMID: 33746816 PMCID: PMC7969977 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.573924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study investigated the reasons that leaders have given for their leader role occupancy. By using a mixed-method approach and large leader data, we aimed to provide a more nuanced picture of how leader positions are occupied in real life. We examined how individual leadership motivation may associate with other reasons for leader role occupancy. In addition, we aimed to integrate the different reasons behind leader role occupancy into the framework of sustainable leader careers and its two indicators: leader's health (occupational well-being) and performance (measured indirectly as followers' occupational well-being). The survey data consisted of 1,031 leaders from various sectors of working life. Qualitative analysis revealed that leaders mention various factors behind their leader role occupancy, resulting 26 themes. After inductive investigation of the data, theory-driven analysis focused on the sustainable career components (person, context, time) and agency vs. non-agency. Qualitative data was quantitized based on the theory-driven categories for statistical analysis. Based on the these analysis, we found out that only Affective-Identity MTL predicted all of the studied reasons behind leader role occupancy, whereas the other motivation types (Non-calculative MTL and Social-Normative MTL) did not. All of the reasons for leader role occupancy except non-agentic ones were related to both leaders' own and their followers' occupational well-being. Leaders with more person-related and agentic reasons for leader role occupancy experienced better occupational well-being. Person- and context-related and agentic reasons behind leader role occupancy associated also with followers' occupational well-being, but the associations differed from those of leaders' well-being: person-related and agentic reasons associated with followers' exhaustion, but this association was not found among leaders. Our study provided important information for practitioners in the field of human resources and development, as it has shown that if the reasons for leader role occupancy mainly reflect circumstances or other non-person-related reasons, the experienced occupational well-being and person-career fit may remain weak. It is necessary to try to support the leadership motivation for those leaders, or to shape the job description in such a way that it can also offer the experiences of meaningfulness from aspects other than self-realization through a managerial role.
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- Elina Auvinen
- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Karam CM, Afiouni F. Career constructions and a feminist standpoint on the meaning of context. GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Charlotte M. Karam
- Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Track, Olayan School of Business American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
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- Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Track, Olayan School of Business American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
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Implementation of career construction model of adaptation with Turkish University students: a two-study paper. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01482-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PurposeTo present the internal dialogue of a TQM practitioner using the conceptual lens of reflective practice.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a pragmatic philosophical approach to collect qualitative critical reflection data and quantitative career construction data from stratified and purposively sampled respondents, using structured questionnaires. The qualitative data were analyzed through reconstruction, while the quantitative data were analyzed through co-construction using the percentage agreement value and Wilcoxon–Mann Whitney test.FindingsFive questions were found to be valuable for steering the internal dialogue for critical reflection, thus recommended as a must-have in a TQM practitioner's toolkit. This study found the career adapt–abilities scale to be a valuable tool for assessing the career construction of a TQM practitioner. This was supported by a 64% agreement and non-significant difference between the two groups of raters used, p < 0.05 (U = 3356.5, W = 7451.5, Z = 1.9826), two-tailed.Research limitations/implicationsThe pragmatic philosophical stance used in this study lends it to a certain level of subjectivity. However, the inputs from the three other participants neutralize the subjectivity. Most notably, this study is not about consensus-seeking but rather verifiable/testable self-reflection.Practical implicationsThe theory-informed results presented in this study are useful for the continuing professional development of TQM practitioners.Originality/valueThis study provides insights for applying an individual-level self-assessment tool for TQM implementation.
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Going the distance in vocational behavior research: Introducing three extensions for optimal matching analysis based on distances between career sequences. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ndlovu V, Ferreira N. Students’ psychological hardiness in relation to career adaptability. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2019.1689468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Velly Ndlovu
- Department of Human Resource Management, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Human Resource Management, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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Akkermans J, Keegan A, Huemann M, Ringhofer C. Crafting Project Managers’ Careers: Integrating the Fields of Careers and Project Management. PROJECT MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/8756972819877782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Project managers experience unique careers that are not yet sufficiently understood, and more people than ever before are pursuing such careers. The research on project management and careers is therefore urgently needed in order to better understand the processes and systems shaping the careers of project managers. We address this gap by reviewing several key career theories and constructs and examining how these are mobilized to understand project managers’ careers in existing research. Our main conclusion is that boundaryless career theory has been the dominant career perspective in project management research, whereas other career theories—specifically protean career theory, social cognitive career theory, career construction theory, and sustainable career theory—are far less often mobilized as a basis for studies. We also find that some of the most popular constructs in careers research, such as career success and employability, have been used in recent project management research. However, their use in these studies is often implicit and does not necessarily leverage existing work from the careers field. We argue that there is strong potential for further and more systematic integration between project management and careers research in order to enrich both fields, and we offer a research agenda as a starting point.
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- Jos Akkermans
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
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Fouad NA, Kozlowski MB. Turning Around to Look Ahead: Views of Vocational Psychology in 2001 and 2019. JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/1069072719841602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ten scholars in vocational psychology identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a 2001 issue of the Journal of Vocational Behavior. This article reviews the state of the field in 2001 and then identifies to what extent the strengths and concerns have changed in the past two decades. While the field continues to have a strong theoretical and empirical tradition, old concerns about insularity, methods used to examine research questions, gulfs between science and practice, and turf wars remain a serious threat to the field. We outline the nature of these concerns and propose recommendations from the literature to these concerns.
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