Effect of Career Adaptability on Subjective Well-Being of Middle-Aged and Older Employees

Abstract

This study aimed to elucidate how career adaptability (CA) affects subjective well-being by focusing on the psychological adjustment of middle-aged and older workers. Two web-based surveys were conducted at 1-year and 3-month intervals with 3540 workers aged 40 to 64 years, including those eligible for both position-retirement and reemployment. Factor analysis of CA in the first wave extracted two factors “control and confidence” and “concern and curiosity”. Multiple regression analysis, adjusted for important covariates, was conducted with the overall CA and the two factors of CA as the independent variables, and scores of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) as the dependent variable. For satisfaction with life, only concern and curiosity had a significant positive association, while control and confidence had no significant association. Analysis by employment stage indicated that only concern and curiosity had a significant positive association with satisfaction with life, while control and confidence had no significant association with any employment stage. The results suggest that the effect of CA on satisfaction with life remains the same, even among those who are position-retired or reemployed at the end of their vocational lives, which is a transition period in their lives.

Career Adapt-Abilities Scale–Short Form: Validation among Portuguese University Students and Workers

“…Additional correlation analyses support the high convergence between CAAS-SF and CAAS 24-items and indicate that CAAS-SF is a measure of decision-making resources rather than a measure of vocational identity or overall life satisfaction. Also, these additional correlations indicate significant and positive relations between adaptability resources and career results of increased goal clarity and life satisfaction, as found in previous studies with university students and working adults (e.g., Merino-Tejedor et al, 2016; Ramos & Lopez, 2018; Takao & Ishiyama, 2021). Nevertheless, the correlation between adaptability and life satisfaction in our sample is weak.…”

“…Meanwhile, significant negative relations were found between career adaptability and academic burnout (Merino-Tejedor et al, 2016). Likewise, studies with working adults indicate positive and significant relations between career adaptability and life satisfaction (Ramos & Lopez, 2018; Takao & Ishiyama, 2021), life meaning (Ramos & Lopez, 2018), career/job satisfaction (Chan et al, 2016; Spurk et al, 2020), and work engagement (Rossier et al, 2012). Significant negative relations were found between career adaptability and work stress (Johnston et al, 2013).…”

Servant Leadership and Creativity: A Study of the Sequential Mediating Roles of Psychological Safety and Employee Well-Being

“…Finally, employees often suffer from stress and burnout at work, which has negative impacts on well-being. Some businesses attempt to reduce stress and burnout and improve well-being by increasing personal income or offering career adaptability (Takao and Ishiyama, 2021), but we suggest another factor to be considered is the type of leadership (Jeong et al, 2018). We determined that the servant style of leadership has positive implications not only for employee creativity, the topic of our study, but for employees' well-being and psychological safety as well.…”

Hubungan antara Career Adaptability dengan Subjective Well-Being pada Emerging Adult

“…Selain itu, temuan pada penelitian ini juga menunjukkan hasil yang sama dengan penelitian dari Takao & Ishiyama (2021) yang menemukan bahwa subjective well-being pada karyawan senior dan paruh baya dipengaruhi oleh kemampuan career adaptability. Namun, pada penelitian tersebut dimensi yang memberikan pengaruh paling besar terhadap subjective well-being karyawan paruh baya adalah dimensi curiosity.…”