New job market entrants' future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models

Perceived organizational career management and career adaptability as predictors of success and turnover intention among Chinese employees

“…Career adaptability has been established as an important individual predictor for positive career outcomes, such as promotability (Tolentino, Garcia, Restubog, Bordia, & Tang, 2013), employment status (Guan, Deng, Sun, Wang, Cai, Ye et al, 2013; Career Adaptability and Success 6 Guan, Guo, Bond, Cai, Zhou, Xu et al, 2014), job performance (Yu & Zheng, 2013) and career satisfaction (Zacher, 2014). In this study, we propose that career adaptability will predict Chinese employees' salary, career satisfaction and turnover intention, even after controlling for the effects of perceived organizational career management.…”

Big-five personality and BIS/BAS traits as predictors of career exploration: The mediation role of career adaptability

“…As an important self-regulatory resource, career adaptability also serves as an important predictor for various outcome variables, such as work engagement (Rossier, Zecca, Stauffer, Maggiori, & Dauwalder, 2012), job search success (Guan, Deng, Sun, Wang, Cai, Ye et al, 2013;Guan, Guo, Bond, Cai, Zhou, Xu et al, 2014), level of professional competence (Guo, Guan, Yang, Xu, Zhou, She et al, 2014), career success (Guan, Zhou, Ye, Jiang, & Zhou, in press), and so on. It was also found that career adaptability had positive relationship BIS/BAS and Career Exploration 7 with career exploration, although the causal relationship has yet been established (e.g., Cai et al, 2015;Guan et al, 2015).…”

Career adaptability, calling and the professional competence of social work students in China: A career construction perspective

“…According to the career construction theory, there exist four types of psychological resources that help individuals to cope with the challenges of career development (Savickas, & Porfeli, 2012), namely career concern (the ability of seriously considering future career possibilities and preparing for these possibilities), career control (the strength of making deliberate decisions and taking conscientious action), career curiosity (the ability in exploring various situations and potential roles) and career confidence (the positive perceptions of one's problemsolving skills). The positive effects of career adaptability on individuals' career-related outcomes have been established in recent research (e.g., Guan, Deng, Sun, Wang, Cai, Ye et al, 2013;Guan, Guo, Bond, Cai, Zhou, Xu et al, 2014;Johnston, Luciano, Maggiori, Ruch, & Rossier, 2013;Tolentino, Garcia, Restubog, Bordia, & Tang, 2013).…”