Protean Career Orientation and Proactive Career Behaviors During School-to-Work Transition: Mechanism Exploration and Coaching Intervention

PurposeAs the notions of protean career and job crafting share a common emphasis on self-management, proactivity and customization, this study aimed to examine if the associations between protean career, subjective and objective career success were mediated by job crafting, assessed via its three main dimensions (i.e. increasing structural job resources, increasing social job resources and increasing challenging job demands).Design/methodology/approachThe authors sampled 594 Italian employees using a time-lagged research design: protean career was assessed at T1 and job crafting and career success at T2. Responses were analyzed through structural equation modeling.FindingsThis study’s results showed that increasing structural job resources mediated the association of protean career with subjective career success, while increasing challenging job demands mediated its association with objective career success.Originality/valueIn contrast to previous studies, in this contribution, the mediating role of job crafting is disentangled by taking into account its three respective dimensions. Additionally, the authors included both forms of career success as outcomes of protean career. Implications for future research and practical recommendations are presented and discussed.

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“…As previous studies (e.g. Zhang et al, 2022) suggested, both intra-(e.g. training) and extra-organizational (e.g.…”

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“Crafting your own success”: a time-lagged study on the mediating role of job crafting dimensions in the relationship between protean career and career success

Presti

Heijden

Briscoe

et al. 2023

CDI

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“…A deficiency in one of these can be problematic (Hall, 2004). Protean career orientation means the tendency to acquire new knowledge and skills and being ready for the changing environment, focusing on the values of freedom and autonomy (Zhang, Wang, Zhang, Xu, & Xu, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

Protean Career Orientation and Organizational Commitment: The Role of Organizational Identification

2024

Glob Bus Financ Rev

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Purpose: This study investigates the effect of individuals’ protean career orientations on their organizational commitment. We expected protean attitudes to be positively related to organizational commitment, based on the perspective that protean career orientation could increase the sense of organizational identification. Design/methodology/approach: We targeted permanent employees from various industries. The survey was conducted through a website, and a total of 572 employees participated in the survey. For analysis, structural equation modeling was used. Findings: The results show that protean career orientation is positively related to organizational commitment, and this relationship is fully mediated by organizational identification. Specifically, affective and normative commitment were positively influenced by protean career orientation, being mediated by organizational identification. Only continuance commitment did not show any relationship with the protean attitude. Research limitations/implications: Despite elucidating the process of mediating, this study limited the variable to organizational identification. The results of this study suggest that more diverse variables (e. g., personality, ideology, values) and approaches (e. g., moderated mediation model) could be investigated in the area of protean career orientation. Originality/value: The results are contrary to previous speculations that protean people are self-centered with insufficient commitment toward the organization. In particular, the positive relationship between protean career orientation and organizational identification is newly suggested, providing a possibility for redefining the core values of protean careers and their potential.

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“…School to work transition period is critical for newcomers (usually university graduates) to labor market. This period is beginning of one's career and the first career transition (Zhang et al, 2022). Proactive career behaviors contribute to successful school to work transition (De Vos et al, 2009).…”

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Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Proaktif Kariyer Davranışının Yordayıcısı Olarak Gelecek Vizyonları: Umut, İyimserlik ve Kötümserlik

Korkmaz¹

2023

ASRJOURNAL

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Current conditions in the labor market stimulate the individual to have a negative view of the future. The current working world requires individuals to be more active in their careers today. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between university students' proactive career behavior and their visions about future (hope, optimism, and pessimism). The participants consist of university students in Turkiye. Participants are 435 university students (207 female, 228 male). The age of the participants is between 17-27. The Visions About Future Scale and The Career Engagement Scale were used to collect the data. Pearson Correlation Analysis and path analysis based on Structural Equation Modeling were used in the analyzes. As a result of the analysis, a positive relationship was obtained between visions about future consisting of hope, optimism, and pessimism and proactive career behaviors. In addition, visions about future positively predicted proactive career behavior. Visions about future account for about 30 percent of the variance in proactive career behavior. The obtained result supported that strengthening the visions about future of university students will increase their proactive career behavior. The findings were discussed in the light of the relevant literature and some suggestions were presented to researchers and practitioners.

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Protean Career Orientation and Proactive Career Behaviors During School-to-Work Transition: Mechanism Exploration and Coaching Intervention

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“Crafting your own success”: a time-lagged study on the mediating role of job crafting dimensions in the relationship between protean career and career success

“Crafting your own success”: a time-lagged study on the mediating role of job crafting dimensions in the relationship between protean career and career success

Protean Career Orientation and Organizational Commitment: The Role of Organizational Identification

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Proaktif Kariyer Davranışının Yordayıcısı Olarak Gelecek Vizyonları: Umut, İyimserlik ve Kötümserlik

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