The Mediation Role of Career Adaptability between Career Commitment and Career Motivation: An Empirical Investigation

Abstract

This study investigates the nexus between career commitment, adaptability and motivation, and the mediation role of career adaptability on the relationships between career commitment and motivation. Data were collected randomly from marketers working in the telecommunication sector in the Kurdistan region of Iraq through online questionnaires. There were 121 out of 285 forms received and analyzed using the structural equation modeling approach. The findings indicate that both career commitment and adaptability have direct effects on career motivation. Furthermore, a mediation effect of career adaptability was identified in the relationship between career commitment and motivation. The findings of the study contribute to the career motivation literature by investigating the effects of individual factors, namely career commitment and career adaptability, on career motivation in the context of developing countries. The study also points out the compound effect of these factors on career motivation.

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“…The results showed that there is a significant correlation between career concern and career commitment, which was verified in the structural equation model, indicating that career concern has a positive predictive effect on career commitment. This finding is consistent with the results of other researchers [73,74]. It reveals that a high school student with a high level of career concern might hold a firm commitment to his/her career.…”

Longitudinal relationships among career adaptability, resilience, and career commitment in Chinese nursing undergraduates: Testing differences in career interest between cross-lagged models

“…After establishing expectations and objectives for themselves and their work position, students' CC steadily increases [62]. The CC at T1 did not signi cantly predict the CA at T2, inconsistent with the results [13,26], although the study showed that a higher occupational commitment appears to have considerable bene ts for occupational adjustment [26]. Nursing students often face substantial occupational stress at the beginning of their clinical job, as evidenced by barriers to nurse-patient communication, lack of professional knowledge, and unfamiliarity with the clinical environment, resulting in anxiety and frustration, and decreased enthusiasm for the job [63,64].…”

“…In turn, employees with a high CC will be more motivated to do their job, be more adaptable to potential problems, and help their organizations succeed [23]. A previous study has identi ed CC as an important catalyst for CA [13]. High levels of CC enable individuals to cope with future changes, and as a result these individuals are more likely to be successful in their organizations' potential careers [24].…”

“…CC is de ned as the harmony between an individual's beliefs and professional goals; a higher harmony leads to a greater personal effort [8,9]. Numerous factors in uence CC, including socio-demographic traits (e.g., age, gender, level of education, voluntary choice of one's major; [10,11]), resilience (RE; [12]), career adaptability (CA; [13,14]). However, most studies focused on medical students, whereas only a few studies focused on nursing students.…”

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“…Second, it could allow them to acquire more information that allows them to prepare for the future. Career adaptability, on the other hand, develops in the context of possible longer-range motivation goals and behaviors ( Najib and Aljanabi, 2020 ), which could allow individuals to become more resilient rather than blindly adapting for the sake of it.…”