Two sides of the career resources coin: Career adaptability resources and the impostor phenomenon

Neureiter, Mirjam; Traut‐Mattausch, Eva

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2016.10.002

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“…Career adaptability based on the career construction theory is the ability of an individual to satisfy their vocational requirements according to their desired career direction [44]. It includes coping with present or future vocational developmental tasks, work or job change, and psychological difficulty [45].…”

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Work Volition and Career Adaptability as Predictors of Employability: Examining a Moderated Mediating Process

Kwon

2019

Sustainability

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Slow economic growth and cost reduction have caused a global increase in employment insecurity. For university students in the process of preparing for employment, these conditions can be a source of enormous stress. The effort to improve the employability of university students who experience difficulties in seeking a job and developing a career, therefore, becomes consequently meritorious. In order to provide new findings of the key antecedents affecting employability, this study investigates the dynamics of work volition and career adaptability. Employability is predicted by integrating career adaptability, which originated in career construction theory, and work volition, which originated in the psychology of working framework. To test the research hypotheses, survey data were collected from 251 students registered at three universities in South Korea and analyzed using a structural equation model and Hayes' process macro. Results indicated that the direct effect of work volition on employability and its indirect effect through career adaptability were significant. Next, the mediation effect of career adaptability between work volition and employability was varied positively by work volition. These results provide practical implications for efforts aimed at increasing the employability of university students and, as such, present a foundation for contribution to ensuring sustainable employability.Sustainability 2019, 11, 7089 2 of 16 for individuals as well [7]. Such changes in the corporate environment demand a more flexible labor market, which in turn necessitates individuals transform their perception of what a career is. Recently, rather than focusing on planning and rationality, emphasis has been placed on competence in developing flexible adaptations for enduring uncertainty and ambiguity. The traditional concept of employment, considered important in past industrial societies, is being replaced by the concept of sustainable employability [8,9].Today, career success focuses more on employability in the labor market and the psychological satisfaction felt in one's career, rather than higher wages or faster promotions in an organization or occupation [10]. In academic research (e.g., [9,11,12]), sustainable employability refers to one's capacity to maintain a lifelong stable state of employment preparedness. The concept of employability refers to the capability of an employee, not employer, and it can be understood as describing those characteristics or competences of an individual that makes employment feasible [13]. In other words, employability is the ability to exploit one's own potential to maintain sustainable employment security [14], and it refers to long-term career success [15].Although the employability of university students has become imperative, universities do not provide adequate programs enhance employability. To address this apparent oversight, this research aims to investigate work volition and career adaptability as antecedents for strengthening the employability of university students...

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Work Volition and Career Adaptability as Predictors of Employability: Examining a Moderated Mediating Process

Kwon

2019

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“…Therefore, in recent years, the IP has been increasingly proposed as an important psychological factor for career development. The IP has been found to reduce career adaptability resources that are positively related to career planning, career exploration, and occupational self-efficacy and negatively related to career decision-making difficulties (Neureiter and Traut-Mattausch, 2017). Previous research points to the IP as a relevant psychological barrier particularly for young academics for several reasons: First, the university context is structured in a way that enhances the IP (McCormick and Barnes, 2008; Klinkhammer and Saul-Soprun, 2009) as it is characterized by many years of evaluation and examination rituals, evoking feelings of deficiency.…”

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Buffering Impostor Feelings with Kindness: The Mediating Role of Self-compassion between Gender-Role Orientation and the Impostor Phenomenon

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The impostor phenomenon (IP) refers to high-achievers who underestimate their abilities and thus fear being unmasked as impostors. IP sufferers attribute their success to factors other than their abilities, entailing negative emotions, unfavorable motivations, and reduced well-being. The IP was originally conceptualized as a predominantly female experience, and is thus seen as an important psychological barrier for female academic careers. Empirical findings of gender differences in the IP are equivocal, but sparse research on associations between gender-role orientation and the IP indicates that feminine students suffer more intensely from the IP than masculine students. Femininity and masculinity are also related to self-compassion, a rather young construct that enhances emotional resilience, well-being, and academic achievement. Self-compassion involves being kind to oneself when failing, perceiving one’s inadequacies as part of the human condition, and being mindful about negative aspects of oneself. It reduces fear of failure, denial of competences, and self-doubts which are central components of the IP. However, relations between self-compassion and the IP have not been investigated to date. In this study, we examine self-compassion as a potential resilience factor against the IP, taking gender and gender-role orientation into account. In a cross-sectional online survey, we investigated 459 (315 female) high-achieving first-year undergraduate students. Results include: Female, feminine, and undifferentiated students score higher on measures of the IP and lower on measures of self-compassion than male, masculine, or androgynous students. Higher levels of the IP are associated with lower levels of self-compassion across all students tested. Self-compassion further mediates the relationship between gender-role orientation and the IP. Interventions to enhance self-compassion might thus be an effective way to overcome impostor feelings. Female, feminine, and undifferentiated students might benefit most from facilitation of self-compassion in education.

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“…Para medir as respostas adaptativas, pesquisas recentes têm usado um conjunto diverso de medidas relacionadas ao planejamento, à exploração, à decisão de carreira e à autoeficácia ocupacional (p. ex., Hirschi & Valero, 2015;Neureiter & Traut-Mattausch, 2017;Rudolph et al, 2017). Por fim, os resultados da adaptação informam sobre os resultados alcançados no processo de desenvolvimento e construção da carreira, e têm sido comumente medidos em termos de comprometimento com a carreira, satisfação no trabalho, empregabilidade, engajamento, sucesso na carreira, entre outros (p.…”

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“…Evidências empíricas têm confirmado os pressupostos teóricos e demonstrado o efeito positivo da associação entre as facetas da adaptação nos resultados como a autoeficácia para a busca de emprego, situação de emprego, percepções de ajuste pessoa-ambiente, engajamento com a carreira, empregabilidade percebida, entre outros (p. ex., Ladeira, Oliveira, Melo-Silva, & Taveira, no prelo;Neureiter & Traut-Mattausch, 2017).…”

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“…Apesar do crescente interesse dos pesquisadores em investigar a relação entre as dimensões do Modelo da Adaptação de Carreira na transição para o trabalho, verifica-se, pelas publicações, o uso de uma diversidade de medidas distintas para avaliar as facetas da prontidão adaptativa, das respostas adaptativas e dos resultados da adaptação (p. ex., Hirschi & Valero, 2015;Neureiter & Traut-Mattausch, 2017;Perera & McIlveen, 2017). Para facilitar a avaliação destes constructos e para possibilitar a comparação dos resultados em futuras pesquisas, torna-se importante construir medidas simples que sejam capazes de traduzir as características de cada uma das dimensões do Modelo da Adaptação de Carreira adaptadas à realidade do desenvolvimento de carreira dos estudantes universitários em transição para o trabalho.…”

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Escalas de Desenvolvimento de Carreira de Universitários: Construção, Características Psicométricas e Modelo das Respostas Adaptativas

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Melo-Silva

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Rev. Psicol., Organ. Trab.

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Resumo O desenvolvimento de carreira é um processo complexo que requer, entre outros aspectos, respostas adaptativas. São escassas as medidas que reúnem em um único instrumento variáveis relacionadas ao desenvolvimento de carreira de universitários na transição para o trabalho. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivos construir e analisar as características psicométricas das Escalas de Desenvolvimento de Carreira de Universitários (EDCU), além de testar o ajustamento das escalas em um modelo de segunda ordem denominado Respostas Adaptativas. Para as análises psicométricas, participaram 1057 universitários subdivididos em duas amostras independentes. Como resultado, a versão das EDCU apresentou estrutura interna com 31 itens, subdivididos em cinco dimensões que medem a identidade de carreira, decisão de carreira, exploração ampliada, autoeficácia profissional e locus de controle profissional, que se ajustaram no modelo das Respostas Adaptativas. Concluiu-se que a medida possui evidências de validade adequadas, o que possibilita seu uso em futuras de pesquisas e para aconselhamento de carreira.

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Two sides of the career resources coin: Career adaptability resources and the impostor phenomenon

Cited by 77 publications

References 74 publications

Work Volition and Career Adaptability as Predictors of Employability: Examining a Moderated Mediating Process

Work Volition and Career Adaptability as Predictors of Employability: Examining a Moderated Mediating Process

Buffering Impostor Feelings with Kindness: The Mediating Role of Self-compassion between Gender-Role Orientation and the Impostor Phenomenon

Escalas de Desenvolvimento de Carreira de Universitários: Construção, Características Psicométricas e Modelo das Respostas Adaptativas

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