Protean career processes in young adults: Relationships with perceived future employability, educational performance, and commitment

Kim, Sujin, Creed, Peter A., Hood, Michelle, and Bath, Debra (2024) Protean career processes in young adults: Relationships with perceived future employability, educational performance, and commitment. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. (In Press)

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Abstract

Protean career processes of vocational identity awareness, career adaptability, and career agency have been hypothesized to mediate the relationships between protean career orientation and career-related outcomes. To date, the role of these process mechanisms has not been assessed directly in young adults, and little attention has been paid to educational outcomes, which are important career-related goals for young people on the way to their desired career. To address this gap, we tested this indirect-effects model in a sample of young adult undergraduates (N=396; Mage=20.19, SD=2.99; 72.2% women) and included career-related goals (perceived future employability, educational performance, and commitment) as outcomes. Identity awareness and career adaptability partially explained the relationship between protean career orientation and perceived future employability and completely explained the relationships with educational performance and commitment. Contrary to protean career theory, there were no significant indirect paths via career agency to any of the outcomes.

Item ID: 77883
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1573-1782
Keywords: Protean career processes, Vocational identity, Career adaptability, Career agency, Future employability, Educational performance, University commitment
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Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2023 23:02
FoR Codes: 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520102 Educational psychology @ 50%
39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education @ 50%
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