Self-Focused Attention and Career Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Career Adaptability

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Jeong Shin ◽  
Ji-Yeon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Focused Attention ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Career Anxiety

Does work engagement mediate the perceived career support- and career adaptability- work performance relationship?

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of work engagement between the relationship of perceived career support and work performance as well as between the relationship of career adaptability and work performance. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected form 606 i-generation liquid knowledge workers. They had completed their internship program in the industry for a period of at least one month. Regression analysis was carried out to test the hypothesized framework. Findings Most of the results indicated support for the hypotheses. Work engagement was found to be mediating the perceived career support and work performance relationship fully. However, work engagement was found to be mediating the career adaptability and work performance relationship only partially. Research limitations/implications Engaging liquid workers plays a crucial role in passing the positive effects of perceived career support and career adaptability to work performance. Practical implications The findings suggest that managers may take steps to enhance engagement levels of the employees so that it can help the interns high on perceived career support and career adaptability perform well at work. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is unique that tests and finds the intervening role of work engagement between work performance and the two career-related constructs.

scholarly journals The Effects of Mentoring Functions on Career Adaptabilities and Career Self-Efficacy: the Role of Career Optimism

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Selahattin KANTEN ◽  
Pelin KANTEN ◽  
Funda ÜLKER
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Role Modeling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Mentoring Functions ◽  
Career Optimism

This study aims to investigate the effects of mentoring functions on undergraduate student’s career adaptabilities and career self-efficacy levels and the mediating role of career optimism. It is suggested in the literature that some factors stimulate student’s career adaptability levels. Therefore, mentoring functions, career optimism and career self-efficacy are considered as predictors of career adaptabilities within the scope of the study. Accordingly, data which are collected by the survey method from 311 undergraduate students having an education on different field such as business administration, international trade and logistics, public management and labor economics are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that mentoring functions, which is labeled as role modeling, have significant effects on student’s career adaptability, career optimism and career self-efficacy levels. However, it has been observed that career optimism has a significant effect on career self-efficacy and career adaptabilities. On the other hand, it is seen that career optimism has a fully mediating role between the role modeling and career adaptabilities. In addition, career optimism has a fully mediating role between role modeling and career self-efficacy.

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