Borderless Career and Protean Career: The Role of The Attitudes of the Maturity in the Career of University Students

Abstract

Considering the requirements for professional qualification, attributing to the own individual the responsibility for the management of his career, this study aimed to understand how the attitudes of career maturity of this individual are associated to the contemporary conceptions of the borderless career and protean career. For this purpose, it was performed a survey with university students from two private universities, located in the cities of São Paulo – SP and Salvador – BA. Data were statistically analyzed through multivariate tests, using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software version 15.0, and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with structural equation modeling (SEM), through Smart software PLS 2.0 M3. The results from this study highlighted that, the more the person matures in relation to his career, having attitudes of planning and exploitation of career, more attitudes related to conceptions of protean career and borderless career may be adopted by them. Besides the theoretical contribution for better clarification of contemporary concepts of protean and borderless career, this study encouraged the development of career orientation programs.