With a powerful God, all things are possible: A compensatory control account of occupational aspirations among overqualified policemen

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2022.2155114

A. S. Adebusuyi

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ABSTRACT Research has found occupational aspirations to lead to several positive career and employment outcomes in contexts of high personal agency. However, an investigation into occupational aspirations in contexts of high uncertainty is lacking in the literature. To fill this gap, I investigated occupational aspirations among overqualified policemen whose career plans have been shattered. Specifically, guided by the Compensatory Control Theory (CCT), I investigated the influence of work-related low personal control and belief in a controlling God on occupational aspirations. The study is cross-sectional, and the sample size is 407 policemen drawn from different state commands of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). The data were analyzed using (Hayes, A. F. 2018. Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach (2nd ed). New York: Guilford Press) PROCESS macro, model 58. The study findings include the following. First, career-related low personal control led to more belief in a controlling God. Second, individuals high in belief in a controlling God were also high in occupational aspirations. Third, belief in a controlling God mediated the relationship between low personal control and occupational aspirations. Finally, I found that overqualified policemen who were lower in personal control had more belief in a controlling God and more occupational aspirations than those with low personal control. Theoretically, this study extends extant literature on the antecedents of occupational aspirations and practically highlights the positive impact of religious belief on occupational aspirations in contexts of high uncertainty.

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有了一个强大的上帝，一切皆有可能:对资历过高的警察职业抱负的补偿性控制描述

研究发现，在高个人能动性的背景下，职业抱负会导致一些积极的职业和就业结果。然而，文献中缺乏对高不确定性背景下职业抱负的调查。为了填补这一空白，我调查了那些资历过高、职业规划被粉碎的警察的职业抱负。具体而言，在补偿控制理论(CCT)的指导下，我调查了工作相关的低个人控制和对控制上帝的信仰对职业抱负的影响。这项研究是横断面的，样本量是来自尼日利亚警察部队(NPF)不同州指挥部的407名警察。数据分析使用(Hayes, a.f. 2018)。中介、调节和条件过程分析简介:基于回归的方法(第二版)。纽约:吉尔福德出版社)过程宏，模型58。研究结果包括以下内容。首先，与职业相关的低个人控制导致更多的人相信有一个控制的上帝。其次，那些高度相信控制上帝的人也有很高的职业抱负。第三，对控制性上帝的信仰在低个人控制性与职业抱负之间的关系中起中介作用。最后，我发现，与个人控制能力较低的警察相比，那些资历过高、个人控制能力较低的警察更相信有一个掌管一切的上帝，也更有职业抱负。从理论上讲，本研究扩展了现有文献对职业抱负前因的研究，并在实践中强调了宗教信仰对高不确定性背景下职业抱负的积极影响。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.