To what extent do career agility and psychological capital activate employees’ career adaptability and foster their career resilience and career satisfaction?

IF 1.9 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

South African Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2023-07-08 DOI:10.1177/00812463231186271

M. Coetzee, Headman N. Mbiko, E. Nel

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Abstract

The present study drew from the career construction theory of career adaptation and assessed the extent to which career agility and psychological capital (as psychological states of adaptive readiness) activated employees’ career adaptability resources and fostered their career resilience and career satisfaction (as modes of career adaptedness). A sample of (N = 412; mean age = 38.79 years) Black African employees in the public services participated in the study. Correlational statistics showed positive associations between the study variables. Mediation effects highlighted technological adaptivity, agile learning, optimism, and hope as activators of career concern, career control, and career curiosity, which in turn boosted self-reliance, personal resilience, and work resilience. Psychological states of career agility and psychological capital had also direct effects on the career adaptedness modes of career resilience and career satisfaction. The findings enriched career adaptation theory and have utility for organisational career development practice in the public services.

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职业敏捷性和心理资本在多大程度上激活了员工的职业适应性，培养了他们的职业韧性和职业满意度？

本研究借鉴职业适应的职业建构理论，考察了职业敏捷性和心理资本(作为适应准备的心理状态)对员工职业适应资源的激活程度，以及对职业适应模式——职业弹性和职业满意度的促进程度。样本(N = 412;平均年龄= 38.79岁)公共服务部门的非洲黑人雇员参与了这项研究。相关统计显示研究变量之间呈正相关。中介效应强调技术适应性、敏捷学习、乐观和希望是职业关注、职业控制和职业好奇心的激活因子，而职业关注、职业控制和职业好奇心反过来又促进了自力更生、个人弹性和工作弹性。职业敏捷性和心理资本的心理状态对职业弹性和职业满意度的职业适应模式也有直接影响。研究结果丰富了职业适应理论，对公共服务领域的组织职业发展实践具有实用价值。

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South African Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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3.40

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Psychology publishes contributions in English from all fields of psychology. While the emphasis is on empirical research, the Journal also accepts theoretical and methodological papers, review articles, short communications, reviews and letters containing fair commentary. Priority is given to articles which are relevant to Africa and which address psychological issues of social change and development.