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Combine Your "Will" and "Able": Career Adaptability's Influence on Performance.

Xueyuan Gao1,2, Xun Xin3, Wenxia Zhou2

  • 1Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Frontiers in Psychology
|February 7, 2019
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Career adaptability, encompassing willingness and ability, positively impacts employee performance. This effect is strengthened by proactive personality and mediated by effective career self-management strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Organizational Psychology
  • Career Development Studies
  • Human Resource Management

Background:

  • Career Construction Theory (CCT) posits adaptivity (willingness) and adaptability (ability) as crucial for career success.
  • Conservation of Resources theory provides a framework for understanding resource management in career contexts.
  • Integrating career adaptability, self-management, and performance is essential for employee development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mediating role of career self-management in the relationship between career adaptability and performance.
  • To examine the moderating effect of proactive personality on the career adaptability-career self-management-performance pathway.
  • To explore the combined influence of adaptivity and adaptability on career self-management and subsequent performance.
Keywords:
career adaptabilitycareer construction theorycareer self-managementperformanceproactive personality

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Main Methods:

  • Survey research conducted with a sample of 232 Chinese employees.
  • Statistical analysis including mediation and moderation models.
  • Utilized established scales to measure career adaptability, career self-management, proactive personality, and performance.

Main Results:

  • Career adaptability was found to be a significant positive predictor of employee performance.
  • Career self-management partially mediated the positive relationship between career adaptability and performance.
  • The positive impact of career adaptability on career self-management and performance was significantly stronger for employees with higher levels of proactive personality.

Conclusions:

  • Career adaptability is a vital construct for enhancing employee performance, particularly when supported by proactive self-management.
  • Proactive personality acts as a crucial moderator, amplifying the benefits of career adaptability and self-management.
  • Findings offer practical implications for organizations seeking to foster adaptable and high-performing workforces through targeted development initiatives.