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The Protean Career Orientation as predictor of career outcomes: evaluation of incremental validity and mediation effects

The Protean Career Orientation as predictor of career outcomes: evaluation of incremental validity and mediation effects
The Protean Career Orientation as predictor of career outcomes: evaluation of incremental validity and mediation effects
A protean career orientation is assumed to be beneficial for career development but researchers have only recently started to empirically evaluate the concept. Conducting two studies based on three independent samples of university students and working professionals in Germany, we address issues of concurrent validity, predictive incremental validity and mechanisms linking the protean orientation to career outcomes. The first study showed that in a sample of 104 German employees different measures of the protean career orientation all correlated highly, but not identically, to a range of work and career attitudes. Using bootstrapping analysis, a second study with a six-month prospective examination among 419 German university students and a cross-sectional analysis among 526 German employees showed that a protean career orientation predicts proactive career behaviors and career satisfaction beyond a proactive disposition and core self-evaluations, respectively. Moreover, the protean career orientation was a significant mediator of these two personality constructs on both career outcomes. Cumulatively, the studies enrich our understanding of how and when a protean career orientation is related to important career outcomes.
protean career orientation, career satisfaction, proactivity, core self-evaluations, career engagement
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205-214
Herrmann, Anne
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Hirchie, Andreas
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Baruch, Yehuda
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Herrmann, Anne
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Hirchie, Andreas
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Herrmann, Anne, Hirchie, Andreas and Baruch, Yehuda (2015) The Protean Career Orientation as predictor of career outcomes: evaluation of incremental validity and mediation effects. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 205-214. (doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2015.03.008).

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A protean career orientation is assumed to be beneficial for career development but researchers have only recently started to empirically evaluate the concept. Conducting two studies based on three independent samples of university students and working professionals in Germany, we address issues of concurrent validity, predictive incremental validity and mechanisms linking the protean orientation to career outcomes. The first study showed that in a sample of 104 German employees different measures of the protean career orientation all correlated highly, but not identically, to a range of work and career attitudes. Using bootstrapping analysis, a second study with a six-month prospective examination among 419 German university students and a cross-sectional analysis among 526 German employees showed that a protean career orientation predicts proactive career behaviors and career satisfaction beyond a proactive disposition and core self-evaluations, respectively. Moreover, the protean career orientation was a significant mediator of these two personality constructs on both career outcomes. Cumulatively, the studies enrich our understanding of how and when a protean career orientation is related to important career outcomes.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 18 March 2015
Published date: 10 June 2015
Keywords: protean career orientation, career satisfaction, proactivity, core self-evaluations, career engagement
Organisations: Southampton Business School

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Local EPrints ID: 375773
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/375773
ISSN: 0001-8791
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ORCID for Yehuda Baruch: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0678-6273

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Author: Anne Herrmann
Author: Andreas Hirchie
Author: Yehuda Baruch ORCID iD

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