A test of psychology of working theory among Chinese urban workers: Examining predictors and outcomes of decent work

Examining Predictors and Outcomes of Decent Work Perception with Chinese Nursing College Students

“…H5 showed that individuals who were able to make career-related decisions by themselves held positive future decent work perceptions. This is in line with the majority of studies [9,11,56]. H6 indicated that career adaptability had a positive impact on future decent work perceptions, which illustrated that with a higher level of career adaptability, nursing college students had better views on their future careers.…”

“…Those who have the capacity to make their own career-related decisions tend to have positive decent work opinions. The majority of studies support this assumption empirically [9,10,56]. Therefore, the study advanced the fifth hypothesis: Hypothesis 5 (H5).…”

“…Specifically, we examined the antecedents of decent work of the PWT and linked them to career exploration behavior. Previous studies of the PWT model were performed mainly in Western cultures [19,20] and few of them focused on the Chinese context [9]. Our work enriches the applicable case of the PWT model.…”

“…Decent work plays a central role in the model, and it has five components: safe working conditions, access to health care, sufficient compensation, free time and rest during the work week, and values match between working place and family [8]. Previous studies have tested the model in various countries, such as Brazil [17], South Korea [18], Switzerland [19], UK [20], Italy [21], Turkey [22], Portugal [23], and China [9], and in various sorts of respondents, such as low-income employees [24], people who suffer from Chiari malformation [25], racially and ethnically diverse employees [10], and emerging adults [11].…”

“…Based on these theoretical and practical calls, the psychology of working theory (PWT) [8] is proposed; it explains an individual's career advancement by discussing contextual and socio-psychological factors simultaneously. To date, PWT is utilized to understand career behaviors of various groups, including working adults [9], marginalized grown-ups [10], and college students [11]. Few studies so far have examined constructs from the PWT with nursing college students, tested its application to a Chinese college sample, and linked the future decent work perceptions with students' actual career exploration behaviors.…”