Career Pathways and Professional Transitions: Preliminary Results from the First Wave of a 7-Year Longitudinal Study

Maggiori, Christian; Rossier, Jérôme; Krings, Franciska; Johnston, Claire S.; Massoudi, Koorosh

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24157-9_6

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“…In this ongoing longitudinal project, data are collected over seven consecutive years from a representative sample of individuals living in Switzerland (Maggiori et al, in press). We present some data from the second wave of data collection, carried out in 2013.…”

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Character strengths and well-being across the life span: data from a representative sample of German-speaking adults living in Switzerland

Martínez-Martí¹,

Ruch²

2014

Front. Psychol.

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Character strengths are positive, morally valued traits of personality. This study aims at assessing the relationship between character strengths and subjective well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, positive and negative affect) in a representative sample of German-speaking adults living in Switzerland (N = 945). We further test whether this relationship is consistent at different stages in life. Results showed that hope, zest, love, social intelligence and perseverance yielded the highest positive correlations with life satisfaction. Hope, zest, humor, gratitude and love presented the highest positive correlations with positive affect. Hope, humor, zest, honesty, and open-mindedness had the highest negative correlations with negative affect. When examining the relationship between strengths and well-being across age groups, in general, hope, zest and humor consistently yielded the highest correlations with well-being. Additionally, in the 27–36 years group, strengths that promote commitment and affiliation (i.e., kindness and honesty) were among the first five positions in the ranking of the relationship between strengths and well-being. In the 37–46 years group, in addition to hope, zest and humor, strengths that promote the maintenance of areas such as family and work (i.e., love, leadership) were among the first five positions in the ranking. Finally, in the 47–57 years group, in addition to hope, zest and humor, strengths that facilitate integration and a vital involvement with the environment (i.e., gratitude, love of learning) were among the first five positions in the ranking. This study partially supports previous findings with less representative samples on the association between character strengths and well-being, and sheds light on the relative importance of some strengths over others for well-being across the life span.

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Character strengths and well-being across the life span: data from a representative sample of German-speaking adults living in Switzerland

Martínez-Martí¹,

Ruch²

2014

Front. Psychol.

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“…Participants were part of a national longitudinal research project conducted during seven consecutive years (NCCR-LIVES project: Swiss National Center of Competence in Research LIVES-Overcoming vulnerability: Life course perspectives; Maggiori et al, 2016). Participants were randomly sampled based on information of the Swiss Federal Statistics Office.…”

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Character Strengths: Person–Environment Fit and Relationships With Job and Life Satisfaction

2020

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Several studies demonstrated the relevance of character strengths in the workplace. For example, it has been shown that they positively relate to performance and are strong predictors of job satisfaction. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that occupational groups differ in their average levels of character strengths. However, little is known about the effects of the congruence between a person's strengths profile with the average profile within an occupational group (environmental congruence) on well-being. In a nationally representative sample (N = 870) of employed adults, we analyzed data on character strengths (t1), and measures of job and life satisfaction at three different time points (t1-t3; separated by 1 year). We studied (1) whether employees in different occupational groups differ with regard to their levels and configurations of character strengths, (2) how levels and configurations of character strengths relate to concurrent and predictive job and life satisfaction, and (3) whether a fit between strengths of a person and the environment goes along with current and future job and life satisfaction. Results confirmed previous findings that small, but meaningful, differences in character strengths among employees in different occupational groups can be found and that character strengths positively relate to current and prospective job and life satisfaction. Furthermore, results suggested that a better person-environment fit goes along with higher job and life satisfaction. These results suggest character strengths and could play an important role in vocational and career counseling.

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“…This subsample was slightly older than the full sample [ M age(study) = 43.04 years, M age(full sample) = 41.34, t (2,467) = 4.64, p < 0.001, d = 0.20], but it did not differ from the full sample with respect to gender [females study = 51.3%, females full sample = 51.7, χ 2 (1) = 0.02, p = 0.90]. More detailed information on the sampling procedure and data collection is available elsewhere (Maggiori et al, 2016).…”

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Illustrating Instrumental Variable Regressions Using the Career Adaptability – Job Satisfaction Relationship

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This article illustrates instrumental variable (IV) estimation by examining an unexpected finding of the research on career adaptability and job satisfaction. Theoretical and empirical arguments suggest that in the general population, people’s abilities to adapt their careers are beneficial to their job satisfaction. However, a recent meta-analysis unexpectedly found no effect when personality traits are controlled for. We argue that a reverse effect of job satisfaction on career adaptability, originating from affective tendencies tied to personality, might explain this null effect. Our argument implies that the estimates obtained with traditional ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions are biased by endogeneity, a correlation between an explanatory variable and the error term in a regression model. When experimental manipulations are impossible, IV estimations, such as two-stage least squares (2SLS) regressions, are one possible solution to the endogeneity problem. Analyzing three waves of data from a sample of 836 adults, the concurrent and time-lagged effect of job satisfaction on career adaptability was revealed to be more consistent than the reverse. Our results provide an explanation, rooted in affective dispositions, as to why recent meta-analytical estimates unexpectedly found that career adaptability does not predict job satisfaction at the interindividual level. We also discuss IV estimation in terms of its limits, weight the interpretation of its estimates against the temporality criterion for causal inference, and consider its possible extension to analyses of change.

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Career Pathways and Professional Transitions: Preliminary Results from the First Wave of a 7-Year Longitudinal Study

Cited by 16 publications

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Character strengths and well-being across the life span: data from a representative sample of German-speaking adults living in Switzerland

Character strengths and well-being across the life span: data from a representative sample of German-speaking adults living in Switzerland

Character Strengths: Person–Environment Fit and Relationships With Job and Life Satisfaction

Illustrating Instrumental Variable Regressions Using the Career Adaptability – Job Satisfaction Relationship

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