Investigating the Linkage Between Proactive Personality and Social Support on Career Adaptability Amidst Undergraduate Students

Abstract

Purpose: This paper studies the linkage between proactive personality and social support with career adaptability amidst final year undergraduate students at a university in the northern region of Malaysia. Design/Methodology/Approach: 257 questionnaires were distributed but only 188 were received and analysed. Regression analysis was used to determine the linkage relating proactive personality and social support with career adaptability. Findings: Results indicates there is positive relationship and significance relating proactive personality and career adaptability. Likewise, positive relationship and significance exist relating social support and career adaptability. Implications/Originality/Value: Proactive personality and social support are variables which essentially influence career adaptability among students. This result gives implication on how career advisors, lecturers and parents can channel efforts in making fresh graduates highly adaptable in their chosen careers.

The Mediation Role of Career Adaptability between Career Commitment and Career Motivation: An Empirical Investigation

“…Koen et al (2010) mentioned that CA consists of an employee's capicity to encounter, follow, or admit modifying career roles and to effectively manage career transitions. Fawehinmi & Yahya (2018) affirmed that CA reflects a diverse array of manners, attitudes and proficiencies assisting in the preventive adaptation to changing work circumstances which leads to CM. Ohme & Zacher (2015) offered evidence that CA is a significant competency for employees to positively administer the competing work demands that happen within their career.…”

“…The nature of this unstable career structure is in response to the internationalization of labor markets and economics, and the competition among employers. Thus, the necessity for CA from the workforce represents an indispensable factor for the success of any profession (Fawehinmi & Yahya, 2018;Haibo et al, 2018;Savickas & Porfeli, 2012). CA relates to the psychological ability that help employees to adapt with present and expected vocational development tasks (Jiang et al, 2018), and it can enhance employee's adjustment to profession-related changes and effective progression across the profession time (Haibo et al, 2018;Koen, Klehe, Van Vianen, Zikic, & Nauta, 2010;Savickas & Porfeli, 2012).…”

Dataset on the antecedents of career adaptability among undergraduate students in Malaysia

“…Respondents were required to provide responses based on their level of proactive personality through these 10 questions measurement using five-point Likert scale from 1- indicating strongly disagree to 5 - indicating strongly agree. This item has been used by previous studies [1] and obtained cronbach's alpha of 0.79.…”

“…The 12-item scale consists of three 4-item subscales assessing family support, friend support, and significant other support using a five-point Likert scale from 1- indicating strongly disagree to 5 - indicating strongly agree. This item has been used by earlier studies [1] , with the Cronbach`s alpha of 0.86.…”

“…Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 4(1), 2018, 81–92. https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v4i1.370 [1] …”