The Value of Future-Fit Psychosocial Career Self-management Capabilities in Sustaining Career Wellbeing

Coetzee, Melinde

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“…The fluid nature of the work environment necessitates adaptability to newly established roles and adjusting to evolving work conditions. Career pre-occupation focusses on addressing career development needs at specific points in an employee's working life (Coetzee, 2019;Coetzee et al, 2022). The psychological disposition of employees significantly influences their career pre-occupation, playing a pivotal role in enhancing career satisfaction and overall well-being, and ultimately impacting an organisation's level of work-related commitment (Coetzee & Takawira, 2019).…”

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Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management

Ferreira,

Kwao,

Potgieter

2024

South African Journal of Business Management

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Purpose: This study examines the interplay of psychosocial career pre-occupation, social connectedness, and organisational commitment in higher education and offers insights for academia and practitioners. It also explores the impact of gender, job level, and the moderating effect of psychosocial career pre-occupation on employees’ commitment in this sector.Design/methodology/approach: A purposeful sample of 288 senior academic and administrative staff, mostly married males aged 31–40 years, completed the Psychosocial Career Pre-occupation Scale (PCOS), Workplace Friendship Scale (WFS), and Organisational Commitment Scale (OCS).Findings/results: Significant relationships were found among psychosocial career pre-occupation, social connectedness, and organisational commitment in higher education. Moderated analysis revealed predictive roles of gender, job level, and psychosocial career pre-occupation on organisational commitment, and illuminating sector dynamics.Practical implications: For human resource managers and practitioners in Ghana’s public higher education, this study offers insights to boost workforce commitment and engagement, which is vital for national progress.Originality/value: By validating essential elements of career self-management practices, this research extends career construction theory, enriching understanding and fostering professionals’ careers in higher education. It contributes to practical applications and scholarly knowledge by providing a deepening insight into organisational dynamics in this sector.

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Section: Psychosocial Career Pre-occupationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management

Ferreira,

Kwao,

Potgieter

2024

South African Journal of Business Management

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“…Secondly, potential correlations have been shown between students’ mindsets, future work self, and attitudes towards translation technology. While these links are speculative and have not been empirically scrutinized, previous studies on computer-assisted language learning have already revealed that mindsets have far-reaching impacts on how students perceive technology-mediated learning ( Zarrinabadi et al, 2022 ) and that future work self can play an antecedent role in predicting students’ interaction with technology ( Coetzee, 2019 ). Consequently, the question could be raised as to whether these two constructs have the potential to predict students’ attitudes regarding translation technology adoption.…”

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Investigating students’ attitudes towards translation technology: The status quo and structural relations with translation mindsets and future work self

Tian

Jia²,

Zhang³

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionDespite the growing attention paid to the research of translation technology teaching (TTT), there is still a lack of studies on students’ attitudes and the motivational factors in relation to it. To this end, the paper reports on a questionnaire-based study that describes students’ attitudes towards translation technology (in the Chinese MTI context) and explores its structural relations with translation mindsets and future work self.MethodsData were collected from 108 grade 2021 MTI students of three selected Chinese universities and analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM).ResultsThe results demonstrate that Chinese MTI students’ overall attitudes towards translation technology are slightly positive. So far, they perceive translation technology to be slightly effective for translation and are slightly mindful of it. They are slightly influenced by teachers and still feel inhibited when learning and using it. Furthermore, the results also indicate that growth translation mindsets positively influence students’ attitudes towards the effectiveness of translation technology, teacher influence, exhibition to translation technology, and mindfulness about translation technology, whereas fixed translation mindsets only negatively predict students’ teacher influence. Likewise, future work self-salience positively associates with students’ attitudes towards the effectiveness of translation technology and mindfulness about translation technology, while future work self-elaboration positively relates to students’ exhibition to translation technology. Among them, growth translation mindsets are the strongest predictor for all attitudes components.DiscussionTheoretical and pedagogical implications are also discussed.

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“…Research on the construct and measurement of career wellbeing seems generally associated with subjective and psychological well-being outcomes such as career and life satisfaction, work satisfaction, employability, and careerself-management capability (Coetzee, 2019;Engelbrecht, 2019;Lee & Flores, 2019;Lent & Brown, 2008;Steiner & Spurk, 2019;Wilhelm & Hirschi, 2019). Coetzee et al (2020) developed a CWS with preliminary evidence of its factor structure and internal consistency reliability.…”

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Exploring the construct validity of the Career Well-being Scale for its potential application as a career development tool in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic career space

Coetzee

Ferreira

Potgieter

2021

African Journal of Career Development

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Background: There is limited empirical research on the construct and measurement of career well-being. Individuals’ career well-being is of great relevance in counteracting the unsettling effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the concomitant shift into increasing remote and digital means of working.Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the construct validity of the career well-being scale (CWS) and its usefulness as a career development tool in challenging circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic.Method: The CWS was administered to (N = 290) managers (71%) and staff (29%) employed in the services industry across South Africa (70%), Europe (15%) and Africa (15%). The construct validity of the CWS was explored by means of confirmatory factor analysis.Results: The results corroborated the three-factor multidimensionality of the CWS and that the scale has a hierarchical structure (i.e. the three sub-scale factors can be represented by a higher level factor of career well-being).Conclusion: This study contributed to the career development research literature by validating the usefulness and multidimensionality of the CWS for the study sample. The CWS may potentially be useful in career development interventions focused on restoring clients’ perceived loss of autonomy and work volition when facing adversity and career distress.

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The Value of Future-Fit Psychosocial Career Self-management Capabilities in Sustaining Career Wellbeing

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management

Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management

Investigating students’ attitudes towards translation technology: The status quo and structural relations with translation mindsets and future work self

Exploring the construct validity of the Career Well-being Scale for its potential application as a career development tool in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic career space

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