Rise up: Career empowerment, adaptability and resilience during a pandemic
The present article examines employee resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic, which created a major career disruption and a psychological strain for many individuals worldwide. Resilience is an essential psychological resource for coping with setbacks and maintaining mental health. Using a time‐lag...
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Published in | Canadian journal of administrative sciences Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 7 - 22 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Halifax
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.03.2024
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Summary: | The present article examines employee resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic, which created a major career disruption and a psychological strain for many individuals worldwide. Resilience is an essential psychological resource for coping with setbacks and maintaining mental health. Using a time‐lagged survey design, we test a theoretical model that links career empowerment, a motivational cognitive construct, with resilience, mediated by career adaptability. Our findings support these hypotheses. In addition, we investigate the moderating role of neuroticism and authentic leadership in the relationship between the career empowerment and career adaptability. Findings show that while authentic leadership moderates this relationship, the hypothesis regarding neuroticism was not supported. Our research provides insights regarding resilience during crisis, which has both theoretical and practical implications.
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Cet article porte sur la résilience des employés pendant la pandémie de COVID‐19. La pandémie de COVID‐19 a créé une perturbation majeure de carrière et une tension psychologique pour de nombreuses personnes. La résilience est une ressource psychologique essentielle pour faire face aux obstacles et maintenir la santé mentale. Nous utilisons une enquête décalée pour tester un modèle théorique qui lie l'autonomisation professionnelle (un construit cognitif motivationnel) à la résilience, ce qui est médiée par l'adaptabilité professionnelle. Nos résultats soutiennent ces hypothèses. De plus, nous étudions le rôle modérateur du névrosisme et du leadership authentique dans la relation entre l'autonomisation professionnelle et l'adaptabilité professionnelle. Les résultats démontrent que le leadership authentique module cette relation. Mais l'hypothèse concernant le névrosisme n'est pas confirmée. Notre recherche apporte des connaissances sur la résilience en période de crise, ce qui a des implications tant théoriques que pratiques. |
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Bibliography: | An earlier version this paper was presented at the Eastern Academy of Management annual meeting, virtual, May 2021. |
ISSN: | 0825-0383 1936-4490 |
DOI: | 10.1002/cjas.1740 |