How do individual factors affect career sustainability? An investigation of cascading effects through the career construction model of adaptation

PurposeThough the recent conceptualization of career sustainability, defining its indicators and dimensions prompted an important field of careers research, empirical research is still in its infancy. The current study empirically investigates how proactive personality, career adaptability and proac...

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Published inCareer development international Vol. 27; no. 6/7; pp. 584 - 600
Main Authors Talluri, Surendra Babu, Schreurs, Bert, Uppal, Nishant
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 02.12.2022
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Adaptability
Adaptation
Career Choice
Career Development
Career development planning
Career Planning
Careers
Coping
Flexibility
Happiness
Investigations
Lifelong Learning
Personality
Personality traits
Productivity
Professionals
Skill Development
Sustainability
Career sustainability
Proactive personality
Career adaptability
Proactive career behaviors
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Summary:PurposeThough the recent conceptualization of career sustainability, defining its indicators and dimensions prompted an important field of careers research, empirical research is still in its infancy. The current study empirically investigates how proactive personality, career adaptability and proactive career behaviors promote career sustainability based on the career construction model of adaptation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a two-wave survey design to collect data from 414 full-time working professionals representing different organizations located in India. The authors tested the proposed hypotheses using structural equation modeling in IBM SPSS AMOS.FindingsResults supported a serial indirect effect model with career adaptability and proactive career behaviors carrying the effect of proactive personality on career sustainability.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the emerging sustainable careers literature by unveiling the role of individual factors in career sustainability. Furthermore, the authors investigated these relationships through the complete career construction model of adaptation. By doing so, the current study contributes to careers literature by revealing the linkage between the career construction model of adaptation and career sustainability.
ISSN:1362-0436
1758-6003
DOI:10.1108/CDI-05-2022-0120