Social Status and Decent Work: Test of a Moderated Mediation Model

On the basis of the psychology of working theory (PWT; Duffy, Blustein, et al., 2016), we tested a moderated mediation model with subjective social status, work volition, proactive personality, and decent work as variables. Data were collected from 225 South Korean employees (115 women, 110 men). Re...

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Published inThe Career development quarterly Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 208 - 221
Main Authors Kim, Na‐Rae, Kim, Haram J., Lee, Ki‐Hak
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria National Career Development Association 01.09.2020
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Access to Health Care
Achievement Need
Analysis
Asian Culture
Careers
College Students
Compensation
Consciousness
Culture
decent work
Economic conditions
Employees
Employment
Family Income
Individual Power
Influence
Korean culture
Labor market
Leisure Time
Mediation
Personality
proactive personality
psychology of working
Resistance (Psychology)
Social aspects
Social Class
Social classes
Social exclusion
Social Status
Society
Socioeconomic factors
Sustainable Development
Theory
Work environment
work volition
United Kingdom
South Korea
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Summary:On the basis of the psychology of working theory (PWT; Duffy, Blustein, et al., 2016), we tested a moderated mediation model with subjective social status, work volition, proactive personality, and decent work as variables. Data were collected from 225 South Korean employees (115 women, 110 men). Results indicated that work volition mediated the relation between low subjective social status and decent work. In addition, proactive personality moderated the link between low subjective social status and work volition. Further analysis revealed that the indirect effect of social status on decent work via work volition was conditional upon proactive personality; that is, the indirect effect was weaker for individuals with a higher level of proactive personality. These results provide an application of the PWT‐based model in a South Korean context. Future research could include samples from marginalized populations and additional constructs (e.g., career adaptability, human need satisfaction) of PWT.
ISSN:0889-4019
2161-0045
DOI:10.1002/cdq.12232