Journal article
The role of future orientation and negative career feedback in career agency and career success in Australian adults
Journal of Career Assessment
2020
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Abstract
Future orientation is crucial for young people to achieve career-developmental milestones, yet little research has examined the role of future orientation in attaining career outcomes in adult samples. Using the future orientation framework, we tested direct effects of future orientation on career agency (proactive career behaviours and work effort) and career success (perceived employability and career adaptability), indirect effects via career agency variables, and conditional effects of negative career feedback in the future orientation-career agency-career success relationships. We surveyed 285 adults (M = 38.38 years) and conducted structural equation and moderated mediation analyses. Future orientation was associated positively with work effort, proactive career behaviours, career adaptability, and perceptions of employability. Work effort and proactive career behaviours mediated the future orientation-career success relationship. The mediation via career behaviours (but not work effort) was dependent on the level of received negative career feedback. The results have theoretical and practical implications.
Details
- Title
- The role of future orientation and negative career feedback in career agency and career success in Australian adults
- Creators
- Anna Praskova (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityLena Johnston (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Career Assessment
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991012904200402368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; School of Health and Human Sciences; Human Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article