Career Don’t Stop Believing: Career Empowerment as a Mediator between Hope and Organizational Outcomes

The growing trend towards individual career management requires understanding the driving forces of career changes. In the current study we explore how personal resources, namely hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and social support are associated with the motivational construct of career empowerment, w...

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Published in:Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones 2023-04, Vol.39 (1), p.13-22
Main Authors: Shwartz-Asher, Daphna, Grabarski, Mirit, Tziner, Aharon, Shkoler, Or
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
attitudinal outcomes
Career development planning
career empowerment
Careers
Employment
Empowerment
hope
Labor market
Objectives
ocb
Occupational psychology
Optimism
Perceptions
Self evaluation
Unemployment
Validity
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Summary:The growing trend towards individual career management requires understanding the driving forces of career changes. In the current study we explore how personal resources, namely hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and social support are associated with the motivational construct of career empowerment, which in turn predicts employees’ behavioral (OCB, performance appraisal) and attitudinal (job engagement, life satisfaction) outcomes. We conducted a quantitative study in which 251 full- and part-time employees completed paper-and-pencil surveys measuring internal and external resources, and career empowerment. Our results indicate that the research variables are significantly and positively correlated with one another. Mediation analyses with competing models indicate that career empowerment is a partial mediator between personal resources and various outcomes. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
ISSN:1576-5962
2174-0534
DOI:10.5093/jwop2023a1