Protean Career Orientation And Individual Well-Being Among Professional Engineers In Malaysia: Mediating Role Of Proactive Career Management Behaviours
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2015-09
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BABA RAHIM, NORIZAN
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Individual well-being refers to employee engagement that generates higher
frequency of positive affect such as job satisfaction, commitment, joy, fulfilment,
interest, and caring. However, for the engineers in Malaysia, the conflict between
fulfilling the work demand structured by the organization and their aspiration to be
visionaries, ambitious, having their own goals and expectation, have influenced their
well-being. Grounded in the Protean Career Theory (Hall, 1976), this study
examined the impact of protean career orientation on proactive career management
behaviours and individual well-being. In addition, this study examined the mediating
effect of proactive career management behaviours on the relationship between
protean career orientation and individual well-being using Goal Setting Theory
(Locke & Latham, 2004). To test the proposed hypotheses, data were collected
through self-administered questionnaires. The study sample consisted of 387
registered professional engineers with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). The
hypotheses were analysed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach. This study
found interesting results related to individual well-being. The finding showed that
protean career orientation has a positive influence on proactive career management
behaviours. Protean career orientation also was found has a positive influence on
career satisfaction. Proactive career management behaviours was found to have a
positive influence on career satisfaction. Finally, study found that the relationship
between protean career orientation and individual well-being are linked through the
mediating variable of proactive career management behaviours. Based on the
findings, the methodology, theoretical and practical implications of the study are
discussed. The suggestion for the future research is also offered.
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Protean Career Orientation And Individual Well-Being Among Professional Engineers In Malaysia , Mediating Role Of Proactive Career Management Behaviours