scholarly journals How uncertainty affects career behaviour: A narrative approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Trevor-Roberts ◽  
Polly Parker ◽  
Jorgen Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Career Uncertainty

Despite increased uncertainty in the environment, the role of uncertainty in people’s careers is poorly understood. Those few theories that account for uncertainty portray it as a negative influence on people’s career and should therefore be reduced or avoided. This article presents an empirical study that investigated the impact of uncertainty on people’s career behaviour using a narrative approach. The findings reveal that people have different understandings of career uncertainty, which leads to distinct differences in subsequent career behaviour. Specifically, we identified four qualitatively different meanings of career uncertainty we have called Stabiliser, Glider, Energiser and Adventurer. The findings add to the existing literature by showing how each meaning of career uncertainty affects career decision making, criteria to gauge career success and meaning, and negotiating transitions. This significantly broadens current conceptualisation of career uncertainty and its impact on career behaviour than existing literature. JEL Classification: M10, M50, L10

Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Career Indecision: A Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110025
Author(s):  
Consuelo Arbona ◽  
Weihua Fan ◽  
Ayoung Phang ◽  
Norma Olvera ◽  
Marcel Dios
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Path Analyses

Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) refers to the tendency to fear the unknown and to worry excessively about potential future negative outcomes. In the career decision-making process, college students experience uncertainty regarding the future of occupational opportunities and the evolution of their interests and capabilities. Anxiety is a well-established predictor of career indecision. Therefore, this study examined the role of anxiety as a mediator in the relation of IU and rumination to three dimensions of career decision making difficulties among college students ( N = 678). Results of path analyses indicated that as hypothesized, after controlling for age, intolerance of uncertainty was directly and indirectly (though anxiety) related to the three dimensions of career decision making difficulties: lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information. Results suggested that career choice interventions may be enhanced with a targeted emphasis on coping with the uncertainty involved in career decision making among college students.

Positive Affect and Career Decision‐Making: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Spin

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
In‐Jo Park ◽  
Shenyang Hai ◽  
Jos Akkermans ◽  
Marijke Verbruggen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Moderating Role

Secure Attachment and Career Indecision: The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayoung Phang ◽  
Weihua Fan ◽  
Consuelo Arbona
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Mediating Role

Over the past few decades, researchers have been trying to understand the career decision-making process from interpersonal and affective perspectives. Previous findings suggest that secure attachment is negatively linked to career indecision, but the extent to which other variables mediate this relation is less clear. The present study was designed to identify underlying mechanism in the relation between attachment and career indecision. This was done by examining a model which links secure attachment with career indecision through the mediating role of emotional intelligence. Participants included 362 female undergraduate students from a large Southern University. A path model was tested to investigate (a) the direct association of attachment to three dimensions of career indecision (lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information) and (b) whether emotional intelligence mediates the relations between attachment and the career indecision dimensions, while controlling students’ age. Results indicated a very good fit for the proposed path model. With two exceptions, results provided support for the study’s hypothesis regarding the direct and mediated links in the model; all paths were in the expected direction. Results of the study provide support for the notion that different antecedents may explain career decision-making difficulties, and therefore, college women may require diverse intervention approaches

Social Class Fragility and College Students’ Career Decision-Making at a Private University

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-129
Author(s):  
Keaton C. Muzika ◽  
Aaron Hudyma ◽  
Patton O. Garriott ◽  
Dana Santiago ◽  
Jessica Morse
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Interventions

The present study examined the role of social class in the career decision-making of undergraduate students attending a private university. Grounded theory was used to describe the process of social class and undergraduates’ career interests and plans. Interviews with undergraduate students ( N = 21) resulted in four categories and 13 axial codes. The grounded theory emerging from the data was labeled, social class fragility. Social class fragility captured the career goals and behaviors associated with participants’ striving for an acceptable career choice, based upon their social class contexts. The contextual factors described by participants included relational influences, social class consciousness, and vocational privilege. Results are discussed in terms of career interventions with college students attending universities that encapsulate upper middle-class norms.

scholarly journals CAREER DECISION-MAKING ATTRIBUTION AND SELF EFFICACY: THE MODERATING ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Rose Mini Agoes Salim ◽  
Shahnaz Safitri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
School Students ◽  
Moderating Role

It is known that gifted high-school students tend to have difficulty in choosing career due to their wide-range interests and capabilities. In order to successfully making an appropriate career choice, having a high level of career decision making self-efficacy (CDMSE) is an important precondition. CDMSE is the belief in one’s ability to successfully complete the task necessary to make career-related decisions. Of several factors known to be affecting CDMSE, previous study has shown that career decision-making attribution (CDMA) could affect students CDMSE. However, the CDMA effect on CDMSE in gifted student is seemed to be related to personal trait of students, namely emotional intelligence (EI). Therefore, this study aims to examine the moderating role of EI on the impact of gifted high-school student CDMA on CDMSE. Subjects in this study were gifted high school students (N = 165; 52.12% males; M-age = 16.20 years old) in Jakarta. The measurement tools used are CDMSE Scale Short-Form, Assessment of Attribution for Career Decision Making, and Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short-Form (TEIQue-SF) adapted into Indonesian language. The data were analyzed using simple regression analysis with Hayes PROCESS model. It was found that there is a direct effect of CDMA on CDMSE with (F (1,163) = 10.6661, p = .0033 < .001), in which CDMA serves as a predictor of CDMSE. We also found that EI can serve as a predictor of CDMSE (F (1,163) = 10.6661, p = .0007<.001. However, EI did not moderate the CDMA-CDMSE relation. Discussion, limitations, and suggestions for further research are listed. 

Beyond Logic and Intuition: Development and Validation of a Career Discernment Scale

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484531989782
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Yip ◽  
Haoxiong Li ◽  
Ellen A. Ensher ◽  
Susan E. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Advice Seeking ◽  
Decision Making Factors

Past research on career decision-making has focused on two distinct modes of decision-making: logic and intuition. In this study, we extend that two-system model of career decision-making and examine the role of two additional decision-making modalities: advice seeking and spiritual discernment. We conducted two independent studies through which we develop and validate a Career Discernment Scale by examining its dimensions and internal reliability (Study 1), followed by research to establish discriminant and convergent validity (Study 2). Results provide initial support for the dimensionality and reliability of four distinct career decision-making factors, demonstrated by a clear factor structure and internal consistency. In addition, our results show evidence of convergent and discriminant validity through expected correlations across a nomological network of individual differences. Overall, this article highlights the unique role of spirituality and advice seeking in career decision-making with implications for career development and practice.

Career Exploration and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Storme ◽  
Pinar Celik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Career Options ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Environmental Exploration

This article investigated the moderating role of creative self-efficacy (CSE) on the relationship between career exploration and career decision-making difficulties among French undergraduate students ( N = 415). Drawing a parallel between the career decision-making process and the notion of creative problem-solving, we reasoned that career exploration without CSE—that is, the confidence in one’s own ability to solve original and complex problems—can be associated with career decision-making difficulties. Our study shows that among students who have low levels of CSE, environmental exploration, and self-exploration regarding career options are respectively associated with dysfunctional beliefs regarding one’s career path and general indecisiveness. We discuss the implications of the results.

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