Influence of Proactive Career Behaviors on Career Choice Decisions of Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Zia-ur-Rehman Rao ◽  
Romel John ◽  
Haleema Tariq
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Lifelong Learners ◽  
Identity Resolution ◽  
Job Transitions ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Future Work Self

Due to increased trend in job transitions, prospects of occupation these days are difficult to predict. Therefore, workers need to develop differentiated set of skills and competences to be able to adapt to a variety of available occupations. The volatility in employability due to ever changing technologies, business environments and models need to focus on becoming lifelong learners not only to maintain their employability but to create more opportunities for themselves. This situation has affected work like of people in a way that the careers no more belong to the organizations but to individual. According to the literature on boundaryless careers, there are three types of variables that can be used to predict career success. Combinations of these three variables are generally referred to as career competencies. Theoretical research reveals that 'understanding why, ‘whom,' and 'how' are the three most important indicators of career success. The findings demonstrate that proactive career behaviors are predicted by future work self and identity resolution. Future work self has a significant positive impact on employment status and, as a result, can lead to future employment success. The findings also revealed that future work self predicts career planning the most. Career consultation is the second most reliable indicator of future employment. Future work self can also forecast proactive skill improvement and proactive career consulting. The study showed results that identity resolution predicts career planning the most. Identity resolution also predicts proactive skill development, career consultation and proactive career networking.

scholarly journals Impact of a Series of Educational Talks Taught by Health Professionals to Promote Healthy Snack Choices among Children

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Víctor Arufe Giráldez ◽  
Javier Puñal Abelenda ◽  
Rubén Navarro-Patón ◽  
Alberto Sanmiguel-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Nutrition And Dietetics ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Background: One of the great challenges facing today’s society is the need to combat overweight and obesity in schoolchildren. This study aimed to analyze the impact of a cycle of didactic talks—given to families by a specialist in pediatrics, a specialist in nutrition and dietetics and a specialist in physical exercise—on childrens’ snack choices and nutrition quality. Methods: A longitudinal, quasi-experimental and quantitative investigation was designed, working with a total sample of 50 students divided into control and experimental groups. The nutritional quality of daily snacks was recorded during the month before and the month after the cycle of talks given by health experts. Results: An increase in the nutritional quality of the snacks was observed in the days after the talk—but, after a week, values returned to normal. Conclusions: The giving of educational talks to promote healthy habits may have a positive impact on the nutritional quality of school snacks in the days immediately following the talks. However, some forgetfulness was detected over time, which reduced the nutritional quality of the snacks once more. For future work, it is recommended that researchers measure the impact produced by giving regular talks.

Values and career behaviours of entrepreneurs and employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1607-1625
Author(s):  
Anita Gaile ◽  
Ilona Baumane-Vitolina ◽  
Erika Sumilo ◽  
Daina Skiltere ◽  
Ricardo Martin Flores
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Culture Development ◽  
Individual Value

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the differences in the values and behaviours of employees and entrepreneurs and to develop guidelines for employers to foster entrepreneurial thinking in their organisations. Design/methodology/approach To determine individual behaviours, the authors used the career adaptability scale developed by Savickas and Porfelli (2012), complemented with the statements regarding relationships in the workplace and reward, designed by Gattiker and Larwood (1986). The individual values were evaluated by Schwartz’s individual value framework. The career success of individuals was defined by income level and job satisfaction. Data from a sample of 473 respondents were analysed using structural equation modelling. Findings This paper reveals that there are differences in the behaviours and the values of employees and entrepreneurs. Employees are more concerned with relationships at the workplace, rewards and confidence, whereas entrepreneurs focus solely on relationships. Self-direction value has a direct positive impact. Universalism, conformism, achievement, stimulation and safety have indirect positive effects on career success for employees. There is no specific individual value driving career success for entrepreneurs. Originality/value This paper follows the recent trends in organisational culture development whereby organisations seek to incorporate the entrepreneurial mindset at all levels of the organisation. Until now, there has been scarce empirical evidence on the differences between entrepreneurial and employee values. This research provides evidence that the value gap between these two distinct groups is considerable enough to question the ability of the average employee to adopt the entrepreneurial behaviour required by modern organisations.

scholarly journals CEO Turnover, Leadership Identity, and TMT Creativity in a Cross-Cultural Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Rong ◽  
Chao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Ceo Turnover ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Top Management Teams ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Leadership Identity ◽  
Positive Effects

Whether chief executive officer (CEO) turnover can improve top management team (TMT) creativity is an important issue that remains to be solved. Based on the theoretical background of CEO turnover, team creativity, and cross-cultural context, this study proposes a theoretical model to answer the question and introduces leadership identity as a moderator simultaneously. The multiple regression analysis of data obtained from 903 executives in 104 top management teams revealed CEO voluntary resignation/internal succession pattern, CEO voluntary resignation/external succession pattern, and CEO forced resignation/internal succession pattern separately had a significant positive impact on TMT creativity in a cross-cultural context; leadership identity partially moderated the relationship between CEO turnover and TMT creativity. According to these findings, only three patterns of CEO turnover could promote TMT creativity, and leadership identity enhanced the positive effects of CEO voluntary resignation/internal succession pattern, CEO voluntary resignation/external succession pattern, and CEO forced resignation/internal succession pattern on TMT creativity in a cross-cultural context. These made up for the lack of theoretical research on the relationships among CEO turnover, TMT creativity and leadership identity, which could provide the scientific guidance to conduct the CEO turnover practice and improve TMT creativity in a cross-cultural context.

scholarly journals Career Success According to New Graduates: Implications for Counseling and Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Cardoso de Oliveira ◽  
Lucy Leal Melo-Silva ◽  
Maria do Céu Taveira ◽  
Flávia Leandra Jorge Postigo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
Subjective Confidence

Resumo Qualitative research on career success has been encouraged across different category of workers. This qualitative research sought to explore how do new graduates define career success and also highlight some implications for career counseling and Human Resources management. Sample included nine new graduates from two different regions of Brazil, divided in two focus groups. Discourse analysis based on interpretative repertoire approach was used for the data analyses. The graduates’ definitions emphasized both subjective (confidence in the future, career planning, professional identity construction, work adjustment, and satisfaction with the career path) and objective (work in the area of graduation with a good salary, financial independence, social recognition) career outcomes. The meanings identified in this study reinforced the multidimensional nature of the construct and also could help career counselors and human resources managers better plan their interventions contributing to new graduates’ career success during university-to-work transition.

scholarly journals Assessment of the impact of emigration on the origin economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Remeikienė ◽  
Ligita Gasparėnienė
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Monetary Transfers ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Our article concentrates to the main aim – to assess the impact of emigration on an origin economy. This topic was chosen because the theoretical research has disclosed that the positive impact of emigration usually manifests through monetary transfers to a native country while the negative impact mainly emerges as a reduction in the labour force, which, in its turn, causes deterioration of a country’s demographic and economic situation. It has been found that the growing flows of emigration significantly reduce Lithuanian population and cause “brain drain”. High emigration rates also have a negative impact on Lithuanian national economy, in particular, its unemployment rate (the opposite effect). To reduce the rates of emigration from the country, Lithuania must develop and improve such ALPM’s elements as combination of work and dual vocational training, targeted selection of the industries for arrangement of an apprenticeship, manual training, dual vocational training and workplace training, segmentation of the unemployed by the indications of employment impediment, individual work with the unemployed to restore their basic skills (motivation, practice, health improvement), vocational guidance of young people (students) and early involvement of students into the labour market by combining studies and work.

The Future Work Self and Calling: The Mediational Role of Life Meaning

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 977-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunyu Zhang ◽  
Andreas Hirschi ◽  
Anne Herrmann ◽  
Jia Wei ◽  
Jinfu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Life Meaning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mediational Role ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Future Work Self

Development idiosyncratic deals and career success

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Guerrero ◽  
Hélène Jeanblanc ◽  
Marisol Veilleux
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Objective Measures ◽  
Idiosyncratic Deals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to rely on the sponsored-mobility perspective of career success (Turner, 1960) to explore the antecedents and consequences of development idiosyncratic deals (i-deals). The authors position career planning as an antecedent of development i-deals, and subjective and objective measures of career success as an outcome. Design/methodology/approach – The authors led a two-wave study among a sample of 325 engineers to test the research hypotheses. Findings – Results support the hypotheses. Development i-deals are positively related to three objective measures of career success (e.g. promotions, hierarchical level, and salary) and one subjective measure of career success (e.g. career satisfaction). Practical implications – The results offer new perspectives to practitioners who want to better manage the careers of their talented employees by highlighting the positive effects of development i-deals on career success. Originality/value – This paper relates i-deals to the field of careers.

scholarly journals The smartphone in self-regulated learning and student success: clarifying relationships and testing an intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendall Hartley ◽  
Lisa D. Bendixen ◽  
Dan Gianoutsos ◽  
Emily Shreve
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Prior Achievement ◽  
Regulated Learning

Abstract This two-part observational and intervention study addressed the role of the smartphone in self-regulated learning (SRL) and student success as measured by achievement. Smartphone usage among students has been identified as contributing to lower academic achievement in a variety of settings. What is unclear is how smartphone usage contributes to lower outcomes. This study surveyed participants’ self-regulated learning skills and smartphone usage at the beginning and end of the term for first semester undergraduates. A regression analysis demonstrated that when controlling for prior achievement, general SRL measures had a positive impact on first semester achievement. Smartphone related SRL did not have a direct impact on achievement. The second part of the study evaluated the efficacy of a brief intervention to ameliorate factors contributing to lower achievement. Students were presented with either SRL strategies, awareness and attention strategies or career planning guidance (control). A regression analysis of the brief intervention resulted in modest gains in SRL but did not influence achievement.

scholarly journals A Survey on Simulation Sickness in Driving Applications with Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislava Rangelova ◽  
Elisabeth Andre
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Simulated Environment ◽  
Head Mounted Displays ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Automotive Interior

This article discusses factors related to simulation sickness in virtual reality driving simulations with head-mounted displays. Simulation sickness is a well-known phenomenon that has physiological effects on users, such as disorientation, headache, and nausea. There are three major theories why simulation sickness arises. Previous research on this phenomenon has mostly concentrated on driving or flying simulators with standard computer displays. It is, therefore, possible to conclude that any simulated environment could have such an effect, and virtual reality should not be considered an exception to such problems. While virtual reality has had and will continue to have a positive impact on the development and testing of new automotive interior concepts, simulation sickness is a significant drawback. Despite the advances in technology, discomfort from using head-mounted displays has yet to be resolved. A review of these displays in the context of virtual reality driving applications over the recent years will be presented. Moreover, characterization and comparison of approaches to mitigate simulation sickness will be given in the text. Concluding suggestions for future work on the correlation between simulation sickness and a virtual driving environment will be provided.

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