anticipatory emotions; career adaptability; career decision-making self-efficacy; emotional intelligence; latent profile analysis; Education; Applied Psychology; Psychology (all); Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; General Psychology
Abstract :
[en] This study used a person-centered approach to investigate university students’ profiles of career adaptability and determine whether different combinations of concern, control, curiosity, and confidence could be identified. We also explored the relations of these profiles with emotional intelligence, anticipatory emotions, and career decision-making self-efficacy. We found six distinct profiles of career adaptability among 307 university students who differed both on their level and on shape. Emotional intelligence was associated with profiles displaying higher levels of career adaptability. Furthermore, profiles of career adaptability significantly displayed differences in terms of positive anticipatory emotions at the prospect of the school-to-work transition and career decision-making self-efficacy but not in terms of negative anticipatory emotions. These results highlight that differentiating profiles of career adaptability provide insights for the design and the implementation of career-related interventions among university students.
Research center :
HEC Recherche. Changing workplace and strategic HRM - ULiège [BE] LENTIC - Laboratoire d'Études sur les Nouvelles Formes de Travail, l'Innovation et le Changement - ULiège
Disciplines :
Human resources management
Author, co-author :
Parmentier, Michaël ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège Research > HEC Liège Research: Changing workplace and strategic HRM ; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Pirsoul, Thomas ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège Research > HEC Liège Research: Changing workplace and strategic HRM ; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Nils, Frédéric; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Career Adaptability Profiles and Their Relations With Emotional and Decision-Making Correlates Among Belgian Undergraduate Students
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