Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of organizational-related variables and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career among employees. Design/methodology/approach: Research data are gathered from a sample of 306 employees in 18 electrical and electronics mu...

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Main Authors: Wong, Siew Chin, Mohd Rasdi, Roziah, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2017
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author Wong, Siew Chin
Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
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Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
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description Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of organizational-related variables and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career among employees. Design/methodology/approach: Research data are gathered from a sample of 306 employees in 18 electrical and electronics multinational corporations (MNCs) in Malaysia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to examine the influences of organizational-related factors and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career. Findings: The results demonstrate that organizational-related variables, namely, employability culture and mentoring are viewed as potential predictors of protean career. There are significant moderating effects of career strategies on the relationship between both employability culture and mentoring toward protean career among employees. Research limitations/implications: This paper provides an empirical framework to explain protean career based on the review of career-related literatures. Practical implications: The findings provide implications to both organizations and human resource development practitioners on new career trends of protean career. Practical interventions are suggested to assist individuals and organizations toward protean career development. Originality/value: This paper offers new insight into the predicting factors of protean career and its moderating role on career strategies.
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spelling upm-154482019-10-04T08:07:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15448/ Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator Wong, Siew Chin Mohd Rasdi, Roziah Abu Samah, Bahaman Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of organizational-related variables and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career among employees. Design/methodology/approach: Research data are gathered from a sample of 306 employees in 18 electrical and electronics multinational corporations (MNCs) in Malaysia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to examine the influences of organizational-related factors and the moderating role of career strategies on protean career. Findings: The results demonstrate that organizational-related variables, namely, employability culture and mentoring are viewed as potential predictors of protean career. There are significant moderating effects of career strategies on the relationship between both employability culture and mentoring toward protean career among employees. Research limitations/implications: This paper provides an empirical framework to explain protean career based on the review of career-related literatures. Practical implications: The findings provide implications to both organizations and human resource development practitioners on new career trends of protean career. Practical interventions are suggested to assist individuals and organizations toward protean career development. Originality/value: This paper offers new insight into the predicting factors of protean career and its moderating role on career strategies. Emerald Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15448/1/Promoting%20protean%20career%20through%20employability%20culture%20and%20mentoring%20career%20strategies%20as%20moderator.pdf Wong, Siew Chin and Mohd Rasdi, Roziah and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza (2017) Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator. European Journal of Training and Development, 41 (3). pp. 277-302. ISSN 2046-9012; ESSN: 2046-9020 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/EJTD-08-2016-0060/full/html 10.1108/EJTD-08-2016-0060
spellingShingle Wong, Siew Chin
Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
title Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
title_full Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
title_fullStr Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
title_full_unstemmed Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
title_short Promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
title_sort promoting protean career through employability culture and mentoring: career strategies as moderator
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