Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors

Due to dynamics on both external and internal business environments, new forms of career management andcareer progression are increasingly being adopted at the individual level to maximize career success. Employeesare now more inclined to setup their own career agendas and establish benchmarks in me...

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Main Authors: Wong, Siew Chin, Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35090/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35090/1/35090.pdf
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description Due to dynamics on both external and internal business environments, new forms of career management andcareer progression are increasingly being adopted at the individual level to maximize career success. Employeesare now more inclined to setup their own career agendas and establish benchmarks in measuring career successin a new trend as emphasized in protean career. Based on the SCCT and JCM models, the study provides atheoretical framework that examines the predictive potential of the individual, organizational and job-relatedfactors in explaining protean career among professional employees. The study is exploratory on the grounds ofliterature review. Professional employees may gain insights of the importance of protean career in careerdevelopment process. Practical interventions for HRD professionals are suggested to assist individuals andorganisations towards protean career management. Future research could provide a more holistic view of proteancareer and develop additional propositions.
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spelling upm-350902017-10-20T09:54:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35090/ Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors Wong, Siew Chin Mohd Rasdi, Roziah Due to dynamics on both external and internal business environments, new forms of career management andcareer progression are increasingly being adopted at the individual level to maximize career success. Employeesare now more inclined to setup their own career agendas and establish benchmarks in measuring career successin a new trend as emphasized in protean career. Based on the SCCT and JCM models, the study provides atheoretical framework that examines the predictive potential of the individual, organizational and job-relatedfactors in explaining protean career among professional employees. The study is exploratory on the grounds ofliterature review. Professional employees may gain insights of the importance of protean career in careerdevelopment process. Practical interventions for HRD professionals are suggested to assist individuals andorganisations towards protean career management. Future research could provide a more holistic view of proteancareer and develop additional propositions. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35090/1/35090.pdf Wong, Siew Chin and Mohd Rasdi, Roziah (2014) Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors. Asian Social Science, 10 (21). pp. 203-215. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/41799 10.5539/ass.v10n21p203
spellingShingle Wong, Siew Chin
Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
title Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
title_full Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
title_fullStr Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
title_full_unstemmed Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
title_short Protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
title_sort protean career development: exploring the individuals, organizational and job-related factors
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