RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED EMPLOYABILITY AND SUBJECTIVE CAREER SUCCESS: EVIDENCE FROM PRIVATE SECTOR ACADEMICS OF PAKISTAN
Keywords:
Perceived Employability, Protean Career Theory, Subjective Career Success, Private Institutional Sector
Abstract
The “new career” concepts found in the industrialized economies were studied since the implementation of career models in institutional environments, which have different social, cultural and political norms and thus result in diverse patterns of career development. For carrying out the research, academics were chosen from Pakistan’s private sector universities. The private sector is commercialized and innovative and fits well with the career concepts discussed in the study. To support to the conceptual framework, the researcher has taken the Protean Career Theory as the underpinning theory. For sampling purposes, proportionate stratified sampling has been adopted. Simple random sampling has been utilized to select the academics within each stratum. The sample was chosen out of a total population of 4,994 academics present within the 35 private sector universities located across the country. The questionnaire was distributed among individuals after obtaining permission from the universities. The researcher managed to collect data from192 respondents with a response rate of 55%. The hypothesis was measured with Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in AMOS software. The researcher found a statistically insignificant relationship between perceived employability and subjective career success.
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competencies relate to career success via job crafting. Applied
Psychology, 66(1), 168-195.
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23rdApril 2016 from http://www.beoe.gov.pk/migrationstatistics.asp.
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employability and subsequent health. Work & Stress, 21(3), 279-292.
Briscoe, J. P., & Hall, D. T. (2006). The interplay of boundaryless and
protean careers: combinations and implications. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 69(1), 4-18.
Briscoe, J. P., Hall, D. T., & De Muth, R. L. F. (2006). Protean and
boundaryless careers: an empirical exploration. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 69(1), 30-47.
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coping: comparing two transactional models. Journal of
Managerial Psychology, 26(8), 646-664.
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proactive: what (else) matters for career self-management
behaviors? Career Development International, 11(7), 619-632.
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between perceived employability, employee well-being, and its
contribution to organizational success: a matter of psychological
contracts?. The International Journal of Human Resource
Management, 22(07), 1486-1503.
De Vos, A., & Soens, N. (2008). Protean attitude and career success: The
mediating role of self-management. Journal of Vocational
Behavior, 73(613), 449-456.
De Vos, A., De Hauw, S. D., & Van der Heijdin, B. I. J. M. V. (2011).
Competency development and career Success: The mediating role of employability.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 79(2),438-447.
Eby, L. T., Butts, M., & Lockwood, A. (2003). Predictors of success in the
era of the boundaryless career. Journal of Organizational
Behavior, 24(6), 689-708.
Forrier, A., Verbruggen, M., & De Cuyper, N. (2015). Integrating different
notions of employability in a dynamic chain: The relationship
between job transitions, movement capital, and perceived
employability. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 89, 56-64.
Garver, M. S., & Mentzer, J. T. (1999). Logistics research methods:
Employing structural equation modeling to test for construct
validity. Journal of Business Logistics, 20(1), 33-57.
Gowan, M.A. (2012). Employability, well-being and job satisfaction
following a job loss. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 27 (8), 780 - 798.
Greer, T. W., & Waight, C. L. (2017). The value of an undergraduate HRD
degree: An exploratory investigation of perceived employability
and career success. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 19(2), 190-206.
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(2010). SEM: An introduction. Multivariate data analysis: A
global perspective, 629-686.
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CA: Sage Publications.
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of Vocational Behavior, 65(1), 1-13.
Halai, N. (2013). Quality of private universities in Pakistan: An analysis
of higher education commission rankings 2012. International
Journal of Educational Management, 27(7), 775 – 786.
Iqbal, M. Z., Arif, M. I., & Abbas, F. (2011). HRM practices in public
and private universities of Pakistan: a comparative study.
International Education Studies, 4(4), 215-222.
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proactive personality, performance goal orientation,
organizational learning culture, and leader-member exchange
quality. Career Development International, 17(3), 276 - 295
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Psychological and physical well-being during unemployment: a
meta-analytic study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(1), 53-76.
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of objective and subjective career success: A meta analysis.
Personnel Psychology, 58(2), 367-408.
O’Neil, D., Bilimoria, D., & Saatcioglu, A. (2004). Women’s career types:
attributions of satisfaction with career success. Career
Development International, 9(5), 478-500.
Rothwell, A., & Arnold, J. (2007). Perceived employability: development
and validation of a scale. Personnel Review, 36(1), 23-41.
Seibert, S.E., Grant, J.M., & Kraimer, M.L. (1999). Proactive personality
and career success. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 416-427.
Xie, B., Xia, M., Xin, X., & Zhou, W. (2016). Linking calling to work
engagement and subjective career success: The perspective of career
construction theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 94, 70-78.
Published
2018-06-15
How to Cite
Zafar, D. J., Ahmad, D. A., & Jabbar, A. (2018). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED EMPLOYABILITY AND SUBJECTIVE CAREER SUCCESS: EVIDENCE FROM PRIVATE SECTOR ACADEMICS OF PAKISTAN. Journal of Business Strategies, 12(01), 131-140. Retrieved from http://greenwichjournals.com/index.php/businessstudies/article/view/357
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