Exploring links between career adaptability, work volition, and well-being among Turkish students

Büyükgöze Kavas A., Duffy R. D., Douglass R. P.

JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR, cilt.90, ss.122-131, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 90
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.08.006
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.122-131
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Career adaptability, Life satisfaction, Work volition, Life meaning, ADAPT-ABILITIES SCALE, LIFE SATISFACTION, VALIDATION, SENSE, MODEL, QUESTIONNAIRE, CONSTRUCTION, PERSONALITY, MODERATOR, SUCCESS
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The present study examined how the four components of career adaptability (concern, confidence, control, curiosity; Savickas & Porfeli, 2012) related to life satisfaction and the degree to which life meaning and work volition mediated these relations. In Study 1, scores from the Work Volition Scale-Student Version was validated with a sample of Turkish undergraduate students. In Study 2, with a new sample of Turkish students, all four components of career adaptability were found to significantly correlate with life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling revealed that life meaning and work volition each served as significant mediators between concern, control, and life satisfaction. Additionally, in the full mediation model, none of the adaptability components significantly related to life satisfaction. These findings suggest that concern and control over one's career may link with greater life satisfaction due, in part, to an increased sense of control in career decision making and increased life meaning. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.