Career Self-Management, Perceived Employability, and Employment Success during University-to-Work Transitions : a Social Cognitive Career Theory Perspective

• Autorzy: Belgin Okay-Somerville , Dora Scholarios

Warianty tytułu

Między studiami a pracą - samodzielne zarządzanie karierą, zatrudnialność, sukces zawodowy : spojrzenie na teorię kariery z perspektywy społeczno-kognitywnej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Adopting concepts from Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), the paper examines the role of various career self-management (CSM) behaviors in influencing job search self-efficacy and employment success for graduates during university-to-work transitions. It also considers barriers to employment conceptualized in perceived internal and external employability. Hypotheses were tested using data from UK graduates. The results show that most CSM measures are indirectly related to employment success. Moreover, one CSM behavior, networking, was more beneficial with respect to likelihood of job offers or being in employment for those who held poor perceived internal employability. The findings have theoretical and practical implications for the role of CSM on employment success during university-to-work transitions. (original abstract)

W niniejszej pracy, korzystając z pojęć zawartych w społeczno-kognitywnej teorii kariery, oceniono rolę różnorakich zachowań samodzielnego zarządzania kariery (career self-management - CSM) oraz ich wpływ na skuteczność poszukiwania pracy i sukces zawodowy absolwentów będących na etapie przechodzenia ze studiów do życia zawodowego. Praca zawiera także rozważania na temat barier w zatrudnieniu w koncepcji postrzegania wewnętrznej i zewnętrznej zatrudnialności. Postawione hipotezy przetestowano na podstawie danych dotyczących absolwentów uczelni wyższych w Wielkiej Brytanii. Wyniki wykazały, że środki CSM mogą być pośrednio powiązane z sukcesem zawodowym. Szczególnie jedno zachowanie CSM - networking (nawiązywanie szerokich kontaktów) okazało się bardziej korzystne dla zwiększenia prawdopodobieństwa otrzymania ofert pracy lub zatrudnienia dla osób, których postrzegana wewnętrzna zatrudnialność wykazywała niski poziom. Wyniki badań mają praktyczne i teoretyczne implikacje w odniesieniu do roli CSM w sukcesie zatrudnienia w okresie przechodzenia z życia akademickiego do kariery zawodowej. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Employability; Professional career; Career management; Career success; Self-management

PL

Zatrudnialność; Kariera zawodowa; Zarządzanie karierą; Sukces zawodowy; Samozarządzanie

• Czasopismo: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Rocznik: 2015
• Numer: nr 6
• Strony: 33--60

Twórcy

autor

Belgin Okay-Somerville

• University of Stirling, United Kingdom

autor

Dora Scholarios

• University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, United Kingdom

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