Linking academic engagement and students PsyCap: the mediated role of perceived career adaptability and positive effect

Autor: Shaheen, Musarrat, Subramani, A.K., Jan, N. Akbar
Zdroj: International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion; 2024, Vol. 15 Issue: 3 p222-242, 21p
Abstrakt: The researchers aim to investigate the role of academic engagement, career adaptability, and positive affect in fostering psychological resources, (i.e., psychological capital), among students. The data were collected after obtaining informed verbal consent from 256 management students from renowned higher education institutes (HEIs) in India. Since all the constructs are reflective, covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM) is used to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that academic engagement has direct and indirect effects on students' psychological capital. Career adaptability and positive affects are found to mediate the influence of academic engagement on students' PsyCap. The present study provides avenues to develop students' PsyCap, which is one of the pertinent variables for students' sustainable development in the labour market's changing trends. In addition, the study suggests that HEIs may foster a conducive learning environment to engender career adaptability and positive emotions through academic engagement strategies.
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