Antecedents and outcomes of Hungarian nurses’ career adaptability
| Autor: | Stefan T. Mol, Sofija Pajic, Ádám Keszler, Gábor Kismihók, Deanne N. Den Hartog |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Leadership and Management (ABS, FEB), Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Corporate Governance |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Medical education Career management ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences education 050109 social psychology Context (language use) Conscientiousness Employability Care provision Adaptability humanities Job performance Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Adaptation (computer science) Psychology 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Manpower, 39(8), 1096-1114. Emerald |
| ISSN: | 0143-7720 |
| Popis: | Purpose With the ageing global population the demand for nursing jobs and the requirements for complex care provision are increasing. In consequence, nursing professionals need to be ready to adapt, obtain variety of skills and engage in career self-management. The purpose of this paper is to investigate individual, micro-level, resources and behaviors that can facilitate matching processes between nursing professionals and their jobs. Design/methodology/approach A survey-based study was conducted among 314 part-time and full-time nursing professionals in Hungary. Findings Consistent with the career construction theory, this study offers evidence on career adaptability as a self-regulatory resource that might stimulate nurses’ adaptation outcomes. Specifically, it demonstrates positive relationships between adaptive readiness (proactive personality and conscientiousness), career adaptability, adapting behaviors (career planning and proactive skill development) and adaptation outcomes (employability and in-role performance). Research limitations/implications The cross-sectional design limits causal inference. Relatively small sample of full-time professionals for whom supervisory-ratings were obtained yields the need of further replication. Practical implications Stimulating development of nurses’ career adaptability, career planning, and proactive skill development can contribute to sustainable career management. It can facilitate the alignment of nurses to performance requirements of their current jobs, preventing individual person-job mismatch. Originality/value Zooming into the context of nursing professionals in Hungary, the study elucidates the understudied link between adaptivity and adapting responses and answers the call for more research that employs other-ratings of adaptation outcomes. It demonstrates the value of career adaptability resources for nurses’ employability and in-role performance. |
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