The Relationship between New Career Approach Attitudes and Subjective Career Success Perceptions of Typical and Flexible Employees
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https://doi.org/10.53379/cjcd.2024.392Keywords:
Career Development, Boundaryless Career, Protean Career, Subjective Career Success, Flexible WorkingAbstract
This study centers on the examination of three distinct concepts, which have undergone adaptation from conventional paradigms to contemporary perspectives. These transformations pertain to the shift from typical employment arrangements to flexible employment models, the evolution from traditional career thinking to novel career approaches, and the transition from emphasizing objective career success to embracing subjective career success measures. The primary focus of this research endeavor lies in the comparative analysis of full-time and part-time employees concerning their assimilation of these new conceptual frameworks. This study aims to compare and reveal the boundaryless career attitude, protean career attitude, and subjective career success perceptions, along with their sub-dimensions, between typical employees and flexible workers, as well as to examine their relationships. The research was conducted using 895 questionnaires (412 flexible-time employees, 483 full-time employees) administered to individuals working in private employment agencies. T-test analysis was employed to test the research hypotheses and identify differences. According to the analysis results in the study, flexible workers have higher boundaryless career attitudes, psychological mobility, physical mobility, and value-driven career attitudes compared to typical workers. Regarding subjective career success, typical workers have higher than flexible-time workers.
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