Distinct Paths to Protean Career Attitude: Family and Peer Support as Mediated by Grit Among Emerging Filipino Adults

Jan Patrick Gutierrez; Maricris Bueno; Denzel Frinz Portugal; Felimon  Lapuz III; Angelli Mai Cervantes; Jana Gabrielle Fabric

doi:10.53379/cjcd.2024.403

Authors

Jan Patrick Gutierrez Far Eastern University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9243-097X
Maricris Bueno Far Eastern University
Denzel Frinz Portugal Far Eastern University
Felimon Lapuz III Far Eastern University
Angelli Mai Cervantes Far Eastern University
Jana Gabrielle Fabric Far Eastern University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53379/cjcd.2024.403

Keywords:

grit, Social support, protean career attitudes, emerging adults, career development

Abstract

While career development is almost identical to personal development, the emerging adults have been more active in finding the best career for them in the recent years (Benardo & Salanga, 2019). Social cognitive career theory (SSCT) offered concepts such as social factors and personal factors that can explain the dynamics of career attitudes. Following the arguments of the theory, 415 respondents answered a scale on social support, a measure or grit, and a scale of protean career attitude to test the assumption of the hypothesis derived from SSCT. Although personal factor such as grit and social support correlated with protean career attitude, the results showed a different path of career attitudes depending on its source. While grit fully mediated family support and protean career attitudes, peer support directly predicted protean career attitudes without any mediation from grit. This suggest that there were different kinds of support emerging adults need when it come to their family and that of their peers. The outcome of this study can serve as a basis for career development program that both workers and employers can benefit from.

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