TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring links between career adaptability, work volition, and well-being among Turkish students
AU - Buyukgoze-Kavas, Aysenur
AU - Duffy, Ryan D.
AU - Douglass, Richard P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The present study examined how the four components of career adaptability (concern, confidence, control, curiosity; Savickas & Porfeli, 2012) related to life satisfaction and the degree to which life meaning and work volition mediated these relations. In Study 1, scores from the Work Volition Scale-Student Version was validated with a sample of Turkish undergraduate students. In Study 2, with a new sample of Turkish students, all four components of career adaptability were found to significantly correlate with life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling revealed that life meaning and work volition each served as significant mediators between concern, control, and life satisfaction. Additionally, in the full mediation model, none of the adaptability components significantly related to life satisfaction. These findings suggest that concern and control over one's career may link with greater life satisfaction due, in part, to an increased sense of control in career decision making and increased life meaning.
AB - The present study examined how the four components of career adaptability (concern, confidence, control, curiosity; Savickas & Porfeli, 2012) related to life satisfaction and the degree to which life meaning and work volition mediated these relations. In Study 1, scores from the Work Volition Scale-Student Version was validated with a sample of Turkish undergraduate students. In Study 2, with a new sample of Turkish students, all four components of career adaptability were found to significantly correlate with life satisfaction. Structural equation modeling revealed that life meaning and work volition each served as significant mediators between concern, control, and life satisfaction. Additionally, in the full mediation model, none of the adaptability components significantly related to life satisfaction. These findings suggest that concern and control over one's career may link with greater life satisfaction due, in part, to an increased sense of control in career decision making and increased life meaning.
KW - Career adaptability
KW - Life meaning
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - Work volition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.08.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940050772
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 90
SP - 122
EP - 131
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
ER -