A Longitudinal Study of Relationships Between Vocational
Graduates’ Career Adaptability, Career Decision-Making
Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity Clarity, and Life
Satisfaction

J 2023

A Longitudinal Study of Relationships Between Vocational Graduates’ Career Adaptability, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity Clarity, and Life Satisfaction

KVASKOVÁ, Lucia, Petr HLAĎO, Petr PALÍŠEK, Václav ŠAŠINKA, Stanislav JEŽEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

A Longitudinal Study of Relationships Between Vocational Graduates’ Career Adaptability, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity Clarity, and Life Satisfaction

Authors

KVASKOVÁ, Lucia (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petr HLAĎO (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr PALÍŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Václav ŠAŠINKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Stanislav JEŽEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Andreas HIRSCHI (756 Switzerland) and Petr MACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Career Assessment, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2023, 1069-0727

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.200 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00133999

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10690727221084106

UT WoS

000788401300001

Keywords in English

career adaptability; career decision-making self-efficacy; vocational identity clarity; life satisfaction; vocational graduates

Abstract

V originále

Career construction theory proposes that high career adaptability leads to positive adaptation outcomes during career transition. However, the specific pathways of how this happens remain underexplored. Drawing on the career construction model of adaptation, we hypothesized that career decision-making self-efficacy mediates the link of career adaptability with vocational identity clarity and life satisfaction as two measures of adaptation outcomes. We conducted a three-wave survey with an initial sample of 3,126 Czech upper secondary vocational graduates transitioning from vocational school to the labor market. Structural equation modeling revealed that career decision-making self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between career adaptability before graduation and vocational identity clarity twenty months later. In contrast, the mediation effect of career decision-making self-efficacy on the relationship between career adaptability and life satisfaction was not supported. Additionally, in contrast to the previous literature, career adaptability was not directly related to vocational identity clarity and life satisfaction. Nevertheless, our findings demonstrated a positive long-term association of career adaptability with adaptation outcomes within the working life domain. Practical implications and future directions are discussed.

Links

GA18-07537S, research and development project

Name: Kariérová adaptabilita absolventů odborných vyšších sekundárních škol v období přechodu ze školy do práce

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

KVASKOVÁ, Lucia, Petr HLAĎO, Petr PALÍŠEK, Václav ŠAŠINKA, Stanislav JEŽEK, Andreas HIRSCHI and Petr MACEK. A Longitudinal Study of Relationships Between Vocational Graduates’ Career Adaptability, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity Clarity, and Life Satisfaction. Journal of Career Assessment. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2023, vol. 31, No 1, p. 27-49. ISSN 1069-0727. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10690727221084106.

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KVASKOVÁ, Lucia, Petr HLAĎO, Petr PALÍŠEK, Václav ŠAŠINKA, Stanislav JEŽEK, Andreas HIRSCHI and Petr MACEK. A Longitudinal Study of Relationships Between Vocational Graduates’ Career Adaptability, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity Clarity, and Life Satisfaction. \textit{Journal of Career Assessment}. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2023, vol.~31, No~1, p.~27-49. ISSN~1069-0727. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10690727221084106.

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