The Role of Self-Efficacy in Emotional Intelligence and Career Adaptability Challenges among PhD Scholars

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine if PhD scholars' sense of general self-efficacy (GSE) influences the relationships between career adaptability challenges and emotional intelligence (EI). For this study, 240 Pakistani PhD candidates between the ages of 26 and 40 were selected at random using a cross-sectional design and simple random sampling. The emotional intelligence, general self-efficacy, and career adaptability challenges were evaluated using instruments. The strongest correlation was between GSE and the careers adaptability (r =.59, p<.01). In addition to GSE, emotional intelligence is the most significant predictor of career adaptability challenges (r =.58, p<.01) GSE was found to significantly mediate the effects of emotional intelligence on career adaptation issues. These results indicate that the emotional intelligence of PhD students is strongly associated with their career flexibility, a crucial factor in determining how productive workers are and how easily scholars can find employment. The study will assist PhD candidates in employing their emotional intelligence in their academic and professional endeavors. In the future, we must conduct more qualitative research to determine what factors make it difficult for people to choose a career path.