Protean Career Attitude as an Antecedent of Employee Resilience

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Published Dec 31, 2023
https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00148
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Sadia Arshad
Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
Leena Anum
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Aiysha Imran
MPhil Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

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Protean career attitude and employee resilience is an increasingly important, but under researched aspect of modern careers. The purpose of this study is to examine the changes organizations (universities) are facing while focusing on protean career attitude and employee resilience. And to focus on changes on employee performance and how supervisor support increases organization identification among employees. Participants in this study were 600 teachers of private universities. The results indicate a significant relationship between protean career attitude and organization identification with moderation of supervisor support. Significant relationship between organization identification and voice behavior with mediation of desire to have significant impact through work. Significant relationship between desire to have significant impact through work and employee resilience with mediation of voice behavior. Significant relationship exists between organization identification and employee resilience with sequential mediation of desire to have significant impact through work and voice behavior. And lastly significant relationship exists between protean career attitude and employee resilience with sequential mediation of psychological empowerment and personal initiative. The findings reveal that organizations should focus more on supervisor support to employees in this way career-oriented employees will have more organization identification and they will be more resilient.

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Arshad, S. , Anum, L. and Imran, A. 2023. Protean Career Attitude as an Antecedent of Employee Resilience. Journal of Policy Research. 9, 4 (Dec. 2023), 254–263. DOI:https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00148.
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