TY - JOUR
T1 - Career adaptability and plateaus
T2 - The moderating effects of tenure and job self-efficacy
AU - Jiang, Zhou
AU - Hu, Xiaowen
AU - Wang, Zhongmin
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - This research examined the relationship between career adaptability and the job content plateau, focusing on the moderating roles of job tenure and job self-efficacy. In Study 1, a scenario-based experiment was conducted among working adults to test whether job tenure moderated the effect of career adaptability on the job content plateau. Results showed that this effect was stronger among employees with a long rather than short tenure. Study 2 verified this result based on data collected from another sample of workers using a field survey. Additionally, results from Study 2 demonstrated that the moderating role of job tenure was stronger for employees with low rather than high job self-efficacy. It was found that the relationship between career adaptability and the job content plateau was strongest when employees reported a long tenure and a low level of job self-efficacy. These findings have provided useful insights for organizational managers to plan and implement employee development strategies, and for career counselors to design psychological interventions, taking into account the conditions that will make career adaptability most effective to deal with job-related experiences (e.g., the job content plateau).
AB - This research examined the relationship between career adaptability and the job content plateau, focusing on the moderating roles of job tenure and job self-efficacy. In Study 1, a scenario-based experiment was conducted among working adults to test whether job tenure moderated the effect of career adaptability on the job content plateau. Results showed that this effect was stronger among employees with a long rather than short tenure. Study 2 verified this result based on data collected from another sample of workers using a field survey. Additionally, results from Study 2 demonstrated that the moderating role of job tenure was stronger for employees with low rather than high job self-efficacy. It was found that the relationship between career adaptability and the job content plateau was strongest when employees reported a long tenure and a low level of job self-efficacy. These findings have provided useful insights for organizational managers to plan and implement employee development strategies, and for career counselors to design psychological interventions, taking into account the conditions that will make career adaptability most effective to deal with job-related experiences (e.g., the job content plateau).
KW - Career adaptability
KW - Job self-efficacy
KW - Job tenure
KW - The job content plateau
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85033559380&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.10.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85033559380
VL - 104
SP - 59
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
SN - 0001-8791
ER -