TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of internship participation and conscientiousness in developing career adaptability
T2 - A five-wave growth mixture model analysis
AU - Ocampo, Anna Carmella
AU - Reyes, Melissa Lopez
AU - Chen, Yueyang
AU - Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.
AU - Chih, Ying Yi
AU - Chua-Garcia, Laurene
AU - Guan, Pianpian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Career adaptability has been conceptually and empirically linked with successful career transitions. However, research on the antecedents of career adaptability dimensions (i.e., concern, control, curiosity, and confidence) among students in school-to-work transition contexts remains sparse. In this paper, we investigate whether internship participation develops career adaptability over time and whether interns' conscientiousness supports faster development of career adaptability. Data were obtained from 173 undergraduate hotel and restaurant management students in China across five measurement periods. Growth mixture modeling analyses revealed that all career adaptability dimensions increased linearly over time after internship participation. In contrast, there was no growth in career adaptability except for the concern dimension among those who did not participate in internship. Interns' conscientiousness did not increase the rates in which career adaptability develops. The ancillary results of the study, however, showed that pre-internship levels of career adaptability dimensions influence their eventual development. Overall, our findings offer theoretical and practical implications for vocational scholars and career counsellors in supporting and sustaining students' career adaptability development.
AB - Career adaptability has been conceptually and empirically linked with successful career transitions. However, research on the antecedents of career adaptability dimensions (i.e., concern, control, curiosity, and confidence) among students in school-to-work transition contexts remains sparse. In this paper, we investigate whether internship participation develops career adaptability over time and whether interns' conscientiousness supports faster development of career adaptability. Data were obtained from 173 undergraduate hotel and restaurant management students in China across five measurement periods. Growth mixture modeling analyses revealed that all career adaptability dimensions increased linearly over time after internship participation. In contrast, there was no growth in career adaptability except for the concern dimension among those who did not participate in internship. Interns' conscientiousness did not increase the rates in which career adaptability develops. The ancillary results of the study, however, showed that pre-internship levels of career adaptability dimensions influence their eventual development. Overall, our findings offer theoretical and practical implications for vocational scholars and career counsellors in supporting and sustaining students' career adaptability development.
KW - Career adaptability
KW - Career construction
KW - Conscientiousness
KW - Internship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085320539&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103426
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103426
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085320539
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 120
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
M1 - 103426
ER -