ISSN: 2222-6990
Open access
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between protean career and career satisfaction among the employeesof a manufacturing company in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. A total of 100 employees had participated in this study whereby data was collected using a set of questionnaires. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the data by using the descriptive statistical analysis and Spearman correlation analysis. The results showed that the level of protean career and career satisfaction was high among the employees. In addition, there was a significant and positive correlation between protean career and the employees career satisfaction. This study suggests that Malaysian employers involve employees in the organizational career management process such as by providing a realistic career path and career development opportunities for the employees.
Arnold, J., & Cohen, L. (2008). The psychology of careers in industrial-organizational settings: a critical but appreciative analysis International Review of Industrial Organizational Psychology, 23, 1-44.
Arthur, M. B. (1994). The boundaryless career: A new perspective for organizational inquiry. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 15, 295-306.
Baruch, Y. (2004). The academic career: A model for future careers in other sectors. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64, 241-262.
Briscoe, J. P., Henagan, S. C., Burton, J. P., & Murphy, W. M. (2012). Coping with an insecure employment environment: The differing roles of protean and boundaryless career orientations. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(2), 308-316.
Cao, L., Hirschi, A., & Deller, J. (2012). Self?initiated expatriates and their career success. Journal of Management Development, 31(2), 159-172.
Chin, W. S., & Rasdi, R. M. (2014). Protean Career Development: Exploring the Individuals, Organizational and Job-related Factors. Asian Social Science, 10(21).
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68-78.
Dyke, L. S., & Murphy, S.A. (2006). How we define success. A qualitative study of what matters most to women and men. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 55(5), 357-372.
Enache, M., Sallan, J. M., Simo, P., & Fernandez, V. (2011). Examining the impact of protean and boundaryless career attitudes upon subjective career success. Journal of Management & Organization, 17(4), 459-473.
Greenhaus, J. H., Callanan, G. A., & DiRenzo, M. S. (2008). A boundaryless perspective on careers. In C. L. Cooper, & J. Barling (Eds.), Handbook of organizational behavior (pp. 277-299). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gubler, M., Arnold, J., & Coombs, C. (2013). Reassessing the protean career concept: Empirical findings, conceptual components, and measurement. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(S1).
Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1976). Motivation through the design of work: Test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16, 250-279.
Herrmann, A., Hirschi, A., & Baruch, Y. (2015). The protean career orientation as predictor of career outcomes: Evaluation of incremental validity and mediation effects. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 205-214.
Judge, T. A., Higgins, C. A., Thoreson, C. J., & Barrick, M. R. (1999). The big five personality traits, general mental ability, and career success across the life span. Personnel Psychology, 52, 621-652.
Kim, M., & Beehr, T. A. (2017). Directing our own careers, but getting help from empowering leaders. Career Development, 22(3), 300-317.
Lent, R. W., & Brown, S.D. (2006). Integrating person and situation perspectives on work satisfaction: a social-cognitive view. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 69, 236-47.
Mustafa, M., Nor, M. N., & Omar, S. (2019). Impact of Protean Career Orientation on Academics' Career Success: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital. Journal of Technology Management and Business, 6(2), 60-74.
Ng, T. W. H., Eby, L. T., Sorensen, K. L., & Feldman, D. C. (2005). Predictors of objective and subjective career success: a meta-analysis. Personnel Psychology, 58(2), 367-408.
Rahim, N. B. (2017). Leveraging the Psychological Well-Being among Malaysian Engineers: The Role of Protean Career Orientation and Career Strategy Implementation. Jurnal Pengurusan, 49, 53-65.
Savickas, M. L., & Porfeli, E. J. (2012). Career Adapt-Abilities Scale: Construction, reliability, and measurement equivalence across 13 countries. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 661-673.
Sturges, J. (1999). What it means to succeed: Personal conceptions of career success held by male and female managers at different ages. British Journal of Management, 10, 239-252.
Supeli, A., & Creed, P. A. (2015). The Longitudinal Relationship Between Protean Career Orientation and Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Intention-to-Quit. Journal of Career Development, 43(1), 66-80.
Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2011). Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes: Relationships with Subjective and Objective Career Success. Journal for Labour Market Research, 43(2), 207-218.
Woishi, W., & Sultana, R. (2019). Interplay Between Protean Career Attitude (PCA), Objective Career Success (OCS) And Subjective Career Success (SCS) A Study of Academia in KSA. International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 4(4), 345-349.
Wong, S. C., & Rasdi, R. M. (2015). Predictors of protean career and the moderating role of career strategies among professionals in Malaysian Electrical and Electronics (E & E) Industry. European Journal of Training and Development, 39(5), 409-428.
Yean, T. F. (2008). Career planning, individuals’ personality traits, HRM practices as determinants to individuals’ career success: The role of career strategies as mediator (Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Utara Malaysia).
Zafar, J., & Mat, N. B. (2012). Protean Career Attitude, Competency Development & Career Success: A Mediating Effect of Perceived Employability. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2(4), 204.
Zhang, C., Hirschi, A., Herrmann, A., Wei, J., & Zhang, J. (2015). Self-directed career attitude as predictor of career and life satisfaction in Chinese employees. Career Development International, 20(7), 703-716.
In-Text Citation: (Mathawan et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Mathawan, N. A., Rahman, R. H. A., Rahim, N. S. A., Rusbadrol, N., & Fakhruddin, F. M. (2021). The Relationship Between Protean Career and Career Satisfaction among Employees in Manufacturing Factory. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(11), 1468–1479.
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
Published by HRMARS (www.hrmars.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode