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The Personal Resources Influence on Malaysian Graduates’ Career Adaptability via Mentoring as a Mediator

Faiza binti Omar, Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Rahim, Nor Intan Adha Hafit

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i1/12024

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This paper was designed to explore critical factors of personal resources (psychological resources, emotional intelligence, and self-perceived competencies) influencing graduates' career adaptability. This paper is derived from personal resources and career adaptability studies that employed the career construction theory. The relevance of career adaptability has risen significantly in the workplace due to the business environment's demands. Thus, workforces have to develop their self-strengths in knowledge, skills, and relevant competencies in meeting industrial demand. Furthermore, the necessity of career adaptability enables the workforce to thrive in facing unpredictable changes, succeed in their career journey, and remain competitive in the challenging labour market. Since the career adaptability topic is being studied continuously worldwide, it is still limited to Malaysian graduates’ perspectives. Hence, in line with the topic development, this paper promotes a better understanding of career adaptability among new employment groups to be conscious of and prepared for future unanticipated changes in the working world.

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To Cite this Article: Omar, F. binti, Rahim, A. R. bin A., & Hafit, N. I. A. (2022). The Personal Resources Influence on Malaysian Graduates’ Career Adaptability via Mentoring as a Mediator. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(1), 1807–1823.