Naslov
The role of personality in the explanation of the career adaptability in maritime undergraduate students

Autori
Slišković, Ana ; Galić, Marko ; Russo, Andrea

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
22nd Psychology Days in Zadar : Book of Abstracts / Burić, Irena ; Banai, Benjamin ; Macuka, Ivana ; Šimić, Nataša ; Tokić, Andrea ; Vidaković Marina - Zadar : Sveučilište u Zadru, 2020, 223-223

ISBN
978-953-331-305-4

Skup
22. Dani psihologije u Zadru

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 01.11.2020. - 03.11.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
maritime students ; career adaptability ; conscientiousness ; extraversion ; openness to experience

Sažetak
One of the individual resources that may be important in the facing with demands and stressors in the seafaring is the career adaptability. Although career adaptability was scarcely studied among seafarers, studies in the broader area showed its beneficial effects on work-related well-being and career development and success. Individuals with higher career adaptability experience lower level of occupational stress, higher levels of work engagement and job / career satisfaction, and have more successful careers. This study addressed career adaptability and its dimensions in maritime undergraduate students whose future career is primarily related to job on the sea. According to Savickas’s model, career adaptability is multidimensional construct, which consists of four aspects: concern, control, curiosity, and confidence. The study aimed at testing the role of personality traits in the explanation of career adaptability. Sample involved 285 students enrolled in two maritime undergraduate program courses ; nautical navigation (N=183) and maritime engineering (N=102). The study was conducted at two higher maritime educational institutions in Republic of Croatia ; Faculty of Maritime Studies at University of Split and Maritime Department at University of Zadar. The measurement instrument included HEXACO personality inventory, Career Adapt-Ability Scale (CAAS), and questions related to age, program course, year of study, and grade point average. Results of regression analyses indicated on conscientiousness and extraversion as the most important personality traits in the explanation of career adaptability. Precisely, conscientiousness significantly contributed to the explanation of concern, control, curiosity, and confidence, while contribution of extraversion was significant in the explanation of control, curiosity, and confidence dimensions. In addition, openness to experience had significant contribution to the explanation of the curiosity dimension of career adaptability. However, personality traits explained relatively small amount of variances of career adaptability and its dimensions. Considering the importance of career adaptability in maritime students and seafarers, further studies of antecedents and consequences of career adaptability are needed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Tehnologija prometa i transport, Psihologija

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