PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE ON CAREER ANCHORS
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Globalization and rapid evolution in technology have brought about intense competition among organizations to meet their customers’ ever-changing demands. Attitudes and behaviors that employees exhibit in a stressful competitive environment are extremely important, it influences both their own career planning and the growth of their organization. Dispensable for the enterprises, the moods of individuals determine their resilience and directly affect the efficiency, effectiveness and competitive power of the organization. This quantitative research investigated the effects of psychological resilience on the career plans of employees in organizations. Data were collected from 359 randomly selected employees of private security service providing companies and analyzed by using the Structural Equation Modeling technique. It was determined that there was a significant and positive relationship between psychological resilience and career anchors. Results revealed that employees’ family, social environment, friendship, self-confidence and future perception are very influential on their own career anchors.
Keywords: psychological resilience, career anchors, private security, service sector
Jel Code: M12
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
April 30, 2019
Submission Date
September 20, 2018
Acceptance Date
February 11, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 19 Number: 37
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