Job Autonomy, Job Feedback and Protean Career: The Mediating Roles of Career Strategies

This study examines how job-related factors influence the use of career strategies in the development of protean career among employees. Using Partial Least Square (PLS) tool, it measured the mediating effect of career strategies between job-related factors (job autonomy and job feedback) and protean career. Data was collected from 306 full time employees from different functional areas and departments of selected MNCs in Malaysian Electrical and Electronic Industry. Findings show that there exists significant positive relationship between job-related factors and career strategies. Significantly, career strategies mediated the positive relationship between job autonomy and job feedback and protean career. Such insights are useful for HRD practitioners to develop relevant HRD interventions to assist individuals and organisations in protean career development. Limitations and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

Keywords:

Protean Career , Job Autonomy , Job Feedback , Task Significance , Career Strategies