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Do career adaptability and employee–employer fit relate to career resilience? A collaborative effort to depart from the state of “silos” to “mutuality” in academia

Bilal Ahmad, Sobia Nasir, Mahnoor Hai, Saba Bilal

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 9 August 2022

Issue publication date: 9 November 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between career adaptability and career resilience. Alongside, the mediating role of career-management fit was also tested on the relationship between career adaptability and career resilience.

Design/methodology/approach

Cross-sectional data were collected from the employees of higher-education institutes via an online survey questionnaire. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique using the SmartPLS application was employed for the data analyses.

Findings

Results showed that career-management fit positively mediates the relationship between career adaptability and career resilience. Further, a direct positive relationship between career adaptability and career resilience was also substantiated.

Research limitations/implications

Theoretical implications, managerial implications, study limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

Originality/value

The authors put forward the field by probing the developmental strategy for career resilience. This is because, in academics, career-resilient individuals can better contribute towards academic growth and can also maintain a good life balance (Mishra and McDonald, 2017). Hence, this study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, is the first to investigate the career-management fit as a pathway bridging career adaptability and career resilience.

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Citation

Ahmad, B., Nasir, S., Hai, M. and Bilal, S. (2023), "Do career adaptability and employee–employer fit relate to career resilience? A collaborative effort to depart from the state of “silos” to “mutuality” in academia", Kybernetes, Vol. 52 No. 11, pp. 5621-5639. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-04-2022-0617

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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