Coping with an insecure employment environment: The differing roles of protean and boundaryless career orientations

摘要

In this paper, we utilize a sample of working adults (N = 362) in the context of the recent eco nomic recession to explore the coping mechanisms associated with different career attitudes and their subsequent impact on important individual work outcomes. Results of structural equation modeling (SEM) demonstrated that boundaryless mindset and self-directed protean career attitudes were differentially correlated with external support seeking, active coping, and identity awareness, which in turn were differentially correlated with individual work out comes of job search behavior, performance, career success, and psychological well-being. Evi dence for both full and partial mediation within the model tested is presented, as well as the potential implications of these findings and suggested avenues for future research.