Do Proactive Career Behaviours Enhance Individual Well-Being? An Empirical Study among Professional Engineers
Adakah Tingkah Laku Kerjaya Proaktif Meningkatkan Kesejahteraan Individu? Kajian Empirikal di kalangan Jurutera Profesional

School of Distance Education,
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM Penang, MALAYSIA

norizanbaba@usm.my

Abstract

Engineers are very driven to go up the career tree, and they aim for psychological achievement. Nevertheless, the struggle between fulfilling the company’s work demands and having their ambitions and expectations affected their well-being. In Malaysia, engineers are reported as one of the groups of unhappy employees. Consequently, this research examines the impact of proactive career management behaviours (PCMB) on the personal well-being of Malaysian engineers. The current research involved 387 registered professional engineers from a variety of fields and businesses. The hypotheses were tested via a path analysis using PLS. The findings indicated a positive effect of PCMB on individual well-being. Employers and industries may use the results to incentivise their unlicensed engineers to enrol as graduates and to pursue careers as professional engineers. For that reason, people will see their work as significant, thus increasing their work satisfaction.

Keywords

job satisfaction; Proactive career management behaviours; psychological well-being ABSTRA
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2022-64-05

Citation

Rahim, N. B. (2022). Do Proactive Career Behaviours Enhance Individual Well-Being? An Empirical Study among Professional Engineers. Jurnal Pengurusan, 64, 57–68. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2022-64-05

@article{rahim2022proactive,
  title={Do Proactive Career Behaviours Enhance Individual Well-Being? An Empirical Study among Professional Engineers},
  author={Rahim, Norizan Baba},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={64},
  number={},
  pages={57—68},
  year={2022},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2022-64-05},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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Article received: February 7, 2022 
Accepted for publication: June 22, 2022 
Available online: October 7, 2022

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