Examining the impact of protean and boundaryless career attitudes upon psychological career success

Resumen

This research is aimed at approaching the relationship between boundaryless and protean career attitudes and psychological career success, within today’s complex and ever changing organizational context. Drawing on a sample of 150 respondents, which enabled hypotheses testing by means of hierarchical regression analysis, the research results suggest that selfdirection in managing and guiding one’s career and vocational development is positively associated with psychological career success. Moreover, organizational mobility preference is negatively associated with individual’s perceptions of the success of their careers and their assessment of their career development. Furthermore, this study suggests that the relationship between values-driven predispositions and psychological career success is moderated by the individual’s perceived value fit with his or her employing organization, while the impact of holding a boundaryless mindset upon subjective career success is mediated by the extensiveness of internal and external networks, or the extent to which an individual develops and enhances his social capital within and beyond organizational boundaries Keywords: career attitudes; psychological career success; career satisfaction