TY - JOUR
T1 - Proactive Personality and Decent Work Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Working Adults
AU - Douglass, Richard P.
AU - Autin, Kelsey L.
AU - Buyukgoze-Kavas, Aysenur
AU - Gensmer, Nicholas P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Building from the psychology of working framework, we examined the moderating role of proactive personality in the attainment of decent work among a sample of racially and ethnically diverse employed adults in the United States (N = 238). We tested our hypotheses using structural equation modeling and found experiences of marginalization and economic constraints to have indirect associations with decent work via work volition. We also found marginalization, work volition, and career adaptability to have direct associations with decent work but found no support for proactive personality as a moderating mechanism. Our findings contribute to the growing literature examining how contextual variables are associated with securing decent work among diverse groups. We discuss practical implications along with future directions for research related to the psychology of working.
AB - Building from the psychology of working framework, we examined the moderating role of proactive personality in the attainment of decent work among a sample of racially and ethnically diverse employed adults in the United States (N = 238). We tested our hypotheses using structural equation modeling and found experiences of marginalization and economic constraints to have indirect associations with decent work via work volition. We also found marginalization, work volition, and career adaptability to have direct associations with decent work but found no support for proactive personality as a moderating mechanism. Our findings contribute to the growing literature examining how contextual variables are associated with securing decent work among diverse groups. We discuss practical implications along with future directions for research related to the psychology of working.
KW - decent work
KW - economic constraints
KW - marginalization
KW - proactive personality
KW - psychology of working
KW - volition
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U2 - 10.1177/1069072719894571
DO - 10.1177/1069072719894571
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077375564
SN - 1069-0727
VL - 28
SP - 512
EP - 528
JO - Journal of Career Assessment
JF - Journal of Career Assessment
IS - 3
ER -