Pursuing Money and Power, Prosocial Contributions, or Personal Growth: Measurement and Nomological Net of Different Career Strivings

Hirschi, Andreas; Pang, Dandan (2023). Pursuing Money and Power, Prosocial Contributions, or Personal Growth: Measurement and Nomological Net of Different Career Strivings Journal of Career Development, 50(6), pp. 1206-1228. Sage Publications 10.1177/08948453231182928

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There is considerable agreement that individuals need an “inner compass” to manage their careers as self-directed and values-driven. However, how different career strivings (i.e., long-term, values-related career goals) affect career development remains largely unaddressed. To tackle this issue, we conducted a study to develop and validate new scales to assess self-enhancement, self-transcendence, and personal growth career strivings, representing key self-focused and other-focused extrinsic and intrinsic career goals. The validation of the scales among 389 U.S. and 490 German workers confirmed that career strivings are differentially related to existing measures of intrinsic and extrinsic career goals, work values, and motivational work strivings. Moreover, we confirmed with a time-lagged study among 354 German workers that career strivings (especially personal growth strivings) relate positively to career commitment, career satisfaction, and life meaningfulness. The studies support the utility of examining different career strivings as critical motivational factors in self-directed career management in future research.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for New Work Business School > Institute for New Work > Achtsamkeit und Positive Leadership Business School
Name:	Hirschi, Andreas and Pang, Dandan0000-0002-7863-8405
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
ISSN:	0894-8453
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Language:	English
Submitter:	Dandan Pang
Date Deposited:	05 Jul 2023 08:53
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 01:30
Publisher DOI:	10.1177/08948453231182928
Related URLs:	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10...
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Career strivings Career motivation Career goals Career self-management
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.19481
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/19481