Abstract
This study examines the mediating effect Millennials’ psychological empowerment perceptions on the relationship between their career anchors (technical/functional competence, general managerial competence, autonomy/independence, security/stability, entrepreneurial creativity, service/dedication to a cause, pure challenge and life style) and career attitudes. Participants were 492 engineers who are working in different Information Technology companies. The results indicate a significant relationship between Millennials’ psychological empowerment and their protean career attitudes. Hierarchical regression analyses show that the relationships between career anchors (autonomy, security, entrepreneurial creativity, service and pure challenge) and Millennials’ protean career attitudes are partially mediated by their psychological empowerment perceptions. The findings reveal that organizations should focus more on giving importance to empowerment mechanisms for Millennials that is the underlying effect between their career anchors and career attitudes.
Highlights
Globalization, World Financial Crisis on 2008/2009, technological advances, demographic shifts and changes in the workplace over the past decade have induced a rise in the studies for contemporary career attitudes that are characterized by increased self-directedness, autonomy and flexibility
Questionnaires assessing career anchors, Psychological empowerment (PE) perceptions and protean career orientation were distributed to employees from the Millennials generation working in 27 different Information Technology (IT) companies located in Ankara and İstanbul, in Turkey
Career anchors help employees to perceive their own perspectives on their talents and abilities
Summary
Globalization, World Financial Crisis on 2008/2009, technological advances, demographic shifts and changes in the workplace over the past decade have induced a rise in the studies for contemporary career attitudes that are characterized by increased self-directedness, autonomy and flexibility. In this context, protean career attitude that involves greater mobility, a more whole-life perspective and a developmental progression has been suggested as the most convenient coping trait to all of these uncertain career scenarios (Gubler, Arnold & Coombs, 2014; Hall, 2002).
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