Core Self-Evaluation and Work Engagement: Moderated Mediation Model of Career Adaptability and Job Insecurity - PubMed (original) (raw)

Core Self-Evaluation and Work Engagement: Moderated Mediation Model of Career Adaptability and Job Insecurity

Kieun Yoo et al. Front Psychol. 2019.

Abstract

This study examined the moderated mediation roles of job insecurity through career adaptability on the relation between core self-evaluation (CSE) and work engagement. A total of 335 Korean full-time employees who had been employed for <3 years responded to the questionnaire survey. Excluding missing data and outliers, data from 324 participants (men = 82, women = 242) were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and SPSS PROCESS Macro. The results indicated that job insecurity moderated the indirect association between CSE and work engagement via career adaptability. This study further expanded the understanding of newly employed employees' adaptation. Implications and limitations of the study and suggestions for further study were discussed.

Keywords: career adaptability; career construction theory; core self-evaluation; job insecurity; work engagement.

Copyright © 2019 Yoo and Lee.

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The moderation effect of job insecurity on Career adaptability to work engagement.

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Theoretical research model with standard coefficients.

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