Intrapreneurial self-capital and career self-management: A moderated-mediation model of career optimism and protean career orientation

Abstract

This study examines the impact of intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC) on career self-management (CSM) via career optimism, moderated by protean career orientation (PCO), theoretically originated from the social cognitive model of career self-management (SCM-CSM) (Lent & Brown (2013) and career construction theory (Savickas, 2013). It contributes to the literature in testing a self-sustainable career model applicable to MBA students that can aid in their career planning and management. Using a cross-sectional design, data obtained from 516 final-year MBA students suggest a positive relationship between intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC) and career self-management (CSM), intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC) and career optimism, career optimism, and career self-management (CSM). A partially mediated relationship between intrapreneurial self-capital (ISC), career optimism, and career self-management (CSM) was found to be stronger for participants having higher protean career orientation (PCO). Practical implications and directions for future research have also been discussed in this study.

Keywords

Intrapreneurial self-capital career self-management protean career orientation career optimism career construction theory social cognitive model of career self-management

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