Title
Person-job fit and proactive career behaviour: a dynamic approach
Author
Sylva, H.
Mol, S.T.
den Hartog, D.N.
Dorenbosch, L.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
This two-wave study among 637 employees explores how individuals' perceived demands-abilities fit may change over time by virtue of career initiative (i.e., the proactive management of one's career and professional development). Using a parallel growth model, we found that (between-person) career initiative was related to (between-person) perceived demands-abilities fit. In addition, increases in (within-person) career initiative over time were associated with increases in (within-person) perceived demands-abilities fit over time. The findings furthermore indicate that such improvements in perceived demands-abilities fit occur among those who change jobs as well as among those who stay in their current job. Comparing individuals who had switched jobs between wave 1 and wave 2 to those who had not, we found that turnover was i) preceded by lower levels of perceived demands-abilities fit; ii) accompanied by an increase in the level of career initiative; and iii) associated with greater improvement in perceived demands-abilities fit. This study advances our understanding of temporal dynamism in person-job fit and the findings support the idea that by employing a proactive approach towards their career, individuals can both attain and enhance the alignment between their abilities and the demands of their job. A© 2019, A© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Subject
Proactive career behavior
Person-job fit
Turnover
Demands-abilities fit
Parallel growth model
Life
WHC - Work, Health and Care
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2019.1580309/
TNO identifier
862570
ISSN
1359-432X
Source
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28 (28), 567-571
Document type
article