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Career flexibility and its relation to time perspective: a study with college students in the Portuguese context
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The volatility of the labor market resulting from globalization, rapid technology
changes, economic competition, and the impact of events such as the
Covid-2019 Pandemic, demand from vocational psychology a more refined
understanding of the processes individuals face while dealing with those new
challenges and opportunities, especially in uncertain contexts. Theories such
as Planned Happenstance address constructs such as career flexibility, an
essential skill to recognize, create and use chance events as career opportunities.
Furthermore, when fortuitous events and uncertain contexts are considered for
career development, it becomes relevant to understand how subjective time
perspective evolves, that is how the life events and career goals are projected,
accessed, valued, and organized. Given this context, the objectives of the present
study are to adapt and validate a Portuguese version of the Career Flexibility
Inventory and to explore the possible relationships between career flexibility, time
perspective, and variables inherent to the educational context. The Portuguese
version of the Career Flexibility Inventory, the Time Perspective Inventory and
a sociodemographic form were answered by 1,380 students from Portuguese
higher education institutions. The results indicated that the Portuguese version
of the CFI has an adequate three-factor structure with good reliability indices.
Some limitations regarding psychometric validity show the importance of further
research to improve the measure. However, the findings contribute to theoretically
and operationally deepening discussions on the multidimensionality of Career
Flexibility. The results regarding the relationships between time perspective and
career flexibility seem to be in line with the theoretical indicators of the variables
and support the formulated hypotheses, specifically, that future orientation
presents a positive correlation with active adaptation; a negative correlation with
wavering, and wavering presents a positive correlation with the negative future
orientation. The results partially support the hypothesis of differences on time
perspective and career flexibility among students with different academic grade
averages and from diverse scientific areas of study. Finally, the study advances a
theoretical reflection on the different nature of career flexibility dimensions and
contributes to broadening and promoting theoretical and operational discussions
on the relationships between time perspective and career flexibility, which are still
incipient.
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Career flexibility Time perspective Planned happenstance theory Higher education students Confirmatory factor analysis
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Frainer, J., & Janeiro, I. N. (2023). Career flexibility and its relation to time perspective: a study with college students in the Portuguese context. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1078752. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2023.1078752