Managing Butterfly Career Attitudes: The Moderating Interplay of Organisational Career Management

Muhammad Latif Khan, Rohani Salleh, Muhammad Umair Javaid, Muhammad Zulqarnain Arshad, Muhammad Shoaib Saleem () and Samia Younas
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Muhammad Latif Khan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Muscat P.O. Box 2546, Oman
Rohani Salleh: Management and Humanities Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia
Muhammad Umair Javaid: Department of Management Sciences, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Muhammad Zulqarnain Arshad: School of Business Management, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Bukit Kayu Hitam 06010, Malaysia
Muhammad Shoaib Saleem: Management and Humanities Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia
Samia Younas: Department of Management Sciences, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: A protean career attitude is the most attractive and coping career adjustment attitude nowadays. Based on the social exchange theory, this study empirically analyses the association between protean career attitude and affective organisational commitment for Malaysian hotel industry employees. It also examines the COVID-19 situation’s retrospective repercussions and career uncertainty. The study also investigates the moderating role of organisational career management on the relationship between protean career attitudes and affective organisational commitment. During the pandemic, a cross-sectional survey was given to 403 hotel managers working in four- or five-star hotels. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling in Smart-PLS. The results showed that self-directed and value-driven protean career attitudes undermine affective organisational commitment. Organisational career management significantly moderated the relationship between a protean career attitude and affective organisational commitment. In light of this, organisational career management is essential when dealing with protean careers. Lastly, the person’s practical implications are significant. People should have a protean career attitude to deal with unpredictability, such as the COVID-19 epidemic and remain invincible over the long run.

Keywords: COVID-19; protean career attitude; organisational career management; affective organisational commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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