Proactive Personality and Career Adaptability of Chinese Female Pre-Service Teachers in Primary Schools: The Role of Calling

Ya Wen, Fei Liu, Liman Pang and Huaruo Chen
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Ya Wen: School of Teacher Education, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
Fei Liu: School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
Liman Pang: School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
Huaruo Chen: School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: Career adaptability has attracted extensive attention from international scholars as one of the important factors predicting the future sustainability of individuals. Proactive personality and calling have a positive influence on individual career development and life satisfaction, with reference to promoting the sustainable development of individuals. This study focuses on the positive effects of career adaptability and calling on shaping female primary school pre-service teachers and provides suggestions for training excellent elementary school teachers and building quality primary education. This study investigated the relationship between proactive personality, calling, and career adaptability among 707 female pre-service elementary school teachers in Chinese universities. The results showed that proactive personality positively predicts calling and that proactive personality and calling positively predict career adaptability. Calling partially mediated the relationship between proactive personality and career adaptability. Therefore, it is possible to enhance calling by cultivating the proactive personality of female pre-service teachers in elementary schools, thus further promoting the career adaptability of this group. On this basis, effective strategies should be adopted in the future to improve the career adaptability of female pre-service teachers in elementary schools for the sustainable development of this group.

Keywords: female; pre-service teachers; primary school; proactive personality; career adaptability; calling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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