Se préparer pour l’avenir professionnel : relation entre l’orientation de carrière, les comportements proactifs de carrière et la satisfaction de carrière

Abstract

To better understand how career preparation during college affects the university-work transition, the current study developed and evaluated a model exploring how protean career orientation is related to proactive career behaviors (i.e., planning, networking) during university studies, and also to career satisfaction once in employment. Based on a structural equation modeling analysis involving a mediation, this two-wave panel study composed of 109 individuals reveals that protean career orientation is indeed associated with proactive career behaviors, which in turn positively impacts career satisfaction once employed. This study highlights the importance of agentivity in career development and therefore the importance of agentivity support by universities.