Career-adaptability, Self-efficacy and Work-life Balance: Relationships With Goal Orientation, Perceived Organisational Support, Role Clarity, Perceived Performance and Job Stress

Conference: The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2022)
Title: Career-adaptability, Self-efficacy and Work-life Balance: Relationships With Goal Orientation, Perceived Organisational Support, Role Clarity, Perceived Performance and Job Stress
Stream: Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Vanessa Cai, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Lee Ai Noi, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Nie Youyan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Phua Chee Teck, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore

Abstract:

The rapidly evolving working world may give rise to many job-related challenges and demands that could test employees’ ability to adapt and their confidence to perform at work, as well as balance work and personal and/or family commitments. In turn, this could impact employees’ stress and perceived performance at work. Goal orientation, role clarity and perceived organisational support could help employees fulfil both work and personal life commitments confidently and flexibly. This study therefore aims to understand the relationships among role clarity, perceived organisational support, learning and performance goal orientation, career adaptability, self-efficacy, work-life balance, perceived job performance and job stress. 315 working adults pursuing continuing education courses partook in an online questionnaire. Results from path analysis showed that after controlling for employees’ number of years of working experience, learning goal orientation and role clarity positively predicted both career adaptability and self-efficacy. Subsequently, career adaptability and self-efficacy positively predicted perceived job performance. Perceived organisational support positively predicted work-life balance while performance goal orientation negatively predicted work-life balance. In turn, work-life balance negatively predicted job stress. Additionally, employees’ number of years of working experience positively predicted career adaptability and work-life balance. Role clarity negatively predicted job stress. These results suggest that employees could adopt more learning goals to adapt effectively, be self-efficacious at work and maintain work-life balance, while greater role clarity provided by employers and more organisational support could promote better work-life balance and lower job stress for better overall well-being among employees.

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