This research focuses on the relationship between self-esteem, graduateness skills and
attributes and career adaptability among young adults in the school-to-work transition phase
to assist them in dealing with the transitions they are faced with during the school-to-work
transition phase in the hopes of making them more career adaptable and employable. A
cross-sectional quantitative research approach was followed, and a non-probability
convenience sample (N = 332) of undergraduate black (98.5%) and female (62%) young
emerging adults (18 to 29 years) at a Further Education and Training (FET) college in South
Africa participated in the study. A canonical correlation analysis indicated a significant overall
relationship between the graduateness/self-esteem canonical variate and the career
adaptability canonical variate. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that the
relationship between graduateness skills and attributes and career adaptability was
moderated by self-esteem. Tests for mean differences revealed that males and females
differed significantly regarding their personal self-esteem and lie items. Recommendations
are suggested for use by human resource professionals in terms of career development
practices. / Human Resource Management / M. Com. (Human Resource Management)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/20299 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Ismail, Sadika |
| Contributors | Ferreira, Nadia, Coetzee, Melinde |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvi, 298 leaves) : illustrations (some color) |
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