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Classifications of college students’ protean and boundaryless orientation to work

Authors: Jay W. Rojewski, Christopher Pisarik, Hyojung Han

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2017

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Increasingly, individuals navigate their own careers in self-directed (protean) and boundaryless contexts. These concepts have been applied to adult employees but have seen limited application with young adults. Therefore, 205 college students were assessed on the Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes scales (Briscoe, Hall, and DeMuth, 2006); i.e., self-directed career management, values-driven, boundaryless mindset, and organizational mobility preferences. Scale items were reworded to focus on college experience. Cluster analysis organized respondents into five distinct protean-boundaryless career types. Three types were similar to those hypothesized for adults, while two types were unique to our sample.

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Title: Classifications of college students’ protean and boundaryless orientation to work
Authors: Jay W. Rojewski
Christopher Pisarik
Hyojung Han
Publication date: 11-01-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-016-9337-7

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