How does the career commitment of hospitality employees change across career stages? A multilevel investigation into occupational self-efficacy and family support
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2024
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Elservier
Abstract
This study examined how and why hospitality employees’ occupational self-efficacy and family support influence
their career commitment over time. Longitudinal data was collected from 310 hospitality employees at three
different points of time, with a three-month lag between them, exploring the differences in the employees’ career
commitment growth trajectories between early and mid-to-late career. Results from growth modeling revealed
that career commitment declines over time for early-career employees but increases for their mid-to-late career
counterparts. The findings also indicated that organizational commitment mediates the relationships of career
commitment with occupational self-efficacy and family support at both between- and within-person levels.
Furthermore, time-varying effect analysis captured significant changes in the magnitude of antecedents over time
across the different career stages. Implications drawn from the findings are discussed for both hospitality re
searchers and practitioners.
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International Journal of Hospitality Management 120 (2024) 103748
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Career commitment,Occupational self-efficacy,Family support,Longitudinal data,Multilevel analysis,Time-varying effect