Employability Development during Internships: A Three-Wave Study on a Sample of Psychology Graduates in Italy

Autor/inn/en	Lo Presti, Alessandro; Costantini, Arianna; Akkermans, Jos; Sartori, Riccardo; De Rosa, Assunta
Titel	Employability Development during Internships: A Three-Wave Study on a Sample of Psychology Graduates in Italy
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 50 (2023) 6, S.1155-1171 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lo Presti, Alessandro) ORCID (Costantini, Arianna) ORCID (Akkermans, Jos) ORCID (Sartori, Riccardo) ORCID (De Rosa, Assunta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/08948453231161291
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Job Development; Internship Programs; Psychology; Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Socialization; Social Networks; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Psychologie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Ausland; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Italien
Abstract	This study adopts a resource perspective to investigate the development of graduates' resource-based employability across a 1-year internship. We examined factors referring to agency (job crafting in the form of crafting challenges and crafting resources) and context (organizational social socialization tactics) as mechanisms contributing to employability development during initial work experiences (internships). Data were collected in Italy from 316 master graduates in psychology at three time points. Longitudinal structural equation modeling results showed that baseline employability was positively associated with job crafting. However, job crafting was only significantly associated with employability at the end of the internship among those reporting high crafting resources and medium-to-high organizational social socialization tactics. Hence, beyond a focus on proactivity only, organizational support and opportunities to form social networks are essential to sustain interns' employability development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01