investigate the effect of self-leadership on employability with the mediating role of protean career orientation

Increasing employability is the most important factor that was followed by professionals so that they can get the job they want and move along the path of career development. Recently, management literature has addressed new issues such as self-management and career path orientation of proteins that help individuals to increase their employability. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-leadership on employability with the mediating role of protean career orientation in Iranian mobile communications company.

The research method is descriptive-survey and in terms of developmental and practical purpose. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Structural equation modeling technique with the help of PLS software was used to analyze the data..

The results show that self-leadership has a positive and significant effect on employability both directly (path coefficient 0.689) and indirectly (path coefficient 0.354) through protean career orientation. Also, self-leadership (path coefficient 0.777) has a positive and significant effect on protean career orientation and protean career orientation (path coefficient 0.456) on employability..

based on these findings, it can be concluded that self-leadership on protean career orientation and employability has a positive and significant effect.