Modeling of the Relationship between Thriving at work and Career Path Adaptability in Teachers: Mediating Role of Psychological Capital

The present study was modeling of the relationship between thriving at work and career path adaptability and mediating role of psychological capital in teachers.

The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all female teachers working in the primary school of Tehran Education Organization. 405 individuals were selected using random cluster sampling method. Thriving at work questionnaire (Porath, 2011), Career adaptability questionnaire (Savickas, 2012) and psychological capital questionnaire (Luthans, 2007) were used to collect data. Person correlation coefficient test by structural equation modeling using SPSS 23 and LISREL software was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the direct path coefficient between career path adaptability and psychological capital with thriving at work (=β 0/411, P<0/01) positive and Indirect path between psychological capital in the relationship between career path adaptability and thriving at work (=β 0/427, P<0/01) positive and at the level of 0/01 it was significant.

According to the research findings, career path adaptability can predict thriving at work and psychological capital plays an important mediating role in thriving. Therefore, it is very important to pay attention to the current factors of career path adaptation and psychological capital.