Contextualising career strategies of female engineers in moderating the association between work engagement and career success

This research looked at how work engagement and career strategies affect career success. The study proposed that career strategies would buffer the relationship between work engagement and career success. The information was acquired through a questionnaire of 398 female engineers from five states in Peninsular Malaysia. The results indicated that work engagement is significantly associated to objective career success (β= .042, t= 1.685, p≤ .05), and subjective career success (β= .063, t= 3.828, p≤ .05). However, career strategy is not significantly associated to objective career success (β= -.131, t= 1.004, p≥ .05); but it significantly associated to subjective career success (β= .497, t= 1.691, p≤ .05). Moreover, the indirect effect revealed that the moderating function of career strategies in the connection between work engagement and subjective career success was also partially supported in this study. In detail, results presented that career strategy is not moderated the relationship between work engagement and objective career success (β= .084, t= 1.043, p≥.05) but it moderated the relationship between work engagement and subjective career success (β= .188, t= 2.242, p≤ .05). By referring to the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT); the discussions were made as well as the ramifications were proposed to the relevant parties include of the female engineers in Malaysia.