Effect Of Subjective Aging and Career Crafting on Career Satisfaction Among Public School Teachers in Pakistan

Abstract

Career satisfaction is a significant measure of professional well-being of employees and future success in the career life of employees, especially in the education sector that teachers significantly contribute to the learning outcomes. This paper has compared the relationship between subjective aging and career crafting and career satisfaction of Pakistani public-school teachers and has also investigated the mediating variable of career crafting between career satisfaction and subjective aging. The quantitative cross-sectional research design was chosen and a structured questionnaire was used to collect data among teachers in the schools that are publicly owned across the country. The total respondents who were involved in the study were 200 using the simple random sampling method. The data obtained were processed with the help of the descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and mediation analysis. The findings have shown that the teachers have reported fairly high subjective aging, career crafting, and career satisfaction. Correlation analysis showed strong positive relations on subjective aging, career crafting and career satisfaction. The regression results indicated that career crafting was a significant predicator of career satisfaction and subjective aging also helped in the explanation of career satisfaction. Additionally, mediation analysis proved that career crafting partly mediates the correlation between subjective aging and career satisfaction. These results indicate that taking career initiatives and having positive views on growing old are significant towards improving the career satisfaction of teachers. The research paper also adds to the body of knowledge on career development and educational management literature by offering evidence, which is on a psychological and behavioral basis, with regard to career satisfaction among teachers in Pakistan. The results also have some practical implications on educational policymakers and administrators to facilitate proactive career management and professional well-being of teachers.