%0 Journal Article
%T Parents¡¯ Career Values, Adaptability, Career
%A Hanlin Hu
%A Lin Tian
%A Qian Xiang
%A Qing Gong
%A Sabrina Lingxiao Xu
%A Sylvia Xiaohua Chen
%A Yang Wang
%A Yanjun Guan
%A Zhen Wang
%A Zijun Cai
%J The Counseling Psychologist
%@ 1552-3861
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0011000018808215
%X This study examined how Chinese parents¡¯ career values and adaptability predict their career-specific parenting behaviors and their children¡¯s career adaptability. We conducted a survey study with Chinese university students and their parents (N = 264), and found support for the mediating roles of career-specific parenting behaviors in linking parents¡¯ vocational characteristics and children¡¯s career adaptability. Specifically, parental support is positively related to parents¡¯ intrinsic fulfillment values, work¨Clife balance values, and career adaptability. Moreover, parental support mediates the relationship between these variables and undergraduates¡¯ career adaptability. Parental engagement mediates the negative effect of external compensation values and positive effect of work¨Clife balance values on undergraduates¡¯ career adaptability. Parental interference is negatively related to parents¡¯ work¨Clife balance values, and positively related to their external compensation values and career adaptability, but does not significantly predict undergraduates¡¯ career adaptability. These findings advance current understanding of the career construction theory
%K career values
%K career-specific parenting behaviors
%K career construction theory
%K boundaryless careers
%K career adaptability
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0011000018808215