Due to increased dynamics in the world of work and the resulting responsibility of individuals to shape their careers more independently, there is an increased need to focus on the individual as an active agent in the development of a successful career. Drawing on action regulation theory, this four-wave longitudinal study investigates the dynamic relations between protean career orientation, engagement in career self-management behaviors, and subjective career success over time. Based on a sample of N = 574 German employees, we tested a random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to focus on within-person dynamics across four time-points while accounting for stable between-person differences. We found partial support for assumed dynamics in these variables, in that increases in protean career orientation predicted subsequent increases in career self-management behaviors. Moreover, increased protean career orientation and subjective career success (but not career self-management behaviors) predicted further increases in the same respective states. However, increases in career behaviors did not predict increases in subjective career success and increases in subjective career success did not predict increases in protean career orientation or career self-management behaviors. We discuss the findings in light of adopting a dynamic within-person approach to understand key career development constructs.

由于工作世界的动态增加以及由此产生的个人更独立地塑造职业的责任，越来越需要关注个人作为成功职业发展的积极推动者。利用行动调节理论，这项四波纵向研究调查了随着时间的推移，多变的职业取向、职业自我管理行为的参与和主观职业成功之间的动态关系。基于N个样本 = 574 名德国员工，我们测试了随机截距交叉滞后面板模型 (RI-CLPM)，以关注四个时间点的内部动态，同时考虑稳定的人与人之间的差异。我们在这些变量中发现了对假设动态的部分支持，因为多变的职业取向的增加预示了职业自我管理行为的后续增加。此外，多变的职业取向和主观职业成功（但不是职业自我管理行为）的增加预示着相同状态的进一步增加。然而，职业行为的增加并不能预测主观职业成功的增加，主观职业成功的增加也不能预测多变的职业取向或职业自我管理行为的增加。