Career Adaptability and Job Engagement: Testing the mediating effect of Orientation to Happiness in the Healthcare sector

The study aimed to determine career adaptability among healthcare workers in Pakistani hospitals, identify the level of job engagement, and determine the mediation role of orientation to happiness. This study addresses the changing patterns of careers in the light of career construction theory. 150 healthcare clinical staff members filled out a questionnaire. Concerning career adaptability, the study concluded that the employee’s orientation primarily influenced it to happiness. Moreover, this study predicted that there might be an underlying significant relationship between job engagement and career adaptability. These outcomes suggest that career adaptability is influenced by the orientation of happiness of an employee and helps them to engage better in their work. This study concludes that healthcare workers who experience satisfaction and pleasure in the workplace are more adaptable. Therefore, measures to ensure healthcare personnel satisfaction and happiness are needed. This is the first study investigating the framework of career adaptability in the healthcare sector, and these findings and outcomes add valuable information to contemporary career literature.