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Title
Curbing recidivism in Ghana: the nexus between career self-efficacy and psychological empowerment
Creator
Stewart Selase Hevi, Clemence Dupey Agbenorxevi, Ebenezer Malcalm, Theresa Obuobisa-Darko
Description
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the moderated-mediation roles of career crafting as well as leader-member exchange (LMX) between career decision self-efficacy and psychological empowerment among ex-offenders in Ghana.
Design/methodology/approach
A purposive sampling technique was used in selecting of 412 ex-offenders at various religious rehabilitation units in Ghana. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to investigate the hypothesized paths.
Findings
The findings show that LMX moderates the mediated link between career crafting and psychological empowerment.
Research limitations/implications
Guided by the positivist paradigm deployed in the study, some methodological limitations such as the inability to provide an in-depth explanation of cause-and-effect relationships are worth noting for future studies to explore.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the empirical …
This paper aims to investigate the moderated-mediation roles of career crafting as well as leader-member exchange (LMX) between career decision self-efficacy and psychological empowerment among ex-offenders in Ghana.
Design/methodology/approach
A purposive sampling technique was used in selecting of 412 ex-offenders at various religious rehabilitation units in Ghana. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to investigate the hypothesized paths.
Findings
The findings show that LMX moderates the mediated link between career crafting and psychological empowerment.
Research limitations/implications
Guided by the positivist paradigm deployed in the study, some methodological limitations such as the inability to provide an in-depth explanation of cause-and-effect relationships are worth noting for future studies to explore.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the empirical …
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Date
2025
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=DA2jtasAAAAJ&citation_for_view=DA2jtasAAAAJ:4DMP91E08xMC
Language
English