Abstract:
Protean career orientation is the individual mindset that has only fifty years of history.
People have been changing slowly but steadily their career related moves to meet their
career aspirations and the priorities that they have. Sri Lankan employees are in the
same line in facing the changes take place in the career world. Employees develop
many strategies to meet the challenges. They set career goals clearly. The present study
aims to examine the effect of protean career orientation on career planning of
individuals. 154 staff from public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) participated in
the study. A self-administrated questionnaire issued among the respondents. The study
found that protean career orientation has significant direct impact on career planning,
there is no statistically significant mean difference between men, and women in terms
of their career orientation however, they are significantly different in planning their
careers.
