Professional Ambition and Its Correlation with Job Stability among Jordanian Artists

Abu-Subah, Tariq Ziad Ahmed; Arabiyat, Ahmed Abdel Halim

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2021.213966

Professional Ambition and Its Correlation with Job Stability among Jordanian Artists

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

قسم الارشاد والتربية الخاصة، کلية العلوم التربوية، جامعة مؤتة، الأردن.

10.21608/jsrep.2021.213966

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the level of both the professional ambition and job stability of Jordanian artists. The research made use of the correlational descriptive approach and to achieve the aims of the study, the researchers used two scales: the professional ambition scale and the career stability scale (prepared by researchers) to collect data from the research sample after checking their validity and reliability. The research sample consisted of (200) male and female actors. The results indicated that there was a moderate level of professional ambition and job stability among the research sample, also showed a statistically significant relationship at the level of significance (α = 0.05) between professional ambition and the level of job stability among Jordanian artists, where the correlation coefficient between them reached (0.373). Based on the results, the research recommended the need to develop counseling programs for artists in general and actors in particular, to help them raise the level of professional ambition and job stability, and the need to conduct more studies dealing with other variables in this category, such as psychological resilience, moral intelligence and quality of life.

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