scholarly journals Effect of Organizational Sponsorship, Career Management Behaviour and Proactive Personality in Predicting Managers’ Subjective Career Success

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Anjeline Akinyi Omondi
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Management Behaviour ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
Organizational Sponsorship

The main aim of the study was to examine the role of organizational sponsorship, career management behaviour and proactive personality in predicting subjective career success of managerial staff in large scale manufacturing firms in Kenya. Primary data was collected using a sample of 255 managers from large scale manufacturing firms in Kenya based on descriptive survey. Hypothesis was tested using hierarchical regression model. The findings indicate that the joint effect of the predictor variables was greater than their individual effect on subjective career success. The study recommends that large manufacturing firms should facilitate their staff’s career success by providing them with organizational sponsorship programmes. The findings also point out the need for the staff to be proactive and to adopt suitable career management behaviour that can enhance their achievement of career success. Future researchers may benefit from the already established conceptual and methodological reference in their pursuit for further studies with regards to this area in different contexts.

Measurement of Career Success: The Case of Rural to Urban Migrant Labourers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 108-120
Author(s):  
Phuc Nguyen Van ◽  
Binh Quan Minh Quoc ◽  
Quyen Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Migrant Laborers ◽  
Urban Migrant ◽  
Subjective Career Success

Despite the rich literature on the antecedents of career success, the success criterion has generally been measured in a rather deficient manner. This study aims to operationalize and measure career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by developing an integrated index. The Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) with a combination of both reflective and formative constructs is applied. Employing the primary data of 419 migrant laborers in a survey conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2015, the hierarchical model confirms the statistically significant contribution of objective and subjective components to the career success index. Compared to objective career success, subjective career success has a stronger effect on the index. Five dimensions of career success are distinguished including: 1) job satisfaction, 2) career satisfaction, 3) life satisfaction, 4) other-referent criteria and 5) promotion. The first four and the final one are categorized as subjective career success and objective career success respectively. Among the four dimensions of subjective success, job satisfaction, career satisfaction and life satisfaction share lesser weights than success using otherreferent criteria in the model. This finding implies that other-referent criteria play an important role when people evaluate their career success. The index shall provide a general picture of the career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City and give an empirical result for further micro-research on career success determination.

scholarly journals Understanding Proactive Behaviours and Career Success: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roziah Mohd Rasdi ◽  
Thomas N. Garavan ◽  
Maimunah Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Career Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Individual Career Management

This article explores the relationship between proactive career behaviours and both objective and subjective career success. The study was conducted on a sample of managers within the public sector of an emerging economy (Malaysia). A sample of 288 managers reported on their proactive career behaviours and career success. Results show that managers who engage in individual career management and networking behaviours report more subjective career success. Networking is positively related to both objective and subjective career success. We discuss the implications for managers' career in emerging economies. 

Servant leadership and career success: the effects of career skills and proactive personality

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 717-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Kun Yu ◽  
Ruobing Xi ◽  
Xiaodan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
Matched Data ◽  
Career Skills

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of servant leadership on followers’ subjective career success and the mediating role of career skills. The moderating effect of followers’ proactive personality is also investigated. Design/methodology/approach This paper collected two-wave matched data from 283 employees of an IT company. The authors use hierarchical regression and bootstrapping to test the hypotheses. Findings Servant leadership has a positive effect on career satisfaction and perceived employability through career skills. In addition, proactive personality moderates the association between servant leadership and career skills, such that the relationship is stronger when proactive personality is high. Proactive personality also moderates the indirect effect of servant leadership on career satisfaction and perceived employability. Practical implications The findings suggest that organizations should select and train leaders to practice servant leadership to enhance employee subjective career success. Originality/value This is the first study to investigate the mechanism and boundary conditions of the association between servant leadership and employee subjective career success.

scholarly journals Proactive Personality, Career Success, dan Career Adaptability pada Karyawan PT Kereta Api Indonesia Daop 8 Surabaya

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Tri Siwi Agustina ◽  
Ivan Rizky Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
The State ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
The Other ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
Boundaryless Career

Proactive personality is an important factor in a boundaryless career. The reason is, in the boundaryless career period, the work environment becomes uncertain and the challenges in a career are increasingly complex. Therefore, there is a need for an adaptive attitude in running a career. Proactive personality is seen as a form of career adaptability. This study analyzes the rela- tionship between proactive personality, career adaptability and career success (subjective and ob- jective). Samples from this study are 41 people from employees of PT KAI DAOP 8 Surabaya which is included in the State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). The respondents’ data were analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) using the SmartPLS 3.0 program. The results of this study indicate that when proactive personalities increase, career adaptability and subjective career success will in- crease too. While the other results of this study are when proactive personality increases, it does not significantly influence objective career success. Similarly, increasing career adaptability does not significantly influence objective career success.

scholarly journals Proactive Personality and Social Support With Pre-retirement Anxiety: Mediating Role of Subjective Career Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Ejike Ugwu ◽  
Ibeawuchi K. Enwereuzor ◽  
Barnabas E. Nwankwo ◽  
Stella Ugwueze ◽  
Franscisca N. Ogba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationships

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of subjective career success (SCS) in the relationship between proactive personality, social support (SS), and pre-retirement anxiety. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, 624 pre-retirees were sampled (M = 56.49 years; SD = 4.56); of these, 237 (37.98%) were males and 387 (62.02%) were females. Measurement model and mediation test were performed using the SmartPLS and IBM SPSS Amos software. The result indicated that proactive personality, SS, and SCS showed negative relationships with the dimensions of pre-retirement anxiety (financial preparedness, social obligation, and social alienation). Subjective career success mediated the relationship between proactive personality and pre-retirement anxiety.

scholarly journals Effect of Firms’ Competitiveness on the Performance of selected Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 216-255
Author(s):  
Adekunle R. Onaolapo ◽  
Elijah Adeyinka Adedeji
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

The study of firms’ competitiveness has drawn so much attention among business practitioners and academic researchers in the last two decades as globalization came fully into limelight. However, in Nigeria, there are few empirical studies conducted to investigate the relationship between firms’ competitiveness and firm performance. Thus, the main objective of this study was to provide further evidence on the effects of Firms’ Competitiveness (FC) on the performance of manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Ten large-scale quoted manufacturing firms were selected. The study relied on primary data which were obtained using structured questionnaire administered to 300 purposively selected respondents of the selected firms. The data collected was analysed using Chi-Square Analysis and correlation analysis as well as descriptive analysis in pursuance of the stated specific objectives of the study. The result showed that firms’ competitiveness had significant effects on the profitability and operational performance of the selected manufacturing firms. Also, firms’ competitiveness had positive relationship with the level of competition of the firms. This study concluded that the practice of firms’ competitiveness is sine qua non in boosting firm performance in the manufacturing firms in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Role of Career Oriented Perceived Organizational Support in Determining Subjective Career Success of Supervisory Level Managers in Manufacturing Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Widana Pathiranage Richard Wickramaratne
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extended Model ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
Career Progress

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the career oriented perceived organizational support (POS-Career) is positively related to the employee subjective career success. An online survey was distributed among a random sample of 150 supervisory level managers in 15 large scale manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka. With a response rate of 59%, 88 managers responded to the survey. The results of Multiple Hierarchical Regression analysis reported that the POS-Career is positively associated with the subjective career success of supervisory level managers. This finding implies that employees believe their career progress is consistent with their own goals, values and preferences when they have developed a perception about the organization’s caring of their career needs. The study made a methodological contribution by validating a questionnaire for POS-Career. Since, there is scant amount of literature that has examined this relationship, the current study made an empirical contribution by undertaking a study in a developing country context. Also, this study made implications to the existing theories such as, perceived organizational support, psychological contract, and social exchange as well as to the extended model of social cognitive career theory. In terms of policy implications, an organization should develop a career development culture by providing employees with a range of career development opportunities, senior management’s leadership for career development programs and developing a climate for employees to involve in career self-management by engaging with networking and visibility behaviors. In response, they develop a belief that their career progress is consistent with their own goals, values and preferences. The limitations of the study and directions for future research are also discussed.

scholarly journals What would be a prictor and outcome of career success to senior in the frame of time?

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-105
Author(s):  
InJo Park ◽  
Juil Ree
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was first to exmine the influence of career and organizational commitment on subjective career success, and mediating role of career and organizational commitment between proactive personality and career success. Second, moderating and mediating effects of self-efficacy between subjective career success and future time perspective were exmined. Third, the mediation role of the future time perspective between active aging and subjective career success was exmined. Data was collected on 144 retired emploees above 55 years old, and 256 employees ranged from 55 to 70 years old. Results first showed that career and organizational commitment had main effect on subjective and objective career success. Second, it indicated that career and organizational commitment mediated the relationship between proactive personality and career success. Third, the results of hierarchical regression and structural equation modeling showed that self-efficacy moderated and mediated the relationship between subjective career success and future time perspective. Lastly, the results of structural eqauation modeling indicated mediating effect of futre time perspective on relationship between subjective career success and active aging. Finally, implications of the results, limitations of this study, and directions of future research were discussed.

The Impact of Career Management on Organizational Commitment and the Mediating Role of Subjective Career Success

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Seung Moon ◽  
Suk Bong Choi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

To determine the importance of career management behavior (CMB) for organizational outcomes, this study investigated the impact of CMB and organizational support for career development (OSCD) on subjective career success (SCS) and eventually on organizational commitment. Based on survey data from 355 employees of large Korean manufacturing firms, we found that both CMB and OSCD were positively associated with SCS. The results show that SCS positively affects organizational commitment and positively mediates both the relationship between CMB and organizational commitment and the relationship between OSCD and organizational commitment. Our findings imply that employee career success, which is affected by individual and organizational efforts, contributes to the outcomes of the organization in which employees are embedded.

scholarly journals ANALISA MANAGEMENT DAN CAREER OPORTUNITY UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KINERJA ORGANISASI

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indah Kusumawati
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Subjective Career Success ◽  
Management Work

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji efek work-life balance dan subjective careersuccess dalam pengaruh career management terhadap kepuasan kerja pada karyawan.Data dikumpulkan dengan teknik convinience sampling pada 91 karyawan di beberapaBank di Jakarta. Pengujian menggunakan data yang telah teruji validitas dan realibiltas,dengan menggunakan software SPSS V.22 dan macros inderect Hayes 2013. Hasil ujimembuktikan work-life balance dan subjective career success signifikan memediasipengaruh career management terhadap jobsatisfaction. Sementara pengaruh langsungcareer management terhadap job satisfaction tidak signifikan, sehingga mediasi menjadimediasi sempurna.Kata Kunci : Career Management, Work-Life Balance, Subjective Career Success, JobSatisfaction

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