Predictors for Managers' Career Mobility, Success, and Satisfaction
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations
- Vol. 41 (8) , 569-591
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678804100801
Abstract
Research into career success has usually dealt with objective aspects of career paths such as income and job title. This paper suggests also using cognitive variables to assess career success and examines past career choices to show that postdecisional justification may be apparent. The data reveal that demographics and success criteria are the best predictor sets when trying to explain a person's objective career success, mobility, and career satisfaction. Implications for future research and management are discussed.Keywords
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