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Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation

This paper presents a study on the influence of cultural values (self-direction, achievement, tradition, and benevolence) on career goal of employees in an oil and gas corporation in Malaysia. The study used the Social Cognitive Career Theory to support the theoretical framework of the investigation...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Maimunah, Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55405/1/Cultural%20values%20and%20career%20goal%20of%20employees%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20industrial%20corporation.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.554052017-10-02T09:20:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55405/ Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation Ismail, Maimunah Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia This paper presents a study on the influence of cultural values (self-direction, achievement, tradition, and benevolence) on career goal of employees in an oil and gas corporation in Malaysia. The study used the Social Cognitive Career Theory to support the theoretical framework of the investigation. Data gathered from 87 employees of an oil and gas corporation in the area of Kuala Lumpur were used in the analysis. The results show that the levels of the four cultural values experienced by the respondents are high while for the career goal is moderate. The regression results reveal that the predictor variables explain 28.0% of the variance in the career goal of the employees. Recommendation for human resource management and future research are discussed. 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55405/1/Cultural%20values%20and%20career%20goal%20of%20employees%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20industrial%20corporation.pdf Ismail, Maimunah and Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia (2016) Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 4 (12). 46 - 57. ISSN 2235-767X http://www.ejbss.com/Data/Sites/1/vol4no12march2016/ejbss-1703-16-culturalvaluesandcareergoal.pdf
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description This paper presents a study on the influence of cultural values (self-direction, achievement, tradition, and benevolence) on career goal of employees in an oil and gas corporation in Malaysia. The study used the Social Cognitive Career Theory to support the theoretical framework of the investigation. Data gathered from 87 employees of an oil and gas corporation in the area of Kuala Lumpur were used in the analysis. The results show that the levels of the four cultural values experienced by the respondents are high while for the career goal is moderate. The regression results reveal that the predictor variables explain 28.0% of the variance in the career goal of the employees. Recommendation for human resource management and future research are discussed.
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author Ismail, Maimunah
Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia
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Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia
Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation
author_facet Ismail, Maimunah
Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia
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title Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation
title_short Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation
title_full Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation
title_fullStr Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation
title_full_unstemmed Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation
title_sort cultural values and career goal of employees in a malaysian industrial corporation
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55405/1/Cultural%20values%20and%20career%20goal%20of%20employees%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20industrial%20corporation.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55405/
http://www.ejbss.com/Data/Sites/1/vol4no12march2016/ejbss-1703-16-culturalvaluesandcareergoal.pdf
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