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The relationship between career strategies and career success

This study examined the relationship between career strategies and career success. The three dimensions that measured career strategies were enhancing promotability, strengthening external contacts, and improving image with superiors. Meanwhile, the dimension that measured career success was subject...

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Main Authors: Tan, Fee Yean, Yahya, Khulida Kirana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2008
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HF Commerce
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spelling my.uum.repo.1872016-04-26T07:20:17Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/187/ The relationship between career strategies and career success Tan, Fee Yean Yahya, Khulida Kirana HF Commerce This study examined the relationship between career strategies and career success. The three dimensions that measured career strategies were enhancing promotability, strengthening external contacts, and improving image with superiors. Meanwhile, the dimension that measured career success was subjective career success. Data were gathered through questionnaires administered to employees at a manufacturing organisation (n=185). Correlation and regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between career strategies and career success. The results indicated that there were no relationship between career strategies and career success. Only two of the career strategy dimensions were positively correlated with career success, namely strengthening external contacts and improving image with superiors. The multi-regression results suggested that improving image with superiors was the most important factor in influencing individual’s career success. The findings were discussed and recommendations for future research were also addressed. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/187/1/Tan_Fee_Yean.pdf Tan, Fee Yean and Yahya, Khulida Kirana (2008) The relationship between career strategies and career success. International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), 15 (1). pp. 85-101. ISSN 0127-8983 http://ijms.uum.edu.my
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Tan, Fee Yean
Yahya, Khulida Kirana
The relationship between career strategies and career success
description This study examined the relationship between career strategies and career success. The three dimensions that measured career strategies were enhancing promotability, strengthening external contacts, and improving image with superiors. Meanwhile, the dimension that measured career success was subjective career success. Data were gathered through questionnaires administered to employees at a manufacturing organisation (n=185). Correlation and regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between career strategies and career success. The results indicated that there were no relationship between career strategies and career success. Only two of the career strategy dimensions were positively correlated with career success, namely strengthening external contacts and improving image with superiors. The multi-regression results suggested that improving image with superiors was the most important factor in influencing individual’s career success. The findings were discussed and recommendations for future research were also addressed.
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author Tan, Fee Yean
Yahya, Khulida Kirana
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title The relationship between career strategies and career success
title_short The relationship between career strategies and career success
title_full The relationship between career strategies and career success
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title_full_unstemmed The relationship between career strategies and career success
title_sort relationship between career strategies and career success
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia
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