To move or not to move? The relationship between career management and preferred career moves
De Vos, Ans Dewettinck, Koen Buyens, Dirk
De Vos, Ans
Dewettinck, Koen
Buyens, Dirk
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Journal article
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Publication Year
2008
Journal
Employee Relations
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Publication Volume
30
Publication Issue
2
Publication Begin page
156
Publication End page
175
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore professional employees' career move preferences and the impact of both individual and organizational career management. Departing from theoretical work on the “new career”, different types of career moves employees can make on the internal labor market are discussed and related to the literature on both organizational and individual career management. Design/methodology/approach. To test the hypotheses, a cross‐sectional survey of 472 professional employees from one company is presented. Findings. The preferences for both vertical career moves and moves relating to job enrichment and temporary moves are significantly affected by individual career management, but not by organizational career management practices. The preference for making lateral moves could not be explained by our antecedent variables. Research limitations/implications. Future research should involve a larger sample of organizations in order to collect empirical data about the extent to which OCM practices impact career preferences. Our results provide evidence for the relationship between individual career management and career move preferences and thereby adds to the literature on the “new career”.
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Career Management