The relationship between career growth and organizational commitment

This research examines the relationship between employees' career growth and organizational commitment. Career growth was conceptualized by four factors: career goal progress, professional ability development, promotion speed and remuneration growth, while organizational commitment was conceptu...

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Published in:Journal of vocational behavior 2010-12, Vol.77 (3), p.391-400
Main Authors: Weng, Qingxiong, McElroy, James C., Morrow, Paula C., Liu, Rongzhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career Development
Career goal progress
Career growth
China
Commitments
Compensation (Remuneration)
Employee Attitudes
Employees
Foreign Countries
Group Unity
Growth factors
Job Skills
Occupational Aspiration
Occupational Mobility
Occupational Surveys
Organizational behavior
Organizational commitment
Organizational Culture
Persistence
Personnel Data
Professional ability development
Professional Development
Promotion (Occupational)
Promotion speed
Remuneration growth
Studies
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Summary:This research examines the relationship between employees' career growth and organizational commitment. Career growth was conceptualized by four factors: career goal progress, professional ability development, promotion speed and remuneration growth, while organizational commitment was conceptualized using Meyer and Allen's (1997) three component model. Survey data, collected from 961 employees in 10 cities in the People's Republic of China, showed that the four dimensions of career growth were positively related to affective commitment, and that three of the facets were positively related to continuance and normative commitment. Only three of eighteen two-way interactions among the career growth factors affected organizational commitment, suggesting that the career growth factors influence commitment in an additive rather than a multiplicative manner. Results focus on how career growth can be used to manage organizational commitment.
ISSN:0001-8791
1095-9084
DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.05.003