Understanding managerial development: Integrating developmental assignments, learning orientation, and access to developmental opportunities in predicting managerial competencies

Integrating the work experience, leadership development, and learning literatures, we developed and tested a model of managerial development linking experience in highly developmental assignments, a learning goal orientation, and access to developmental assignments. Based on multisource data on earl...

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Published in:Academy of Management journal 2009-08, Vol.52 (4), p.731-743
Main Authors: Dragoni, Lisa, Tesluk, Paul E, Russell, Joyce E. A, Oh, In-sue
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anforderungsprofil
Ausbildung
Führungskraft
Kompetenz
Lernen
Management development
Management science
Managers
Occupational qualification
Organizational behavior
Personnel management
Skill development
Studies
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Summary:Integrating the work experience, leadership development, and learning literatures, we developed and tested a model of managerial development linking experience in highly developmental assignments, a learning goal orientation, and access to developmental assignments. Based on multisource data on early-career managers, our results demonstrate that the developmental quality of managerial assignments has a positive association with end-state competencies that exceeds the association explained by tenure. Furthermore, we found that managers with stronger learning orientations, especially those with access to growth assignments, were more likely to be in developmental assignments and achieve higher levels of competence based on those experiences. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0001-4273
1948-0989
DOI:10.5465/AMJ.2009.43669936