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Predictors of Career Success among Government Employees

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  • M. Birasnav

    (M. Birasnav works at School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain. E-mail: birasnav@gmail.com)

  • Huda Al Merbati

    (Huda Al Merbati studies at School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain. E-mail: almurbati_82@hotmail.com)

  • Richa Chaudhary

    (Richa Chaudhary studies at Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India. E-mail: richa.chaudhary18@gmail.com)

  • S. Rangnekar

    (S. Rangnekar works at Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India. E-mail: srangnekar1@gmail.com)

Abstract

Many researchers have advocated that managing career is an important aspect to be concentrated for achieving career success. In this direction, this study investigates the roles of human capital and motivation on achieving career success among government employees. Data were collected from 159 employees working in Kingdom of Bahrain and were analyzed with the help of a series of hierarchical regression analysis. It is found that motivational variables, not employee’s human capital, have associations with career exploration activities. Self-exploration has positive association with objective and subjective career success. Interaction effect between number of hours worked and environment exploration was also found significant on number of promotions received by employees.

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  • M. Birasnav & Huda Al Merbati & Richa Chaudhary & S. Rangnekar, 2013. "Predictors of Career Success among Government Employees," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 38(4), pages 517-529, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:manlab:v:38:y:2013:i:4:p:517-529
    DOI: 10.1177/0258042X13509745
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