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The Moderating Effect of Job Characteristics on Managers' Reactions to Career Plateau

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  • Alain Roger
  • Michel Tremblay

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This study analyzes the impact of career plateau and job characteristics on people's attitudes or behaviors, but it also extends the traditional field of research on career plateau by taking into account the influence of factors linked to job characteristics on the relationship between career plateau and work-related attitudes. Our results show that subjective career plateau, job enrichment potential, role ambiguity and participation in decision making are related to various individual attitudes and behaviors. The impact of career plateau on these variables varies according to job enrichment potential, participation in decision making and role ambiguity. Although these direct and moderating effects are only significant for some of the facets of job satisfaction and behavior, it appears that these job characteristics can contribute to limit the negative consequences associated with career plateau. Cette recherche analyse l'impact du plateau de carrière et des caractéristiques de l'emploi sur les attitudes et les comportements,0501s aussi élargie les recherches traditionnelles sur le plateau de carrière en prenant en compte l'influence des facteurs liés aux caractéristiques des emplois sur la relation entre le plateau de carrière et les attitudes reliées au travail. Nos résultats montrent que le plateau subjectif , le potentiel d'enrichissement du travail, l'ambiguité de rôle et la participation à la prise de décisions sont reliés aux diverses attitudes et comportements. L'impact du plateau de carrière sur ces attitudes est modéré par le potentiel d'enrichissement de l'emploi, la participation à la prise de décision et l'ambiguité de rôle. Quoi que les effets directs et modérateurs sont significatifs pour seulement quelques facettes de la satisfaction au travail, il apparaît que ces caractéristiques de l'emploi peuvent contribuer à limiter les conséquences négatives associées au plateau de carrière.

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  • Alain Roger & Michel Tremblay, 1998. "The Moderating Effect of Job Characteristics on Managers' Reactions to Career Plateau," CIRANO Working Papers 98s-27, CIRANO.
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