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The role of developmental job characteristics and learning behavior in careers of MBAs

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  • Sluis, Lidewey E.C. van der

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics)

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In this study an interactive model was used to examine the individual career development process on the job. The role of developmental job characteristics and individual learning behavior in careers of MBAs was examined by analyzing repeated measures of these research variables. We performed hierarchical regressions and difference-of-means tests based on these survey data from early-career MBAs. Several consistent relationships were found. For example, we found that obstacles and transitions have a positive effect on objective career success via instruction oriented learning behavior. This dynamic was found for the period of two years after graduation. For the period of only one year after graduation, it was found that planned learning behavior accounts for differences in the perceived amount of task-related developmental characteristics of a job and in the perceptions of personal career development. In addition, we detected stability’s of learning behavior and developmental job characteristics during the early career stage. The results provide a promising platform for future research on the individual development process on the job in a career era of personal responsibility for learning and development.

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  • Sluis, Lidewey E.C. van der, 2000. "The role of developmental job characteristics and learning behavior in careers of MBAs," Serie Research Memoranda 0040, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
    • Handle: RePEc:vua:wpaper:2000-40
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    Keywords

    Individual career development; Developmental job characteristics; Learning behavior;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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