Reactions of middle managers to career plateauing as a function of career status and career goal orientation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Haynes, Kammy Renee
Other Authors:	Benjamin, Ludy T. (degree committee member.), Schoenfeldt, Lyle F. (degree committee member.), Woehr, David J. (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1990.
Subjects:	Middle managers > Attitudes. Career development. Career plateaus. Job satisfaction. Major psychology. Academic theses
Online Access:	ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy

Description
Abstract:	A sample of middle managers (N=74) were classified into one of six cells based on their career status (plateaued, non-plateaued) and career goal orientation (promotion, intrinsic satisfaction, survival). Using discriminant function analysis, attitudinal and organizational perception variables were tested for their ability to differentiate between the cells. Job involvement was consistently identified as representative of the first function. MANOVAs revealed that cell membership was able to predict the differential frequencies of adaptation behaviors only when there was a main effect for career goal orientation. Career status was shown to explain the differences in preferred rewards, specifically leaves of absence. Three models of the career goal orientation scales were used to examine the impact of the movement of the managers across the career goal categories.
Item Description:	Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Psychology."
Physical Description:	xiii, 175 leaves ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.