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Career plateau and professional plateau: impact on work outcomes of information technology professionals

Career plateau and professional plateau: impact on work outcomes of information technology... Career Plateau and Professional Plateau: Impact on Work Outcomes of Information Technology Professionals Patrick C.B. Lee Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Tel: (65) 790-6141 Fax: (65) 792-2313 Email acblee@ntu.edu.sg Patrick C.B. Lee is an assistant professor in Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. He holds a Ph.D. in MIS from the University of Queensland. His research interests center on the management of information technology professionals. ABSTRACT Career plateau is a popular construct that has been associated with a number of work outcomes. This study introduced a related construct called professional plateau. It is defined as the point where employees find their job unchallenging and it provides few opportunities for professional development and future employability. The study proposed that career plateau and professional plateau are related to three work outcomes: namely, career satisfaction, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions. It also proposed that professional plateau accounts for a significant variance in the three outcomes beyond those accounted for by the objective and perceptual measures of career plateau. The hypotheses were tested using data collected from a questionnaire survey. The results support the hypotheses. One practical implication of these results is that employers need to understand that career plateau http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel Association for Computing Machinery

Career plateau and professional plateau: impact on work outcomes of information technology professionals

Lee, Patrick C. B.
ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel , Volume 20 (4) – Dec 1, 1999
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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 1999 by ACM Inc.
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0160-2497
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10.1145/571475.571478
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Career Plateau and Professional Plateau: Impact on Work Outcomes of Information Technology Professionals Patrick C.B. Lee Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Tel: (65) 790-6141 Fax: (65) 792-2313 Email acblee@ntu.edu.sg Patrick C.B. Lee is an assistant professor in Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. He holds a Ph.D. in MIS from the University of Queensland. His research interests center on the management of information technology professionals. ABSTRACT Career plateau is a popular construct that has been associated with a number of work outcomes. This study introduced a related construct called professional plateau. It is defined as the point where employees find their job unchallenging and it provides few opportunities for professional development and future employability. The study proposed that career plateau and professional plateau are related to three work outcomes: namely, career satisfaction, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions. It also proposed that professional plateau accounts for a significant variance in the three outcomes beyond those accounted for by the objective and perceptual measures of career plateau. The hypotheses were tested using data collected from a questionnaire survey. The results support the hypotheses. One practical implication of these results is that employers need to understand that career plateau

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Published: Dec 1, 1999

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