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Theprofessionalcareerontherighttrack:
Astudyontheinteractionbetweencareerself-managementandorganizationalcareermanagementinexplainingemployeeoutcomes
MaterialSource:
EuropeanJournalOfWorkAndOrganizationalPsychology2009,18
(1),55–80
Author:
AnsDeVos,KoenDewettinck,DirkBuyens
Thisarticleexplorestherelationshipbetweenorganizationalcareermanagementandcareerself-managementandaddressestheimpactonemployeeoutcomes.Withinsixlargeorganizations,asampleof491employeesreportedontheircareerself-managementinitiatives,ontheirexpectationstowardsorganizationalcareersupport,andontheircommitmentandcareersuccess.ThiswascomplementedbyinformationfromtheirsupervisorsoncareermanagementsupportofferedbyHRandlinemanagementtotheseemployees.Resultsshowthatindividualswhotakemoreinitiativestomanagetheircareerexpectmorecareersupportfromtheiremployer.Careerself-managementpositivelyimpactsaffectivecommitmentandperceivedcareersuccess,whileorganizationalcareermanagementispositivelyrelatedwithaffectivecommitmentandcareerprogress.Careerself-managementmoderatestherelationshipoforganizationalcareermanagementwithaffectivecommitmentandsubjectivecareersuccess.
Keywords:
Careerself-management;
Organizationalcareermanagement;
Commitment;
Careersuccess.
Overthepastdecades,changesinthesocioeconomicenvironmenthavedramaticallychangedtheconceptofacareer.Thenotionofthe‘‘newcareer’’differsfromthetraditionalnotioninthesensethatresponsibilityformanagingone’scareerhasshiftedfromtheemployertotheemployee(Arthur,Khapova,&
Wilderom,2005;
Stickland,1996;
Sullivan,1999).Asaresult,newcareerconceptssuchastheboundarylesscareer(Arthur&
Rousseau,1996)andtheproteancareer(Hall,1996)haveemerged.Thesecareerconceptsemphasizetheroleoftheindividualasprimaryactorinmanaginghisorherowncareerandconsidercareerself-managementasaprerequisiteforcareersuccess(Eby,Butts,&
Lockwood,2003;
King,2004;
Seibert,Kraimer,&
Crant,2001).Despitethegrowingemphasisontheindividual,careermanagementalsoremainsanimportantresponsibilityfororganizations,sinceorganizationsstillformthecontextinwhichcareerdevelopmenttakesplace(Baruch,1999,2004;
Eby,Allen,&
Brinley,2005).Careerself-managementandorganizationalcareermanagement(OCM)arenotmutuallyexclusivebutareexpectedtocomplementoneanother(Kossek,Roberts,Fisher,&
Demarr,1998;
Orpen,1994;
Sturges,Conway,Guest,&
Liefooghe,2005).However,todate,littleempiricalinformationexiststhatclarifiesthecomplexrelationshipbetweenboth.Thisisanimportantomissionsinceitisimportantfororganizationstoknowtheoptimalmixbetweenholdingemployeesaccountableformanagingtheirowncareerandprovidingsufficientsupportthatenablesthemtoactuallybecomemoreself-managing.Simplyrelyingonemployees‘‘spontaneous’’self-managementinitiativeswithoutofferinganycareersupportmightcreateagapbetweenthoseemployeeswhoaremorefocusedonmanagingtheircareerandthosewhotakeonamorepassivestancetowardstheircareerdevelopment.Thisinturnmighthaveimplicationsfortheemployabilityofthelattergroupontheinternallabourmarketsincecareercompetencies,includingself-managementbehaviours,areimportantforemployees’employability(Fugate,Kinicki,&
Ashforth,2004;
vanderHeijde&
vanderHeijden,2006).
WhereaspreviousresearchhasaddressedtheimpactofOCMoncareerself-management,thisarticlefirstinvestigatestheimpactofcareerself-managementonemployeesexpectationstowardsOCMpracticesprovidedbytheirorganization.Second,weaddresstheseparateandjointinfluencesofcareerself-managementandOCMonemployees’affectivecommitmentandcareersuccess.Althoughpreviousresearchhasprovidedrelevantinsightsintherelationshipbetweencareermanagementandemployeeoutcomes,severalgapsintheliteratureexist.First,manystudiestendtofocusoneithercareerself-managementoronOCM,therebyneglectingtherelationshipbetweenboth.Withinthe‘‘newcareer’’era,itisimportanttoknowwhetherindividualswhoaremoreactiveincareerself-managementseethisasasubstitutefororganizationalcareersupportorthat,onthecontrary,thisraisestheirexpectationsaboutorganizationalcareersupportcomparedwithindividualslowoncareerself-management.Todate,thisquestionhasnotbeenansweredbyexistingresearch.Someearlierstudieshaveaddressedtherelationshipbetweencareerself-managementandcareersupportactuallyreceivedbyemployees,butwithouttakingintoaccounttheirexpectationsregardingthistypeofsupport(Sturgesetal.,2005;
Sturges,Guest,Conway,&
MackenzieDavey,2002).Secon