The implications of subjective career success

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between employees' ability to achieve subjective success and their work attitudes. Four dimensions of subjective success were measured: fulfilling work, financial rewards, recognition, and authority. Hierarchical regression models predicting job satisfaction, commitment, and turnover were examined. Objective indicators of success (organizational level, promotions, and salary) were included as control variables along with importance scores and achievement scores for the success criteria. Results indicate that an employee's achievement of fulfilling work is the strongest predictor of their attitudes towards the job and organization. Together, the achievement of the four success criteria explained significantly more variance in attitudes than objective indicators of success or success criteria importance.

The Relationship Between Innovative Work Behaviors and Subjective Career Success Among Employees in Selected Private Organisation

“…Hence, the current study is relevance to extend the context of cross-cultural dimension within Malaysia context. Significantly, Dyke and Duxbury [10] conducted a study on subjective career success by measuring fulfilling work, financial rewards, recognition and authority but did not integrate other factors that would potentially provide more robust explanation of career success. Hence, the current study will focus on more selected predictors such as performance, advancement, self-development, financial security, job security, satisfaction, recognition, creativity, cooperation and contribution as well.…”

“…that the key success of the individual must be linked to the subjective standard such as working atmosphere among colleagues or job satisfaction [34]. Subjective career success represents individual feelings (self-evaluation) of accomplishment and satisfaction with their career [10]. Employees are more likely to report positive attitudes towards their work and their organisation when there is a fit between their definition of subjective career success and their career achievements [35].…”

A Career Path Leading to Well‐being and Success

“…But, according to Dyke and Duxbury (2011), people do not all value the same elements of their careers. As a result, they are likely to pursue various types of aspirations at work, as they do in their lives in general.…”

A Grounded Theory Study of the Meaning of Career Success

“…Whether broad or specific in scope, perceptions of career success have been evaluated with reference to the self (Poole, Langan-Fox, & Omodei, 1993), with reference to others (Abele & Spurk, 2009;Heslin, 2003), and without any specified referent (Mayrhofer et al, 2008). Finally, other approaches to measuring subjective career success include assessing an individual's standing on work-related psychological constructs, such as career satisfaction and job satisfaction (e.g., Wolff & Moser, 2009), or using value-weighted self-ratings of career achievements (Dyke & Duxbury, 2011).…”

“…On the other hand, Poole, Langan-Fox, and Omodei (1993) propose that job satisfaction causes perceived career success. Moreover, Dyke and Duxbury (2011) hypothesize that job satisfaction is caused by career success. In both of these latter cases, job satisfaction and career success are distinct constructs linked in a causal chain (though the authors of the various studies do not agree about the order of causation).…”