2021/06/11 by Roberta A. Neault, Neault, Roberta A.
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Career Development and Diversity #Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #career management #change #millennium #world of work
paper · doi:10.82396/cjcd.v1i1.2965
openalex created_date 2019/10/10 · openalex publication_date 2021/06/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
Emerging theories in career development (e.g., planned happenstance), present specific individual characteristics as foundational to effective career management: continuous learning, financial management, flexibility, work-life balance, networking, optimism, persistence, planfulness, and risk-taking. In the present study, managers (N = 181) employed by a large Canadian organization were surveyed to identify whether these career management characteristics predicted either career success or job satisfaction. Optimism and flexibility were found to be the best predictors of career success, accounting for 12% of the total variance. Optimism, continuous learning, and planfulness were the best predictors of job satisfaction, accounting for 19% of the total variance.