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Dissertation
The effectiveness of different career decision-making behaviors: development and test of a model
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
2001
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00008666
Abstract
This study enhances our understanding of effective career decision-making by focusing on the consequences of engaging in particular career decision-making behaviors. More importantly, the study explores the consequences of simultaneously engaging in different career decision-making behaviors. In addition, the study examines the reasons for the effectiveness of different decision-making behaviors. Three career decision-making behaviors are examined in the study: rational decision-making behavior, intuitive decision-making behavior and dependent decision-making behavior. In the present study, person job fit is used as the criterion to gauge effective career decision-making behavior. The data were gathered on 124 professionals working in a large pharmaceutical company who had recently made a decision to change jobs. A job change decision was defined to include a change in job title and a change in job responsibilities. The results suggest that the effectiveness of each decision-making behavior is contingent on the presence of other decision-making behavior. Specifically, an effective decision is made when individuals engaged in extensive levels of both rational and intuitive decision-making. The reason for this is attributed to the enhanced levels of self and environment awareness that result from this particular combination of decision-making. Similarly, the effectiveness of dependent decision-making was found to be contingent on the presence of either rational or intuitive decision-making behavior. Dependent decision-making was found to be more effective in the presence of extensive rational or intuitive decision-making behaviors than in the absence of these behaviors. The reason for the effectiveness of a combined dependent and rational decision-making approach as well as dependent and intuitive decision-making approach was due to heightened levels of self and environment awareness. The study empirically confirmed the reasons why different career decision-making behaviors are effective. Self and environment awareness served a useful function in explaining the reasons for the effectiveness of decision-making behaviors. The study developed several new measures for career decision-making that were specific to working adults engaged in making career decisions. All of these measures were found to be highly reliable. The findings of the study provide a contemporary view of career decision-making and make a contribution to the literature on career development and person-job fit.
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- Title
- The effectiveness of different career decision-making behaviors
- Creators
- Romila Singh
- Contributors
- Jeffrey H. Greenhaus (Advisor) - Drexel University, Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xvi, 350 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Bennett S. LeBow College of Business; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021888991004721