Journal article
Managerial Perceptions of Career Planning Information
Journal of management, v 6(1), pp 79-88
Mar 1980
Abstract
Successful career management programs depend on the employees' ability to obtain accurate information about themselves and the world of work. A study was undertaken to assess managers' perceptions of the career-planning information they possessed. Data were drawn from questionnaires completed by 106 middle managers of mutual savings banks in the US Northeast. Differences in perceptions were discovered within a number of information areas, including: 1. family's view of career, 2. span and limits of jobs, 3. organization's politics, 4. goals of bosses, and 5. nature and quality of people. Managers' career salience was positively related to perceptions of adequate information regarding themselves and family issues; self-esteem was positively related to information regarding themselves. Organizations might do well to structure open discussions of career-planning needs with newly-hired managers. Such talks with long-tenured managers are also justified. A program of periodic monitoring of perceptions of career-planning needs can complement the career-planning program.
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Details
- Title
- Managerial Perceptions of Career Planning Information
- Creators
- Jeffrey GreenhausH Springob
- Publication Details
- Journal of management, v 6(1), pp 79-88
- Publisher
- Southern Management Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84965635925
- Other Identifier
- 991020542422904721