Qualified registered nurses are needed to provide bedside care to patients, yet there is a known registered nurse shortage in the United States, which has a global impact on the healthcare industry. Contributing to the nursing shortage is turnover, which is partly due to the inadequacies of preparation for role transition of newly qualified registered nurses. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study was to determine if there was a relationship between retention and nursing career satisfaction of registered nurses who experience a transition to practice program and those who did not. Duchscher's transition shock theory served as the theoretical basis of this study. The Mariani Nursing Career Satisfaction Scale and the Turnover Intention Scale were completed by 271 registered nurses with 24 months or less of bedside clinical practice. Data collected were analyzed by performing a one-way multivariate analysis of variance. Results revealed there was no statistically significant difference between those who did and those who did not have a transition to practice program on the combined dependent variables of nursing career satisfaction and retention. A positive linear relationship was found between nursing career satisfaction and retention. Retaining satisfied nurses and easing the burden associated with transitioning into practice can impact positive social change. The positive social change can also impact other healthcare professionals, businesses, and consumers who are associated with the newly qualified registered nurse who is transitioning into practice. Results from this study can inspire future researchers to continue to focus on seeking effective methods that will increase nursing career satisfaction and retention of newly qualified registered nurses transitioning into practice.

Research on the glass ceiling shows that women may encounter obstacles in their pursuit of high-level management positions. The purpose of this quantitative study was to test the explanatory style theoretical framework by examining relationships between women's glass ceiling beliefs, career advancement satisfaction, and quit intention and to determine whether satisfaction with career advancement opportunities mediated the relationship between glass ceilings beliefs and quit intention. Data were collected from 179 working women in the public or private sector and women who exited the public or private sector job market within the past 5 years via Web-based surveys. Glass ceiling beliefs were assessed using the Career Pathways Survey (CPS), career advancement satisfaction was assessed using the Career Satisfaction Measure, and quit intention was assessed using the Intention to Quit Scale and data were analyzed using multiple regression and correlational statistical techniques. Findings indicated significant relationships between the principal variables. Results also showed that career advancement satisfaction had a significant mediating effect on denial, resilience, and acceptance glass ceiling beliefs and quit intention. Findings may be used to help women understand how their glass ceiling beliefs and career satisfaction drivers influence their reaction to workplace events and may be used by employers to implement proactive retention strategies.

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship on career self-efficacy and career satisfaction for human resource practitioners in Taiwan. Besides, this research also explores the moderating effects of of mentoring support and interpersonal trust. One hundred and forty three surveys were received by employees of Taiwanese companies. The data was analyzed by factor analysis, reliability analysis, using the SPSS to measure the relationship amongst the constructs, and we draw some research conclusions as follows. 1. The career self-efficacy of human resource practitioners is significant and positive related to career satisfaction. 2. Though hierarchical regression analysis, the results reveal that Mentoring Support is a moderator of career self-efficacy and career satisfaction. 3. Interpersonal trust has significant and positive influence on between career self-efficacy and career satisfaction.

Darbo tikslas - nustatyti darbuotojo organizacinio įsipareigojimo, pasitenkinimo karjera ir asmenybės savybių sąsajas. Uždaviniai: 1) nustatyti organizacinio įsipareigojimo ir pasitenkinimo karjera sąsajas; 2) nustatyti organizacinio įsipareigojimo ir asmenybės savybių (neurotiškumas, ekstraversija, sąmoningumas, sutarimas su kitais, atvirumas naujam patyrimui) sąsajas; 3) nustatyti pasitenkinimo karjera ir asmenybės savybių (neurotiškumas, ekstraversija, sąmoningumas, sutarimas su kitais, atvirumas naujam patyrimui) sąsajas. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimas atliktas 2007-2008 metais. Buvo apklausti 220 respondentų, iš jų 45,5 proc. vyrų ir 54,5 proc. moterų, kurių amžiaus vidurkis buvo 30,7 metų. Klausimyną sudarė Pasitenkinimo karjera skalė, Įsipareigojimo organizacijai skalė ir Didžiojo penketo Inventorius. Duomenims analizuoti buvo naudojami aprašomosios statistikos metodai, vidurkių palyginimas, dispersinė analizė ANOVA, Regresinė analizė, Pearsono bei Spearmano koreliacijos koeficientai. Rezultatai. Siekiant išanalizuoti darbuotojų organizacinio įsipareigojimo, pasitenkinimo karjera ir asmenybės savybių sąsajas, buvo nustatyta, kad didesnis įsipareigojimas organizacijai yra siejamas su žemesniu išsilavinimu, darbu privačiose, mažesnėse negu 50 darbuotojų turinčiose organizacijose, žemu ekstraversijos ir sąmoningumo išreikštumu, tačiau didesniu sutarimo su kitais, neurotiškumo ir atvirumo naujam patyrimui išreikštumu. Didesnis pasitenkinimas karjera siejamas su vyresnio negu... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The aim of the work – to ascertain the links between the organizational commitment, career satisfaction and personal traits of the respondent. The tasks of the MA paper: 1) to ascertain the links between the organizational commitment and career satisfaction of the respondent; 2) to ascertain the links between the organizational commitment and personal traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness) of the respondent; 3) to ascertain the links between career satisfaction and personal traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness) of the respondent. The methodology of the research. The research was carried out in 2007-2008. 220 respondents were surveyed, 45, 5% of them were men and 54.4% women. The average age was 30, 7 year old. The questionnaire was comprised of the Career Satisfaction scale, the Organizational Commitment scale and the Big Five Inventory (BFI). It was used the descriptive statistics, the average comparison, dispersive analysis “ANOVA”, Regression analysis, Pearson, Spearman correlation rates. The results. In order to find out the links between the organizational commitment, career satisfaction and personal traits of the respondent, it was investigated that higher organizational commitment is related to lower education, work in private, smaller then 50 workers organizations, lower extraversion and consciousness but higher agreement, emotional stability and openness. Higher... [to full text]

This study considered migrants’ career outcomes as the result of their adjustments in terms of culture and career adaptation along with other positive attributes they brought on their arrival as well as developing in their new country. It considered that career is the property of individuals and managing it successfully is the responsibility of individuals themselves. Prior research into migrants’ issues and careers was used as the basis of this study and a model for analysis was developed using such issues. The resultant model included the wider life of migrants. A questionnaire including reliable measures of key variables was developed based on the literature. Two hundred and twenty-one Sri Lankan migrants completed the pilot tested survey. The results were analysed using factor analysis, tests of association and multiple regression analysis at the first stage to formulate a less complex model. Structural equation modelling was then used to confirm the relationships assumed between different variables. Although some of the relationships and/or variables assumed initially were removed from the model, the final model explained strong links between the variables that remained. Qualification gained before migration and career self-efficacy were found to be the most significant variables in explaining job satisfaction before migration. Usefulness of prior knowledge, skills and habits, efforts made towards career, education in New Zealand, information seeking, length of time in New Zealand and overseas experience had the greatest influence on current job level. Current job level, length of time in New Zealand and overseas experience were found to be the most significant variables explaining subjective career success after migration. Adapting to New Zealand culture was found to be significant in explaining only the career satisfaction after migration. It was also found that migrants’ career outcomes (success and satisfaction) after migration were significant variables in explaining overall career satisfaction of this migrant group: however, with the exception of job satisfaction, career outcomes before migration did not play a significant role in determining overall career satisfaction. The implications of the present study were considered, from both migrants’ perspective and that of New Zealand as the host society. A number of possible practical strategies relevant to migrants, community organisations and policy makers and authorities were suggested. Several potential avenues for future researches were identified and discussed. Thus, it is expected that this study will contribute to better career outcomes of migrants in New Zealand.

Au cours des dernières décennies, la notion de carrière a cheminé d’une conception traditionnelle caractérisée par une mobilité ascendante au sein d’une seule organisation vers de nouvelles conceptions contemporaines : les carrières protéiformes, les carrières sans frontière, les carrières post-organisationnelles, etc. Les recherches distinguent deux dimensions. D’une part, la carrière objective représente la suite des postes occupés par un individu tout au long de sa vie professionnelle et, d’autre part, la carrière subjective est l’interprétation faite par l’individu de son parcours. Cette distinction est importante dans le sens où une même carrière objective peut être interprétée différemment par deux personnes. En ce sens, le « succès de carrière perçu » constitue une dimension importante de la carrière subjective. Il renvoie à la perception, par un individu, du fait que sa carrière peut être considérée comme un succès, comme un parcours « normal » ou comme un échec, soit dans l’absolu, soit par rapport à des objectifs initiaux qu’il s’était fixé. Le but de cette étude est de mesurer le sentiment de succès de carrière d’une population de cadres et d’en identifier les déterminants. Un deuxième objectif est d'étudier comment les ancres de carrière et l’auto-efficacité professionnelle prédisent le succès objectif et la satisfaction de carrière. Le dernier objectif est d’étudier l’influence du succès de carrière sur la satisfaction de vie et l’intention de départ. Notre modèle de recherche a été conceptualisé par une étude quantitative dans laquelle 362 cadres ont participé. Nous avons trouvé que la satisfaction de carrière prédit plus le succès de carrière perçu, la satisfaction de vie et l’intention de départ que le succès objectif. Les résultats montrent également que l’auto-efficacité professionnelle influence positivement la satisfaction de carrière et que seules l’ancres Management et Technique sont liées au succès objectif / Over the past decades, the concept of career has moved from a traditional conceptualization characterized by an upward mobility within a single organization to new contemporary designs: boundaryless careers, protean careers, post-corporate careers, etc. The research distinguish two dimensions. First, the objective career represents the result of the positions occupied by an individual throughout its work life. Second, the subjective career is the interpretation made by the individual of its work histories. This distinction is important because two persons may interpret a same objective career differently. In this sense, the ‘perceived career success’ constitutes an important dimension of subjective career. It refers to the perception, by an individual, of the fact that his/her career can be regarded as a success, as normal or as a failure, either in the absolute or relative to the initial goals that he/she had set. The purpose of this study is to measure the managers’ perceived career and to identify its determinants. A second goal is to study how career anchors and occupational self-efficacy predict objective success and career satisfaction. The last purpose is to study the influence of career success on life satisfaction and turnover intention. Using a sample of 362 French managers, we found that career satisfaction predicts more perceived career success, life satisfaction and turnover intention than doe’s objective career success. Our results also show that occupational self-efficacy influences positively career satisfaction and that only managerial and technical anchors have an impact on objective career success.

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The purpose of the study is to measure satisfactions for United States retired military officers and to determine if there is a relationship between retrospective military career satisfactions and current second career or retired satisfactions. Hypothesis I states that there is a positive relationship between a retrospective measure of an officer's military career satisfactions and his current second career satisfactions. Hypothesis II states that there is a positive relationship between a retrospective measure of an officer's military career satisfactions and his retirement satisfactions. The first conclusion is that Hypotheses I and II are supported. Pearson coefficients of correlation indicate that a positive relationship exists for each hypothesis. For Hypothesis I coefficients range from .040 for pay to .270 for co-workers. All are significant at the .01 level except pay, and there is no evidence that the pay coefficient is statistically significant. The coefficients of correlations supporting Hypothesis II range from .164 for work to .415 for finances. All coefficients are significant at the .01 level. All distributions are skewed. The skewness and possible homogeniety of the sample may in all probability account for the low values of the coefficients. The second conclusion is that military officers receive greater satisfactions from their military careers than workers in civilian industry. When retrospective military career JDI means are compared with industry JDI means, the former score higher for work, promotion, and co-workers at the .01 level and supervision at the .05 level. There is no evidence of a significant difference between the two pay means. Moreover, when retrospective military JDI means are compared with current second career JDI means, the former score higher for total score, work, promotion, and co-workers at the .01 level and supervision at the .10 level. The latter score higher for pay at the .10 level. The third conclusion is that fully retired military officers receive greater satisfactions from their retired situations than retired industrial workers. The former score higher on every scale at the .01 level except for people where the level is .05. The two samples may not be comparable, but they are the only samples available. The fourth conclusion is that fully retired military officers and retired military officers currently working in a second career are about equally satisfied with their retired situations. A comparison of RDI means for each group results in no evidence of significant differences for total score and finances. Fully retired officers score 2.60 higher for work and activities and 2.45 higher for people while retired officers working in current second careers score 2.45 higher for health, all at the .01 level.

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The objective of the present study was to explore whether individuals' career anchors are dependent on their personality types. The Career Orientation Inventory (COI) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) were administered to a sample of honours students in the subject field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology in order to measure the relationship between the two constructs. For statistical purposes only the female participants were included in the final sample analysis (N=117) because of the underrepresentation of males. Statistically significant differences were established with regard to the security/stability career anchor and the ESFJ, ENFP, ESFP and INFP personality types. It is recommended that future studies include larger samples that are more representative of all possible sixteen (16) personality types and a broader range of occupations. The findings contribute new knowledge regarding the career anchors and personality preferences of females pursuing further studies in the field of IO-Psychology. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)