Mentoring research contends that although the benefits of a mentoring relationship are primarily directed towards the protégés, mentoring relationships are mutually beneficial and provide substantial career benefits to the mentor. Despite increased attention on mentoring in development networks, the mentor’s perspective has been notably neglected and the objective and subjective career benefits of mentors have not been articulated. This dissertation seeks to redress this lack of understanding by hypothesizing that mentoring fosters personal learning and objective and subjective career success by leveraging the mentor’s network centrality. I also suggest that emotional intelligence and proactive personality will enhance these career outcomes with moderating effects. In addition to articulating the heretofore unexplored process through which the positive career effects of participating in developmental networks are derived, this paper extends knowledge by theorizing how providing mentoring creates stores of social capital, which contributes to career success. In the mentoring literature, the career success outcomes of mentors are more assumed than empirically known due to the privation of longitudinal evidence to support these claims. This dissertation utilizes a longitudinal study to examine the social networks and career success outcomes of mentors within a developmental network with an investigation of the effects that a mentor’s network centrality, proactive personality, and emotional intelligence have on the career outcomes of mentoring others.

Career success has become one of the most central issues in the 21st century as the nature of careers has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The change in perception that has taken place in terms of the nature of work has led to increased uncertainty about career development as a construct and as a practice. Career success has therefore become not only of interest and concern for individuals, but also a priority to organisations as the realisation of employees’ personal goals and success can eventually contribute to the realisation of the organisation’s goals and successes. Therefore the general objective of this study was to explore the experience and conceptualisation of career success among South African executives. This study utilised a qualitative research design with an exploratory approach to investigate executives’ conceptualisation and experience of career success. A non-probability purposive, voluntary sample of 24 participants was drawn from two seperate international financial organisations with offices located in Johannesburg. The data collection process was performed through semi-structured individual interviews and the verbatim transcriptions that were captured from these interviews, were analysed using content analysis. The twelve main themes that were extracted from the interviews are set out as follow: general conceptualisation of career success; executives’ personal meaning associated with career success; transformation of perceptions; future goals of executives; factor’s influencing executives’ career success; personality attributes related to career success; contributing factors to the career success of executives; hindering factors in career success; potential for experiencing turnover intention; consequences of career success; role of the organisation; and prerequisites for career success. It is crucial that organisations be made more aware of the significance of executives’ conceptualisation and experience of career success (as highlighted within this research).This is especially the case when considering future career and succession planning and mapping. Organisations should be familiar with the potential influencing and hindering factors (e.g. lack of opportunities, lack of support, organisational culture, etc.). They should be prepared to address the adverse impact that these factors could have as obstacles to employees and particularly for executives to attain career success. If these hindrances are not addressed it could lead to increased job dissatisfaction and consequently increased turnover intention. They should also be alert to the contributing factors and other factors conducive to career development (e.g. support and buy-in from organisation, or being given challenges and opportunities) that facilitate career success. By providing an environment that helps career development along, the experiece of career success is increased. This can lead to various positive outcomes, such as increased job performance, organisational commitment, employee engagement, career satisfaction and talent retention. Talent retention is particularly important as one can gather from the data collected among the executives. Thus, in order to retain them as valuable employees, it is crucial to address and fulfil their career needs accordingly. / Thesis (MCom (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

Career success has become one of the most central issues in the 21st century as the nature of careers has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The change in perception that has taken place in terms of the nature of work has led to increased uncertainty about career development as a construct and as a practice. Career success has therefore become not only of interest and concern for individuals, but also a priority to organisations as the realisation of employees’ personal goals and success can eventually contribute to the realisation of the organisation’s goals and successes. Therefore the general objective of this study was to explore the experience and conceptualisation of career success among South African executives. This study utilised a qualitative research design with an exploratory approach to investigate executives’ conceptualisation and experience of career success. A non-probability purposive, voluntary sample of 24 participants was drawn from two seperate international financial organisations with offices located in Johannesburg. The data collection process was performed through semi-structured individual interviews and the verbatim transcriptions that were captured from these interviews, were analysed using content analysis. The twelve main themes that were extracted from the interviews are set out as follow: general conceptualisation of career success; executives’ personal meaning associated with career success; transformation of perceptions; future goals of executives; factor’s influencing executives’ career success; personality attributes related to career success; contributing factors to the career success of executives; hindering factors in career success; potential for experiencing turnover intention; consequences of career success; role of the organisation; and prerequisites for career success. It is crucial that organisations be made more aware of the significance of executives’ conceptualisation and experience of career success (as highlighted within this research).This is especially the case when considering future career and succession planning and mapping. Organisations should be familiar with the potential influencing and hindering factors (e.g. lack of opportunities, lack of support, organisational culture, etc.). They should be prepared to address the adverse impact that these factors could have as obstacles to employees and particularly for executives to attain career success. If these hindrances are not addressed it could lead to increased job dissatisfaction and consequently increased turnover intention. They should also be alert to the contributing factors and other factors conducive to career development (e.g. support and buy-in from organisation, or being given challenges and opportunities) that facilitate career success. By providing an environment that helps career development along, the experiece of career success is increased. This can lead to various positive outcomes, such as increased job performance, organisational commitment, employee engagement, career satisfaction and talent retention. Talent retention is particularly important as one can gather from the data collected among the executives. Thus, in order to retain them as valuable employees, it is crucial to address and fulfil their career needs accordingly. / Thesis (MCom (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

Dispositional Employability and Career Success are constructs that when brought together leads to a multitude of questions regarding their meaning. This study attempted to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the two constructs of dispositional employability and career success. The study furthermore focused on expanding on the literature by elaborating on the sample group. This was done by determining whether or not there is a difference between the groups with regards to their Dispositional Employability and Career Success based on their individual characteristics. A quantitative research approach was followed to obtain the research objectives of this study. The Dispositional Employability Measure and Career Success Orientation Measure were administered among a purposive convenience sample of HRM Practitioners in South Africa (N=155). The results of the research showed that there is a significant relationship between Dispositional Employability and Career Success with a low effect. Furthermore significant differences exist between groups with regards to both Dispositional Employability on the ground of number of years in their current organisation and Career Success on level of education, age, race and job level. The study thus contributes to the limited literature on both constructs. In addition, the results of the study make important theoretical, methodological and practical contributions. Recommendations for future research are made. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Human Resource Management / unrestricted

Specialists contribute to the success of organisations in the form of unique expertise and specific skill sets. Research into career success for specialists is limited and the career of the specialist is not well defined. This study aims to increase understanding of what constitutes career success for specialists, what strategies individuals can employ to achieve such success and what organisations can do to support specialist career success.In line with qualitative research methodological principles, this study followed a exploratory approach to understanding specialist career success. A total of seventeen in-depth interviews were held with senior specialists who have achieved career success, senior internal Human Resource practitioners, and external career development and Human Resource experts. The sample represented a broad range of industries, including Petrochemicals, Telecommunications, Banking, Financial Health Insurance, Academia, Healthcare, Aerospace, FMCG, Mining, Information Technology, Specialist Consulting and Specialist Search and Recruitment.Key findings reflect that career success is an individual construct which is achieved through a variety of strategies. The research allowed for the development of a framework for career success for specialists, which outlines the career path options and career success strategies available to specialists. Furthermore, a model titled ‘the 5 C’s of organisational support for specialists’ summarises what organisations can do to support specialist career success. The outcome of this study provides guidance for specialists in managing their own careers and for organisations who wish to understand specialists in order to attract and retain them as valuable contributors to organisational success. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

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No / Using an exploratory qualitative approach based on in-depth interviews with 38 junior and middle managers, and informed by institutional theory, this article explores how Nigerian managers conceptualise career success. Results indicate that in contrast to some Western-based research, managers prioritise ‘objective’ (e.g. achieving financial stability) over ‘subjective’ (e.g. achieving work–life balance) career outcomes. Results also indicate that the well-applied dichotomy between objective and subjective measures is insufficient to capture the complexities and nuances observed in the Nigeria context. We thus propose four ‘domains’ of career success to include personal and relational dimensions in addition to the subjective/objective criteria. This we argue is a more comprehensive, integrative and contextually sensitive ‘frame’ for the analysis of career outcomes. Our findings suggest that scholars and multinational companies interested in expanding their operations to emerging economies need to incorporate these factors into their conceptualisations and management practices.

O aumento do número de mulheres no mercado de trabalho, dos casais em que ambos trabalham enquanto mantêm uma vida familiar conjunta e dos novos arranjos familiares têm provocado uma lacuna nos estudos sobre as relações entre trabalho e não trabalho, já que esses estudos concentravam-se há três décadas na família como sinônimo de não trabalho. E essas relações ocorrem em um momento de destaque para a dimensão subjetiva na Gestão de Carreira: não apenas o sucesso socialmente visível (objetivo) é desejado pelos indivíduos, mas principalmente aquele que atende a seus desejos mais intrínsecos (subjetivo). Nesse contexto, esta tese tem como objetivo geral investigar o conflito trabalho-não trabalho (CTNT) e sua relação com os sucessos objetivo e subjetivo na carreira. Para atender a esse objetivo, cinco outros, específicos, foram elaborados, versando sobre: a) a alocação de tempo nas dimensões do não trabalho; b) a validação do construto multidimensional atual de conflito trabalho-não trabalho para uma amostra brasileira; c) as dimensões mais afetadas no conflito trabalho-não trabalho; d) a variação da alocação de tempo declarada, dos níveis de conflito trabalho-não trabalho e dos sucessos objetivo e subjetivo na carreira de acordo com características demográficas; e) a associação entre o conflito trabalho-não trabalho e os sucessos objetivo e subjetivo na carreira. O estudo foi quantitativo, descritivo e correlacional, e a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de uma survey autoadministrada eletrônica, que teve como base a escala de conflito trabalho-não trabalho validada nos Estados Unidos. A amostra não probabilística e por conveniência foi formada por 338 profissionais que trabalham no Brasil atualmente. Fez-se uso de técnicas de estatística descritiva, análise fatorial confirmatória e análise de variância (teste t e ANOVA) na análise dos dados. Três resultados se destacam: 1) a amostra percebe conflito do trabalho com oito dimensões do não trabalho - saúde, família, gestão da casa, amizades, educação, relacionamento romântico, envolvimento com a comunidade e lazer - originado tanto pelo tempo que o trabalho consome como pela tensão gerada por ele; 2) o lazer mostra-se como dimensão-chave do não trabalho, pois alocar mais tempo a essa dimensão está associado a menor conflito entre trabalho e as oito dimensões do não trabalho; 3) para as mulheres, as diferenças em relação aos homens são maiores para a origem tensão e para dimensões mais coletivas, como família, envolvimento com a comunidade e amizades - elas estão mais tensas e sentem-se mais pressionadas a atender ao coletivo, possivelmente em detrimento de prioridades mais individuais. Destacam-se também, como variáveis relacionadas a maiores níveis de conflito, o sexo feminino, o estado civil casado somente para as mulheres, e a ausência de filhos também apenas para as mulheres. Como último destaque, há indícios de que a relação entre fatores do CTNT e o sucesso objetivo seja quadrática, a principal hipótese a ser verificada em estudos futuros. / The increasing of women in the marketplace, of couples in which they both work while maintaining a family life together and of new family arrangements have created a gap in the studies on the relations between work and nonwork, since these studies have been concentrated in the family as synonymous of nonwork for the last three decades. And these relations occur at a moment of prominence for the subjective dimension in Career Management: not only socially visible success (objective success) is desired by individuals, but especially the one that meets their most intrinsic desires (subjective success). In this context, this thesis has as general objective to investigate the work-nonwork conflict (WNWC) and its relation with the objective and subjective successes in the career. For achieving this objective, five others, specifics, were elaborated, addressing: a) the allocation of time in the dimensions of nonwork; b) the validation of the current multidimensional construct of work-nonwork conflict for a Brazilian sample; c) the dimensions most affected in the work-nonwork conflict; d) the variation of the stated time allocation, the levels of work-nonwork conflict and the objective and subjective successes in the career according to demographic characteristics; e) the association between the work-nonwork conflict and the objective and subjective successes in the career. The study was quantitative, descriptive and correlational, and the data collection was made through a self-administered electronic survey based on the work-nonwork conflict scale validated in the United States. The non-probabilistic and convenience sample consisted of 338 professionals working in Brazil nowadays. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factorial analysis and analysis of variance (t-test and ANOVA) were used for data analysis. Three results stand out: 1) the sample perceives conflict from work with eight nonwork dimensions - health, family, household management, friendships, education, romantic relationship, community involvement and leisure - originated by the time that work consumes and by the tension generated by work; 2) leisure is a key nonwork dimension, since allocating more time to this dimension is associated with less conflict between work and the eight nonwork dimensions; 3) for women, the differences (compared to men) are bigger for the tension origin and for more collective dimensions, such as family, community involvement and friendships - women are more tense and feel more pressure to attend to the collective, possibly to the detriment of more individual priorities. The variables related to higher levels of conflict include the female sex, marital status married only to women, and the absence of children also for women. As a last highlight, there are indications that the relationship between WNWC factors and the objective success is quadratic, which is the main hypothesis to be verified in future studies.

L'èxit de la carrera és un resultat important de la trajectòria personal que sovint s'ignora. Totes les empreses i les organitzacions actuals operen en un món canviant, amb crisis globals en el sector energètic, financer i de les tecnologies emergents. Aquestes organitzacions necessiten disposar d'enginyers amb èxit per tal de desenvolupar els avantatges competitius que sustentin el seu desenvolupament futur. La finalitat primera d'aquest estudi ha estat explicar l'èxit en la carrera dels enginyers. Sobre la base de la literatura acadèmica (entre d'altres, Arthur et al., 2005; Heslin, 2005; Gunz, 2005; Baruch, 2006), s'ha elaborat un model de determinants d'èxit de la carrera que considera la perspectiva objectiva i subjectiva d'aquest constructe i s'ha desenvolupat l'evidència empírica de l'èxit en la carrera d'aquesta categoria de treballador del coneixement a l'Amèrica Llatina.Les preguntes de recerca s'han centrat a verificar la relació entre l'èxit en la carrera dels enginyers i els graduats de programes amb orientació pràctica, i la xarxa personal de contactes, la competència individual per a l'administració, l'experiència professional, l'estructura organitzativa i les aspiracions individuals. Les dades s'han obtingut d'una enquesta a 1.135 graduats, que van respondre 1.011, cosa que representa un índex de resposta de 89,7 %, i d'arxius complementaris de l'escola d'enginyeria Tecsup.Els resultats suggereixen que l'èxit en la carrera sovint és determinat, primer, per l'estructura de la carrera a les organitzacions; en un segon nivell, per la xarxa personal i, en un tercer nivell, per l'experiència professional i les aspiracions individuals.Es fan suggeriments per a futures investigacions i s'esmenten les implicacions que poden tenir per als investigadors, els gerents de recursos humans i les organitzacions educatives. / El éxito de carrera es un importante pero frecuentemente ignorado resultado de la carrera personal. Todas las compañías y organizaciones operan en este mundo cambiante, con crisis globales en el sector energético, financiero y tecnologías emergentes. Estas organizaciones necesitan ingenieros más exitosos para el desarrollo de ventajas competitivas que sustente su desarrollo futuro. El propósito primario de este estudio fue explicar el éxito de carrera de los ingenieros. Construido sobre las bases de la literatura académica (entre otros, Arthur et al (2005); Heslin (2005); Gunz (2005); Baruch (2006) )un modelo de determinantes de éxito de carrera fue estudiado que considera la perspectiva objetiva y subjetiva de este constructo, desarrollo la evidencia empírica del éxito de carrera de esta categoría de trabajador del conocimiento en latino America.Las preguntas de investigación estuvieron centradas en verificar la relación entre el éxito de carrera de ingenieros, graduados de programas con orientación practica, y la red personal de contactos, la competencia individual para la administración, la experiencia Professional, la estructura organizacional y las aspiraciones individuales. Los data fueron obtenidos de un encuestar a 1135 graduados,; 1011 respondieron, representando un tasa de respuesta de 89.7 % y archivos complementarios de la escuela de ingeniería Tecsup.Los resultados sugieren que el éxito de carrera esta fuertemente determinada por la estructura de carrera en las organizaciones. En segundo nivel, el éxito de carrera es determinado por la red personal y en un tercer nivel por la experiencia Professional y las aspiraciones individuales.Sugerencias para futuras investigaciones e implicaciones para investigadores, gerentes de recursos humanos y organizaciones educativas son provistas. / Career Success is an important but often overlooked outcome of a person's career experiences. All businesses and organizations operate in a changing World, with global energy crisis and emerging technologies. These organizations need more successful engineers for the development of competitive advantages that sustain his future development. The primary purpose of this study was to explain engineer's career success. Building upon academic literature (e.g, Arthur et al (2005); Heslin(2005); Gunz (2005); Baruch (2006) ) a model of determinants of career success was studied; both objective and subjective perspectives were used, developing empirical evidence for career success of this category of knowledge workers in Latin America.Research questions were focused on the relationship between technologists' career success and their personal network, individual competences, professional experience, organizational structures, and individual aspirations. Data were gathered from a survey of 1135 graduates of engineering technology programs; 1011 responded, for a response rate of 89.7 % and archives of Engineering School.The results suggest that career success of technologist are strongly determined by organizational structures and individual competences. In second level, career success s determined by personal network and in third level the professional experience, and individual aspirations.Suggestions for future research and implications for practitioners, researchers and educative organizations are provided.

Career success has become one of the most central issues in the 21st century as the nature of careers has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The change in perception that has taken place in terms of the nature of work has led to increased uncertainty about career development as a construct and as a practice. Career success has therefore become not only of interest and concern for individuals, but also a priority to organisations as the realisation of employees’ personal goals and success can eventually contribute to the realisation of the organisation’s goals and successes. Therefore the general objective of this study was to explore the experience and conceptualisation of career success among South African executives. This study utilised a qualitative research design with an exploratory approach to investigate executives’ conceptualisation and experience of career success. A non-probability purposive, voluntary sample of 24 participants was drawn from two seperate international financial organisations with offices located in Johannesburg. The data collection process was performed through semi-structured individual interviews and the verbatim transcriptions that were captured from these interviews, were analysed using content analysis. The twelve main themes that were extracted from the interviews are set out as follow: general conceptualisation of career success; executives’ personal meaning associated with career success; transformation of perceptions; future goals of executives; factor’s influencing executives’ career success; personality attributes related to career success; contributing factors to the career success of executives; hindering factors in career success; potential for experiencing turnover intention; consequences of career success; role of the organisation; and prerequisites for career success. It is crucial that organisations be made more aware of the significance of executives’ conceptualisation and experience of career success (as highlighted within this research).This is especially the case when considering future career and succession planning and mapping. Organisations should be familiar with the potential influencing and hindering factors (e.g. lack of opportunities, lack of support, organisational culture, etc.). They should be prepared to address the adverse impact that these factors could have as obstacles to employees and particularly for executives to attain career success. If these hindrances are not addressed it could lead to increased job dissatisfaction and consequently increased turnover intention. They should also be alert to the contributing factors and other factors conducive to career development (e.g. support and buy-in from organisation, or being given challenges and opportunities) that facilitate career success. By providing an environment that helps career development along, the experiece of career success is increased. This can lead to various positive outcomes, such as increased job performance, organisational commitment, employee engagement, career satisfaction and talent retention. Talent retention is particularly important as one can gather from the data collected among the executives. Thus, in order to retain them as valuable employees, it is crucial to address and fulfil their career needs accordingly. / Thesis (MCom (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.