Employee alienation: relationships with careerism and career satisfaction

By Dan S. Chiaburu, Ismael Diaz, Ans De Vos. 2013

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which employees' perceptions of alienation (personal and social) are related to positive (career satisfaction) and negative (careerist orientation) career‐related outcomes and to examine the mediating role of career satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach – The paper used a cross‐sectional design, with questionnaires administered to 165 employees working in organizations in the USA to test the relationship between alienation and careerism through career satisfaction.Findings – Alienation was found to be a positive predictor of employee careerism, and a negative predictor of their career satisfaction. The data were consistent with a model positioning career satisfaction as a mediator of the alienation to careerism relationship.Research limitations/implications – Future research should examine the relationship between alienation and career outcomes in other organizations and job families, to enhance generalizability. Data should be also co...

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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