Career Plateuing
Overview/Summary of Article This paper focuses on career plateauing and the relationship between job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intentions and the alleviating effects of mentoring on the relationships between career plateauing and the three dependent variables. I reviewed Samuel O. Salami 's article “Career plateauing and work attitudes: Moderating effects of mentoring others with Nigerian employees”, Salami collected data from 280 government employees in Nigeria, who were more than 30 years of age and came from a wide variety of organizations. The results showed that career plateau (job content and hierarchical) was negatively related to job satisfaction and organizational commitment and was positively related to turnover intentions. Mentoring has moderating effects on the relationship between career plateauing and job satisfaction and turnover intentions.
Main Issues of the Article Salami states that there is a link between career plateauing and work attitudes and that career plateauing can have both negative and positive effects on work attitudes. When career plateauing has a negative affect on an employee, this can lead to a situation where the employee may feel stressed, dissatisfied, and may intend to leave the organization. Positive effects of career plateauing are found when an employee no longer faces the problems of changing and or increased responsibilities. This type of position on career plateauing can lead to contentment and security for the employee. Career plateaued employees could strive to improve their skills, acquire new qualifications and look for a higher position job outside their current organization. Also, career plateaued employees may have higher job performance and job satisfaction when they do not see themselves as plateaued. Mentoring is an interpersonal experience between a junior and a senior employee, in which the senior employee supports, guides, and orients the junior employee through the various
Main Issues of the Article Salami states that there is a link between career plateauing and work attitudes and that career plateauing can have both negative and positive effects on work attitudes. When career plateauing has a negative affect on an employee, this can lead to a situation where the employee may feel stressed, dissatisfied, and may intend to leave the organization. Positive effects of career plateauing are found when an employee no longer faces the problems of changing and or increased responsibilities. This type of position on career plateauing can lead to contentment and security for the employee. Career plateaued employees could strive to improve their skills, acquire new qualifications and look for a higher position job outside their current organization. Also, career plateaued employees may have higher job performance and job satisfaction when they do not see themselves as plateaued. Mentoring is an interpersonal experience between a junior and a senior employee, in which the senior employee supports, guides, and orients the junior employee through the various
References: Salami, S. O. (2010). Career plateauing and work attitudes: Moderating effects of mentoring others with Nigerian employees. Europe 's Journal Of Psychology, 71-92.