Abstract
This study examines how job quality and performance management influence career initiative in the workplace. Based on signaling theory and the notion of internal fit in performance management and H...
Highlights
Organizations are facing the challenge of how to achieve an agile organization and a flexible workforce (Boxall & Purcell, 2008)
Job variety is positively related to career initiative (t = 9.86), supporting Hypothesis 1a (H1a)
We have investigated relationships between job quality, performance management type, and career initiative
Summary
Organizations are facing the challenge of how to achieve an agile organization and a flexible workforce (Boxall & Purcell, 2008). Career initiative entails the self-starting of activities related to learning and gaining experience in the workplace, which include career planning and skill development (Claes & Ruiz-Quintanilla, 1998; Seibert, Kraimer, & Crant, 2001; Tharenou & Terry, 1998). These activities fuel human capital, facilitate employees’ careers and/or opportunities for future employment, and are essential if organizations are to achieve organizational adaptability S. Becker, 1964; Warr & Fay, 2001)
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