Abstract
Studies on the relationship between objective career success and subjective career success are seldom in the career success research. In this study, we hypothesize a positive relationship between objective career success and subjective career success. Moreover, we conduct interview to find out the new indicators for measuring the subjective career success in Chinese context. Further, we come up with self-awareness as moderator. We hypothesize that people with high public self-awareness have strong relationship between objective career success and subjective career success; people with high private self-awareness have weak relationship between objective career success and subjective career success. However, the results are not entirely as expected. The public self-awareness has impact but the private self-awareness has no impact on this relationship.
Highlights
Career success as a subject of formal study has captured the interest of a variety of researches (e.g. Heslin, 2005 [1]; Greenhaus, 1990 [2], 2000 [3]; Nicholson, 2000 [4]; Thorndike, 1934 [5])
Objective career success is defined by verifiable attainments, such as pay, promotions, and occupational status, which have long been considered the hallmarks of career success across a wide range of societies (Nicholson, 2000 [4]; Heslin, 2005 [1])
Almost all empirical studies about career success are assessed in terms of current salary, the number of promotions received over the entire career and career satisfaction (Greenhaus, 2000 [3]; Seibert & Kraimer, 2001 [9])
Summary
Career success as a subject of formal study has captured the interest of a variety of researches (e.g. Heslin, 2005 [1]; Greenhaus, 1990 [2], 2000 [3]; Nicholson, 2000 [4]; Thorndike, 1934 [5]). A lot of studies have taken broad-based multivariate approaches to identifying the predictors of career success (e.g., Ng & Eby, 2005 [11]; Kirchmeyer, 1998 [12]; Seibert & Kraimer, 2001 [9]) Another school focuses on the nature of career success (Heslin, 2005 [1]; Arthur, 2005 [13]; Greenhaus, 2003 [14]; Sturges, 1999 [15]). The second purpose of the current study is to measure the indicators of the subjective success and objective success in the People’s Republic of China, where there is large variance on career success discretion in people in different types of firms. We try to use qualitative research to find the criteria of objective career success and subjective career success in Chinese context, and use the criteria to measure the variables in our study
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