The Impact of Career Development on the Individuals Well-being: A Case Analysis at Dhi Qar University

Abstract

The main objective of the research is to analyze the role of career development as an independent variable in job performance as a dependent variable through the individuals well-being as a mediating variable. The researcher chose the government colleges at the University of Dhi Qar, which included (Faculty of Medicine, College of Administration and Economics, College of Education for Sciences (Humanity), College of Education for Science (Pure), College of Arts, College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Science, College of Science Computers and Mathematics, College of Agriculture, College of Law, College of Islamic Sciences, College of Mass Communication, College of Archeology, College of Nursing, Presidency of Dhi Qar University) a spatial sample to conduct the research in a sample size of 107) of college deans, assistant deans and heads of departments in these colleges and the study tried Answering many questions that made up the research problem, perhaps the most prominent of which is the main question that states: Is it possible to develop a career path to predict the performance of working individuals, and is there a role in the individuals well-being in strengthening this relationship? The importance of the current research emerges from the importance of its variables and from the studies that emphasized the importance of verifying the relationship between those variables, in addition to the importance that these departments take into consideration with regard to the studied variables, in their quest to achieve outstanding levels of performance or desires similar to scientifically sound universities. To achieve the objectives of the study, which included revealing the nature of the relationship and influences between the variables of the study, the researcher adopted groups of hypotheses, correlation hypotheses, direct influence hypotheses, and indirect influence. To reach the objectives of the study and find answers to its questions and to test the hypotheses of the study, the researcher used many statistical methods, including the correlation coefficient (Pearson), structural equation modeling, and path analysis through statistical programs (AMOS V.26), (SPSS (V 26). The study reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which is the important role played by the development of the career path through the role of the individuals well-being. The concept of individual well-being for its importance in improving the psychological and personal aspect of the individual.