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An Empirical Investigation of the Predictors of Executive Career Success

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dc.contributor.authorJudge, Timothy A.
dc.contributor.authorCable, Daniel M.
dc.contributor.authorBoudreau, John W.
dc.contributor.authorBretz, Robert D. Jr.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-25T14:51:32Z
dc.date.available2020-11-25T14:51:32Z
dc.date.issued1994-04-01
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined the degree to which demographic, human capital,motivational, organizational, and industry/region variables predicted executive career success. Career success was assumed to comprise objective (pay, ascendancy) and subjective (job satisfaction, career satisfaction) elements. Results obtained from a sample of 1,388 U.S.executives suggested that demographic, human capital, motivational, and organizational variables explained significant variance in objective career success and in career satisfaction. Particularly interesting were findings that educational level, quality, prestige, and degree type all predicted financial success. In contrast, only the motivational and organizational variables explained significant amounts of variance in job satisfaction. These findings suggest that the variables that lead to objective career success often are quite different from those that lead to subjectively defined success.
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dc.identifier.other132957
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/77095
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjectexecutive
dc.subjectcareer
dc.subjectsuccess
dc.subjectpay
dc.subjectjob
dc.subjectsatisfaction
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectdegree
dc.titleAn Empirical Investigation of the Predictors of Executive Career Success
dc.typepreprint
local.authorAffiliationJudge, Timothy A.: Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationCable, Daniel M.: Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationBoudreau, John W.: Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationBretz, Robert D. Jr.: Cornell University

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