The role of human capital, motivation and supervisor sponsorship in predicting career success

✍ Scribed by Sandy J. Wayne; Robert C. Liden; Maria L. Kraimer; Isabel K. Graf

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 158 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-3796
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199909)20:5<577::aid-job958>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

Based on Turner's (1960)

contest-and sponsored-mobility systems, a comprehensive model of the determinants of career success was examined. Human capital and motivational variables represented the contest-mobility system whereas leader±member exchange and supervisor career mentoring represented the sponsored-mobility system. Results based on data from 245 supervisor±subordinate dyads indicated limited support for the contest-mobility system and strong support for the sponsored-mobility system. Interestingly, the two forms of sponsorship were dierentially related to career outcomes. Speci®cally, leader±member exchange was positively related to salary progression, promotability, and career satisfaction. Career mentoring, however, was only related to promotability.