A proposed model for determinants of career success by application to faculty members and their assistants at University of Sadat City

Document Type : Original Article

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Instructor in the of Business department Administration faculty of Commerce Sadat City University Egypt

Abstract

Based on resource conservation theory, the current research dealt with building and testing a proposed model for the determinants of career success. The research was conducted on a sample of (260) members, and the primary data was collected using a survey list that was distributed to the sample items from faculty members and their assistants at University of Sadat City, and the number of valid survey lists reached (205) with a response rate of (79%), The data analysis was based on the statistical program (SPSS & Amos). The research found a set of results, the most important of which is the existence of a positive significant relationship between the proposed determinants (career commitment, career ambition, organizational embeddedness) on career success except for career resilience. As well as the existence of a positive and significant effect of all the proposed determinants (career commitment, career ambition, organizational embeddedness) on career success, except for career resilience, where the effect was not significant. As well as there is a fundamental differences between the estimates of faculty members and their assistants for all determinants of career success proposed in the current research represented in (career resilience, career commitment, career ambition, organizational embeddedness) for the benefit of the faculty members. Finally; The results were discussed, a set of recommendations were presented, and a number of future research was suggested in this regard.

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