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INTRAORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK RESOURCES RELATION TO CAREER SUCCESS AND PERSONALITY

INTRAORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK RESOURCES RELATION TO CAREER SUCCESS AND PERSONALITY The study investigated the relationship of career instrumental and expressive intraorganizational network resources with extrinsic and intrinsic career success and with the BigFive of personality in a sample of 264 whitecollar workers. Total network resources were associated with extrinsic and intrinsic career success above the contribution of human capital, demographics and mentoring received. And instrumental network resources contributed more strongly than expressive network resources to extrinsic career success. Furthermore, instrumental network resources emerged as important for intrinsic evaluations of hierarchical and interpersonal career success while expressive network resources emerged as important for intrinsic evaluations of job and interpersonal career success. There was limited support for the influence of personality on the accumulation of network resources. As hypothesized, conscientiousness was negatively associated with instrumental network resources however, extraversion, openness and agreeableness failed to make significant contributions to network resources over and above the contribution of human capital and demographics. The implications of the findings for individual career tactics and for organizational practices are discussed and the limitations of the study are considered along with directions for future research. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Organizational Analysis Emerald Publishing

INTRAORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK RESOURCES RELATION TO CAREER SUCCESS AND PERSONALITY

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The study investigated the relationship of career instrumental and expressive intraorganizational network resources with extrinsic and intrinsic career success and with the BigFive of personality in a sample of 264 whitecollar workers. Total network resources were associated with extrinsic and intrinsic career success above the contribution of human capital, demographics and mentoring received. And instrumental network resources contributed more strongly than expressive network resources to extrinsic career success. Furthermore, instrumental network resources emerged as important for intrinsic evaluations of hierarchical and interpersonal career success while expressive network resources emerged as important for intrinsic evaluations of job and interpersonal career success. There was limited support for the influence of personality on the accumulation of network resources. As hypothesized, conscientiousness was negatively associated with instrumental network resources however, extraversion, openness and agreeableness failed to make significant contributions to network resources over and above the contribution of human capital and demographics. The implications of the findings for individual career tactics and for organizational practices are discussed and the limitations of the study are considered along with directions for future research.

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The International Journal of Organizational Analysis – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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