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Career Plateauing, Job Satisfaction and Commitment of Scholars in French Universities

verfasst von: Carole Drucker-Godard, Thierry Fouque, Mathilde Gollety, Alice Le Flanchec

Erschienen in: Public Organization Review | Ausgabe 3/2015

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This article deals with the impact of subjective career plateauing (in terms of job content and structure) on job satisfaction, organizational and occupational commitment and intention to leave an organization. The particular case of scholars working in French universities provides an example. This study demonstrates that career plateauing is a real feeling experienced by French scholars, and can negatively impact their behavior. Regression analyses results (sample N = 2,028) indicate that career plateauing negatively impacts job satisfaction. Indeed, the more scholars believe they have little or no opportunity for future advancement, the lower their job satisfaction. Moreover, career plateauing impacts commitment. The more scholars feel they have reached a plateau, the lower their commitment to their university and job. Career plateauing affects the affective and normative dimension of commitment more than the continuance dimension, and the results for the latter dimension are counterintuitive. Finally, career plateauing increases intention to leave the organization.

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The authors thank the Trade Union for allowing us to use their data. Their data file includes both scholars who are union members and those who are not, and hence can be considered to closely approximate the entire population of scholars at French universities.

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Titel: Career Plateauing, Job Satisfaction and Commitment of Scholars in French Universities
verfasst von: Carole Drucker-Godard
Thierry Fouque
Mathilde Gollety
Alice Le Flanchec
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Public Organization Review / Ausgabe 3/2015
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0280-0

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