Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation

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Ismail, Maimunah and Abdul Rahim, Atikah Nadia (2016) Cultural values and career goal of employees in a Malaysian industrial corporation. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 4 (12). 46 - 57. ISSN 2235-767X

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the influence of cultural values (self-direction, achievement, tradition, and benevolence) on career goal of employees in an oil and gas corporation in Malaysia. The study used the Social Cognitive Career Theory to support the theoretical framework of the investigation. Data gathered from 87 employees of an oil and gas corporation in the area of Kuala Lumpur were used in the analysis. The results show that the levels of the four cultural values experienced by the respondents are high while for the career goal is moderate. The regression results reveal that the predictor variables explain 28.0% of the variance in the career goal of the employees. Recommendation for human resource management and future research are discussed.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Educational Studies
Keywords:	Cultural values; Career goal; Self-direction; Achievement; Tradition; Benevolence
Depositing User:	Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2017 09:20
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2017 09:20
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55405
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