The influence of self-efficacy and perceived organizational support on subjective career success among Maybank employees

The issue of career success in financial services sector had recently highlighted after seeing the decrease of a job creation that reflected the potential and the existing employees to be multitasking to fulfill the job demand. Besides, they also need to face with high skilled jobs due to the changi...

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The influence of self-efficacy and perceived organizational support on subjective career success among Maybank employees
description The issue of career success in financial services sector had recently highlighted after seeing the decrease of a job creation that reflected the potential and the existing employees to be multitasking to fulfill the job demand. Besides, they also need to face with high skilled jobs due to the changing of trends and technological advances currently. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and perceived organizational support (POS) towards subjective career success. By using proportionate stratified random sampling and simple random sampling, data was gathered from various level of employees at all Maybank branches in Kelantan. The questionnaires were distributed to 170 Maybank employees in Kelantan and only 117 used for analysis. Results found that self-efficacy and POS are significantly related to subjective career success. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Finally, some recommendations for future research and practitioner also are discussed.
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spelling my-uum-etd.81072022-12-28T02:48:57Z The influence of self-efficacy and perceived organizational support on subjective career success among Maybank employees 2019 Nur Syafinah, Zaki Hashim School of Business Management School of Business Management HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management The issue of career success in financial services sector had recently highlighted after seeing the decrease of a job creation that reflected the potential and the existing employees to be multitasking to fulfill the job demand. Besides, they also need to face with high skilled jobs due to the changing of trends and technological advances currently. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and perceived organizational support (POS) towards subjective career success. By using proportionate stratified random sampling and simple random sampling, data was gathered from various level of employees at all Maybank branches in Kelantan. The questionnaires were distributed to 170 Maybank employees in Kelantan and only 117 used for analysis. Results found that self-efficacy and POS are significantly related to subjective career success. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Finally, some recommendations for future research and practitioner also are discussed. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8107/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8107/1/824564-1.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8107/2/824564-2.pdf text eng public mphil masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abele, A. E., & Wiese, B. S. (2008). The homo logical network of self-management strategies and career success. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 81(4), 733-749. Allen, T., Eby, L., Poteet, M., Lentz, E., & Lima, L. (2004). Career benefits associated with mentoring for protégé: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(1), 127-136. Alzyoud, A. A. Y. (2017). The predictors of career success. 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