Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction
The career planning role in influencing individual's career satisfaction were well documented.However, the influence of individual career planning in financial institutions, particularly employees in insurance industries has less been examined. Using the career planning model as a guide, this s...
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| author | Fee, Yean Tan Yahya, Khulida Kirana |
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| description | The career planning role in influencing individual's career satisfaction were well documented.However, the influence of individual career planning in financial institutions, particularly employees in insurance industries has less been examined. Using the career planning model as a guide, this study examined the relationship between individual career planning behaviors with career satisfaction. Questionnaire survey were utilized to examine the influence of career planning (awareness of self and environment, and goal setting) on Malaysian insurance agents' career satisfaction. Data were obtained from 531 insurance agents located in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia. The result indicated that awareness of self and environment were positively related to career satisfaction.However, goal setting were found to correlate negatively with career satisfaction. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were also discussed. |
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| spelling | uum-16802016-04-25T00:28:00Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/1680/ Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction Fee, Yean Tan Yahya, Khulida Kirana HD28 Management. Industrial Management The career planning role in influencing individual's career satisfaction were well documented.However, the influence of individual career planning in financial institutions, particularly employees in insurance industries has less been examined. Using the career planning model as a guide, this study examined the relationship between individual career planning behaviors with career satisfaction. Questionnaire survey were utilized to examine the influence of career planning (awareness of self and environment, and goal setting) on Malaysian insurance agents' career satisfaction. Data were obtained from 531 insurance agents located in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia. The result indicated that awareness of self and environment were positively related to career satisfaction.However, goal setting were found to correlate negatively with career satisfaction. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were also discussed. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/1680/1/Fee_Yean_Tan%5B1%5D.pdf Fee, Yean Tan and Yahya, Khulida Kirana (2010) Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction. In: 2010 International (Summer) Conference on Asia Pacific Business Innovation & Technology Management (APIBTM 2010 Summer), 25-27 Julai 2010, Beihang University, Beijing, China. |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Fee, Yean Tan Yahya, Khulida Kirana Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction |
| title | Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction |
| title_full | Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction |
| title_fullStr | Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction |
| title_short | Career planning as predictor of insurance agents' career satisfaction |
| title_sort | career planning as predictor of insurance agents career satisfaction |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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