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Career orientations of salaried professionals: the case of Turkey

Nihat Erdoğmus¸ (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, The University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey)

Career Development International

ISSN: 1362-0436

Article publication date: 1 March 2004

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Abstract

The issue of career orientations has become a critical component of career development of professionals in a rapidly changing world. This study examines the career orientations held by professionals and the relationship between of career orientations with background variables and career path preference. Data were obtained from 138 professionals by a questionnaire. The findings suggest that professionals have high organisational stability, sense of service and entrepreneurial creativity, but low technical/functional and life style integration anchors.

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Erdoğmus¸, N. (2004), "Career orientations of salaried professionals: the case of Turkey", Career Development International, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 153-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620430410526193

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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