The Effects of Organizational and Individual Career Management on Career Success

Examines the effects of organizational and individual career management on the career success of 120 supervisory managers. A special 35‐item Organization Career Management Scale was developed from a workshop held with ten personnel managers from organizations employing the participants. Significant correlations were obtained between organization career management, as perceived by the subjects, and indicators of career success. The correlations between individual career planning and tactics, and the same indicators of career success, were also significant. Finally, individual career planning and tactics added significantly to the amount of variation in career success explained by organization career management, supporting a “joint responsibility” perspective of career management in organizations. Develops implications of these findings for practice.