Proceedings of 8th Annual London Business Research Conference
Imperial College, London, UK, 8 - 9 July, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-922069-28-3
Rafah Akoum
When an employee has to choose among various types of intra-organizational mobility, which factors intervene to explain his choice? Our article explores this question. We have focused this work around two research questions: (1) How can we explain why employees choose a type of intra-organizational mobility rather than another? For that purpose, in the context of the theory of expectations, we seek cognitive factors that explain his choice. (2) What is the role played by socio-demographic factors, personal life factors, characteristics relate to career and personality traits factors to explain his choice?
This research study adopts the individual's interaction with the work environment perspective. Our work is based on the theory of expectations, developed by Vroom (1964). This theory assumes that an employee's beliefs about Expectancy, Instrumentality, and Valence provide a model for the proximal antecedents of the intra-organizational mobility intention.
This dissertation relies on two research studies: an exploratory study, conducted among 102 employees of a high technology company, and a quantitative study, conducted among 391 IAE student Alumni.
The main result of this study is to elaborate a research model enables to explain and predict why employees choose a particular type of intra-organizational mobility.
Another result in the research confirms the multiplicity of career anchors.
Key Words: Intra-Organizational Mobility, Theory of Expectations, Career Anchors,
Intention, Linear Regression.
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Dr. Rafah Akoum, Department of Economics and Management, University Of Lille 1, France.
Email: akoum975@gmail.com