Journal article
Antecedents and Outcomes of Organizational Support for Development: The Critical Role of Career Opportunities
Journal of applied psychology, Vol.96(3), pp.485-500
05/2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/108074
PMID: 21114356
Abstract
This study examines antecedents and behavioral outcomes of employees' perceptions of organizational support for development. We first propose that employees' past participation in formal developmental activities and experience with developmental relationships positively relate to their perceptions of organizational support for development. We then propose that perceived career opportunity within the organization moderates the relationship between organizational support for development and employee performance and turnover. Using a sample of 264 exempt-level employees and their supervisors, we found that participation in training classes, leader-member exchange, and career mentoring were each positively related to employees' perceptions of organizational support for development. We also found support for the moderator hypotheses. Specifically, development support positively related to job performance, but only when perceived career opportunity within the organization was high. Further, development support was associated with reduced voluntary turnover when perceived career opportunity was high, but it was associated with increased turnover when perceived career opportunity was low. Our study demonstrates that social exchange and career motivation theory work together to explain when and how employees' perceptions of organizational support for development relate to turnover and job performance.
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- Title
- Antecedents and Outcomes of Organizational Support for Development: The Critical Role of Career Opportunities
- Creators
- Maria L Kraimer - Department of Management & Organizations, University of IowaScott E Seibert - Department of Management & Organizations, University of IowaSandy J Wayne - Department of Managerial Studies, University of Illinois at ChicagoRobert C Liden - Department of Managerial Studies, University of Illinois at ChicagoJesus Bravo - W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University-Polytechnic Campus
- Contributors
- Steve W. J Kozlowski (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, Vol.96(3), pp.485-500
- Academic Unit
- Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship, Department of
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Identifiers
- 99900547715101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article