Reconsider the Career Decision, Job Perception and Job Involvement of Technical Professionals

The results indicated that advancement toward higher managerial or technical positions within the organization was the most popular route, 61.5%, followed by working independently and having own venture, 26.5%.

Those caring only for job security despite of promotion were 12.0%. Individual’s achievement motivation, self-perceived work performance and collaboration at job, as well as the job’s ranking and technical involvement were the significant variables in discriminating the choices of these careers. The feature of each career-chosen group has been summarized in terms of the discriminants.