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Career Orientations In Different Countries And Companies: An Empirical Investigation Of West German, British And Us Industrial R&D Professionals[1]

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  • Torsten J. Gerpott
  • Michel Domsch
  • Robert T. Keller

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This study examined dimensions and levels of career orientations and their correlation with work‐related outcome criteria among industrial R&D professionals. Questionnaire data were obtained in 11 West German, 4 British, and 2 US R&D units of large industrial companies. Respondents were 729 West German, 217 British, and 124 US scientists and engineers. Managerial career orientation and professional/scientific career orientation emerged from factor and scale analyses as two independent orientation dimensions with similar meaning across the three countries and the 17 R&D organizations. Results indicated significant cross‐country differences in levels of professional/scientific career orientation, but not in levels of managerial career orientation. Significant differences in levels of both orientation dimensions were detected between R&D units within countries. Distinctive characteristics of West German firms employing R&D staff with particularly strong professional/scientific or managerial career orientations are suggested. Managerial and professional/scientific career orientations were found to be differentially related to objective indicators and self‐ratings of research performance. Directions for future research and managerial implications for selecting and rewarding R&D employees with different patterns of career orientations are discussed.

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  • Torsten J. Gerpott & Michel Domsch & Robert T. Keller, 1988. "Career Orientations In Different Countries And Companies: An Empirical Investigation Of West German, British And Us Industrial R&D Professionals[1]," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(5), pages 439-462, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:25:y:1988:i:5:p:439-462
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1988.tb00709.x
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