Title: Job characteristics as determinants of career change

Authors: S. Jothi; J. Reeves Wesley

Addresses: VIT Business School, VIT University, Chennai Campus, Tamil Nadu – 600127, India ' VIT Business School, VIT University, Chennai Campus, Tamil Nadu – 600127, India

Abstract: The IT industry has gained significance in India as it employs the largest number of the workforce every year. The advent of this industry has caused significant changes in the characteristics of work. Employees experience a higher level of job burnout, career plateau, work-family conflict, job insecurity and lower career satisfaction, resulting in turnover intentions. Extant literature suggests that the nature of work compels employees to accept subpart jobs, called as career change. A conceptual framework consisting of job burnout, career plateau, job insecurity, career satisfaction and work-family conflict as independent variables and career change as the dependent variable is developed. An adopted scale was used to collect data. The measurement model was tested using confirmatory factor analysis and the structural model using structural equation modelling. Results show job burnout, career satisfaction, and career plateau predicts career change. Implications of this study and recommendation for future studies were discussed.

Keywords: career change; work-family conflict; job insecurity; career plateau; career satisfaction; IT.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2017.087228

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2017 Vol.13 No.3, pp.318 - 339

Received: 04 May 2016
Accepted: 20 Jul 2016
Published online: 11 Oct 2017 *

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