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Antecedents and outcomes of organizational support for development: The critical role of career opportunities.
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PMID:  21114356     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).
Authors:
Maria L Kraimer; Scott E Seibert; Sandy J Wayne; Robert C Liden; Jesus Bravo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of applied psychology     Volume:  96     ISSN:  1939-1854     ISO Abbreviation:  J Appl Psychol     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0222526     Medline TA:  J Appl Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  485-500     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Management & Organizations.
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