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dc.contributor.authorFarivar, Farveh
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, Mary
dc.contributor.authorRichardson, Julia
dc.contributor.authorAmarnani, Rajiv
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-18T01:49:31Z
dc.date.available2023-12-18T01:49:31Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationFarivar, F. and Anthony, M. and Richardson, J. and Amarnani, R. 2023. More to life than promotion: Self-initiated and self-resigned career plateaus. Human Resource Management Journal.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93961
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1748-8583.12542
dc.description.abstract

Being on a career plateau is widely regarded as an undesirable career experience characterised by a lack of individual proactivity, ability, or opportunity for promotion. In this paper, we present an alternative view arguing that some employees may choose to plateau their careers and deliberately forego opportunities for hierarchical progression. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 75 law enforcement officers in the US and Australia, we explore why they declined a promotion opportunity or elected not to apply for promotion. Drawing on social cognitive career theory, we develop a provisional taxonomy characterised by individual proactivity: self-initiated and self-resigned career plateaus. Specifically, we report how the decision to remain on either of these career plateaus is informed by either the low valence accorded to a promoted position or, paradoxically, the reduced self-efficacy in navigating what is viewed as a flawed promotion system.

dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.titleMore to life than promotion: Self-initiated and self-resigned career plateaus
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn0954-5395
dcterms.source.titleHuman Resource Management Journal
dc.date.updated2023-12-18T01:49:30Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Management and Marketing
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidFarivar, Farveh [0000-0001-8413-8143]
curtin.contributor.orcidRichardson, Julia [0000-0002-5238-2376]
curtin.contributor.researcheridFarivar, Farveh [D-8363-2018]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridFarivar, Farveh [57215382182]
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