Title

Self-esteem and extrinsic career success: Test of a dynamic model

Authors

Authors

J. D. Kammeyer-Mueller; T. A. Judge;R. F. Piccolo

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Psychol.-Int. Rev.-Psychol. Appl.-Rev. Int.

Keywords

LIFE-SPAN; PERSONALITY-TRAITS; JOB-SATISFACTION; SOCIAL IDENTITY; ABILITY; WORK; COMPENSATION; DETERMINANTS; PERSPECTIVE; PERFORMANCE; Psychology, Applied

Abstract

It has been proposed that one's self-esteem is both a cause and a consequence of one's extrinsic career success, but empirical research examining the direction of these effects is lacking. We tested a model which examines the relationships among self-esteem, education, occupational prestige, and income over a span of seven years during early careers. We use social identity theory to propose that self-esteem will be affected by extrinsic career success, and self-consistency theory to propose that extrinsic career success will be affected by self-esteem. Our results, based on a cross-lagged regression design, suggest that self-esteem increases occupational prestige (beta = .22), and income (beta = .22), but career outcomes did not alter self-esteem. Implications of these results for the study of self-esteem and careers are explored.

Journal Title

Applied Psychology-an International Review-Psychologie Appliquee-Revue Internationale

Volume

57

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

204

Last Page

224

WOS Identifier

WOS:000253883600002

ISSN

0269-994X

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