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

    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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