Title

Self-Esteem And Extrinsic Career Success: Test Of A Dynamic Model

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 (β =.22), and income (β =.22), but career outcomes did not alter self-esteem. Implications of these results for the study of self-esteem and careers are explored. © 2007 International Association of Applied Psychology.

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Applied Psychology

Volume

57

Issue

2

Number of Pages

204-224

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2007.00300.x

Socpus ID

40549111693 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/40549111693

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