Individual Responses to the Stress of Career Plateauing
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Management
- Vol. 15 (1), 35-47
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014920638901500104
Abstract
This article develops a model of the stress cycle caused by career plateauing and describes the range of possible coping responses of plateaued individuals. The selection of a coping response is viewed as being moderated by a set of individual and organizationalfactors that are associated with career development and maintenance. Based upon these moderating factors, six propositions are presented regarding an individual's choice of a coping response.Keywords
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