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Reactions to Job Content Plateaus: Examining Role Ambiguity and Hierarchical Plateaus as Moderators
Author(s) -
McCleese Carrie S.,
Eby Lillian T.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2006.tb00005.x
Subject(s) - ambiguity , job satisfaction , job attitude , psychology , social psychology , multilevel model , work (physics) , content (measure theory) , job performance , mathematics , computer science , statistics , programming language , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematical analysis
Plateauing research often reveals a negative relationship between job content plateauing (i.e., lacking challenge in one's job) and work attitudes. This study explores situations where job content plateauing is associated with fewer negative work attitudes, revealing role ambiguity (i.e., being unclear about job duties and responsibilities) and hierarchical plateauing (i.e., low likelihood of promotions) as moderators of the job content plateau‐work attitude relationship. Specifically, job content plateaued employees reported greater job satisfaction and organizational commitment if they were not also experiencing a hierarchical plateau. Job content plateaued employees also reported greater job satisfaction when role ambiguity was low.