Relationship between Career Planning and Job Satisfaction at Barclays Bank

Research Proposal
(Relationship between career planning
and job satisfaction among the
employees)

ABSTRACT
The main idea of conducting the present research is to understand the Relationship between
career planning and job satisfaction among the employees. In the present research, the researcher
has focused on addressing the set objectives such as understanding about the relationship
between career progression and job satisfaction of the employees within an organisation. The
researcher has used quantitative research method for carrying out the investigation. Both primary
and secondary data are used for collecting and analysing information related to the research topic
in an effective manner.

Contents
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................2
Contents...........................................................................................................................................3
PART 1- INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................5
Introduction..................................................................................................................................5
Research Background..................................................................................................................5
Organisational Background.........................................................................................................5
Problem Statement.......................................................................................................................5
Purpose of Research....................................................................................................................6
Research Aim...............................................................................................................................6
Research Objective......................................................................................................................6
Research Questions......................................................................................................................6
Rationale of Research..................................................................................................................7
Scope and Limitation...................................................................................................................7
PART 2- LITERATURE REVIEW.................................................................................................8
Introduction of Literature Review...............................................................................................8
Literature Review........................................................................................................................8
Research Gap.............................................................................................................................10
PART 3- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...................................................................................12
3.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................12
3.1 Research Philosophy............................................................................................................12
3.2 Research Approach..............................................................................................................12
3.3 Research Strategy................................................................................................................12
3.4 Research Design..................................................................................................................13
3.5 Population Sampling............................................................................................................13
3.6 Data Collection....................................................................................................................13
3.7 Data Analysis.......................................................................................................................13
3.8 Ethical Consideration...........................................................................................................14
3.9 Reliability and Validity........................................................................................................14
3.10 Time Plan (Gantt Chart)....................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..........................................................................15

REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
Topic- “Evaluating the relationship between career progression and job satisfaction among the
employees within UK banking industry”