Analyzing Career Plateaus: Performance, Satisfaction, and Commitment

This report delves into the multifaceted effects of career plateaus on employee performance, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. It begins by defining career plateaus and differentiating between structural and content plateaus, outlining their potential negative impacts on both employees and organizations. The report then explores the background and rationale for studying this phenomenon, emphasizing the importance of providing employees with opportunities for growth and development. The research aims to determine the impact of career plateaus on key employee outcomes, including performance, commitment, and job satisfaction. The methodology section details the research philosophy, approach, strategy, and methods employed, including sampling strategy, data collection methods (questionnaires), and data analysis techniques. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of addressing career plateau issues to enhance employee performance and organizational success. The references include a list of books and journals used in the research.

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Table of Contents
Tittle - Effect of concept of career plateaus on performance, job satisfaction and organisational
commitment.....................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Background and Rational.................................................................................................................1
Research aim and objective ............................................................................................................2
Research methodology.....................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Tittle - Effect of concept of career plateaus on performance, job satisfaction
and organisational commitment
INTRODUCTION
Career plateaus lead to have major impact on employees performance, level of job
satisfaction as well as organisational commitment. It is crucial that employees have required
skills and capabilities to correctly and effectively perform business practices in order to attain
desired goals and objectives (Lin and Chen, 2020). The main purpose of this proposal is to
determine the overall effect of career plateau on performance or productivity of employees. In
this different aspects and elements related career plateau has been determined with the motive of
increasing employees performance or job satisfaction level. This proposal includes background
and rationale of the project in order to identify the importance of the research topic. It consist of
research methodology that helps in analysing and evaluating correct and accurate information
about the topic. Methods and approaches to gather accurate information has been identified.
Background and Rational
Career plateau can be describe as the situation according to which employee has attain
highest position level with in the company as well as has less possibility of vertical promotion.
This consist of different factors such as lack of skills, corporate restructuring and many other
that will lead to reduce the possibility of promotions. It has been determined that career plateau
lead to have major effective over employees working performance with in the organisation. It
will lead to affect over employees performance, job satisfaction or organisational commitment.
This will lead to influence capabilities of employees for goals accomplishment. It is essential that
employees have required skills and potential in order to correctly conducting business practices.
It is crucial that company is proving right and equal opportunity to each and every employee that
lead to growth and development (De Clercq and et.al., 2020). There are two types of career
plateaus that is structural and content. In structural plateauing individual become incapable to
rise further in flattened pyramid structure of the organisation. In content plateaued it includes
that employee has accomplished proficient in their job as well as expect no further challenges
associated with the current job is low. It has been determined that career plateauing is very
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important issue as it will potentially negative affect over employees as well as organisation. This
will lead to have major negative impact over organisation along with this lead to reduce
performance of business. It is necessary for organisation to take correct steps and actions that
will lead to reduce the negative impact of career plateau with the motive of enhancing
performance of employees along with the improve their job satisfaction level.
Rational
It is important for investigator to determine and analyse different issues and problems
that could be faced by company due to career plateau along with the influence of job satisfaction
level. In this research project it is essential that researcher is collecting and gathering data which
is helpful for successfully resolving the issues of business. Organisation needs to provide clear
and accurate working opportunities to each and every employee that will lead to their growth and
development (PARKYOUN and MOON, 2020). It is essential to identify and determine the
effective of career plateau on performance of employees, organisational commitments as well as
job satisfaction level of staff member as it will influence the goal accomplishment of business.
Reduction of possibilities of vertical promotion can be lead to demotivate employees as there are
less chances of career growth and development. Due to which employees will not be motivated
to conduct business practices in more effective manner as well as commitment with organisation
goals will also be reduced. It has been identified that employees will be more committed with
organisation when there is high chances of career development along with this have high job
satisfaction level. This study is very important and required by individual as it will help in
increasing understanding of person about the different aspects of career plateau as well as
analyse its impact on their performance. It is consider as important study as it will help
individual in taking correct or accurate decision that will lead to growth and development of
person.
Research aim and objective
Aims of research is to explore the effects of career plateau on performance, job
satisfaction and organisational commitments.
Research objectives
 To understand the concept of career plateau.
 To determine different factors which are contributing for the cause of career plateauing.
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 To analyse the major effect of career plateau on employees performance, work
commitment and job satisfaction level due to career plateau.
Research questions
 What is the concept of career plateau.
 What are the different factors which are contributing for the cause of career plateauing.
 What is the major effect of career plateau on employees performance, work commitment
and job satisfaction level due to career plateau.
Research methodology
Research methodology can be describe as the practices of researcher to collect and gather
accurate information that assist in taking appropriate decision (Gomez and et.al., 2020). It is
essential for researcher to effectively and efficient conduct research methodology practices with
the motive of gathering informative data which assist in enhancing overall performance of the
research. This is useful for providing clear path through which investigator can successfully and
smoothly conduct research practices. There are different components which are associated with
research decision and helps in making correct choice. Different aspects of research methodology
is mention below -
Research philosophy – This refer as belief according to which different practices of
research can be successfully completed. Research philosophy majorly deals with the source,
nature and development of knowledge that is crucial phenomenon in order to collect data and
information. This is classified into different parts such as positivism and interpretivism. In order
to correct and effectively conduct research practices investigator needs to consider positivism
research philosophy.
Research approach – This is the plan or procedure that is based on brand assumption in
order to collect detailed methods of data collection, analysis or interpretation. Research approach
includes inductive approach and deductive research (Liu and et.al., 2020). In inductive research
approach there is no theory to test where as deductive research approach always started with the
theory. In this research practices investigator is considering inductive research approach.
Research strategy – This is refer is the overall plan that is used to conduct research study.
It is very important for researcher to consider effective and efficient research strategy that assist
in taking correct decision in order to successfully and effectively gather required data. This
includes different strategies such as qualitative, quantitative and mixed method. In qualitative
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research strategies investigator is able to assemble in depth information about the topic (Ren and
et.al., 2020). Quantitative research strategy includes systematic process or way of finding
accurate data in order to take accurate decision about the topic. In this research practices
investigator is considering mixed method for conducting research practices.
Research methods – There are different methods that helps in taking correct and accurate
decision for successfully conducting research practices. It is essential for researcher to consider
appropriate methods for performing research task as it will assist in timely attaining business
practices.
 Sampling strategy – Sampling strategy is refer as the strategy that helps in selecting
sample for successfully or effectively performing research task. Sample is useful for
determining correct and accurate information about the topic (Burk and et.al., 2020). In
this research, investigate is conducting business practices on the basis of random
sampling strategy. Under this strategy researcher will be selecting sample on the random
basis that will provide equal chances of opportunities to each and every candidate.
 Data collection – Data collection can be describe as the way in the information and data
will be collected in order to successfully and effectively performing research practices.
There are different ways and methods through which data could be collected such as
online information, interview, questionnaire and many other. In this research practices
researcher is collecting data on the basis of questionnaire design.
 Data analysis – It is essential for researcher to analyse and evaluate collected information
as this will help in taking correct decision. There are different methods of data analysis
such as primary and secondary data (Lin, Huang and Huang, 2020). Primary data analysis
can be describe as the way in which researcher is collecting first hand or original
information. Where as secondary data analysis includes collecting of information through
the assistance of primary information. In this research, investigator is collecting and
analysing information from both primary and secondary.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that career plateau is very essential part of
organisation as it will lead to have major affect over business and employees performance. It is
very is important that researcher is collecting data or information form different authenticate
sources so that correct decision could be taken regarding the research.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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