TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-esteem and extrinsic career success
T2 - Test of a dynamic model
AU - Kammeyer-Mueller, John D.
AU - Judge, Timothy A.
AU - Piccolo, Ronald F.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2007.00300.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2007.00300.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:40549111693
SN - 0269-994X
VL - 57
SP - 204
EP - 224
JO - Applied Psychology
JF - Applied Psychology
IS - 2
ER -