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A Study on Relationships between Career Anchors and Career Orientations
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Alavi, Babak (Supervisor)
Abstract
Career Orientations or career choices, can be affected by internal and external factors. External factors are the environmental conditions that the reward and the attractiveness of selecting a career choice are dependent to them. Internal factors include the needs of oneself from his/her job, his/her beliefs and his/her skills and competencies about the job. In this research the internal antecedents of managerial and technical orientations between programmers have been identified. On the other hand the perception of people about the compensation system as an external factor which can affect the mentioned relationships, have been analyzed. It seems that this is the first research which career...
A qualitative investigation of career orientations of a sample of Iranian software engineers
, Article Scientia Iranica ; Volume 19, Issue 3 , June , 2012 , Pages 662-673 ; 10263098 (ISSN) ; Moteabbed, Sh ; Arasti, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
This study investigates different types of career orientation of a sample of Iranian software engineers and antecedents of these orientations. A qualitative study was conducted in seven Iranian small to large sized companies, where forty-nine software engineers were interviewed. Using the thematic analysis technique, technical, managerial, entrepreneurial, project based, and hybrid orientations were identified. For some orientations, several sub-orientations were also identified. In addition, the results propose some antecedents of career orientation, mainly based on engineer needs, competencies and values, which may be moderated by some external factors, including organizational and...