Team Participation and Career Advancement

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Part of the Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing book series (STUDFUZZ, volume 286)

Abstract

This paper studies the relationship between team participation and career advancement. Given that previous literature has mainly examined the connection between productivity and promotion, it is interesting to analyze the complex set of variables that affect career prospects beyond this. Drawing from employee learning and career development literature I aim at investigating both the antecedents and consequences of team affiliation. I predict that both the level of education and tenure are associated with team participation while inside the group, together with individual and team-based autonomy, they lead to high career advancement prospects. Using a cross-sectional dataset of European employees, results yield support for the majority of the hypotheses confirming the individual determinants of team participation and its effect on career opportunities.

Keywords

career advancement employee learning individual autonomy teambased autonomy team participation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Business AdministrationUniversity Carlos III of MadridGetafeSpain

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