Abstract:
Career success of employees brings a lot of healthiest benefits to the organizations and
the personal life of the employees. The present study has twin aims to examine the
relationship between proactive personality, career planning, career success and job
hopping as well as to identify the mediating role of career planning in the relationship
between proactive personality and career success. Study conducted with the mixed
method of research approach both quantitative and qualitative methods used. For
quantitative study, 220 employees from newly appointed Development Officers in
Divisional Secretariat Offices in Batticaloa district were selected to get the responses.
A self-administrated five-point Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect the
required data. Five hypotheses were formulated and subsequently tested using the
regression and correlation analyses. The study found that there is a significant
relationship between proactive personality and career success. Career planning partially
mediates the relationship between Proactive Personality and career success. Further,
the study found that there is a significant relationship between job hopping and career
success. For qualitative study, 10 employees from newly appointed Development
Officers in Divisional Secretariat Offices in Batticaloa district were selected to get the
responses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the required data.
Education-Employment mismatch, Personal- professional Development,
Prestige/Personal Respect, No clear list of duties, Wages and Benefits, Work
Environment and Work Place Conflict are the reasons for low level of success in career
identified through the interview. No success in current job, Career advancement, Skills,
experience and knowledge development. Lower Income level, better work environment
and Prestige are the reasons for job hopping identified through the interview.
