Answer to Question #269696 in Psychology for kau

Question

Name and describe, in your own words, the six career hurdles as conceptualised by Ng and Feldman, 2014

Answer 1

Guided by conservation of resources theory, the present study examines six types of hurdles individuals face in their careers and how those hurdles impede the attainment of higher salaries. With a meta-analysis of 339 empirical studies, we observed that socio-demographic hurdles e.g., being non-Caucasian, trait-related hurdles e.g., low cognitive ability, motivational hurdles e.g., being unwilling to relocate, skill-related hurdles e.g., low levels of formal education, social environment hurdles e.g., no mentors, and work environment hurdles e.g., jobs with low control all made it more difficult to command high salaries.