title: Ambition as a motivational basis of organizational and professional commitment: preliminary analysis of a proposed career advancement ambition scale.
abstract: This study proposes that the ambition to advance in one's career may serve as a motivational basis of organizational and professional commitment. In support of this notion, preliminary evidence of the reliability and construct validity of a proposed Career Advancement Ambition Scale is presented, and exploratory analyses of a secondary data set show that the scale and original scales of organizational and professional commitment can predict turnover intentions. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno 89557-0131, USA. stephan@scs.unr.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desrochers
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dahir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D002322:Career Mobility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results