AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF CAREER PLATEAU ON JOB SECURITY AT THE FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS/ AL-MUSTANSIRIYA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Due to its impact on behavioral consequences, career plateau has become a significant concern for organizations and seasoned employees. This situation arises when an employee stays in one position longer than expected and lacks job challenges. This phenomenon has become an integral component of most employees' career development. The present study concentrated on the relationship between various elements of career plateau, such as occupational plateau, structural (hierarchical) plateau, career content plateau, personal plateau, and job security. The exposure of working individuals to the Career Plateau when they fail to plan their career path represents the research problem. Al-Mustansiriya University's Faculty of Administration and Economics is the research population. The present study's sample consists of all administrative employees. To achieve the goals of this research, a questionnaire is designed to collect the necessary information from the sample. This study is predicated on a central hypothesis from which sub-hypotheses are derived to determine the effect of the independent variable (Career Plateau) on the dependent variable (job security). In the present study, the descriptive analytical approach is utilized in both its theoretical and practical aspects by reviewing the administrative literature related to the research variables, employing the questionnaire as the primary research instrument, and analyzing all of its data to answer the research problem's questions and test its hypotheses. The data are processed using (SPSS) version (V29) and a set of descriptive and analytical methods chosen to characterize, diagnose, and determine the relationship between the research variables. Consequently, a set of results are obtained, including that Career Plateau has a statistically significant impact on employment security, necessitating mitigating the effects of Career Plateau in the faculty under investigation.