RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE LOYALTY

Abstract

Career development is a significant aspect for an employee. It determines the pathway of the employee’s career. Furthermore, the career development may influence the commitment and loyalty of an employee towards an organization. Therefore, this study was done to analyze the relationship between career development and employee loyalty at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. The sample population for this study consisted of female non-academic employees at King Abdulaziz University. The sample size was 20 non-academic staff. For this study, the data was collected using questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 19 question related to career development and 10 question related to loyalty.  The career development was analyzed in terms of five dimensions, which were clarity of path, path components, initiation in path development, high management support and the role of human resource management. The key findings of this work have shown that that all aspects of career development have a very strong relationship with organizational commitment and loyalty. The value of the correlation coefficient is approximately 0.786. Hence, it is concluded that there is relationship between career development and employee loyalty.

CCS CONCEPTS • Insert your first CCS term here • Insert your second CCS term here • Insert your third CCS term here