The Relationship of Career Anchors on Job Satisfaction Mediated by Work - Family Enrichment in Convention and Exhibition Industry in Thailand

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Nirun Potchani
Parvathy Varma Syamala Kumari

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The research aimed (1) to explore the relationship of career anchors on job satisfaction, (2) to investigate the mediating effect of work – family enrichment on the relationship between career anchor and job satisfaction in convention and exhibition industry in Thailand. The key literature relating to career anchors, work - family enrichment and job satisfaction is reviewed which is followed by a discussion of the findings based on a survey of 519 convention and exhibition professionals in Thailand. This study employed a quantitative correlational design using a path model via multiple regression. Findings indicated that work to family enrichment and family to work enrichment significantly mediated the relationship of need based anchor, value-based anchor to job satisfaction. However, the effect of work to family enrichment and family to work enrichment did not mediated the relationship of talents based anchor on job satisfaction. The results highlights the role of individual differences in values and job outcome which would help the organizations to determine the non-monetary factor which affect work and job satisfaction, and career anchors provide a way of understanding these motivators of career decision.

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