Revisiting the relationship between career plateau and job performance
A social‐cognitive perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6415375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wei‐ning Yang (0000-0003-0301-4574, King's Business School King's College London London UK), Yu‐hsuan Wang (0000-0002-7767-2169, Institute of Human Resource Management National Sun Yat‐Sen University Kaohsiung City Taiwan), Wiebke Doden (0000-0003-1016-4546, King's Business School King's College London London UK), Peiyun Wang (0000-0003-1276-6516, National Sun Yat-sen University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-994X • E-ISSN: 1464-0597 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/apps.70002 |
| OpenAlex | W4407609479 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 102 |
Previous studies examining the influence of career plateau on job performance have primarily adopted a social exchange or conservation‐of‐resources perspective, but support for these perspectives has been inconsistent. Our research takes a novel theoretical approach by investigating how and when career plateau affects job performance through a social‐cognitive lens. Specifically, we propose job self‐efficacy as a mechanism through which hierarchical and job content plateau affect job performance, and that these relationships will be moderated by career stage. Path analysis results from a multi‐wave, multisource study featuring supervisor–subordinate dyads indicate that a hierarchical plateau (where promotions are perceived as unlikely) is associated with lower job self‐efficacy and, in turn, lower supervisor‐rated performance for employees in the maintenance career stage. In contrast, a job content plateau (where employees perceive a lack of new responsibilities and work challenges) is associated with higher job self‐efficacy and, in turn, better supervisor‐rated performance, regardless of their career stages. By applying a novel theoretical perspective, we enhance understanding of the relationship between career plateau and employee performance
Cognition · Perspective (graphical · Plateau (mathematics · Social cognitive theory · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |