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This 11 page paper uses information provided by the student to identify career paths of IT workers, categorising them as slow and steady, explorer, canvasser and zigzag. It is hypothesised that these different career path pattern will attract workers with different anchor needs, using the classifications of Stability/security, employability security, challenge, independence, work/life balance and managerial. The paper outlines how these anchor factors and career paths may align and then designs a questionnaire in two part, designed to identify different categories of workers so that the anchors and career paths can be correlated. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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pulled back. In the research presented by the student there are five anchor points, these are stability/security, employability security, challenge, independence, and work/life balance. There are also four career paths
identified for IT workers in Nigeria, these are Zigzag, explorer, slow and steady and canvasser. The hypothesis is that patterns are likely to emerge with an affinity between different anchors
and career paths. Firstly we will look at each career path and how it may satisfy of fail to satisfy the anchors, and consider a typical career profile. The we
will look at a questionnaire that could be used to identify different anchors and career paths. The slow and steady path is
a traditional career path seen in many industries and countries. This is the path by which there is gradual progression, this may be associated with a bureaucratic progression pattern, but
is not limited to bureaucratic organisations (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 1996). The progression may start at the bottom of an organisation and then progress with a systematic movement; possibly involving movements
form small branches or operation to larger operations, but with little movement between different employers (Watson and. Hassett, 2004). Many of the
IT workers following this type of path may be working within non IT companies managing the internal IT operations. Where this progression is followed there appears to be an affinity
between the job security anchor, the managerial anchor and the work/life balance anchor. The job security may be seen as important in a country where there is high unemployment and
poor socio-economic conditions. Managerial and work/life balance many be seen as progression along a similar scale, when there is job security this may then progress to managerial aspersions being met
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