Role of antecedents in managerial success
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Date
2011-07
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Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research
Abstract
The environment of competition in all the fields of life has made demands for more
number of successful managers in organizations. In this article an empirical attempt has
been made to establish some of the antecedents as the background factors for attaining
managerial success. A questionnaire comprised over 30 items were administered on the
280 working managers at various levels in different organizations located in Punjab,
Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied and a structural model was
developed on the antecedents of managerial success. The results of hypotheses testing
were in expected direction and all the studied antecedents had significant impacts on
managerial success. The top management of the organizations can comprehend the basic
individual characteristics, demographic background, various contextual factors, and the
importance of achieving organizational results that make the managers professionally
successful. It has got implications in areas related to selection, training and development,
performance appraisal, and succession planning of managerial personnel in organizations.
The present study has explored only a few antecedents of managerial success, and did not
consider the other important factors like salary and status, cognitive ability, and job
performance. Through identifying and empirically establishing a few selected antecedents
of managerial success, this study helps to understand the contributory attributes of
managerial success in Pakistani context.
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CFA (Confirmatory Factor Analysis), Management, successful Managers
Citation
Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, July 2011 Vol 3, No 3, 618-631