Role of antecedents in managerial success
| dc.contributor.author | Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-09T13:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-09T13:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-07 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, July 2011 Vol 3, No 3, 618-631 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/608 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research | en_US |
| dc.subject | CFA (Confirmatory Factor Analysis) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | successful Managers | en_US |
| dc.title | Role of antecedents in managerial success | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |