Abstract: This paper examined the link between career management and human resource outcomes. This paper is a conceptual research. Extant literatures on career management and human resource outcomes were examined. The dimensions of career management explored were career planning, mentoring/coaching and training. Similarly, the components of human resource outcomes examined were employee job satisfaction, commitment and retention. This paper concludes that career management has become attractive to organizations that seek to improve performance and productivity which could be achieved when there are satisfied and committed employees who are ready to stick with the organization. Hence, it is pertinent that organizations adopt sound human resource practices especially in investing on their employees so as to get good returns on investment such as employee satisfaction, commitment and retention. Therefore the paper recommends that the human resource managers in organizations should ensure that their recruitment policy is directed towards getting the best people with the right skills and abilities to match the tasks. This helps in the development of talents to handle present and future roles within the organisation, and also serves as a way of preventing shortages of competent people in the organization; in addition, organizations should also have a structured career development plan. This will allow employees to have a better long-term vision of their evolving role inside the company. It will also allow the company to show its commitment to developing its talent, which benefits both the company and the employee.
Keywords: Career Management, Career Planning, Mentoring/Coaching, Training, Job Satisfaction, Employee commitment, Employee retention.
Title: Career Management and Human Resource Outcomes: A Review
Author: EKPA, IME HENRY
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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