An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.

Social network building, a form of proactive behavior, is known to bring about exponential benefits in the context of a workplace as it increases the amount of information, resources and sponsorship that employees have access to. This study focuses on psychological needs as the basis to explain why...

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Main Authors: Teo, Yi Kee., Lee, Huizhen., Ng, Iris Chiah Tze.
Other Authors: Yu Kang Yang
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48232
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-482322023-05-19T03:30:07Z An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success. Teo, Yi Kee. Lee, Huizhen. Ng, Iris Chiah Tze. Yu Kang Yang Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession Social network building, a form of proactive behavior, is known to bring about exponential benefits in the context of a workplace as it increases the amount of information, resources and sponsorship that employees have access to. This study focuses on psychological needs as the basis to explain why individuals engage in social network building behavior. Four dimensions of psychological needs were investigated in this study, namely the needs for relationships, autonomy, security and prestige. Analyses show that there is no significant relationship between psychological needs (as a set) and social network building behavior. However, when psychological needs were analyzed individually, the need for autonomy had a significantly positive relationship with social network building behavior. This study also seeks to understand the relationship between social network building behavior and early career success. It focuses on the subjective aspect of early career success of recent graduates who have just entered the workforce. Early career success was further broken down into four dimensions, namely role clarity, social integration, job self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Significantly positive relationships between social network building behavior and each of the four early career success dimensions were observed, illustrating the importance of social network building behavior in one’s pursuit of career success. BUSINESS 2012-03-29T08:39:09Z 2012-03-29T08:39:09Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48232 en Nanyang Technological University 45 p. application/pdf
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An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
description Social network building, a form of proactive behavior, is known to bring about exponential benefits in the context of a workplace as it increases the amount of information, resources and sponsorship that employees have access to. This study focuses on psychological needs as the basis to explain why individuals engage in social network building behavior. Four dimensions of psychological needs were investigated in this study, namely the needs for relationships, autonomy, security and prestige. Analyses show that there is no significant relationship between psychological needs (as a set) and social network building behavior. However, when psychological needs were analyzed individually, the need for autonomy had a significantly positive relationship with social network building behavior. This study also seeks to understand the relationship between social network building behavior and early career success. It focuses on the subjective aspect of early career success of recent graduates who have just entered the workforce. Early career success was further broken down into four dimensions, namely role clarity, social integration, job self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Significantly positive relationships between social network building behavior and each of the four early career success dimensions were observed, illustrating the importance of social network building behavior in one’s pursuit of career success.
author2 Yu Kang Yang
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Teo, Yi Kee.
Lee, Huizhen.
Ng, Iris Chiah Tze.
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author Teo, Yi Kee.
Lee, Huizhen.
Ng, Iris Chiah Tze.
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title An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
title_short An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
title_full An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
title_fullStr An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
title_sort analysis of the relationships between psychological needs and social network building behavior and its effects on early career success.
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