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A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation
Inlcudes bibliographical references.
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Organisational Psychology
2016
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| author | Riordan, Sarah |
| author2 | Goodman, Suki |
| author_browse | Goodman, Suki Riordan, Sarah |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17949 A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation Riordan, Sarah Goodman, Suki Organisational Psychology Inlcudes bibliographical references. This research examines the relationship between the work expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers during their early career period. The theories of organisational socialisation, reality shock and work adjustment define the context in which this research is located. Qualitative data were obtained through in-depth interviews with sixteen subjects with less than five years work experience, employed in a utility organisation in the Western Cape. Results indicate that subjects experience significant incongruence between their expectations of work and work experiences. Through a process of qualitative data analysis three major themes were identified where incongruence was experienced, namely, content of work, context of work and general career issues. The results are interpreted and discussed in light of existing research in the field of Organisational Psychology 2016-03-17T12:41:54Z 2016-03-17T12:41:54Z 2001 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17949 eng application/pdf Organisational Psychology Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Organisational Psychology Riordan, Sarah A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation |
| title_full | A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation |
| title_short | A qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations, and experiences, of graduate engineers in a South African utility organisation |
| title_sort | qualitative investigation into the relationship between the early career expectations and experiences of graduate engineers in a south african utility organisation |
| topic | Organisational Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17949 |
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