Managing Careers in Selected Multinational Companies

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the subsisting career management practices of selected multinational companies in the Kingdom of Bahrain as basis for career development program. It contrasted the extent of use of career management tools like, career analysis, career strategy, career planning, job execution, and career support. Mean was applied for descriptive analysis, whereas one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized to establish if significant difference existed between the extent of use of career management tools among the selected multinational companies classified as small, medium, and large. The study exposed that the extent of use of career management tools such as, career analysis, career strategy, career planning, job execution, and career support was Very Great Extent. Notwithstanding the classification, the selected multinational companies, in managing employee careers, are made aware on the significance of the conduct of career analysis, career strategy, career planning, job execution, and provision of career support. Employers of multinational companies are fully aware of the importance of their role in the career management process. Significant difference however was determined in the extent of use of career support between large and medium when the selected companies were categorized as large, medium, and small, by computing the Least Significant Difference (LSD) in multiple comparisons.

Keywords: Career analysis, career strategy, career planning, job execution, career support