Abstract
This study investigates how “the career anchors” are functioning in the decision-making of change of occupation and/or becoming independent, and consequently how are these factors contributed to the satisfaction of that decision. The author tested the hypothesis by the structural equation model with latent variables, by using the data gathered from the 231 persons who achieved change of occupation or independence within the past two years, whose age was from twenty-five to sixty.
Regard to the career anchors, five factors namely “managerial”, “special”, “autonomous”, “stable”, and “creative” were identified through factor analysis. Although these career-orientation did not relate to change-ofoccupation satisfaction directly, however “managerial” and “special” factors contributes to change-of-occupation satisfaction through the parameter of “substantial target”. On the other hand, “stable” factor contributes negative to change-of-occupation satisfaction through indirect parameter of “uneasy” factor. Finally “autonomous” and “creative” factors were not significantly related to change-of-occupation satisfaction.
