The Effect of Career Management on Public Employee Job Satisfaction in Jimma City: Taking Career Development as Mediator

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine the effect of career management practices on public employees’ job satisfaction in Jimma City taking career development as mediating variable. Survey questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 224 employees of public institution in Jimma City and structural equation model using medsem Stata 14 command was applied to analyze mediation analysis. The findings revealed that career management elements such as career planning, succession planning and career policy has small effect on employee’s job satisfaction and career development has no mediation effect. These study findings contribute to a better understanding of career management practices and job satisfaction for public employees and provide empirical evidence on the relationship between two variables in public institutions.