A comparative study of managers' career factors in selected EU countries

Abstract

The paper scrutinizes the problem of examining managers' career factors in some EU countries. The survey was conducted in the United Kingdom, Germany, Malta, Spain and Lithuania. Methodology was developed by a creative group of European Management Association in cooperation with the authors of this paper, and further applied in the research. Middle and senior managers were examined. The research results indicated large similarities of factors impacting the career of managers in selected EU countries, on the other hand, areas of divergence between the countries in the importance attached to careers' factors were found. The following determinant career factors were determined in all examined countries: professional capabilities; acquisition of experience; individual personality; teamwork and education.