A replication of the study of career-anchorage points among 493 middle managers in American industry reveals only one in seven motivated to reach higher positions. Measures correlated with career anchorage are examined. Age, education, level of labor force entry, and present position are analyzed as factors bearing upon career anchorage. The anchorage of career perspective is a mechanism common to both the unlimited and limited success orientations toward occupational mobility.
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