Top management support for talent is critical to foster organizational competitiveness by developing and promoting employees. This study investigates the relationships among top management support for talent, organizational culture, and organizational commitment and job satisfaction of employees who have experienced a career change. Using a sample of 484 employees in South Korea, this study found that top management support for talent was positively associated with organizational culture. In addition, there were positive associations between organizational culture and job satisfaction, and between organizational culture and organizational commitment of career changers. Finally, the findings demonstrated that the links between top management support for talent and job satisfaction and organizational commitment of career changers were mediated by organizational culture. Based on the results, implications for career research and practice were provided.
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