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    Assessment of employees’ perceptions of career plateau and job satisfaction: a case study of the University of Dar es Salaam
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2014) Rugumamu, Julieth Kagemulo William
    Career plateau has been a cause of undesirable work outcomes such as low satisfaction, low motivation, high stress, poor performance and high turnover intentions. Organizations have been devising strategies that may help them keep career plateau at minimum. To develop effective strategies for managing career plateau one needs to have insights on the potential drivers of career plateau. This study was set out to investigate the motivational factors of career plateau and the extent of its prevalence as well as to examine its relationship with employees’ job satisfaction using a sample of employees working at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Different motivational theories provided the logic for connecting career plateau with job satisfaction. A survey questionnaire developed based on the reviewed literature was used to collect data from 150 academic and non-academic staff members of the University of Dar es Salaam. Results from multiple regression analysis show that promotional abilities and work environment are negatively related to career plateau which is positively associated with job satisfaction. Results could not indicate any difference on perceptions of career plateau and job satisfaction between academic staff members and non-academic staff members. Based on the results of this study managers or administrators of the University of Dar es Salaam and of higher learning institutions in general are encouraged to device strategies that may control perceptions of career plateau among employees as it is associated with many undesirable work outcomes.