Abstract
The issue of education determinants for promotion and the measurement of career performance were discussed in various overseas literatures. This paper reports on the findings of a research which aims to investigate from the perspectives of OUH K MBA distance learners if seeking higher qualifications is the key factor to career advancement, and if the improvements after education attainment correlate with the perceived employers' requirements for career advancement. Results have shown that the i ncrease of competency level is the main purpose of participating part-time education. In addition, the improvements observed after studies do not necessarily always fulfill the original purposes identified for reasons attending part-time studies. High pos itive correlations were found on the improvement of human-related factors before and after studies, such as management support, organizational politics and extensive work involvement. In addition, the overall results suggest the possibility that such perc eptions, motivations and improvements of education attainment are driven by the model of current personnel selection/screening system which might become a cyclical effect among the personnel selection requirements and employees' driving force to achieve s uch requirements.
The findings shows that it may not always be appropriate for educational institutions to claim that higher education is the key factor for career advancement as the link is not direct.
| Keywords: | part-time education; educational qualifications; career performance; career advancement. |
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