CAREER OPPORTUNITY CHALLENGE IN THE ORGANIZATION, SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the trends in existing studies in the field of Career Opportunity Challenges in the organization in terms of definitions, theories, themes, and methodologies. Career opportunity challenge is one of the principal drivers of employee performance. This research is a systematic literature review conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis method, which is carried out systematically by adhering to the correct stages or research protocols with the Scopus database. A total of 32 articles published in 26 journals from 2021-2023 were selected. This study used systematic data to reveal trends in career opportunity challenges, quantitative analysis, and a literature review to define relevant themes within the topic. 32 articles were obtained that were appropriate to the topic and entered into Q1, Q2, and Q3 Scopus. A total of 16 articles or 50% Q1, 9 articles or 28,13% Q2, and 7 articles or 21,88% Q3. There are 7 research articles in the health research object category (21.88%). Health objects include, among others, respondents who come from health workers, for example, nurses, doctors, medical students, midwives, pharmacists, and psychologists. Meanwhile, research objects in the academic or educational category were 13 articles (40.63%), this number was the largest category in this literature review and dominated compared to other research objects. Furthermore, research related to career opportunity challenges has a research object that discusses gender equality, which assesses whether there are differences in treatment between men and women in the competition for a good career. There are 3 articles discussing gender equality or 9.38% of the total literature review. then there were 9 research articles with the objects studied, namely employees, 9 studies (28.13%). So that future research agendas can examine similar sectors (education) in different countries or with different objects. the previous article was carried out on average in European countries, namely 18.75%, followed by Australia with 5 articles or 15,63%. The next country that was the research location was the United Kingdom with 4 studies (12.5%), then the United States (US) 3 articles (9.38%). While in other countries there is one research each. These results indicate that in developed countries there has been a lot of research related to career opportunity challenges, but there is still little research in developing countries. It is necessary to carry out tests in developing countries to see whether this topic is suitable for application in those countries so that a broader picture is obtained.