5. Discussion and Conclusion
5.1. Discussion The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between CA, promotability, CS and TI. As hypothesized, CA is positively linked to CS and promotability, but negatively linked to TI. Moreover, both CS and promotability are negatively linked to TI and they mediated the association between CA and TI. The results show that management and HR practitioners can directly impact the TI of their employees by paying more attention to these two factors reflecting career success, namely, CS and promotability. The relations observed are consistent with expectations from the career constru.