Abstract: Background: As hierarchical status, an objective indicator of career success, is still remained on priority of generation Y and millennial in protean career. The paper, therefore, aims to examine the model predicting securing hierarchal status. The paper examined the human capital variables and networking behavior as social capital to predict hierarchical status.
Method: The paper is based on 479 usable responses gathered through self-administrated survey conducted among the civil service officers and bankers from Kathmandu valley. The dependent variable, hierarchical level, has been classified into upper level [as observed characteristic] and officer level. To measure human capital, independent variable, education, tenure [occupational and organizational tenure], and training [domestic training and foreign training] were used...........
Keywords: binomial logistic regression, hierarchical level, human capital, Nepalese organizations, social capital
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