Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Career Anchors
 
 There are distinct patterns of self-perceived talents, attitudes, 
motives and values that guide and stabilize a person’s career after the 

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initial years of earning real-world work experience and feedback. 
These patterns are called as Career Anchors. These anchors provide a 
growing area of stability within the individual’s attitudes, which anchors 
the interpretation of career and life options. Typical career anchors 
include those of technical competence, managerial competence, security 
and autonomy.  These anchors affect considerably the way individuals 
see themselves, their jobs and their organizations. For example, some 
employees using a technical competence anchor get concerned mainly 
with technical tasks. They refuse to become involved in aspects of 
managerial tasks.