COMPARISION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CAREER ANCHORS AND PROACTIVE BUSINESS BEHAVIORS OF THE WHITE AND BLUE COLLAR EMPLOYEES IN A ORGANIZATION

This research is performed in order to compare the relationship between the career anchors and proactive business behaviors of the white and blue collar employees working in a private organization. This comparison is carried out according to the results of questionnaire which is applied to 397 employees of a private organization chosen from Erzincan Province. Following the research it is identified that the proactive business behaviors of the employees change according to business type and there is a positive oriented relationship between the career anchors and proactive business behaviors of the white-blue collar employees. Additionally it is determined that the career anchors of the white and blue collar employees have an effect on showing proactive business behavior. In this respect, it has been determined that career anchors of whitecollar workers have a positive effect on proactive business behavior. The effect of blue-collar workers’ career anchors on proactive business behavior has been determined to be partially positive.