Comparing Plateaued and Non‐plateaued Employees

The findings are reported of a research study into certain personal organisational factors which may discriminate between two groups of employees, one which was categorised as plateaued and the other on‐plateaued. The respondents were drawn from a larger study of employees at the headquarters of a large local government authority in Western Australia. It was found that there was no difference between the two groups concerning job satisfaction. However, the plateaued group have a significantly lower desire for promotion, career development and facing challenging situations. It is also suggested that members of the plateaued group are significantly more aware than their non‐plateaued colleagues that they are overworked and that the job itself is boring.