Perceived career development practice and performance of employees: an empirical study in the enforcement organization.

Previous researches had revealed on the role of human resource management practices such as career development in enhancing the performance of employees both in the public and private sectors. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of career development practice on performance among the employees in Malaysian local authority. There were 300 questionnaires used for analyses including descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of regression using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique by AMOS 20. This study found a reliable and valid measurement scale with a good model fit by deleting some items of endogenous and exogenous variables. The results of regression analysis generated by AMOS 20 found that career development practice gave impact on employees ' performance in this organization. Further, this study provided the discussion and recommendation from the findings and suggested for future research.