Assessing the role of promotion standards on employees' satisfaction and effectiveness in the Saudi public sector

This study aims to investigate the role of promotion standards on employees' satisfaction and effectiveness in the Saudi Arabian public sector. Considering the significance of career promotion and its relationship with career path, employee's job satisfaction, and employee's effectiveness, this study attempts to assess the role of career promotion standards and conditions in job satisfaction among public employees. The study employed a descriptive approach to assess employees' perceptions about career promotion standards using a survey questionnaire where the study sample was (105) male and female administrators selected from the original population using simple random sampling procedure. The result showed that employees feel that there are transparent standards for promotion. Furthermore, career promotion standards have a positive impact on achieving job tasks. On the other hand, career promotion standards have created favouritism among employees and led to a routine work environment. Finally, career promotion standards positively impacted employees' satisfaction and effectiveness.