The topic of careers has become both increasingly important and increasingly complex. Contemporary economies have bought about changes in the nature of careers, and uncertainty in the structure and longevity of firms and their ability to offer long-term employment. Corporate policy-makers struggle with alternatives to traditional employment structures, while individuals struggle to decide whether and how they ought to become more independent of such structures, pursuing what some have called 'post-corporate' or 'boundaryless' careers.
This volume is an integrated survey of some of the best current thinking and research on careers. Presented as a series of chapters by an international group of experts and knit together through themes and dialogues, it advances our understanding of the deeper meaning of changes in careers, and of the interrelationships and longer-term consequences of those changes.
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"A terrific collection that takes us beyond the media hype, providing insight and thoughtful commentary on the changing nature and meaning of careers." Barbara S. Lawrence, Professor, The Anderson School at UCLA
List of Contributors xiii Topics for Conversation: Career Themes Old and New 1(20) Maury A. Peiperl Michael B. Arthur Part I Career Theory: Where do We Go from Here? 21(102) Career Boundaries in a `Boundaryless World 24(30) Hugh Gunz Martin Evans Michael Jalland Motivation-Selection-Connection: An Evolutionary Model of Career Development 54(22) Nigel Nicholson Performance, Learning, and Development as Modes of Growth and Adaptation throughout our Lives and Careers 76(23) Richard E. Boyatzis David A. Kolb Careers, Organizing, and Community 99(24) Polly Parker Michael B. Arthur Part II Knowledge Workers: Professionals in the Post-Corporate Age 123(76) Theories of Managerial Action and their Impact on the Conceptualization of Executive Careers 127(11) Jose Luis Alvarez Promotion Policies and Knowledge Bases in the Professional Service Firm 138(15) Timothy Morris The `Architecture of Careers: How Career Competencies Reveal Firm Dominant Logic in Professional Services 153(24) Candace Jones Benyamin M. Bergmann Lichtenstein Career as Life Path: Tracing Work and Life Strategies of Biotech Professionals 177(22) Susan C. Eaton Lotte Bailyn Part III Work and Non-Work, Boundaries and Cultures 199(84) Living Lives of Change: Examining Facets of Women Managers Career Stories 202(26) Judi Marshall Exploring Boundaryless Careers in the French Context 228(28) Loic Cadin Anne-Francois Bailly-Bender Veronique de Saint-Giniez Career, Community, and Social Architecture: An Exploration of Concepts 256(17) Rob Goffee Gareth Jones Continuing the Conversation about Career Theory and Practice 273(10) Michael B. Arthur Maury A. Peiperl Name Index 283(4) Subject Index 287
Maury A. Peiperl is Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of the Careers Research Initiative at the Centre for Organisational Research, London Business School. Michael B. Arthur is Professor of Management at the Sawyer School of Management, Suffolk University, Boston, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Organisational Research, London Business School. Rob Goffee is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of the Innovation Exchange at the Centre for Organisational Research, London Business School. Tim Morris is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Centre for Organisational Research, London Business School, and leader of research projects on the management of change and the management of knowledge in professional service firms.
