Recent developments in restructuring, delayering, downsizing and flexible
employment strategies have cast doubt on traditional models of high‐potential
career development, especially high‐flyer or fast‐track programmes. In the
career management field, the debate has focused on changes in the psychological
contract, employability, and career resilience; however, a number of problems
can be identifi... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeRecent research has shed light on career trajectories outside enclosed
organizations and linked individual careers to career fields. This article seeks
to explore how individuals' trajectories are affected by structural changes in
career fields.Design/methodology/approachBy exploring several jazz musicians'
biographies, a typical trajectory is built. In contrast with this typical
trajectory... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThis study aims to explore the nature of women's career experiences over
the life course by examining career patterns, careerlocus, career contexts, and
career beliefs.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative, inductive approach to
data gathering and analysis was employed, using life story surveys,
semi‐structured interviewing, thematic analysis, grounded theory, code
development and descri... hiện toàn bộ
Claims that, in the quest for competitive advantage, modern organizations are
making increasing demands on their change managers. Questions what organizations
are doing to help managers develop the skills necessary to operate in a rapidly
changing work environment. Suggests that systematic management development
efforts at organizational level are vital to accelerate and sustain management
change.... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore how women managers in the United
Arab Emirates account for and construct their career
development.Design/methodology/approachA narrative approach is adopted for
analyzing in‐depth interviews with 15 women managers in the United Arab
Emirates.FindingsThe study produced a typology distinguishing four types of
career development among women managers in t... hiện toàn bộ
The “War for Talent” has made the cover of Fortune Magazine as well as being a
top agenda item for the leadership of professional service firms – from McKinsey
to the three Bs (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, and Booz Allen) to the big five
accounting firms. A boom economy has led to a demand for talent that surpasses
the supply, or at least the supply from Ivy League and top tier B‐schools. As
con... hiện toàn bộ
Discusses the recent interest in a stakeholder approach as an alternative
approach to competitive individualism in organizations. Examines the economic
philosophy which underpins the traditional view of shareholder primacy and
explores whether the approach is viable and realistic in contemporary
circumstances. Concludes that in future, the stakeholder approach may be a
commercial necessity.
PurposeDrawing on career and self‐initiated expatriation/repatriation
literatures, this paper aims to examine the career experiences of Chinese
self‐initiated repatriates after their return to
China.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted an exploratory,
qualitative study involving in‐depth interviews with 20 Chinese individuals who
returned to China after spending at least three years li... hiện toàn bộ