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The New Careers: Individual Action and Economic Change
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This article is published in International Journal of Manpower.The article was published on 2001-05-01. It has received 177 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Action (philosophy).read more
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What about time? Examining chronological and subjective age and their relation to work motivation
Jos Akkermans,Annet H. de Lange,Annet H. de Lange,Annet H. de Lange,Beatrice van der Heijden,Beatrice van der Heijden,Dorien Kooij,Paul Jansen,Josje S. E. Dikkers +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test the added value of using subjective age in terms of remaining opportunities and remaining time over and above chronological age in their associations with motivation at work and motivation to work.
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We're all career researchers now: breaking open career education and DOTS
TL;DR: It is found that, despite considerable changes in theory, provision in the UK's statutory, further and higher education sectors remains based on the traditional DOTS model of decision learning, opportunity awareness, transition learning and self-awareness.
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Career and work attitudes of blue-collar workers, and the impact of a natural disaster chance event on the relationships between intention to quit and actual quit behaviour
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the relevance and applicability of new career concepts to blue-collar employees, specifically, bus drivers, and test a model specifying the relationship between career attitude, perceived organizational support, psychological contract and job satisfaction, as well as intention to quit.
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Framing the Work of Art: Spirituality and Career Discourse in the Nonprofit Arts Sector
TL;DR: The authors explored how nonprofit arts managers construct the notion of career, and more specifically how they frame the nature of their work and career choices, and found that participants employed a spiritual framework of calling, service, sacrifice, and personal rewards to socially construct, understand, and legitimate their nonprofit careers.
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Discourse, Gender, and the Meaning of Work Rearticulating Science, Technology, and Engineering Careers Through Communicative Lenses
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the meaning of work in STEM and how these meanings are (re)created and communicated through d/discourses using a discursive approach, new perspectives on the issue of the underrepresentation of women in STEM careers derive from the constructed nature of STEM work itself and its meaningfulness to different groups, particularly women.
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Life designing: A paradigm for career construction in the 21st century
Mark L. Savickas,Laura Nota,Jérôme Rossier,Jean-Pierre Dauwalder,Maria Eduarda Duarte,Jean Guichard,Salvatore Soresi,Raoul Van Esbroeck,Annelies E.M. van Vianen +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a life-designing model for career intervention endorses five presuppositions about people and their work lives: contextual possibilities, dynamic processes, non-linear progression, multiple perspectives, and personal patterns.
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The new careers : individual action and economic change
TL;DR: Careers, Employment and Economies in Transition Exploring new patterns of career behaviour Enactment in career behaviour Fresh Energy Engaging with Unfamiliar Situations Informed Direction Pursuing Career Pathways Seasoned Engagement Rounding Out Career Experience Turning Career Competences into Career Capital Investing Career Capital in Social Institutions The EnactMENT of Careers From Present to Future
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Correlates of Networking Behavior for Managerial and Professional Employees
TL;DR: In this article, a study of 418 managers and professionals was conducted to examine the relationship of personal and job characteristics to involvement in networking and found that gender, socioeconomic background, self-esteem, extraversion, favorable attitudes toward workplace politics, organizational level, and type of position are significant predictors of involvement in network behavior.
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Career capital during international work experiences: contrasting self-initiated expatriate experiences and assigned expatriation
TL;DR: This paper explored the career capital of expatriates, differentiating between self-initiated expat and company assigned expat, and found considerable similarities and some differences in the development of career capital.
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Professional identity construction: Using narrative to understand the negotiation of professional and stigmatized cultural identities:
Holly S. Slay,Delmonize A. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the development of professional identity under conditions of stigmatized cultural identity is studied in the context of professional self-concept, which is defined as one's professional selfconcept based on attributes, beliefs, values, motives, and experiences.