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The New Careers: Individual Action and Economic Change

Norma Heaton
- 01 May 2001 - 
- Vol. 22, Iss: 3, pp 279-285
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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).

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Claiming Authority: How Women Explain their Ascent to Top Business Leadership Positions

TL;DR: In this paper, career stories of 50 female executives from major corporations and high-growth entrepreneurial ventures suggest two alternative accounts of how women legitimize their claims to top leadership positions: navigating and pioneering.
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A Construção da Vida: Um Novo Paradigma para Entender a Carreira no Século XXI

TL;DR: A nova organizacao do trabalho surgida no principiodo seculo XXI colocou uma serie de questoes e desafios for os especialistas que procuram auxiliar pes as discussed by the authors.
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Career Development and Knowledge Appropriation: A Genealogical Critique

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the knowledge-power dialectic is a social phenomenon rooted in the knowledge−power dialectics and that the individual conceives of their knowledge as "career capital" and, in building it up as a response to the uncertainties of reconstituted careers, pursues a strategy of employability.
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Career paths and mobility in the Swedish hospitality sector

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight and discuss sector-specific career paths for hospitality workers and industry representatives, focusing on the role of industry representatives in the career path interpretation and conceptualization.
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Exploring Career Plateau as a Multi‐faceted Phenomenon: Understanding the Types of Career Plateaux Experienced by Accounting Professionals

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide insights into the types of career plateaux experienced by a sample of 52 men and women employed in the accounting profession in Australia and explore whether current definitions of a plateau, which tend to focus only on a lack of progression, are broad enough.
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Life designing: A paradigm for career construction in the 21st century

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:

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.