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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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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 graduate attributes we’ve overlooked: enhancing graduate employability through career management skills

TL;DR: In this paper, a model of desirable graduate attributes that acknowledge the importance of self-management and career building skills to lifelong career management and enhanced employability is presented, and some important considerations for the implementation of effective university career management programs are then outlined.
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Transforming careers:from linear to multidirectional career paths

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present several career perspectives, to manifest a trend in career systems and their meaning and implications for individuals, organizations and society, and suggest the academic career model as a prospective role model for future career systems.
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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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Argument and outline for the sociology of scientific (and other) careers

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an argument for a qualitative, person-oriented study of careers; an approach identified as careers in context based on a national study of scientists, this contextualist approach is grounded by three interacting, but analytically distinct, emphases to suggest how careers can be studied in and beyond science: (1) an emphasis on time and place as under-utilized dimensions on which to direct further study of career; (2) a subjective career as a concept that qualitatively encapsulates temporal and spatial dimensions; and (3) a career study in
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Democracy, a Way of Organizing in a Knowledge Economy

TL;DR: The 2003 Academy of Management conference on "Democracy in a Knowledge Economy" as discussed by the authors focused on the disconnection between the expansion of democratic power and the creation of knowledge economy, and the importance of knowledge in a knowledge economy.
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The Work-Oriented Midcareer Development Model: An Extension of Super's Maintenance Stage

TL;DR: Work-oriented midcareer development model for middle income workers in the United States is presented to respond to changing employment dynamics as mentioned in this paper, which encourages workers to define their work, identify its future requirements, and select a developmental direction in an extension of Super's career maintenance stage.
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Migrants, Assigned Expatriates (AE) and Self-initiated Expatriates (SIE) - Dfferentiation of Terms and Literature-Based Research Review

TL;DR: The globalized world economy demand increasing global mobility and flexibility in the workplace and workforce as discussed by the authors, and more and more skilled individuals seek international career opportunities, and an increasing number are choosing self-initiiation expatriation.