Careers in and Out of Organizations

by Douglas T. Hall

• ISBN13: 9780761915478
• ISBN10: 0761915478
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-20
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

What are the individual and organizational influences on career choices and adult development?''Careers In and Out of Organizations provides an overview of the changing context of careers and describes the role of interpersonal relationships as influences on development of a person's identity and learning. The author examines the nature of the new career contract and the different approaches that have been taken to studying career decision making. He explores how career choices are made, the developmental stages people pass through during the course of their working lives in organizations, and the factors related to career effectiveness including integrating career and personal life. The latter third of the book turns from research to the practical issues involved in applying theory including a look at how an understanding of career dynamics can be employed to make careers work better for individuals and for the work communities where they are employed. ''

Author Biography

Douglas T. (Tim) Hall is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Director of the Executive Development Roundtable in the School of Management at Boston University

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiv
Part I: Contemporary Careers	1	(46)
The Study of Careers	3	(14)
The Changing Context of Careers	3	(5)
Why Study Careers?	8	(1)
What Is a Career?	8	(2)
A Working Definition of Career	10	(2)
Why Are Careers Important?	12	(4)
Conclusion	16	(1)
The Protean Career Contract	17	(30)
The Nature of a Psychological Contract	18	(4)
The Nature of the New Contract	22	(6)
Stages of Adaptation: Three Types of Companies	28	(6)
Continuous Learning via Psychological Success	34	(1)
Implications for Organizational Career Management	35	(9)
Questions for Further Research	44	(1)
Conclusion	45	(2)
Part II: Elements of the Career	47	(208)
Career Choice and Decision Making	49	(40)
Eras of Career Research	50	(1)
Matching People and Occupations	51	(17)
Process Models: How Are Career Choices Made?	68	(8)
How People Choose Organizations	76	(11)
Conclusion	87	(2)
Life, Career, and Learning Stages	89	(42)
Are Career and Life Stages Still Relevant Today?	90	(1)
Life Stages	91	(13)
Schein's Model of the Organizational Career	104	(3)
The Early Career Years: Becoming Established	107	(4)
Midlife and Midcareer: Maintenance and Reexamination	111	(5)
A New Stage Model for the Middle and Later Career Years and Beyond: Learning Cycles	116	(4)
Later Career and Adjustment Into Retirement	120	(2)
Summary of Developmental Needs in Early, Middle, and Late Career	122	(2)
Research Issues	124	(3)
Conclusion	127	(4)
Predicting Career Effectiveness: Performance	131	(38)
What Is Career Effectiveness?	131	(3)
Understanding How the Process of the Career Affects Performance	134	(32)
Research Issues	166	(2)
Conclusion	168	(1)
The Protean Career Identity and Attitudes	169	(36)
Career Identity	170	(20)
Career Attitudes	190	(13)
Conclusion	203	(2)
Career Adaptability	205	(30)
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Why Adaptability Is Critical to Contemporary Career Development	206	(2)
Observing the Experience of Adaptability	208	(2)
A General Model of Adaptability	210	(16)
An Integrated Model of Adaptability	226	(4)
Questions for Future Research	230	(2)
Conclusion	232	(3)
Managing Protean Career and Life Roles	235	(20)
Early Work: Interrole Analysis and Dual-Career Couples	236	(7)
Protean Careers and Dual-Career Relationships	243	(9)
Conclusion	252	(1)
Appendix	253	(2)
Part III: Implementing Career Concepts	255	(58)
Reflection: Self-Development for the Growth of Identity and Adaptability	257	(22)
What Is Reflection?	259	(2)
Reflection: Stereotype Versus Reality	261	(1)
How a CEO Reflects	262	(3)
Reflection in the Heat of Battle	265	(2)
Identity Growth Through Self-Reflection	267	(2)
Steps for Leveraging Learning Through Reflection and Questions for Research	269	(5)
Appendix	274	(5)
Toward More Strategic and Self-Directed Careers	279	(22)
The Business Need for a Career Development Plan	281	(2)
A Strategic Framework for Career Development	283	(5)
Priorities and Recommendations: Seven Steps to Growth for Career Practice and Research	288	(8)
Steps for Guiding the Protean Careerist: Questions for Career Self-Reflection or a Career Discussion	296	(5)
Looking Back at Careers In Organizations and Looking Ahead: Toward More Spiritual Careers	301	(12)
Looking Back at Careers in Organizations: Then and Now and Beyond	301	(9)
Conclusion	310	(3)
References	313	(22)
Index	335	(10)
About the Author	345