Career Choice in Management and Entrepreneurship: A Research Companion

COPYRIGHT......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
PART I Career Choice of MBA Students from Cross-national and Interdisciplinary Perspectives......Page 32
1. Convergence and divergence of influences on career choice: a comparative analysis of influences on career choices of MBA students in China, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Korea, North Cyprus, Turkey and the UK......Page 34
2. Culture and gender in the career choice of aspiring managers and entrepreneurs......Page 62
3. Collectivistic attitudes and solidarity with a focus on Hungary: value preferences of management students in Cyprus, the UK, Israel, Turkey and Hungary......Page 86
PART II Early Influences on the Career Choice of Entrepreneurs and Managers......Page 110
4. Family influences on the career life cycle......Page 112
5. Understanding the role of relationships in making career choices among Turkish MBA students......Page 138
6. Serial high-tech entrepreneurs and managers in Israel: background and personality......Page 168
7. Entrepreneurs and managers: a family portrait – family dynamics, language and modes of effective dialogue......Page 183
PART III Entrepreneurs and Managers’ Career Choice: Cultural Determinants......Page 198
8. Contrasting entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs among Canadian and Israeli MBAs......Page 200
9. What motivates people from business-related careers to change to teaching?......Page 230
10. The impact of foreign subsidiary managers’ sociopolitical positioning on career choices and their subsequent strategizing: evidence from German-owned subsidiaries in France......Page 251
11. Determinants of career choice of Israeli high-technology entrepreneurs......Page 269
PART IV Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Career Development and MBA Education......Page 284
12. Career development and values change among MBA students: a theoretical perspective and practical avenues......Page 286
13. Business students’ views on jobs, careers and the job search process: implications for universities and employers......Page 303
14. Business education as a career choice......Page 320
PART V Education, Training and Learning for Managers and Entrepreneurs......Page 336
15. The training and development of managers and entrepreneurs: the role of integrative capability......Page 338
16. Age of opportunity? Career making and learning for mid-career entrepreneurs......Page 360
17. The engaging manager and the role of knowledge absorptive capacity: an organizational life-cycle perspective......Page 390
18. Career constraints in the creative and cultural industries in London: the case of work placement and training experience......Page 408
PART VI Entrepreneurs, Managers, Career Choice and Diversity: Minority Issues......Page 442
19. The career reasons of minority nascent entrepreneurs......Page 444
20. Career choices of skilled migrants: a holistic perspective......Page 475
21. A comparative study on career choice influences of Turkish Cypriot restaurateurs in North Cyprus and the UK......Page 495
PART VII Entrepreneurs, Managers, Career Choice and Diversity: Gender Issues......Page 520
22. Gender and the MBA: intrinsic and extrinsic benefits......Page 522
23. The value of MBA education and its role in entrepreneurship for women and people of color......Page 538
24. Intersectionality, context and ‘choice’: the career choice influences of self-employed black women......Page 559
Index......Page 592