Handbook of career theory

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
List of contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 15
PART I - CURRENT APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CAREERS......Page 21
Introduction to Part I......Page 23
1 - Generating new directions in career theory: the case for a transdisciplinary approach......Page 27
2 - Trait-factor theories: traditional cornerstone of career theory......Page 46
3 - Careers, identities, and institutions: the legacy of the Chicago School of Sociology......Page 61
4 - The utility of adult development theory in understanding career adjustment process......Page 86
5 - Developmental views of careers in organizations......Page 109
6 - Exploring women\'s development: implications for career theory, practice, and research......Page 130
7 - The influence of race on career dynamics: theory and research on minority career experiences......Page 153
8 - Asynchronism in dual-career and family linkages......Page 179
9 - Transitions, work histories, and careers......Page 201
10 - Career system profiles and strategic staffing......Page 222
PART II - NEW IDEAS FOR THE STUDY OF CAREERS......Page 245
Introduction to Part II......Page 247
11 - People as sculptors versus sculpture: the roles of personality and personal control in organizations......Page 252
12 - Work, stress, and careers: a preventive approach to maintaining organizational health......Page 272
13 - Re-visioning career concepts: a feminist invitation......Page 295
14 - Reciprocity at work: the separate, yet inseparable possibilities for individual and organizational development......Page 312
15 - Career improvisation in self-designing organizations......Page 333
16 - Organization career systems and employee misperceptions......Page 349
17 - Blue-collar careers: meaning and choice in a world of constraints......Page 374
18 - A political perspective on careers: interests, networks, and environments......Page 400
19 - Rites of passage in work careers......Page 417
20 - Pin stripes, power ties, and personal relationships: the economics of career strategy......Page 437
21 - Rhetoric in bureaucratic careers: managing the meaning of management success......Page 457
22 - The internal and external career: a theoretical and cross-cultural perspective......Page 474
PART III - FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER THEORY......Page 493
Introduction to Part III......Page 495
23 - Understanding individual experience at work: comments on the theory and practice of careers......Page 497
24 - Propositions linking organizations and careers......Page 510
25 - Careers and the wealth of nations: a macro-perspective on the structure and implications of career forms......Page 526
Name index......Page 543
Subject index......Page 557