Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners

Public relations and communication graduates usually extensively debate the "pro and cons" of the industry's two key employment options. To date there has been a lack of research into potential differences in required skills sets, career advancement and promotional opportunities betwe...

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Main Author: Wolf, Katharina
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28059
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description Public relations and communication graduates usually extensively debate the "pro and cons" of the industry's two key employment options. To date there has been a lack of research into potential differences in required skills sets, career advancement and promotional opportunities between these two employment types. Contrary to management research, public relations scholars have largely focused on traditional career advancement determinants, such as experience in years and gender, largely failing to embrace modern management research into career advancement. Based on previous research into alternative career advancement factors, which has highlighted the importance of social competencies and networking skills for PR practitioners, this paper sets out to investigate potential differences in career advancement factors and career development patterns for in-house and consultancy-based practitioners.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-280592017-09-13T15:55:20Z Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners Wolf, Katharina career advancement consultancy in-house PR practitioner graduates Public relation Public relations and communication graduates usually extensively debate the "pro and cons" of the industry's two key employment options. To date there has been a lack of research into potential differences in required skills sets, career advancement and promotional opportunities between these two employment types. Contrary to management research, public relations scholars have largely focused on traditional career advancement determinants, such as experience in years and gender, largely failing to embrace modern management research into career advancement. Based on previous research into alternative career advancement factors, which has highlighted the importance of social competencies and networking skills for PR practitioners, this paper sets out to investigate potential differences in career advancement factors and career development patterns for in-house and consultancy-based practitioners. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28059 10.1080/10496490903579566 Routledge Taylor and Francis Group fulltext
spellingShingle career advancement
consultancy
in-house
PR practitioner
graduates
Public relation
Wolf, Katharina
Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
title Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
title_full Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
title_fullStr Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
title_full_unstemmed Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
title_short Fast track opportunities for high achievers? A comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
title_sort fast track opportunities for high achievers? a comparative investigation into career advancement patterns for in-house and consultancy practitioners
topic career advancement
consultancy
in-house
PR practitioner
graduates
Public relation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28059