Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation

This paper examines the relationships between career anchors, age, culture, gender, employment experience and the impact of downsizing on career planning. Presents the results drawn from 423 graduate business students in Australia, the USA, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK. Aims to explore Schein’s...

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Main Authors: Marshall, Verena, Bonner, Dede
Format: Journal Article
Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2003
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9048
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description This paper examines the relationships between career anchors, age, culture, gender, employment experience and the impact of downsizing on career planning. Presents the results drawn from 423 graduate business students in Australia, the USA, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK. Aims to explore Schein’s contention that employees develop a self-concept or career anchor that holds their “internal career” together even as they experience a dramatic change in their “external career” that leads to greater self-discovery. Previous studies have examined differences in career orientations in Europe, the USA and the UK. This research allows examination of the distribution of career anchors within a multi-cultural sample across age groups, gender, culture and work experience. The data also enable investigation of the relationship between career anchors and reported impact of organisational downsizing on career decisions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-90482017-09-13T15:54:44Z Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation Marshall, Verena Bonner, Dede This paper examines the relationships between career anchors, age, culture, gender, employment experience and the impact of downsizing on career planning. Presents the results drawn from 423 graduate business students in Australia, the USA, Malaysia, South Africa and the UK. Aims to explore Schein’s contention that employees develop a self-concept or career anchor that holds their “internal career” together even as they experience a dramatic change in their “external career” that leads to greater self-discovery. Previous studies have examined differences in career orientations in Europe, the USA and the UK. This research allows examination of the distribution of career anchors within a multi-cultural sample across age groups, gender, culture and work experience. The data also enable investigation of the relationship between career anchors and reported impact of organisational downsizing on career decisions. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9048 10.1108/03090590310479910 Emerald Group Publishing Limited restricted
spellingShingle Marshall, Verena
Bonner, Dede
Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation
title Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation
title_full Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation
title_fullStr Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation
title_full_unstemmed Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation
title_short Career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. A preliminary investigation
title_sort career anchors and the effects of downsizing: implications for generations and cultures at work. a preliminary investigation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9048