Understanding careers around the globe : : stories and sourcebook / / edited by Jon Briscoe [and four others].
"This fascinating book comprises case studies of careers from 24 countries across the globe, highlighting culture-specific career issues, and encouraging reflection on one's own career. Interwoven with current theoretical and empirical insights from career studies, it emphasises the import...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- PART 1 The lay of the land
- 1. Careers: what they are and how to look at them
- 2. One, two, many ways - a hands-on guide to how to navigate this book
- PART II Personal characteristics
- 3. Walking a tightrope - the fulfillment of psychological needs in a self-determined two-job situation in Germany
- 4. Leonardo da Vinci's spirit: a career story of an Italian creative entrepreneur
- 5. Agency and structure in career-related decisions: an example from the financial crisis in Portugal
- 6. Crises and digitalization: your skills are unlimited, just discover them! Individual skills and their discovery in times of turbulence
- PART III Stability and change
- 7. Career reinvention in Russia
- 8. Career inaction in Belgium: when you want to make a career change, but you just … don't
- 9. Career resilience in times of financial crisis in Greece
- 10. Change and continuity of career ecosystems for a parent company and foreign subsidiary in Japan
- 11. Career conditions in Pakistan: "apna banda" and career growth
- 12. Family as an anchor during career transition: a case from India
- PART IV Boundaries and borders
- 13. The Canadian Mosaic lives on: supporting immigrants in transitioning to the local labour market
- 14. A carpenter yesterday, an electronics technician today: a Syrian refugee's career transition and subjective career success upon entering the German labour market
- 15. Careers in turbulent environments: the impact of 'Brexit' on career motivations and behaviour in the United Kingdom
- 16. Back to the motherland: careers of Nigeria's returning diasporas
- PART V Gender
- 17. Facing sexism in her way to the top: from "struggling alone" to "institutional support" in Argentina.
- 18. Against all odds: a career success story of a woman of lower-class origin in Austria
- 19. Gender and academic careers in Ireland: towards greater gender equality
- PART VI Generations
- 20. To retire or not to retire? Teachers' motivation to work in post-retirement in Lithuania
- 21. 'Old' and 'new', now and then - reflections on four careers in Switzerland
- 22. A hundred years of solitude and fight: careers in Slovakia across three generations in Central and Eastern Europe
- PART VII Organizations
- 23. Career coaching athletes: a career intervention for a specialized career in Australia
- 24. What attracts young people today? Insights from Mexico
- 25. Career success through horizontal career transitions: an example from a Norwegian organization
- 26. Talent management: exclusive career management in inclusive Finland
- Index.