The Boundaryless Careers: A New Employment Principal for a New Organizational Era

by Denise M. Rousseau (Editor), Michael B. Arthur (Editor)

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Hardcover
1996
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Including contributions from leading scholars at Harvard Business School, Yale, and MIT's Sloan School of Management, this book explores the ways that careers have changed for workers as their firms reorganize to meet global competition. As firms re-engineer, downsize, enter into strategic alliances with other firms, and find other ways to reduce costs, they frequently lay off workers. Job security has been replaced by insecurity and workers have been forced to take charge of their own career development in ways they have never done before. The contributors to the book analyse the implications for these workers, who now have boundaryless careers . While many find the challenge rewarding as they find new opportunities for growth, others are finding it difficult to adapt to new jobs in new locations. The book looks at policy issues that can provide safety nets for those who are not able to find a place in the new world of boundaryless careers.

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Including contributions from leading scholars at Harvard Business School, Yale, and MIT's Sloan School of Management, this book explores the ways that careers have changed for workers as their firms reorganize to meet global competition. As firms re-engineer, downsize, enter into strategic alliances with other firms, and find other ways to reduce costs, they frequently lay off workers. Job security has been replaced by insecurity and workers have been forced to take charge of their own career development in ways they have never done before. The contributors to the book analyse the implications for these workers, who now have boundaryless careers . While many find the challenge rewarding as they find new opportunities for growth, others are finding it difficult to adapt to new jobs in new locations. The book looks at policy issues that can provide safety nets for those who are not able to find a place in the new world of boundaryless careers.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 404
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 14 Nov 1996
ISBN 10: 019510014X
ISBN 13: 9780195100143

Media Reviews

A fascinating, timely and formidably knowledgeable collection of original scholarly papers taking career studies into the coming century. The Boundaryless Career is something of a one-volume Encyclopedia on the changing nature of contemporary occupations and organizations. * John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *
...an exciting, important contribution to career literature, presenting ideas from thirty-four authors...The editors have gathered impressive, well-informed, thoughtful authors, who present their ideas with clarity and vigor. * Human Resource Planning *
...Arthur and Rousseau (and the contributing scholars) are to be appluaded. This is a volume that will serve as the basis for future research on the career changes we are currently experiencing. The Boundaryless Career is an important work that makes a crucial contribution to the literature on careers. * Personnel Psychology *
...an important source for those exploring career theory, network analysis, organizational learning, and industry evolution. * Administrative Science Quarterly *
A fascinating, timely and formidably knowledgeable collection of original scholarly papers taking career studies into the coming century. The Boundaryless Career is something of a one-volume Encyclopedia on the changing nature of contemporary occupations and organizations. * John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *