Understanding Careers Around the Globe : Stories and Sourcebook /: Stories and Sourcebook. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas T. Hall, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Emma Parry.
• Editors: Briscoe, Jon; Dickmann, Michael; Hall, Douglas T; Mayrhofer, Wolfgang; Parry, Emma
• Contents: Contents: PART I THE LAY OF THE LAND 1 Careers: what they are and how to look at them 2 Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas T. Hall and Emma Parry 2 One, two, many ways – a hands-on guide to how to navigate this book 9 Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas T. Hall and Emma Parry PART II PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS 3 Walking a tightrope – the fulfillment of psychological needs in a self-determined two-job situation in Germany 15 Nanni Schleicher and Florian Schramm 4 Leonardo da Vinci's spirit: a career story of an Italian creative entrepreneur 25 Silvia Bagdadli and Martina Gianecchini 5 Agency and structure in career-related decisions: an example from the financial crisis in Portugal 36 Silvia Dello Russo and Henrique Duarte 6 Crises and digitalization: your skills are unlimited, just discover them! Individual skills and their discovery in times of turbulence 47 K. Övgü Çakmak-Otluoğlu PART III STABILITY AND CHANGE 7 Career reinvention in Russia 56 Konstantin Korotov, Svetlana N. Khapova and Evgenia I. Lysova 8 Career inaction in Belgium: when you want to make a career change, but you just … don't 64 Nicky Dries and Marijke Verbruggen 9 Career resilience in times of financial crisis in Greece 73 Leda Panayotopoulou 10 Change and continuity of career ecosystems for a parent company and foreign subsidiary in Japan 81 Chikae Naito and Mami Taniguchi 11 Career conditions in Pakistan: 'apna banda' and career growth 92 Noreen Saher 12 Family as an anchor during career transition: a case from India 101 Akhila Veldandi, Sushanta Kumar Mishra and Richa Saxena PART IV BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS 13 The Canadian Mosaic lives on: supporting immigrants in transitioning to the local labour market 111 Rick Cotton and Mila Lazarova 14 A carpenter yesterday, an electronics technician today: a Syrian refugee's career transition and subjective career success upon entering the German labour market 121 Maike Andresen and Svenja Rosseburg 15 Careers in turbulent environments: the impact of 'Brexit' on career motivations and behaviour in the United Kingdom 131 Michael Dickmann, Emma Parry and Katharina Chudzikowski 16 Back to the motherland: careers of Nigeria's returning diasporas 142 Furo Bakare, Yetunde Anibaba and Ifedapo Adeleye PART V GENDER 17 Facing sexism in her way to the top: from 'struggling alone' to 'institutional support' in Argentina 152 Pamela A. Suzanne and Vanesa Vidal 18 Against all odds: a career success story of a woman of lower-class origin in Austria 162 Lea Katharina Reiss, Petra Eggenhofer-Rehart, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Astrid Reichel 19 Gender and academic careers in Ireland: towards greater gender equality 172 Janine Bosak and Pat O'Connor PART VI GENERATIONS 20 To retire or not to retire? Teachers' motivation to work in post-retirement in Lithuania 183 Bernadeta Goštautaitė and Virginija Putnaitė 21 'Old' and 'new', now and then – reflections on four careers in Switzerland 192 Martin Gubler 22 A hundred years of solitude and fight: careers in Slovakia across three generations in Central and Eastern Europe 203 Sonia Ferencikova PART VII ORGANIZATIONS 23 Career coaching athletes: a career intervention for a specialized career in Australia 214 Narelle Hess and Denise Jepsen 24 What attracts young people today? Insights from Mexico 222 Sergio Madero Gómez and José Luis Montes Martínez 25 Career success through horizontal career transitions: an example from a Norwegian organization 231 Bryndís Steindórsdóttir and Anders Dysvik 26 Talent management: exclusive career management in inclusive Finland 240 Adam Smale Index 248.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (276 pages)
• Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Careers -- General; Personnel & human resources management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General; International business
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781035308415
• Related ISBNs: 103530841X; 9781035308408
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.