THE SELF-DIRECTED CAREER IN AN ERA OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON

Peter KUCHİNKE; - UN; Yeong PARK

Article Details

THE SELF-DIRECTED CAREER IN AN ERA OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON

Authors:

Peter KUCHİNKE | - UN | Yeong PARK

Publisher:

İbrahim Güran YUMUŞAK

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Journal of Knowlede Economy and Knowledge Management 2012 Vol.7 Issue 2, pp.1-8

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000893720

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1308-3937

Keywords:

Career Research

Abstract:

 


 This paper seeks to explore and provide critical commentary on the notion of the self-directed career
in light of empirical findings on the changing landscape of work and working Germany and Korea. Couched in
the broader discourse of employability, self-directed career behavior includes a range of affordances, including
increased autonomy in employment settings, job crafting, intra-preneurship, and the boundaryless or protean
career. While much research, particularly that situated in organizational behavior and industrial psychology,
assigns positive meaning to these new forms of work and working, a more critical reading of the literature
suggest that self-directed career may be the exception rather than the rule, may be reserved for an elite set of
occupations and roles in organizations, and may run counter to the expectations and needs of a majority of the
workforce. The paper concludes with a call for the careful evaluation of the costs and benefits of self-directed
career, and the need for HRD research and theory to address the implications of the changing nature of work in
scholarship and models for practice. 

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 This paper seeks to explore and provide critical commentary on the notion of the self-directed career
in light of empirical findings on the changing landscape of work and working Germany and Korea. Couched in
the broader discourse of employability, self-directed career behavior includes a range of affordances, including
increased autonomy in employment settings, job crafting, intra-preneurship, and the boundaryless or protean
career. While much research, particularly that situated in organizational behavior and industrial psychology,
assigns positive meaning to these new forms of work and working, a more critical reading of the literature
suggest that self-directed career may be the exception rather than the rule, may be reserved for an elite set of
occupations and roles in organizations, and may run counter to the expectations and needs of a majority of the
workforce. The paper concludes with a call for the careful evaluation of the costs and benefits of self-directed
career, and the need for HRD research and theory to address the implications of the changing nature of work in
scholarship and models for practice. 

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Article Details

THE SELF-DIRECTED CAREER IN AN ERA OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON

Authors: Peter KUCHİNKE | - UN | Yeong PARK

Publisher: İbrahim Güran YUMUŞAK

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Journal of Knowlede Economy and Knowledge Management 2012 Vol.7 Issue 2, pp.1-8

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2012

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000893720

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 1308-3937

Career Research

Issues

Authors:

Peter KUCHİNKE | - UN | Yeong PARK

Publisher:

İbrahim Güran YUMUŞAK

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Journal of Knowlede Economy and Knowledge Management 2012 Vol.7 Issue 2, pp.1-8

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000893720

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1308-3937