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This milestone Handbook brings together an impressive collection of international contributions on micro research in Organizational Behavior. Focusing on core micro Organizational Behavior issues, chapters cover key themes such as individual and group behaviour. The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior Volumes I provides students and scholars with an insightful and wide reaching survey of the current state of the field and is an indespensible road map to the subject area. The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behavior Volume II will publish in November 2008. Edited by Stewart R Clegg and Cary L Cooper this Handbook draws together contributions from leading macro Organizational Behavior scholars.
A Boundaryless Perspective on Careers
A Boundaryless Perspective on Careers
One of the most significant themes emerging in the literature over the past several decades has been the decline of traditional, organizational careers characterized by upward mobility in a single employment setting (Arthur and Rousseau, 1996). A turbulent economic environment has forced organizations to become more flexible to remain competitive. As a result of ever-increasing market pressures, organizations have become leaner, psychological contracts increasingly transactional, and long-term linear careers within a single organization have been replaced by boundaryless careers.
Obituaries for the ‘job,’ the ‘career,’ and ‘career jobs’ have appeared in the professional (Cappelli, 1999; Hall and Associates, 1996) and popular (Bridges, 1994) literatures. Although some skepticism about the presumed demise of the traditional, organizational career remains ...
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