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From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path
Career shocks are the norm, not the exception. Yet, much of research and counseling on career-development holds unrealistic assumptions of a makeable career. Little is understood about the role of shocks on the career path and how the interplay of individual reactions to shocks shapes careers. The p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7952510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33716910 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641248 |
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description | Career shocks are the norm, not the exception. Yet, much of research and counseling on career-development holds unrealistic assumptions of a makeable career. Little is understood about the role of shocks on the career path and how the interplay of individual reactions to shocks shapes careers. The purpose of this study is to provide understanding of responses to different attributes of career shocks and career shocks as antecedents to career and job change. A qualitative approach was chosen and data were obtained from 25 semi-structured interviews with a sample of mid-career individuals who had experienced shocks in their work lives. The analysis was 2-fold and aimed at unearthing of individual responses to shocks and the question of the role of shocks on changes in the career path. Firstly, the analysis of career shocks revealed a pattern of distinct agentic responses in relation to shocks of different attributes. Secondly, from the analysis of shock attributes and corresponding responses over time career changer profiles emerged which differ in regard to career change behavior and magnitude of changes in the career (e.g., major career changes into another field). A process model which depicts how post-shock careers are shaped distinctively in relation to different shock attributes and corresponding responses is presented. This study underlines the importance of understanding the unplannable in career development and shows a variety of options for individuals to develop their careers despite shocks. Limitation stems from the investigation of a sample limited to mid-career individuals. The findings provide a new conceptual lens to theorize and conduct research on career shocks and career changes and facilitate the development of coping strategies for career shocks. The originality lies in the investigation of the momentum of career shocks on career paths with detail to different attributes of career shocks and how they impact the career path. |
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spelling | pubmed-79525102021-03-13 From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path Nalis, Irina Kubicek, Bettina Korunka, Christian Front Psychol Psychology Career shocks are the norm, not the exception. Yet, much of research and counseling on career-development holds unrealistic assumptions of a makeable career. Little is understood about the role of shocks on the career path and how the interplay of individual reactions to shocks shapes careers. The purpose of this study is to provide understanding of responses to different attributes of career shocks and career shocks as antecedents to career and job change. A qualitative approach was chosen and data were obtained from 25 semi-structured interviews with a sample of mid-career individuals who had experienced shocks in their work lives. The analysis was 2-fold and aimed at unearthing of individual responses to shocks and the question of the role of shocks on changes in the career path. Firstly, the analysis of career shocks revealed a pattern of distinct agentic responses in relation to shocks of different attributes. Secondly, from the analysis of shock attributes and corresponding responses over time career changer profiles emerged which differ in regard to career change behavior and magnitude of changes in the career (e.g., major career changes into another field). A process model which depicts how post-shock careers are shaped distinctively in relation to different shock attributes and corresponding responses is presented. This study underlines the importance of understanding the unplannable in career development and shows a variety of options for individuals to develop their careers despite shocks. Limitation stems from the investigation of a sample limited to mid-career individuals. The findings provide a new conceptual lens to theorize and conduct research on career shocks and career changes and facilitate the development of coping strategies for career shocks. The originality lies in the investigation of the momentum of career shocks on career paths with detail to different attributes of career shocks and how they impact the career path. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7952510/ /pubmed/33716910 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641248 Text en Copyright © 2021 Nalis, Kubicek and Korunka. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Nalis, Irina Kubicek, Bettina Korunka, Christian From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path |
title | From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path |
title_full | From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path |
title_fullStr | From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path |
title_full_unstemmed | From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path |
title_short | From Shock to Shift–A Qualitative Analysis of Accounts in Mid-Career About Changes in the Career Path |
title_sort | from shock to shift–a qualitative analysis of accounts in mid-career about changes in the career path |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7952510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33716910 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641248 |
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