Factors influencing career change

Kanchier, Carole; Unruh, Wally R.

doi:10.1007/bf00123259

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“…However, the stories of career and religion transitions had the same frequencies of intrinsic themes. This finding is consonant with the fact that research on both career and religion changes has emphasized the importance of intrinsic concerns like personal growth (Kanchier & Unruh, 1989;Kasser & Ryan, 1996;Oleski & Subich, 1996;Paloutzian et al, 1999;Rambo, 1993).…”

Section: Career Changers Versus Religion Changerssupporting

confidence: 58%

Personal Growth in Adults' Stories of Life Transitions

Bauer

McAdams²

2004

Journal of Personality

263

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This study identified four themes of personal growth (integrative, intrinsic, agentic, and communal) in adults' stories of life transitions in careers and religions. Specific themes were expected to relate differentially to two forms of personality development (socialcognitive maturity and social-emotional well-being) and to transition satisfaction. Integrative themes correlated primarily with social-cognitive maturity (ego development; Loevinger, 1976), whereas intrinsic themes correlated primarily with social-emotional well-being. Agentic-growth themes correlated primarily with transition satisfaction, whereas communal-growth themes correlated primarily with global well-being. Themes of agentic and communal growth also differentiated the two types of transitions studied-changes in careers and changes in religions-in ways that both supported and contradicted traditional notions of those transitions. We discuss these findings in terms of narrative meaning making, the mature and happy person, and intentional self-development via life transitions. This paper explores how stories of life transitions relate to personality development. Life transitions represent periods of heightened self-

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Section: Career Changers Versus Religion Changerssupporting

confidence: 58%

Personal Growth in Adults' Stories of Life Transitions

Bauer

McAdams²

2004

Journal of Personality

263

236

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“…The objective aspect of an individual' s career consists of the observable patterns of jobs an individual has held (Cesinger, 2011) and it is normally measured interms of rapid promotion, salary progression and status increases (King, 2001). The subjective aspect, on the other hand, consists of an individual's own perspective on the set of experiences that make up one'scareer (Evetts, 1992;Hughes, 1958;Van Maanen and Schein, 1977) and this focuses on a narrow range of behaviour intended to secure those outcomes. Of great significance to the present study is the subjective aspect of careers as it lays emphasis on the meanings career changers assign to such career decisions.…”

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Determinant Factors of Career Switch Intention among Mass Communication Professionals

Olayinka¹,

Onyeizu²,

Johnson³

2020

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Background to the Study The issue of career switch intention among mass communication professionals can be traced back to some underlying environmental factors that can lead to discouragement and eventual consideration of career path in other noncommunication related jobs, one of such is economic factor; it involves low remuneration, or in some cases, non-regular payment of staff salaries by media organizations, this results in their financial situation being so bad that it negatively affects the zeal and enthusiasm with which they perform their official duties and eventually make them consider a career switch. Marital status can sometimes also make mass communication professionals consider a career switch; some official duties can be easily and more effectively performed by those who are single than those who are married, for instance, when a single lady who has been working as a journalist becomes married and the spouse forbids her from continuing to do the same job, she would be left with no other choice than to consider a career switch to other profession so as to protect her marriage. Job satisfaction is another factor that makes mass communication professionals consider a career switch to other profession, this mostly occur when the job condition or working environment begins to get unbearable, mass communication professionals tend to consider a career switch in such a situation. 1.1. Statement of the Problem The upsurge in career change to non-communication related jobs by mass communication professionals in Nigeria is becoming a phenomenon that should be of great concern to students of journalism and mass communication, parents, media organizations, and all stakeholders in both academic and media settings. This massive transition to noncommunication related career fields is expected to be on the rise in the near future if some drastic measures are not put in place to check the reasons behind it and proffer the best possible solution to it. This phenomenon is deemed to be in connection with the challenges that journalism profession is currently facing in Nigeria; the media industry in Nigeria is facing many challenges ranging from lack of job satisfaction, lack of job motivation and dwindling advertising revenue, which have led to non-payment of salaries of journalists by media owners and where they are paid, it is not regular. This issue has encouraged the practice of brown envelop by some journalists who must survive in the absence of salaries from their employers. All the issues earlier mentioned are capable of discouraging and sparking career switch intent in mass communication professionals.

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“…Hence, mid-career changes are likely to happen when such an assessment of current and future situations turns out to be less than ideal. The existing literature has extensively covered what are deemed to be key drivers of mid-career change: initial poor career choice, reaching a career plateau, a sense of being burned out, a sense of entrapment, increased financial obligations, under-utilisation of knowledge and skills, changes in attitudes and values, new opportunities, desire for better work-life balance, boredom, redundancy and professional obsolescence (Wise and Millward, 2005;Thomas, 1980;Kanchier and Unruh, 1989). Given the diversity of reasons for mid-career change, however, Thomas (1980) concludes that such change cannot be seen as one entity.…”

Section: Nature Of Mid-career Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Switching to Entrepreneurship in Mid Career: A Singaporean Perspective

Say

Patrickson

2012

J. Enterprising Culture

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The phenomena of an aging population, changing social and economic circumstances, as well as the existential necessity of mid-life changes form the background to this investigation. Though statistics indicate that there are only a few who have considered entrepreneurship as a desirable and feasible career option in mid life, the option is becoming more attractive as the possibility of lifetime employment with a single employer becomes increasingly remote. The focus of this article is to understand what has motivated first time entrepreneurs in midcareer to consider this choice and how they have made sense of their mid-life situations to successfully discover and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. This study has demonstrated that it requires the optimal interaction of four key elements to increase the likelihood of a positive outcome of entrepreneurial pursuitsknowledge, networks, rewards and risks.

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Factors influencing career change

Cited by 22 publications

References 22 publications

Personal Growth in Adults' Stories of Life Transitions

Personal Growth in Adults' Stories of Life Transitions

Determinant Factors of Career Switch Intention among Mass Communication Professionals

Switching to Entrepreneurship in Mid Career: A Singaporean Perspective

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