(Re)Constructing Career Strategies After Experiencing Involuntary Job Loss

Mulhall, Sue

doi:10.1080/14697017.2014.978534

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“…Networking over time emerges as one of the crucial ways in which journalists are managing and negotiating the aftermath of the fateful moment of redundancy, seeking agency in a challenging structural context (Gardiner et al, 2009;Lindsay, 2010;Mulhall, 2014). This role for networks is enhanced further here, as the increasing precarity of employment in the industry means that legacy media jobs are no longer available in sufficient numbers for all those impacted by redundancy (Lindsay et al, 2005).…”

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Mobilising networks after redundancy: The experiences of Australian journalists

Marjoribanks

Zion

Sherwood

2021

New Technol Work Employ

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Redundancy and job loss in a context of precarity have become central to the experiences of journalists globally over the last decade. Previous research has identified the importance of networks to job seeking in these contexts. This article analyses responses of 225 journalists in Australia whose positions were made redundant between 2012 and 2014 to questions about their ongoing connections with former colleagues in a survey conducted four times: in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. A key finding is that these networks are resources that journalists develop, manage, mobilise and maintain for social and professional purposes, sometimes simultaneously. In this paper, we also seek to extend theoretical and empirical understandings of networks as forms of support when dealing with job loss and in developing strategies for seeking new employment and career opportunities.

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Mobilising networks after redundancy: The experiences of Australian journalists

Marjoribanks

Zion

Sherwood

2021

New Technol Work Employ

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Bridging Troubled Times

Nalis

Kubicek

Korunka

2023

Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O

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Abstract. The current labor market has produced manifold crises with high unemployment rates and increasing worklife dynamics. Adaptability and identity are metaskills that enable the learning process necessary to overcome obstacles on the career path. The contribution of this review lies in its focus on the question of whether the metaskills of career adaptability and identity can serve to bridge troubled times for everyone in the working population. This review provides a conceptual model of a “decent career” that acknowledges challenging circumstances based on demographic differences (e. g., age, ethnicity, sex) or structural conditions (e. g., economic crisis) and the antecedents necessary to foster individual skills that serve various beneficial outcomes.

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Chronicles of Involuntary Career Changes: A Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis

Brazier,

Masdonati,

Parmentier

2024

Journal of Career Assessment

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Although extensive research on career transitions exists, little is known about the challenges and processes of involuntary career change. Building on Savickas’s theoretical framework of objective and subjective careers, we investigated the subjective experiences of involuntary career changes while apprehending their objective unfolding. Following a longitudinal qualitative design, we conducted two waves of semistructured interviews with 18 participants who had been forced to change careers due to health issues, migration, or saturated labor market in Switzerland. A four-step temporal thematic analysis covering case description, case comparison, case processes analysis, and processes comparison highlighted a spectrum of career change processes. At one end, individuals experienced synchronous progressions and regained meaning and control over their career combined with a rather linear status sequence. Conversely, some individuals underwent asynchronous developments consisting of either modest objective steps that instigated meaningful subjective experiences or status stagnation, leading to a loss of control and meaning. These findings underscore the variety of involuntary career change processes and unveil synchronicity as a key temporal element in involuntary career change processes. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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(Re)Constructing Career Strategies After Experiencing Involuntary Job Loss

Cited by 3 publications

References 31 publications

Mobilising networks after redundancy: The experiences of Australian journalists

Mobilising networks after redundancy: The experiences of Australian journalists

Bridging Troubled Times

Chronicles of Involuntary Career Changes: A Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis

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