The Boundaryless Career
A New Employment Principle for a New Organizational Era
Published on 9. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-19-514958-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the ways in which people's work careers are changing as the organizations in which they work are changing. The old concept of the firm as a a self-contained entity interacting mainly with its customers has been replaced by the reality of firms whose boundaries have given way to new alliances with suppliers, sometimes competitors, and other outside organizations, in ways that require a redefinition of what a firm can expect from lifetime employment. At the same time, the workers in these careers are interrupted by layoffs, or changed by new technologies, and over their work life will be expected to maintain a habit of continuous learning to remain in the work force.
Reviews / Votes
A fascinating, timely and formidably knowledgeable collection of original scholarly papers taking career studies into the coming century. The Boundaryless Career is something of a one-volume Encyclopedia on the changing nature of contemporary occupations and organizations. * John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * A fascinating, timely and formidably knowledgeable collection of original scholarly papers taking career studies into the coming century. The Boundaryless Career is something of a one-volume Encyclopedia on the changing nature of contemporary occupations and organizations. * John Van Maanen, Erwin Schell Professor of Organization Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology * ...an exciting, important contribution to career literature, presenting ideas from thirty-four authors...The editors have gathered impressive, well-informed, thoughtful authors, who present their ideas with clarity and vigor. * Human Resource Planning * ...Arthur and Rousseau (and the contributing scholars) are to be appluaded. This is a volume that will serve as the basis for future research on the career changes we are currently experiencing. The Boundaryless Career is an important work that makes a crucial contribution to the literature on careers. * Personnel Psychology * ...an important source for those exploring career theory, network analysis, organizational learning, and industry evolution. * Administrative Science Quarterly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 tables and 6 figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
617 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514958-6 (9780195149586)
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Content
Contributors
1: Michael B. Arthur and Denise M. Rousseau: Introduction: The Boundaryless Career as a New Employment Principle
I. Exploring the Nature of Boundaryless Careers
2: AnnaLe Saxenian: Beyond Boundaries: Open Labor Markets and Learning in Silicon Valley
3: Karl E. Weick: Enactment and the Boundaryless Career: Organizing as We Work
4: Candace Jones: Careers in Project Networks: The Case of the Film Industry
5: David F. Robinson and Anne S. Miner: Careers Change as Organizations Learn
II. The Competitive Advantages of Knowledge Based in Boundaryless Careers
6: Raymond E. iles and Charles C. Snow:
7: Robert J. DeFillippi and Michael B. Arthur: Boundaryless Contextx and Careers: A Competency-Based Perspective
8: Ted Baker and Howard E. Aldrich: Prometheus Stretches: Building Identity and Cumulative Knowledge in Multiemployer Careers
9: Allan Bird: Careers as Repositories of Knowledge: Considerations for Boundaryless Careers
III THe Social Structure of Boundaryless Careers
10: Jerry Ellig and Tojo Joseph Thatchenkery: Subjectivism, Discovery, and Boundaryless Careers: An Austrian Perspective
11: Holly J. Raider and Ronald S. Burt: Boundaryless Careers and Social Capital
12: Cherlyn Skromme Granrose and Bee Leng Chua: Global Boundaryless Careers: Lessons from Chinese Family Businesses
13: Paul M. Hirsch and Mark Shanley: The Rhetoric of Boundaryless - Or, How the Newly Empowered Managerial Class Brought into Its Own Marginalization
IV. Personal Development and Growth along the Boundaryless Career Path
14: Philip H. Mirvis and Douglas T. Hall: Psychological Success and the Boundaryless Career
15: Joyce K. Fletcher and Lotte Bailyn: Challenging the Last Boundary: Reconnecting Work and Family
16: David Thomas and Monica Higgins: Mentoring and the Boundaryless Career: Lessons from the Minority Experience
17: Nanette Fondas: Feminization at Work: Career Implications
V. Social Institutions in the New Organizational Era
18: Charles Perrow: The Bounded Career and the Demise of the Civil Society
19: Michael H. Best and Robert Forrant: Community-Based Careers and Economic Virtue: Arming, Disarming, and Rearming the Springfield, Western Massachusetts, Metalworking Region
20: Pamela S. Tolbert: Occupations, Organizations, and Boundaryless Careers
21: James E. Rosenbaum and Shazia Rafullah Miller: Moving In, Up, or Out: Tournaments and Other Institutional Signals of Career Attainments
22: Mchael B. Arthur and Denise M. Rousseau: Conclusion: A Lexicon for the New Organizational Era
Index
1: Michael B. Arthur and Denise M. Rousseau: Introduction: The Boundaryless Career as a New Employment Principle
I. Exploring the Nature of Boundaryless Careers
2: AnnaLe Saxenian: Beyond Boundaries: Open Labor Markets and Learning in Silicon Valley
3: Karl E. Weick: Enactment and the Boundaryless Career: Organizing as We Work
4: Candace Jones: Careers in Project Networks: The Case of the Film Industry
5: David F. Robinson and Anne S. Miner: Careers Change as Organizations Learn
II. The Competitive Advantages of Knowledge Based in Boundaryless Careers
6: Raymond E. iles and Charles C. Snow:
7: Robert J. DeFillippi and Michael B. Arthur: Boundaryless Contextx and Careers: A Competency-Based Perspective
8: Ted Baker and Howard E. Aldrich: Prometheus Stretches: Building Identity and Cumulative Knowledge in Multiemployer Careers
9: Allan Bird: Careers as Repositories of Knowledge: Considerations for Boundaryless Careers
III THe Social Structure of Boundaryless Careers
10: Jerry Ellig and Tojo Joseph Thatchenkery: Subjectivism, Discovery, and Boundaryless Careers: An Austrian Perspective
11: Holly J. Raider and Ronald S. Burt: Boundaryless Careers and Social Capital
12: Cherlyn Skromme Granrose and Bee Leng Chua: Global Boundaryless Careers: Lessons from Chinese Family Businesses
13: Paul M. Hirsch and Mark Shanley: The Rhetoric of Boundaryless - Or, How the Newly Empowered Managerial Class Brought into Its Own Marginalization
IV. Personal Development and Growth along the Boundaryless Career Path
14: Philip H. Mirvis and Douglas T. Hall: Psychological Success and the Boundaryless Career
15: Joyce K. Fletcher and Lotte Bailyn: Challenging the Last Boundary: Reconnecting Work and Family
16: David Thomas and Monica Higgins: Mentoring and the Boundaryless Career: Lessons from the Minority Experience
17: Nanette Fondas: Feminization at Work: Career Implications
V. Social Institutions in the New Organizational Era
18: Charles Perrow: The Bounded Career and the Demise of the Civil Society
19: Michael H. Best and Robert Forrant: Community-Based Careers and Economic Virtue: Arming, Disarming, and Rearming the Springfield, Western Massachusetts, Metalworking Region
20: Pamela S. Tolbert: Occupations, Organizations, and Boundaryless Careers
21: James E. Rosenbaum and Shazia Rafullah Miller: Moving In, Up, or Out: Tournaments and Other Institutional Signals of Career Attainments
22: Mchael B. Arthur and Denise M. Rousseau: Conclusion: A Lexicon for the New Organizational Era
Index