Maintaining Focus, Energy, and Options Over the Career (PB)

A volume in Research in CareersSeries Editors S. Gayle Baugh, University of West Floridaand Sherry E. Sullivan, Bowling Green State UniversityThe first volume of the series, Maintaining Focus, Energy, and OptionsOver the Career, examines how individuals enact and keep their career vitalover their work life. Awarding-winning, internationally renowned researchers,including Daniel Feldman, Jennifer Deal, Phyllis Tharenou, and Terry Beehr examine the dynamic nature ofcontemporary careers and how careers change as individuals change in response to such factors as aging,learning, experience or contextual changes. Volume 1 includes theoretical perspectives on maintaining personenvironment"fit" over the course of the career, the shifting constellation of developmental relationships overtime and place, a new framework for examining midcareer renewal, a reconceptualization of the retirementtransition, and potential gender differences in self-initiated international careers. Empirical studies in volume 1examine provocative questions including: Is the traditional career really dead? Are there significant generationaldifferences in learning and development? Can career plateauing be positive for the individual or theorganization? The focus throughout this volume is on how careers unfoldover time and how individuals remain productive and successful as theynavigate career changes.