The New Careers
Individual Action and Economic Change
- Michael Arthur - Suffolk University, Boston
- Kerr Inkson - University of Auckland
- Judith Pringle - University of Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
"'To career' used to mean to swerve wildly or to go swiftly. In this beautifully argued, richly documented, original, liberating work, Arthur, Inksen, and Pringle demonstrate that the new careers once more are about swift swerves, unexpected agency, and enacted opportunities and constraints. Readers will think about the future in ways they never imagined possible."
--Karl E. Weick, University of Michigan
The New Careers offers a major new approach to the concept of career and the relationship of the individual to the contemporary workplace. It shows that our traditional conceptions of careers are rooted in the stable conditions of the industrial state model, which has dominated the 20th century, and that new models, are now needed.
`This book points to careers as actions rather than structures, as means of learning rather than means of earning, and as boundaryless entities rather than constrained ones. It also points to the return of the career as a key concept in social analysis, but shows that in the light of new phenomena' - European Foundation for Mangement Development
`This book is a delightful and easy book to read.... This is an excellent book; a must for any careers adviser committed to continual professional development' - Careers Guidance Today
`Readers will think about the future in ways they never imagined possible. This is a good book. People need to get it in their hands to see how good it is'- Karl Weick, University of Michigan
`The book has considerable strength in that it is clearly argued, well-structured and amply illustrated with case material. Its attempt to explore the diversity of career experience within the population is refreshing. I would commend it to any student or practitioner interested in alternatives to the traditional frameworks of careers research' - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
". . .the book has considerable strength in that it is clearly argued, well-structured and amply illustrated with case material. . .I found it both accessible and engaging to read, and would commmend it to any student or practitioner interested in alternatives to the traditional frameworks of careers research."
