Medici, Guri; Igic, Ivana; Grote, Gudela; Hirschi, Andreas (2022). Facing Change With Stability: The Dynamics of Occupational Career Trajectories. Journal of Career Development, 50(4), pp. 883-900. Sage Publications 10.1177/08948453221133123
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In today’s dynamic work environments, individuals must manage their careers. Although research suggests that many individuals change jobs and organizations more frequently, they often pursue their careers within one occupation still. The current study addresses how such seemingly stable careers unfold in the face of societal, economic, and technological changes and explores the proactive and reactive strategies individuals use to sustain occupational stability throughout their careers. Applying qualitative content analysis to 32 semi-structured interviews, we revealed eight major strategies underlying the process of occupational stability maintenance. We discuss the identified strategies using control theory and job crafting as theoretical lenses and introduce the concept of occupational crafting for understanding stability maintenance in vocational careers. The study highlights occupations as meaningful reference points in contemporary careers and illustrates how proactive and reactive strategies lead to occupational stability.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Work and Organisational Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Igic, Ivana (A), Hirschi, Andreas |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
0894-8453 |
Publisher: |
Sage Publications |
Funders: |
[201] Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation (SBFI) = Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Christine Soltermann |
Date Deposited: |
24 Feb 2023 11:56 |
Last Modified: |
23 Jul 2023 02:25 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/08948453221133123 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
occupational stability maintenance; career management; vocational careers; occupational crafting; qualitative methods |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/178879 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/178879 |
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