The Future of Career [Paperback]

A comprehensive analysis of career theory and practice, reviewing the past and considering the future.This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the concept of career, reviewing its past and considering its future. International specialists in psychology, sociology, counselling, education and human resource management offer a multi-layered examination of career theories and practice, identifying the major changes taking place in the world of work that are challenging a nd extending the meaning of the word career. The overall aim is to offer a meaningful redefinition that is relevant to the newly emerging network society of the twenty-first century.This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the concept of career, reviewing its past and considering its future. International specialists in psychology, sociology, counselling, education and human resource management offer a multi-layered examination of career theories and practice, identifying the major changes taking place in the world of work that are challenging a nd extending the meaning of the word career. The overall aim is to offer a meaningful redefinition that is relevant to the newly emerging network society of the twenty-first century.This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the concept of career, reviewing its past and considering its future. International specialists in psychology, sociology, counseling, education, and human resource management offer a multi-layered examination of career theories and practices. They identify the major changes taking place in the world of work that are challenging and extending the meaning of the word career. The overall aim is to offer a meaningful redefinition that is relevant to the newly emerging network society of the twenty-first century.Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: framing the future of career Audrey Collin and Richard A. Young; Part I. Changing Contexts: 2. 'Fracture lines' in the career environment Julie A. Storey; 3. Some contributionslc§