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The Dual Meaning of Managerial Careers: Organizational and Individual Levels of Analysis

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A theoretical framework is proposed which brings out the duality of managerial careers by distinguishing between organizational and individual levels of analysis. At the organizational level, careers can be seen as part of a process of social reproduction, which points the way to linking organizational form and behaviour with comparatively stable career patterns characteristic of particular firms or kinds of firm. At the individual level careers are expressed as a sequence of work role transitions, representing choices between opportunities presented to managers by organizations. Each level of analysis illuminates a different aspect of managerial careers, but it is equally important that each should be seen in the light of the other.

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  • Hugh Gunz, 1989. "The Dual Meaning of Managerial Careers: Organizational and Individual Levels of Analysis," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(3), pages 225-250, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:26:y:1989:i:3:p:225-250
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1989.tb00726.x
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    1. Laurie Cohen & Mary Mallon, 1999. "The Transition from Organisational Employment to Portfolio Working: Perceptions of `Boundarylessness'," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 13(2), pages 329-352, June.
    2. Marie-Noëlle Albert & Nadia Lazzari Dodeler & Emmanuel Guy, 2016. "From a Seafarer’s Career Management to the Management of Interwoven Sea- and Shore-Based Careers," SAGE Open, , vol. 6(1), pages 21582440166, February.
    3. Michael Gold & Janet Fraser, 2002. "Managing Self-management: Successful Transitions to Portfolio Careers," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 16(4), pages 579-597, December.
    4. Dietz, James S. & Bozeman, Barry, 2005. "Academic careers, patents, and productivity: industry experience as scientific and technical human capital," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 349-367, April.
    5. Liu, Zhiqiang & Yan, Miao & Fan, Youqing & Chen, Liling, 2021. "Ascribed or achieved? The role of birth order on innovative behaviour in the workplace," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 480-492.

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