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New Book Announcement: Careers Around the World

  • 1.  New Book Announcement: Careers Around the World

    Posted 08-09-2011 03:09

    New Book Announcement (with apologies for cross-posting)

    Careers Around the World:  Individual and Contextual Perspectives.  (Routledge)

    Jon P. Briscoe, Douglas T. Hall, and Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Editors

    Careers Around the World explores the very meaning of what a career for individuals is in different countries, cultures, professions and age groups. What does career success mean for people around the world? What are key career transitions, and how are they best managed in different cultures? And how do these issues vary in different countries and regions?  As those questions have not yet been investigated in the literature of careers across cultures and generations, the authors have taken an approach that led to hearing the answers directly from working people around the globe. This book presents the answers to these questions from each of seven major cultural regions of the world and the practical implications of these differences for those who manage human resources in organizations that cross national boundaries, as well as those who advise on careers.  The book is designed to be a resource to scholars as well as a textbook for students in management, human resources, international management and other fields.

    The publication date is August 10, 2011.  Advance copies for inspection will be available at the Routledge booth at the AOM meetings in San Antonio at booths 212-216.

    Exam copies and purchases are available at http://www.routledge.com and the book is available on Amazon.com as well.

    Questions about content can be addressed to Jon Briscoe at jonbriscoe@niu.edu

     

    Contents:

    Part I  Introduction

    1 Careers Around the World

     

    Jon P. Briscoe, Douglas T. Hall and

    Wolfgang Mayrhofer

     

    2 Careers in Cross-Cultural Perspective

     

    Svetlana N. Khapova, Jon P. Briscoe and

    Michael Dickmann

     

    3 The 5C Project: Our Story and Our Research

     

    Jon P. Briscoe, Katharina Chudzikowski,

    Barbara Demel, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and

    Julie Unite

     

    Part II The Research Findings

     

    4 Career Success Around the World: Its Meaning and

    Perceived Influences in 11 Countries

     

    Barbara Demel, Yan Shen, Mireia Las Heras,

    Douglas T. (Tim) Hall and Julie Unite

     

    5 Career Transitions: Windows Into the Career Experience

    in 11 Country Contexts

     

    Jon P. Briscoe, Katharina Chudzikowski and

    Julie Unite

     

    6 Careers and Age: Career Success for Older and

    Younger Workers

     

    Julie Unite, Emma Parry, Jon P. Briscoe and

    Katharina Chudzikowski

     

    Part III Analysis

     

    7 Culture and Context: Understanding Their Influence

    Upon Careers

     

    Katharina Chudzikowski, Enrique Ogliastri,

    Jon P. Briscoe, Afam Ituma, Astrid Reichel,

    Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Svetlana N. Khapova

     

    8 Implications for the Management of People and

    Organizations

     

    Douglas T. Hall, Jon P. Briscoe, Michael Dickmann

    and Wolfgang Mayrhofer

     

    9 The 5C Project: Harvesting Lessons for Future Career

    Research

     

    Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon P. Briscoe and

    Douglas T. Hall

     

    Part IV Country Chapters

     

    10 Careers in Austria

     

    Katharina Chudzikowski, Barbara Demel,

    Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Astrid Reichel

     

    11 Careers in China

     

    Yan Shen

     

    12 Careers in Costa Rica

     

    Enrique Ogliastri and Jorge-Vinicio Murillo

     

    13 Careers in Israel

     

    Asya Pazy and Dana Shefer

     

    14 Careers in Japan

     

    Mami Taniguchi

     

    15 Careers in Mexico

     

    Ociel Colorado

     

     

    16 Careers in Serbia

     

    Biljana Bogic´evic´ Milikic´ and Jelena Zikic

     

    17 Careers in South Africa

     

    Julie Unite, Burger van Lill and Jon P. Briscoe

     

    18 Careers in Spain

     

    Mireia Las Heras

     

    19 Careers in the United Kingdom

     

    Emma Parry and Michael Dickmann

     

    20 Careers in the United States

     

    Jon P. Briscoe, Douglas T. Hall, Mireia Las Heras

    and Julie Unite