| Individual Adaptation Strategies in Work Role Transtions |
| Organizer | Higgs, Michael D. | Australian Graduate School of Management | mikeh@agsm.edu.au | 61-2-9931-9358 |
| Organizer | Wood, Robert | Australian Graduate School of Management | rwood@agsm.unsw.edu.au | (61) 2 9931 9238 |
| | Successful work transitions are critical to individual adjustment as well as organizational effectiveness. This symposium seeks to explicate how
and under what conditions varieties work transitions lead to individual change, adapt and develop. The four presentations employ multiple
theoretical perspectives to aid our understanding of how transitions transmute individuals, and in one instance examines the impacts
of relocation on the trailing spouses' employment opportunities, an often--neglected component of the transition equation.
Our symposium has two objectives. First, to provide an interactionist approach to understanding and predicting the consequences of work
transitions. Second, to investigate process models for explaining the change and adaptation strategies during work transitions.
In order to gain a more fine grained understanding of different types of work transitions the symposium draws on the early work by Louis
(1980) as an organizing framework for the varieties and commonalities of work transitions. The symposium papers cover a variety of transitions
from geographical relocation, repatriation to downward moves within organizations. A central component to each of the papers is the role that
self-regulation plays in individuals' adapting to work transitions, a major deficit of earlier work transitions theory building (e.g., Nicholson, 1984).
The symposium has notable practical implications for career development and organizational interventions for improving the adjustment of
individuals undergoing a work transition as well as for enhancing organizational effectiveness. |
| | Keywords: work transitions; job change; career development |
| How Employee Job Transitions Affect Employment Outcomes for Accompanying Spouses |
| Organizer | Eby, Lillian T. | U. of Georgia | leby@arches.uga.edu | 706-542-0378 |
| | Successful work transitions are critical to individual adjustment as well as organizational effectiveness. This symposium seeks to explicate how
and under what conditions varieties work transitions lead to individual change, adapt and develop. The four presentations employ multiple
theoretical perspectives to aid our understanding of how transitions transmute individuals, and in one instance examines the impacts
of relocation on the trailing spouses' employment opportunities, an often--neglected component of the transition equation.
Our symposium has two objectives. First, to provide an interactionist approach to understanding and predicting the consequences of work
transitions. Second, to investigate process models for explaining the change and adaptation strategies during work transitions.
In order to gain a more fine grained understanding of different types of work transitions the symposium draws on the early work by Louis
(1980) as an organizing framework for the varieties and commonalities of work transitions. The symposium papers cover a variety of transitions
from geographical relocation, repatriation to downward moves within organizations. A central component to each of the papers is the role that
self-regulation plays in individuals' adapting to work transitions, a major deficit of earlier work transitions theory building (e.g., Nicholson, 1984).
The symposium has notable practical implications for career development and organizational interventions for improving the adjustment of
individuals undergoing a work transition as well as for enhancing organizational effectiveness. |
| | Keywords: work transitions; job change; career development |
| Protean Behaviors and Proactive Repatriates: Keys to Successful Repatriation Transitions? |
| Organizer | Leiba-O'Sullivan, Sharon | Concordia U. | sharonlo@vax2.concordia.ca | 514-848-2902 |
| | Successful work transitions are critical to individual adjustment as well as organizational effectiveness. This symposium seeks to explicate how
and under what conditions varieties work transitions lead to individual change, adapt and develop. The four presentations employ multiple
theoretical perspectives to aid our understanding of how transitions transmute individuals, and in one instance examines the impacts
of relocation on the trailing spouses' employment opportunities, an often--neglected component of the transition equation.
Our symposium has two objectives. First, to provide an interactionist approach to understanding and predicting the consequences of work
transitions. Second, to investigate process models for explaining the change and adaptation strategies during work transitions.
In order to gain a more fine grained understanding of different types of work transitions the symposium draws on the early work by Louis
(1980) as an organizing framework for the varieties and commonalities of work transitions. The symposium papers cover a variety of transitions
from geographical relocation, repatriation to downward moves within organizations. A central component to each of the papers is the role that
self-regulation plays in individuals' adapting to work transitions, a major deficit of earlier work transitions theory building (e.g., Nicholson, 1984).
The symposium has notable practical implications for career development and organizational interventions for improving the adjustment of
individuals undergoing a work transition as well as for enhancing organizational effectiveness. |
| | Keywords: work transitions; job change; career development |
| The Career Kiss of Death? The Effect of Downward Work Transitions on Subjective Career Success and Identification |
| Organizer | Sargent, Leisa D. | Queensland U. of Technology | l.sargent@qut.edu.au | 61-7-3864-5319 |
| | Successful work transitions are critical to individual adjustment as well as organizational effectiveness. This symposium seeks to explicate how
and under what conditions varieties work transitions lead to individual change, adapt and develop. The four presentations employ multiple
theoretical perspectives to aid our understanding of how transitions transmute individuals, and in one instance examines the impacts
of relocation on the trailing spouses' employment opportunities, an often--neglected component of the transition equation.
Our symposium has two objectives. First, to provide an interactionist approach to understanding and predicting the consequences of work
transitions. Second, to investigate process models for explaining the change and adaptation strategies during work transitions.
In order to gain a more fine grained understanding of different types of work transitions the symposium draws on the early work by Louis
(1980) as an organizing framework for the varieties and commonalities of work transitions. The symposium papers cover a variety of transitions
from geographical relocation, repatriation to downward moves within organizations. A central component to each of the papers is the role that
self-regulation plays in individuals' adapting to work transitions, a major deficit of earlier work transitions theory building (e.g., Nicholson, 1984).
The symposium has notable practical implications for career development and organizational interventions for improving the adjustment of
individuals undergoing a work transition as well as for enhancing organizational effectiveness. |
| | Keywords: work transitions; job change; career development |