Session Summary

Session Number:212
Session ID:S313
Session Title:The Duality of Careers and Organizations: Transitions and Organizational Dynamics
Short Title:Organizational Dynamics
Session Type:Division Joint Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt East
Floor:LL2
Room:GndBall B
Time:Monday, August 09, 1999 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Sponsors

BPS  (Ming-Jer Chen)BPS99@wharton.upenn.edu (215) 898-0018 
CAR  (Jay Mahoney)Mahoneyj@saturn.montclair.edu (973) 655-7476 

General People

Discussant Sorensen, Jesper B. U. of Chicago jesper.sorensen@gsb.uchicago.edu 773-834-0450 
Co-Chair Sorensen, Jesper B. U. of Chicago jesper.sorensen@gsb.uchicago.edu 773-834-0450 
Co-Chair Khurana, Rakesh  Massachusetts Institute of Technology rkhurana@mit.edu 617-253-5539 

Submissions

Integration in Multinational Corporations: The Case of International Manager Transfers Revisited 
Presenter Haas, Martine R. Harvard U. mhaas@hbs.edu (617) 495-6495 
Entrepreneurial Start-ups and the Influence of New Top Managers: the Dynamics of Careers and Influence 
Presenter Boeker , Warren  U. of Washington wboeker@u.washington.edu (206)-543-8731 
Start-up Experience and Firm Foundings 
Presenter Shane, Scott  Massachusetts Institute of Technology sshane@mit.edu 617-253-4417 
Director Interlocks as Labor Market Institutions: Examinining the External Market for CEOs 
Presenter Khurana, Rakesh  Massachusetts Institute of Technology rkhurana@mit.edu 617-253-5539 

Abstract

One of the most promising trends in recent organizational scholarship has been the growing number of studies that examine the intersection of careers and organizations. Managerial careers are a powerful lens through which to view both individual and organizational processes and outcomes. At the organizational level, careers are a central mechanism of organizational renewal. At the individual level of analysis, careers can be seen as a series of choices individuals make between opportunities available to them. The papers in the symposium address the intersection of careers and organizations from both levels of analysis using a rich variety of methods and perspectives. Two papers work at the organizational level of analysis to understand how careers drive processes of institutionalization and change in organizations. An additional two papers use the individual level of analysis to understand how career trajectories are shaped by past experiences and the social structure of interorganizational networks. Our specific objectives for this symposium include: (1) Bringing together scholars studying careers and organizations from a variety of perspectives; (2) Stimulating a discussion about the multiple ways in which organizations and careers interact; (3) Increasing awareness of a variety of useful approaches to studying the intersection of careers and organizations; and (4) Developing an agenda for further research on careers and organizations.