Work patterns in the professional life-cycle

Artikel

A discriminant analysis was performed on a sample (n = 114) of salaried professionals to distinguish work patterns among three age groups corresponding to early, middle and late career stages. Three distinct profiles were generated by the two significant discriminant functions which emerged. The three career stage groups were given identifying labels: ‘finding a niche’, ‘digging in’ and ‘entrenched’. The findings support a life-cycle hypothesis of ageing and work patterns, although there is some substantiation for the cohort and ageing hypotheses in the literature. Scenarios for each of the three career stages are provided along with implications for improving the management of age-specific professional human resources.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal of Occupational Psychology ; ISSN: 2044-8325 ; Volume: 58 ; Year: 1985 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 177-187 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Personal, Professional, and Business Services ; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation ; Personnel Economics: Training
• Subject: Professional work ; Managing professionals ; Age and work ; Work tenure ; Job satisfaction ; Deviance ; Self-esteem ; Discriminant analysis

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Raelin, Joseph A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wiley ; ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
• (where): Hoboken, NJ
• (when): 1985

Further information

• DOI: https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1985.tb00193.x
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/269149
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