Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting everyone who is attending the Academy of Management conference this year to join us at a PDW on Career Entrepreneurship. In line with the main theme of the Careers Division AoM 2007 conference in Philadelphia – that is, doing good by doing well in terms of careers, this PDW aims to raise a scholarly conversation about unconventional, entrepreneurial career strategies and career investments people make in order to succeed around the world. Academics and practitioners need this knowledge as many of these strategies and investments are becoming increasingly relevant not only to the rising economic superpowers, but also to the traditional world, in which success often depends on the ability to reinvent oneself. As individuals get new power to influence organizations, markets, and even nation-states in the current knowledge-based, global economy, more and more of them begin to demonstrate unusual, recently unknown career trajectories towards success. Using the intelligent career framework (Arthur et al., 1995) to shape their presentations, reputable career scholars who represent Brazil, China, Israel, Japan, Russia, and Turkey will speak about unusual, entrepreneurial ways of developing careers in these countries, which includes bypassing traditional career paths, launching "illegitimate" career trajectories and achieving (traditionally) unexpected success, and investing differently into the components of their career. Presenters will also offer a forum for discussion of future research opportunities, and share some practical ideas for educators, coaches, and career counselors that are increasingly faced with a need to help career entrepreneurs. Through involving everyone in a dialog the discussants will outline a still very fresh concept of Career Entrepreneurship at the end of the PDW.
Among presenters are:
Tania Casado; U. of Sao Paulo; Yoav Vardi; Tel Aviv U.; Ichiro Kato; Kushiro Public U. of Economics; Ryuta Suzuki; Kobe U.; Mustafa F Ozbilgin; U. of East Anglia; Cherlyn Skromme Granrose; Berry College;
Discussants are: Julia Richardson; York U.; and Michael B. Arthur; Suffolk U.;
Looking forward to seeing many of you at this session.
On behalf of all PDW participants,
Konstantin Korotov and Svetlana Khapova (organizers)