Beyond the Boundaryless Career? New Avenues for Careers Research
London, Kingston-Upon-Thames 17 May 2013
http://business.kingston.ac.uk/cressconference2013
Almost two decades have passed since the idea of the boundaryless career was proposed as an alternative inter-organizational lens to capture the nature of contemporary careers. The concept has broadened the research agenda beyond the focus on careers within large bureaucratic organizations and highlighted the role of factors such as the interface between work and life, embeddedness in occupational communities, and idiosyncratic views of success in shaping career development and identity at work. While the balance of cumulative research is certainly positive, critics have argued that the empirical basis for an increase in inter-organizational mobility is modest and that the boundaryless career presents important conceptual and operational limitations. Rather than dismissing the notion of the boundaryless career, this conference builds on the virtues of the concept to inspire a reflection and critical discussion about how to progress career theory and research beyond the duality between bounded and boundaryless careers.
Registration
Kingston Business School and the Centre for Research on Employment Skills and Society (CRESS) cordially invite you to register for the Beyond the Boundaryless Career? New Avenues for Careers Research conference through the website: http://business.kingston.ac.uk/cressconference2013. Please note that the Beyond the Boundaryless Career? New Avenues for Careers Research conference aims to stimulate an in-depth discussion of all contributions among all participants and Keynotes. The number of participants will therefore be limited and we encourage you to register as soon as possible.
The registration fee is £50 for students and £100 for the remaining participants. Coffee breaks and lunch are included in the fee. You are also welcome to join us at the conference dinner on the 16th of May. Please book your place online at the conference website (£50).
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Venue Information
The conference is hosted by Kingston Business School and CRESS at Warren
House (www.warrenhouse.com), Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, UK. Kingston-Upon-Thames is close to both Heathrow and Gatwick airports and distances less than 30 minutes from central London by train. Please see the conference website for travel information.
Conference Programme
May 16
19:30 Conference Dinner, Warren House, Kingston-Upon-Thames.
May 17
8.00-8.45 Conference Registration
8:45 – 9:00 – Conference Opening
Professor Jean-Noel Ezingeard, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, Kingston University
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote
The Boundaryless Career at 20: Where Do We Stand, How Can We Help?
Michael B. Arthur (Suffolk University, Boston, US)
9:45 - 10:45 Session 1 - Paper Presentation (chair: Ricardo Rodrigues)
Unbinding and Unwinding: The Sabbatical Leave as a Boundaryless Career Choice
Madeline M. Crocitto, State University of New York, US
Sherry E. Sullivan, Bowling Green State University, US
Shawn M. Carraher, Indiana Wesleyan University, US
How do Individuals, Trough Following their Career Ambitions, Contribute to Organizations?
Sabrine El Baroudi, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chen Fleisher, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands
Svetlana Khapova, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands
10:45-11:15 Poster Presentation & Coffee Break
Wasta: A Hidden System in a Less Explored Context - Jordan
Mohammad Ta'amnha, University of East Anglia, UK
Does the Boundaryless Career Apply to the Film Industry? A case study in China
Weiwei Xu, Kingston University, UK
Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes Among Black British knowledge Intensive Workers
Grace Owusu, Brunel University, UK
A gentleman's profession no longer? Why careers in publishing are increasingly boundaryless
Alison Baverstock, Kingston University, UK.
11:15- 12:00 Keynote
Career Mobility and the Knowledge Economy: Consequences for Individuals and Organizations
Svetlana Khapova (VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
12:00 - 13:00 Session 2 - Paper Presentation (chair: Yannis Georgellis)
Performing Career Across Boundaries: an Analysis of Desert Island Discs
Laurie Cohen, Nottingham University Business School, UK
Jo Duberley, Birmingham Business School, UK
Moving across Career Boundaries: An Exploratory Case Study of Careers in the Context of Wikipedia
Katharina Chudzikowski, University of Bath, UK
Gordon Müller-Seitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
13:00 -14:00 Lunch Buffet
14:00 - 15:15 Session 3A - Paper Presentation (chair: Ricardo Rodrigues)
'Which hat do I say I am Wearing?': Identity and independent executive/career coaches
Christina Evans, University of Roehampton London, UK
Anchored or Drifting? Professional Identities and their Relation to Social and Psychological Contract Among Pharmacists
João Fontes da Costa, Coimbra University, Portugal
Teresa Carla Oliveira, Coimbra University, Portugal
14:00- 15:15 Session 3B - Single Paper Presentation (chair: Yannis Georgellis)
Career Ambition and Performance in the Public Sector
Hong T. M Bui, Bournemouth University, UK
Davide Secchi, Bournemouth University, UK
Mai Trong Nhuan, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Quy Thanh, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam
Sailing Across Boundaries: Conceptualizing and Measuring Intellectual Travel
Colin Lee, Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands
Will Felps, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Once You Are In You Might Need To Get Out: Labour Market Resilience of Musical Actors Between Adaptation and Adaptability
Oliver Ibert, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Germany
Suntje Schmidt, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Germany
15:15 – 16:00 Keynote
Towards an Integrationist Approach: Some More Questions for Career Theory
Françoise Dany (EMLYON, Lyon, France)
16:00 – 16:15 Poster Presentation & Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00 Plenary Discussion with Keynotes
What Have We Learned? The Future of Boundaryless Careers Research
Moderator: David Guest, King's College London, UK
Contact Information
If you need any additional information about the conference please contact:
Yannis Georgellis (Y.Georgellis@kingston.ac.uk)
Ricardo Rodrigues (r.rodrigues@kingston.ac.uk)