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At the crossroads of agency and communion: Defining the shared career
Author(s) -
Svejenova Silviya,
Vives Luis,
Alvarez José Luis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.702
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , depiction , construct (python library) , sociology , career development , work (physics) , public relations , management , psychology , political science , pedagogy , social science , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , linguistics , economics , programming language , philosophy
Abstract This article extends the predominant depiction of careers as individual undertakings and advances insights on collective careers. It defines the shared career as the co‐evolving sequence of work collaboration and jointly pursued career opportunities by two or more career actors. It proposes that this new career construct mixes agency and communion. Furthermore, it conceptualizes a life cycle model of shared careers, using supporting illustrations. Finally, it articulates how focusing on shared careers could open up avenues for the advancement of research on boundaryless careers. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.