This paper argues that organizational identification is more ambiguous than currently depicted in the literature, especially as people try to make sense of their multiple organizational affiliations over the course of their careers. Based... more
This paper argues that organizational identification is more ambiguous than currently depicted in the literature, especially as people try to make sense of their multiple organizational affiliations over the course of their careers. Based on the detailed analysis of ex-consultants' career narratives, and especially the interplay of multiple, partly conflicting positioning practices through which they express proximity and/ or distance towards a past and present working context, this study provides a nuanced understanding of how ambiguous organizational identifications arise in the first place. Rather than problematizing these ambiguous identifications as undesirable for organizations and their members, the study aspires to make space for ambiguity by rethinking identification from a career perspective which is sensitive to aspects of temporality and change, thereby providing a more dynamic conceptualization of organizational identification in the contemporary workplace.
Collage can be a useful tool for figuring things out; whether you are changing careers or wanting to change something else in your life. The Roman Numerals refer to the original posts on ello, but XI.2 was X.2 in the original series. I... more
Collage can be a useful tool for figuring things out; whether you are changing careers or wanting to change something else in your life. The Roman Numerals refer to the original posts on ello, but XI.2 was X.2 in the original series. I have been thinking about submitting this to some journal for years, but they would have not let me use so many illustrations. Getting permission for some of those appropriated images would have also been challenging. This format also allows a more personal style. This material is submitted with an "Attribution 4.0 International (CC by 4.0)" Creative Commons License.
"What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? What about a shift from a Greek sheep-herding community to working with evictees and housing activists in Rome and... more
"What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? What about a shift from a Greek sheep-herding community to working with evictees and housing activists in Rome and Bangkok? In The Restless Anthropologist, Alma Gottlieb brings together eight eminent scholars to recount the riveting personal and intellectual dynamics of uprooting one’s life—and decades of work—to embrace a new fieldsite.
Addressing questions of life-course, research methods, institutional support, professional networks, ethnographic models, and disciplinary paradigm shifts, the contributing writers of The Restless Anthropologist discuss the ways their earlier and later projects compare on both scholarly and personal levels, describing the circumstances of their choices and the motivations that have emboldened them to proceed, to become novices all over again. In doing so, they question some of the central expectations of their discipline, reimagining the space of the anthropological fieldsite at the heart of their scholarly lives."
We report the results of qualitative research on adults who enrolled in a vocational and education training (VET) program with the intention of changing their careers. The participants were 30 adults aged between 25 and 45 years. A... more
We report the results of qualitative research on adults who enrolled in a vocational and education training (VET) program with the intention of changing their careers. The participants were 30 adults aged between 25 and 45 years. A modified version of the consensual qualitative research method was applied to transcriptions of semi-structured interviews with the participants. There appeared to be two main reasons underlying the decision to enrol in a VET program with the aim of initiating a career change. Based on the reasons given, two groups (career changers and proactive changers) and five distinct categories were recognized. The career changers included individuals who wished to change careers due to dissatisfaction with their current situation. In this group, the decisions were motivated by either health problems or personal dissatisfaction. The proactive changers included individuals who wished to reorient their career because of a desire to undertake new projects. In this grou...
ÖZET Bu çalışmada y kuşağı mutfak çalışanlarının kariyer planlamaları ve beklentilerinin ortaya konması amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda araştırma evreni olarak İstanbul'da bulunan 8 beş yıldızlı otel işletmesinde çalışan y kuşağı mutfak... more
ÖZET Bu çalışmada y kuşağı mutfak çalışanlarının kariyer planlamaları ve beklentilerinin ortaya konması amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda araştırma evreni olarak İstanbul'da bulunan 8 beş yıldızlı otel işletmesinde çalışan y kuşağı mutfak çalışanlarına kolayda örneklem yöntemi ile anket uygulanmış ve toplamda 250 çalışandan veri toplanmıştır. Y kuşağı mutfak çalışanlarından anket yöntemi ile toplanan veriler bağımsız çift örneklem T-testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi (Anova), Post-Hoc ve Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi uygulanmıştır. Açımlayacı faktör analizi sonucuna göre kariyer planlaması kariyer algısı ve kariyer değişimi olarak iki temel boyut altında toplanmıştır. Ayrıca y kuşağı mutfak çalışanlarının medeni durumuna göre kariyer algıları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık belirlenirken kariyer değişimleri arasında herhangi bir farklılık belirlenememiştir. ABSTRACT This study aims to determine career planning and expectations of kitchen employees from generation Y. In this regard, a survey has been conducted to 250 kitchen employees from generation Y working in eight hotels with five stars located in Istanbul Province. The survey has been conducted with convenience sampling method. Data collected from 250 generation Y culinary employees has been analyzed with Independent Samples T-Test, One Way Analysis of Variance (anova), Post-Hoc, and Exploratory Factor Analysis. According to the results of exploratory factor analysis career planning consists of two main dimensions as "career perception" and "career change". In addition, according to marital status generation Y culinary employees, there is significant difference in regards to career perception whereas there is no significant difference in regards to career change.
Background: Teacher turnover has been identified as a major problem that represents instability in teaching. Teacher turnover can be divided into three components: attrition means that the teacher is leaving the profession; area transfer... more
Background: Teacher turnover has been identified as a major problem that represents instability in teaching. Teacher turnover can be divided into three components: attrition means that the teacher is leaving the profession; area transfer means that the teacher is changing his/her subject area and migration means that the teacher is moving from one school to another. The single most important concern is teacher attrition. Attrition is particularly high among teachers in their first five years of service. Although extensive research has been carried out on teacher attrition, no single study exists which comprehensively analyses the attrition of physical education (PE) teachers. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish the attrition and area transfer rates of PE teachers in Finland. This paper also focuses on the reasons behind why PE teachers are leaving the profession. Key findings: A total of 230 (23%) of 994 PE teachers who graduated between the years 1980 and 2006 moved ...
