Fast forward: careers in research in New Zealand

This article describes and discusses developments in careers research in the past few years in New Zealand. While detailing some important mainstream research in the 'career development' tradition, it focuses on research conducted largely in New Zealand business schools, which may have been prompted by the country's rapid deregulation in the 1980s and 1990s. Particular attention is paid to the destabilisation of careers and the development of 'boundaryless' and other new forms of career. This work provides a framework enabling us to understand career adaptation, and 'mobile career' phenomena such as careers based on project work and the role of overseas experience in career development.

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This article describes and discusses developments in careers research in the past few years in New Zealand. While detailing some important mainstream research in the 'career development' tradition, it focuses on research conducted largely in New Zealand business schools, which may have been prompted by the country's rapid deregulation in the 1980s and 1990s. Particular attention is paid to the destabilisation of careers and the development of 'boundaryless' and other new forms of career. This work provides a framework enabling us to understand career adaptation, ...  [+] Show more