Kaleidoscope careers: An alternate explanation for the “opt-out“ revolution
Kaleidoscope careers: An alternate explanation for the “opt-out“ revolution
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10.5465/ame.2005.15841962
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2005-02
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Lisa A. Mainiero;S. Sullivan
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作者：
Lisa A. Mainiero;S. Sullivan
高管概述 最近，媒体对“选择退出革命”给予了相当大的关注，这个术语用来描述训练有素的女性（主要是职业母亲）令人震惊的人才流失，她们选择不渴望进入公司高管层。本文批判性地回顾了对这一现象的解释，并对万花筒职业模式提出了另一种解释，这种解释符合工人对真实性、平衡性和挑战的关注，以及新千年的职业要求。特别是，万花筒模型适合女性的职业生涯，也是理解女性如何在工作和非工作领域与他人建立关系的一种手段。就像万花筒一样，当管子旋转并且其玻璃碎片落入新的排列时会产生变化的图案，女性通过旋转生活中的不同方面来改变她们的职业模式，以新的方式安排她们的角色和关系。文章最后给出了关于女性如何...
Executive Overview Recently, there has been considerable media attention granted to “the opt-out revolution,“ a term coined to describe the alarming talent drain of highly trained women, largely working mothers, who choose not to aspire to the corporate executive suite. This article critically reviews explanations for this phenomenon, and posits an alternate explanation of the kaleidoscope career model that fits workers' concerns for authenticity, balance, and challenge, vis-a-vis the demands of their careers in this new millennium. In particular, the kaleidoscope model fits women's careers well as a means of understanding how women operate relationally to others in both work and non-work realms. Like a kaleidoscope that produces changing patterns when the tube is rotated and its glass chips fall into new arrangements, women shift the pattern of their careers by rotating different aspects in their lives to arrange their roles and relationships in new ways. The article concludes with guidelines on how wome...