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The definition of career grounded in the research process, implies a form of balance being struck between

  • Work-related events,
  • An individual's relationship to work, and
  • Lifestyle.

 

Clearly, the relationship between the individual and work is perceived as satisfying, if it provides for the maintenance and development by that individual of an appropriate lifestyle. If these elements are in balance, the individual will experience a form of psychological equilibrium leading to satisfaction, and maintenance of the status quo. This status quo may be dynamic in that it can include the situation in which the individual seeks regular advancement in terms of:

  • Skills,
  • Status or
  • Reward.

 

However, if they are not in balance, for example, if the individual is made redundant then he/she will experience an imbalance as the possibilities for lifestyle maintenance become threatened. Commonly, this imbalance led to the high levels of anxiety, reported by some of our managers as being disabling, in that the experience reduced their capacity to respond rationally to the situation.

 

Managers also reported that changes in the circumstances in one area of their lives could create imbalances in other areas, and it was difficult to predict how a specific event would influence their decisions. They had to choose between various actions that they could take to adjust one or more of their individual, domestic and employment circumstances. How individuals framed their career decisions in response to an imbalance lead to different kinds of career action being used to try and restore an acceptable balance. A manager having decided that he or she was deficient in some skill area might commit time usually devoted to the family for personal development. If this action successfully addressed the issue, the short-term imbalance in the domestic situation was seen to have been worth it. They felt that after the initial turmoil and anxiety experienced when imbalance was identified, they became more satisfied as a result of taking the appropriate action. This response occurred with collaborators who were consistent in managing their careers.

 

With those who had an ad hoc response to career management, efforts to restore balance were also unpredictable and ad hoc. It was reported by some who had experienced difficulties in domestic arrangements that these difficulties had led to a reduction in the level of commitment to organizational careers and hence to decisions and actions taken with regard to adopting different forms of lifestyle. What was reported by collaborators shows that if one aspect of an individual's life is affected and creates a perceived imbalance relative to other aspects, then the anxiety experienced acts to motivate actions to restore a balance between the personal, the domestic and the employment relationship to maintain lifestyle commitments.

 

 

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