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A Theory of Career Mobility

Journal of Political Economy, 1990
This paper analyzes theoretically and empirically the role and significance of occupational mobility in the labor market focusing on individuals' careers. It provides additional dimensions to the analysis of investment in human capital, wage differences across individuals, and the relationships among promotions, quits, and interfirm occupational ...
Sicherman, Nachum, Galor, Oded
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Upward career mobility

Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 2015
Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer
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Career Mobility and Organzational Commitment

Administrative Science Quarterly, 1966
Organizational commitment refers to the nature of the relationship of the member to the system as a whole. Two general factors which influence the strength of a person's attachment to an organization are the rewards he has received from the organization and the experiences he has had to undergo to receive them.
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Career Mobility in Allied Health Education

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1969
So much has been said about the concept of career mobility and so little has been done to implement this concept that we are immediately faced with the simple questions: Is the idea of "career mobility" fiction or fact? Is it a philosophical fable or can it be translated into reality?
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International mobility and research careers: Evidence from a mobility grant program

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017
Our study contributes to assessing the causal impact of economic incentives supporting mobility on researchers’ careers. A Regression Discontinuity Design analysis, exploiting unique rich data on a Swiss mobility grant program, shows that grant recipients enlarge their co-authorship networks, whereas no significant effects on scientific productivity ...
Baruffaldi, Stefano Horst, Marino, Marianna, Visentin, Fabiana   +2 more
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Predicting Career Stability and Mobility

Journal of Career Development, 2014
This study tested occupational embeddedness and boundaryless career attitudes as a complementary explanation for career stability and mobility, in occupations previously known for lifetime employment. Current and former Australian teachers and police officers ( n = 315) completed an online survey about their careers.
Loene M. Howes, Jane Goodman-Delahunty
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Social Capital and Career Mobility

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1997
In this article, the authors examine the social conditions experienced by Asian employees in the workforce, focusing in particular on the lower returns to education that have been documented for both immigrant and U.S.-born Asians. The authors suggest that human capital translates into improved career outcomes by producing greater social capital and ...
Raymond A. Friedman, David Krackhardt
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Career Mobility in Nursing for Paramedics

Nurse Educator, 1992
A largely untapped source of potential nurses are paramedics and emergency technicians. The author reports the results of a testing program to assess advanced placement options for paramedics. Interestingly, the paramedics scored higher in seven of nine categories compared with the scores of sophomore nursing students.
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Career mobility integral to cancer nursing

Nursing Standard, 2016
Why do many nurses find career progression difficult? Nicola James, writing in Cancer Nursing Practice, encourages nurses to consider why they do not benefit from mobility as much as other health professionals, such as doctors.
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Demographic aspects of career mobility*

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 1975
Des techniques pour la construction de modèles démographiques sont utilisées dans l'analyse de mobilité de carrière à l'intérieur d'une organisation dans laquelle la promotion dépend largement de l'âge. Les résultats sont généralisés à toute organisation formelle ayant une hiérarchie bien définie, que les promotions y dépendant de l'âge (e.g.
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