Edited by Jon Briscoe, Professor of Management, College of Business, Northern Illinois University, US, Michael Dickmann, Professor of International Human Resource Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Professor Emeritus, Boston University, US, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour, WU Vienna, Austria and Emma Parry, Professor of Human Resource Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

‘This book is a 'must' for anyone wanting to understand contemporary careers in a global context - whoever you are and wherever you may be. Drawing on the expertise of a truly global team of experts, it invites us to engage with careers in twenty different countries interweaving individual, organisational, industry and national perspectives. Theoretically innovative, empirically rigorous and very well written it is a pleasure to read. Enjoy!’

• Contents:PART I THE LAY OF THE LAND1 Careers: what they are and how to look at them 2Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann,Douglas T. Hall and Emma Parry2 One, two, many ways – a hands-on guide to how tonavigate this book 9Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann,Douglas T. Hall and Emma ParryPART II PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS3 Walking a tightrope – the fulfillment of psychologicalneeds in a self-determined two-job situation in Germany 15Nanni Schleicher and Florian Schramm4 Leonardo da Vinci’s spirit: a career story of an Italiancreative entrepreneur 25Silvia Bagdadli and Martina Gianecchini5 Agency and structure in career-related decisions: anexample from the financial crisis in Portugal 36Silvia Dello Russo and Henrique Duarte6 Crises and digitalization: your skills are unlimited, justdiscover them! Individual skills and their discovery intimes of turbulence 47K. Övgü Çakmak-OtluoğluPART III STABILITY AND CHANGE7 Career reinvention in Russia 56Konstantin Korotov, Svetlana N. Khapova and Evgenia I. Lysova8 Career inaction in Belgium: when you want to makea career change, but you just … don’t 64Nicky Dries and Marijke Verbruggen9 Career resilience in times of financial crisis in Greece 73Leda Panayotopoulou10 Change and continuity of career ecosystems for a parentcompany and foreign subsidiary in Japan 81Chikae Naito and Mami Taniguchi11 Career conditions in Pakistan: “apna banda” and career growth 92Noreen Saher12 Family as an anchor during career transition: a case from India 101Akhila Veldandi, Sushanta Kumar Mishra and Richa SaxenaPART IV BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS13 The Canadian Mosaic lives on: supporting immigrants intransitioning to the local labour market 111Rick Cotton and Mila Lazarova14 A carpenter yesterday, an electronics technician today:a Syrian refugee’s career transition and subjective careersuccess upon entering the German labour market 121Maike Andresen and Svenja Rosseburg15 Careers in turbulent environments: the impact of ‘Brexit’on career motivations and behaviour in the United Kingdom 131Michael Dickmann, Emma Parry and Katharina Chudzikowski16 Back to the motherland: careers of Nigeria’s returning diasporas 142Furo Bakare, Yetunde Anibaba and Ifedapo AdeleyePART V GENDER17 Facing sexism in her way to the top: from “strugglingalone” to “institutional support” in Argentina 152Pamela A. Suzanne and Vanesa Vidal18 Against all odds: a career success story of a woman oflower-class origin in Austria 162Lea Katharina Reiss, Petra Eggenhofer-Rehart, WolfgangMayrhofer and Astrid Reichel19 Gender and academic careers in Ireland: towards greatergender equality 172Janine Bosak and Pat O’ConnorPART VI GENERATIONS20 To retire or not to retire? Teachers’ motivation to work inpost-retirement in Lithuania 183Bernadeta Goštautaitė and Virginija Putnaitė21 ‘Old’ and ‘new’, now and then – reflections on fourcareers in Switzerland 192Martin Gubler22 A hundred years of solitude and fight: careers in Slovakiaacross three generations in Central and Eastern Europe 203Sonia FerencikovaPART VII ORGANIZATIONS23 Career coaching athletes: a career intervention fora specialized career in Australia 214Narelle Hess and Denise Jepsen24 What attracts young people today? Insights from Mexico 222Sergio Madero Gómez and José Luis Montes Martínez25 Career success through horizontal career transitions: anexample from a Norwegian organization 231Bryndís Steindórsdóttir and Anders Dysvik26 Talent management: exclusive career management ininclusive Finland 240Adam SmaleIndex 248

Edited by Jon Briscoe, Professor of Management, College of Business, Northern Illinois University, US, Michael Dickmann, Professor of International Human Resource Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Professor Emeritus, Boston University, US, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour, WU Vienna, Austria and Emma Parry, Professor of Human Resource Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

‘This book is a 'must' for anyone wanting to understand contemporary careers in a global context - whoever you are and wherever you may be. Drawing on the expertise of a truly global team of experts, it invites us to engage with careers in twenty different countries interweaving individual, organisational, industry and national perspectives. Theoretically innovative, empirically rigorous and very well written it is a pleasure to read. Enjoy!’

• Contents:PART I THE LAY OF THE LAND1 Careers: what they are and how to look at them 2Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann,Douglas T. Hall and Emma Parry2 One, two, many ways – a hands-on guide to how tonavigate this book 9Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann,Douglas T. Hall and Emma ParryPART II PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS3 Walking a tightrope – the fulfillment of psychologicalneeds in a self-determined two-job situation in Germany 15Nanni Schleicher and Florian Schramm4 Leonardo da Vinci’s spirit: a career story of an Italiancreative entrepreneur 25Silvia Bagdadli and Martina Gianecchini5 Agency and structure in career-related decisions: anexample from the financial crisis in Portugal 36Silvia Dello Russo and Henrique Duarte6 Crises and digitalization: your skills are unlimited, justdiscover them! Individual skills and their discovery intimes of turbulence 47K. Övgü Çakmak-OtluoğluPART III STABILITY AND CHANGE7 Career reinvention in Russia 56Konstantin Korotov, Svetlana N. Khapova and Evgenia I. Lysova8 Career inaction in Belgium: when you want to makea career change, but you just … don’t 64Nicky Dries and Marijke Verbruggen9 Career resilience in times of financial crisis in Greece 73Leda Panayotopoulou10 Change and continuity of career ecosystems for a parentcompany and foreign subsidiary in Japan 81Chikae Naito and Mami Taniguchi11 Career conditions in Pakistan: “apna banda” and career growth 92Noreen Saher12 Family as an anchor during career transition: a case from India 101Akhila Veldandi, Sushanta Kumar Mishra and Richa SaxenaPART IV BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS13 The Canadian Mosaic lives on: supporting immigrants intransitioning to the local labour market 111Rick Cotton and Mila Lazarova14 A carpenter yesterday, an electronics technician today:a Syrian refugee’s career transition and subjective careersuccess upon entering the German labour market 121Maike Andresen and Svenja Rosseburg15 Careers in turbulent environments: the impact of ‘Brexit’on career motivations and behaviour in the United Kingdom 131Michael Dickmann, Emma Parry and Katharina Chudzikowski16 Back to the motherland: careers of Nigeria’s returning diasporas 142Furo Bakare, Yetunde Anibaba and Ifedapo AdeleyePART V GENDER17 Facing sexism in her way to the top: from “strugglingalone” to “institutional support” in Argentina 152Pamela A. Suzanne and Vanesa Vidal18 Against all odds: a career success story of a woman oflower-class origin in Austria 162Lea Katharina Reiss, Petra Eggenhofer-Rehart, WolfgangMayrhofer and Astrid Reichel19 Gender and academic careers in Ireland: towards greatergender equality 172Janine Bosak and Pat O’ConnorPART VI GENERATIONS20 To retire or not to retire? Teachers’ motivation to work inpost-retirement in Lithuania 183Bernadeta Goštautaitė and Virginija Putnaitė21 ‘Old’ and ‘new’, now and then – reflections on fourcareers in Switzerland 192Martin Gubler22 A hundred years of solitude and fight: careers in Slovakiaacross three generations in Central and Eastern Europe 203Sonia FerencikovaPART VII ORGANIZATIONS23 Career coaching athletes: a career intervention fora specialized career in Australia 214Narelle Hess and Denise Jepsen24 What attracts young people today? Insights from Mexico 222Sergio Madero Gómez and José Luis Montes Martínez25 Career success through horizontal career transitions: anexample from a Norwegian organization 231Bryndís Steindórsdóttir and Anders Dysvik26 Talent management: exclusive career management ininclusive Finland 240Adam SmaleIndex 248

Edited by Jon Briscoe, Professor of Management, College of Business, Northern Illinois University, US, Michael Dickmann, Professor of International Human Resource Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Professor Emeritus, Boston University, US, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour, WU Vienna, Austria and Emma Parry, Professor of Human Resource Management, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

‘This book is a 'must' for anyone wanting to understand contemporary careers in a global context - whoever you are and wherever you may be. Drawing on the expertise of a truly global team of experts, it invites us to engage with careers in twenty different countries interweaving individual, organisational, industry and national perspectives. Theoretically innovative, empirically rigorous and very well written it is a pleasure to read. Enjoy!’

• Contents:PART I THE LAY OF THE LAND1 Careers: what they are and how to look at them 2Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann,Douglas T. Hall and Emma Parry2 One, two, many ways – a hands-on guide to how tonavigate this book 9Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann,Douglas T. Hall and Emma ParryPART II PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS3 Walking a tightrope – the fulfillment of psychologicalneeds in a self-determined two-job situation in Germany 15Nanni Schleicher and Florian Schramm4 Leonardo da Vinci’s spirit: a career story of an Italiancreative entrepreneur 25Silvia Bagdadli and Martina Gianecchini5 Agency and structure in career-related decisions: anexample from the financial crisis in Portugal 36Silvia Dello Russo and Henrique Duarte6 Crises and digitalization: your skills are unlimited, justdiscover them! Individual skills and their discovery intimes of turbulence 47K. Övgü Çakmak-OtluoğluPART III STABILITY AND CHANGE7 Career reinvention in Russia 56Konstantin Korotov, Svetlana N. Khapova and Evgenia I. Lysova8 Career inaction in Belgium: when you want to makea career change, but you just … don’t 64Nicky Dries and Marijke Verbruggen9 Career resilience in times of financial crisis in Greece 73Leda Panayotopoulou10 Change and continuity of career ecosystems for a parentcompany and foreign subsidiary in Japan 81Chikae Naito and Mami Taniguchi11 Career conditions in Pakistan: “apna banda” and career growth 92Noreen Saher12 Family as an anchor during career transition: a case from India 101Akhila Veldandi, Sushanta Kumar Mishra and Richa SaxenaPART IV BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS13 The Canadian Mosaic lives on: supporting immigrants intransitioning to the local labour market 111Rick Cotton and Mila Lazarova14 A carpenter yesterday, an electronics technician today:a Syrian refugee’s career transition and subjective careersuccess upon entering the German labour market 121Maike Andresen and Svenja Rosseburg15 Careers in turbulent environments: the impact of ‘Brexit’on career motivations and behaviour in the United Kingdom 131Michael Dickmann, Emma Parry and Katharina Chudzikowski16 Back to the motherland: careers of Nigeria’s returning diasporas 142Furo Bakare, Yetunde Anibaba and Ifedapo AdeleyePART V GENDER17 Facing sexism in her way to the top: from “strugglingalone” to “institutional support” in Argentina 152Pamela A. Suzanne and Vanesa Vidal18 Against all odds: a career success story of a woman oflower-class origin in Austria 162Lea Katharina Reiss, Petra Eggenhofer-Rehart, WolfgangMayrhofer and Astrid Reichel19 Gender and academic careers in Ireland: towards greatergender equality 172Janine Bosak and Pat O’ConnorPART VI GENERATIONS20 To retire or not to retire? Teachers’ motivation to work inpost-retirement in Lithuania 183Bernadeta Goštautaitė and Virginija Putnaitė21 ‘Old’ and ‘new’, now and then – reflections on fourcareers in Switzerland 192Martin Gubler22 A hundred years of solitude and fight: careers in Slovakiaacross three generations in Central and Eastern Europe 203Sonia FerencikovaPART VII ORGANIZATIONS23 Career coaching athletes: a career intervention fora specialized career in Australia 214Narelle Hess and Denise Jepsen24 What attracts young people today? Insights from Mexico 222Sergio Madero Gómez and José Luis Montes Martínez25 Career success through horizontal career transitions: anexample from a Norwegian organization 231Bryndís Steindórsdóttir and Anders Dysvik26 Talent management: exclusive career management ininclusive Finland 240Adam SmaleIndex 248