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- Title
Stable Anchors and Dynamic Evolution: A Paradox Theory of Career Identity Maintenance and Change.
- Authors
Sugiyama, Keimei; Ladge, Jamie J.; Dokko, Gina
- Abstract
People routinely conceive of themselves in their career in both stable and dynamic ways. Individuals may draw common threads across their various career experiences and aspirations to form a stable anchor for their career identity, yet, at the same time, dynamically adapt their self-concept in the context of their career. In this paper, we call attention to the anchoring and evolving forces that people experience as a paradox for their career identity and theorize "career identifying" as an ongoing process of career identity maintenance and change. As individuals contend with career identity tensions, they make adjustments to maintain a balance of anchoring and evolving forces on their career identity or to make shifts that accumulate into career identity change. The career identifying process accounts for both career identity maintenance and change in a single theoretical model that explains how career identity can change over time while being stable enough to make coherent career choices.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONS; SELF-perception; PARADOX; PROFESSIONAL identity
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 2024, Vol 49, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/amr.2020.0351