Fast Tracks and Inner Journeys: Crafting Portable Selves for Contemporary Careers

Petriglieri, Gianpiero ;  Petriglieri, Jennifer Louise ;  Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Through a longitudinal, qualitative study of 55 managers engaged in mobile careers across organizations, industries, and countries, and pursuing a one-year international master’s of business administration (MBA), we build a process model of the crafting of portable selves in temporary identity workspaces. Our findings reveal that contemporary careers in general, and temporary membership in an institution, fuel people’s efforts to craft portable selves: selves endowed with definitions, motives, and abilities that can be deployed across roles and organizations over time. Two pathways for crafting a portable self—one adaptive, the other exploratory—emerged from the interaction of individuals’ aims and concerns with institutional resources and demands. Each pathway involved developing a coherent understanding of the self in relation to others and to the institution that anchored participants to their current organization while preparing them for future ones. The study shows how institutions that host members temporarily can help them craft selves that afford a sense of agentic direction and enduring connection, tempering anxieties and bolstering hopes associated with mobile working lives. It also suggests that institutions serving as identity workspaces for portable selves may remain attractive and extend their cultural influence in an age of workforce mobility.

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business schools ;  contemporary careers ;  identity work; portable selves ;  identity workspaces; systems psychodynamics

You Can't Save Face If You Never Had It

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Doing Business In China: Political Chess Game I

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Doing Business in China: Go Long, Or Take The Quick Win?

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Doing Business In China: Political Chess Game II

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Doing Business In China: Terry And The Pirates Part 5

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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一个在美国空军服役5年、拥有强大心理学背景的商学院教授是怎么看待领导力的？

杰克 伍德

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拥有心理学的强大背景、以及在美国空军5年服役的经历，使得杰克•伍德教授对于领导力的理解更为与众不同：优秀的领导可能是一个很糟糕的人；观察一个人的行为可以看到他的家庭状况；一个团队光有任务是不够的，还要维系团队成员的关系……而早年的军队经历更是让他意识到，要把每个人放入情境之中才能选拔出好的领导。

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Doing Business In China: Terry And The Pirates

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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Doing Business In China: 'Terry And The Pirates' Part II

Wood, Jack Denfeld

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