Career entrepreneurship

Konstantin Korotov (), Svetlana Khapova () and Michael B. Arthur
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Konstantin Korotov: ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Svetlana Khapova: VU University Amsterdam
Michael B. Arthur: Sawyer School of Management, Suffolk University

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Abstract: This article introduces “career entrepreneurship,” a rapidly spreading phenomenon in the global knowledge-driven economy. Career entrepreneurship involves taking an entrepreneurial approach to managing our careers. It means doing things that seem “illegitimate” to other people and contradict socially-recognized and accepted sequences of work experiences in terms of age, education, or socio-economic progression. This kind of behavior challenges established norms about typical career development. The evidence presented in this article suggests new possibilities for thinking about the way individuals invest in their careers, new insights for organizations interested in capturing the potential of career entrepreneurship, and new ideas for career and life coaches to support people embracing the phenomenon. The article offers a primer on career entrepreneurship to all three groups of readers, calling for more effective collaborative relationships and more effective leveraging of individuals’ career investments.

Keywords: career entrepreneurship; career success; career investments; three ways of knowing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2008-12-08, Revised 2009-10-25
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Published in Organizational Dynamics 40(2): 127–135.

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