A Phenomenology of Career Change in the Malaysian Workforce: The Narratives of Rejectors, Navigators and Seekers

Tham, Jennifer Yee Quan, Chong, Yit Sean, Ahmed, Pervaiz K.

A Phenomenology of Career Change in the Malaysian Workforce: The Narratives of Rejectors, Navigators and Seekers
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-07-27
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 122
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 981993995X
  • ISBN-13: 9789819939954

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Evolution in economy, technology and social institutions over time have given rise to boundaryless and Protean careers that promote mobility and self-direction in managing one's career. This has led to the phenomenon of career change whereby individuals undertake a shift from one field of work to a completely different field of work. In career change research, career changers have been studied as a collective, singular group undergoing a similar change experience, which neglects individual differences that may contrast the experience of change from one changer to another. Furthermore, the emotional experience that accompanies a career change has been examined with a primary focus on the role of positive emotions, which overlooks the role of negative emotions in career change. Thus, this book sheds light on three key narratives of career change; Rejectors, Navigators and Seekers, that were identified in a phenomenological study of career change amongst Malaysian working adults. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 career changers across age, gender and ethnicity with a focus on how they made sense and meaning of their lived experience of career change within their environment and context. Each career change narrative was found to have different characteristics, motivations and behaviors respectively, which shaped their unique career change process. Negative emotions were also revealed as key drivers of the career change process, although each narrative expressed different types of negative emotions.Finally, the book also introduces an adaptive perspective to career development by way of the Adaptive Career Construal Model (ACCM) which was proposed based on the continuous bi-directional relationship between career decisions and career outcomes.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

經濟、科技和社會制度隨著時間的演變，催生了無邊界和變化多端的職業，這些職業促進了在管理個人職業方面的流動性和自我導向。這導致了職業變更的現象，個體從一個工作領域轉向完全不同的工作領域。在職業變更研究中，職業變更者被視為一個集體的、單一的群體，經歷著相似的變化經驗，這忽略了可能使變化經驗在不同變更者之間有所不同的個體差異。此外，伴隨職業變更的情感經驗主要集中於正面情緒的角色，卻忽視了負面情緒在職業變更中的作用。因此，本書闡明了三個關於職業變更的關鍵敘事：拒絕者、導航者和尋求者，這些敘事是在對馬來西亞工作成人的職業變更進行的現象學研究中識別出來的。對30位職業變更者進行了半結構式訪談，涵蓋年齡、性別和族裔，重點在於他們如何理解和賦予職業變更的生活經驗意義，並考量其環境和背景。每個職業變更敘事都具有不同的特徵、動機和行為，這些因素塑造了他們獨特的職業變更過程。負面情緒也被揭示為職業變更過程的關鍵驅動力，儘管每個敘事表達了不同類型的負面情緒。最後，本書還通過適應性職業解釋模型（Adaptive Career Construal Model, ACCM）引入了一種適應性視角來看待職業發展，該模型是基於職業決策與職業結果之間持續的雙向關係提出的。

作者簡介

Jennifer Tham is currently a Regional Communications Specialist at Roche Services Solutions (Asia Pacific) for an ongoing enterprise-wide digital transformation program. She obtained her PhD from Monash University under the supervision of Professor Pervaiz and Dr. Yit Sean Chong. The career change narratives and career construal model introduced in this book are based on the phenomenological study of career change conducted for her doctoral study. Prior to joining Roche, she worked as a management consultant in Deloitte Consulting (SEA) specialising in Organizational Change Management and has contributed to various business and practice development activities in the firm. In the academic space, she has experience in teaching first and second-year university students in Monash University for Business Management units. As an individual, Jennifer has a keen interest in studying the human perception, motivation and emotion thatcontributes to a unique experience, be it as an employee, customer or individual. And she takes absolute pleasure in translating complex findings into meaningful narratives and practical frameworks that create value for organizations and the community.

Yit Sean (Esther) Chong is currently a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of GraduateResearch in Monash University Malaysia. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Esther worked with Accenture in delivering business solutions to major clients such as Shell Malaysia, Hong Kong Exchange and Sakhalin Energy, Russia. She was also a certified facilitator for the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey) and Development Dimensions International (DDI) programmes. Her broad research interests are in the fields of higher education, service management and career change behaviour. Dr. Chong was awarded a research grant by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia to examine career change intentions of STEM undergraduates via behavioural neuroscience and narrative approaches. In acknowledgement to her endeavours in the scholarly and educational frontiers, she was a recipient of the Highly Commended Award by Journal of Service Management (Emerald Publishing Group), Best Paper Awards by Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) and Academy of Marketing, and Monash University Vice Chancellor's Award (Innovation in Learning and Teaching).

Pervaiz K. Ahmed is a management scholar exploring innovation and strategic dynamics of entrepreneurial change. He is currently the Director of The Institute of Global Strategy and Competitiveness at Sunway University, Malaysia. Before coming to Malaysia, Professor Ahmed held academic and professional positions in the UK. He has extensive experience working with and advising blue-chip companies and public sector organizations, such as Unilever, Ford, AT&T, NCR, British Telecommunications, and the NHS in Europe. He has also been involved with corporate clients in Asia and government agencies, such as the Singapore National Productivity Council.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Jennifer Tham 目前是羅氏服務解決方案（亞太區）的區域傳播專家，負責一項持續進行的企業數位轉型計畫。她在莫納什大學獲得博士學位，指導教授為 Pervaiz 教授和 Yit Sean Chong 博士。本書中介紹的職業轉變敘事和職業詮釋模型，基於她博士研究中進行的職業轉變現象學研究。在加入羅氏之前，她曾在德勤諮詢（東南亞）擔任管理顧問，專注於組織變革管理，並為公司貢獻了各種業務和實踐發展活動。在學術領域，她在莫納什大學教授商業管理單元的第一年和第二年大學生。作為個人，Jennifer 對研究人類的知覺、動機和情感有濃厚的興趣，這些因素共同構成了獨特的體驗，無論是作為員工、顧客或個人。她非常樂於將複雜的研究結果轉化為有意義的敘事和實用框架，為組織和社會創造價值。

Yit Sean (Esther) Chong 目前是馬來西亞莫納什大學的高級講師及研究生研究副主任。在追求學術生涯之前，Esther 曾在埃森哲為主要客戶提供商業解決方案，如馬來西亞殼牌、香港交易所和俄羅斯薩哈林能源。她也是「高效能人士的七個習慣」（Stephen Covey）和發展維度國際（DDI）計畫的認證促進者。她的廣泛研究興趣涵蓋高等教育、服務管理和職業轉變行為。Chong 博士獲得馬來西亞高等教育部的研究補助金，以行為神經科學和敘事方法研究 STEM 學士生的職業轉變意圖。因其在學術和教育領域的努力，她獲得了服務管理期刊（Emerald Publishing Group）的高度推薦獎、澳大利亞和新西蘭管理學院（ANZAM）及行銷學院的最佳論文獎，以及莫納什大學副校長的獎項（創新學習與教學）。

Pervaiz K. Ahmed 是一位管理學者，專注於創新和企業變革的戰略動態。他目前是馬來西亞雙威大學全球戰略與競爭力研究所的所長。在來到馬來西亞之前，Ahmed 教授在英國擔任學術和專業職位。他擁有與藍籌公司和公共部門組織（如聯合利華、福特、AT&T、NCR、英國電信和英國國民健康服務）合作和提供建議的豐富經驗。他還參與了亞洲的企業客戶和政府機構的合作，如新加坡國家生產力委員會。

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