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Careers: Mobility, Embeddedness, and Success

Daniel C. Feldman

Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, dfeldman{at}terry.uga.edu

Thomas W. H. Ng

School of Business and Economics, the University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

This article proposes refinements of the constructs of career mobility and career embeddedness and reviews the array of factors that have been found to energize (discourage) employees to change jobs, organizations, and/or occupations. The article also reviews the literature on career success and identifies which types of mobility (and embeddedness) are most likely to lead to objective career success (e.g., promotions) and subjective career success (e.g., career satisfaction). In the final section, the article revisits the utility of viewing careers as "boundaryless" and suggests alternative frameworks for future research on these topics.

Key Words: careers • mobility • embeddedness • career success • boundaryless careers • job change • career change • career development • career management

Journal of Management, Vol. 33, No. 3, 350-377 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0149206307300815
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