Managerial Job Change: Men and Women in Transition by Nigel Nicholson (English)

Description: Managerial Job Change by Nigel Nicholson, Michael West This book describes the first large-scale longitudinal study of the causes, form and outcomes of job change. Focusing on one of the most influential segments of society - middle to senior managers - it offers a new approach to the analysis and understanding of job change. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Work role transitions are among the most significant yet least understood forms of social change, and how they affect individuals careers, self-concepts and organizational adjustment is of great practical and theoretical importance. This book provides the first comprehensive, large-scale study of the causes, form and outcomes of job change. Focussing on one of the most influential segments of society - middle to senior managers - the book offers a new theoretical approach to the analysis and understanding of job change. The authors ask how much job change is taking place, assess who is most affected, and evaluate the psychological consequences for the individual manager. They discuss organizations handling of job transitions, and provide a unique focus on women in management, evaluating how their experience of careers and job change differs from mens. This book presents important new findings to specialists in life-span development, careers, managerial performance and organizational behaviour. It also offers the non-specialist insights into wider questions, such as the relationship between social change and organizational life, and the individuals experience of changes in industrial societys structures, practices and values. Author Biography Nigel Nicholson is Professor of Organization Behaviour, Research Dean and Chairman of the PhD Programme at the London Business School. He is the Director of the London Business School Survey Unit. Table of Contents List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Men and women in transition; 2. A managerial profile; 3. All change: mobility patterns in management; 4. The causes of mobility; 5. Experiencing the transition cycle; 6. Outcomes of job change; 7. The cutting edge of change - the case of newly created jobs; 8. Organizational career development - the management experience; 9. Women in management; 10. Managerial job change - theory and practice; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Details ISBN0521357446 Author Michael West Short Title MANAGERIAL JOB CHANGE Pages 288 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521357446 ISBN-13 9780521357449 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1988 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Men and Women in Transition Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 658.409 Residence Sissinghurst, ENK Affiliation London Business School DOI 10.1604/9780521357449 UK Release Date 1988-02-25 AU Release Date 1988-02-25 NZ Release Date 1988-02-25 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Publication Date 1988-02-25 Alternative 9780511522116 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91383592;

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