Careers in cities: An interdisciplinary space for advancing the contextual turn in career studies

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dc.citation.issue5
dc.citation.volume74
dc.contributor.authorTams S
dc.contributor.authorKennedy JC
dc.contributor.authorArthur MB
dc.contributor.authorChan KY
dc.date.available2021-05
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.descriptionCAUL read and publish agreement 2023
dc.description.abstractWith careers increasingly taking place within and between cities, this article maps the territory for research and theory on careers in cities. Cities present a microcosm for advancing a systemic understanding of people’s careers over time and in relation to broader issues. We acknowledge cities’ multilayered contexts by identifying six spheres—locality and networks, material infrastructure, economic activities, non-work, virtual reconfiguration, and nexus of social change. The interplay between careers and these city spheres informs intertwined phenomena such as well-being, mobility, and migration. To guide further research, our framework distinguishes two meta-theoretical perspectives. An entity perspective examines causal relationships across levels, analyzing how urban characteristics explain career-related phenomena, and vice versa. A constructionist perspective examines how people’s construal of careers in cities draws on cultural repertoires about work, non-work life, and the city, including its social, symbolic, and material aspects. We use the framework to discuss contributions of the five articles of this special issue. A career lens can contribute to our understanding of cities being sources of both stability and change. With cities currently facing significant disruptions, there has never been a more appropriate time for careers researchers to incorporate the city as context.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.format.extent635 - 655
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dc.identifierARTN 0018726720964261
dc.identifier.citationHUMAN RELATIONS, 2021, 74 (5), pp. 635 - 655
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0018726720964261
dc.identifier.eissn1741-282X
dc.identifier.elements-id435511
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0018-7267
dc.publisherSAGE Publications on behalf of the Tavistock Institute
dc.relation.isPartOfHUMAN RELATIONS
dc.rightsThe Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND
dc.subjectcareers
dc.subjectcities
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectquality of life
dc.subjecturban policymaking
dc.subject.anzsrc1503 Business and Management
dc.subject.anzsrc1608 Sociology
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychology
dc.titleCareers in cities: An interdisciplinary space for advancing the contextual turn in career studies
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School
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