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Opting in: The experiences, pathways, and meaning of successful, professional, generation X women making intentional career transitions

✍ Scribed by Julie Anding


Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
443 KB
Volume
1
Category
Article
ISSN
2041-8418

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

This qualitative study explores eight upwardly mobile, professional Generation X women who took an introspective approach to making a career transition. Irving Seidman's phenomenological‐based approach to in‐depth interviewing was used to examine the internal, subjective experiences of intentional career transitions and the experience of meaning making. Each participant's story revealed aspects of an inward journey resulting in a recommitment to work that allowed an integration of the participant's needs for achievement, challenge, and continued learning with more meaning and authenticity.