List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Current Approaches to the Study of Careers: Introduction to Part I; 1. Generating new directions in career theroy: the case for a transdisciplinary approach Michael B. Arthur, Douglas T. Hall, and Barbara S. Lawrence; 2. Trait-factor theories: traditional cornerstone of career theory Nancy E. Betz, Louise F. Fitzgerlad, and Raymond E. Hill; 3. Careers, identities, and institutions: the legacy of the Chicago School of Sociology Stephen R. Barley; 4. The utility of adult development theory in understanding career adjustment process Solomon Cytrynbaum and John O. Crites; 5. Developmental views of careers in organizations Gene W. Dalton; 6. Exploring women's development: implications for career theory, practice, and research Joan V. Gallos; 7. The influence of race on career dynamics: theory and research on minority career experiences David A. Thomas and Clayton P. Alderfer; 8. Asynchronism in dual-career and family linkages Uma Sekaran and Douglas T. Hall; 9. Transitions, work histories, and careers Nigel Nicholson and Michael West; 10. Career system profiles and strategic staffing Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld; Part II. New Ideas for the Study of Careers: Introduction to Part II; 11. People as sculptors versus sculpture: the roles of personality and personal control in organizations Nancy E. Bell and Barry M. Staw; 12. Work, stress, and careers: a preventive approach to maintaining organizational health Janina C. Latack; 13. Re-visioning career concepts: a feminist invitation Judi Marshall; 14. Reciprocity at work: the separate, yet inseparable possibilities for individual and organizational development Michael B. Arthur and Kathy E. Kram; 15. Career improvisation in self-designing organizations Karl E. Weick and Lisa R. Berlinger; 16. Organization career systems and employee misperceptions James E. Rosenbaum; 17. Blue-collar careers: meaning and choice in a world of constraints Robert J. Thomas; 18. A political perspective on careers: interests, networks, and environments Jeffrey Pfeffer; 19. Rites of passage in work careers Harrison M. Trice and David A. Morand; 20. Pin stripes, power ties, and personal relationships: the economics of career strategy Jay B. Barney and Barbara S. Lawrence; 21. Rhetoric in bureaucratic careers: managing the meaning of management success Dan Gowler and Karen Legge; 22. The internal and external career: a theoretical and cross-cultural perspective C. Brooklyn Derr and André Laurent; Part III. Future Directions for the Development of Career Theory: Introduction to Part III; 23. Understanding individual experience at work: comments on the theory and practice of careers Lotte Bailyn; 24. Propositions linking organizations and careers Paul C. Nystrom and Angeline W. McArthur; 25. Careers and the wealth of nations: a macro-perspective on the structure and implications of career forms Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Indexes.